Historical Arts and Photographs of the World

The Children of the Wolf by British Sculptor Sir George Frampton in the State Gallery of H.H. the Maharaja Gaekwar of Baroda

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Sir George James Frampton, RA (18 June 1860 – 21 May 1928) was a notable British sculptor and leading member of the New Sculpture movement.
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Color Illustrations from the Book "Arabian Nights' Entertainments" - 1913

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The Arabian Nights' Entertainments

Based on a translation from the Arabic by Edward William Lane
Selected, edited and arranged for young people by Frances Jenkins Olcott

With Fifteen full-page illustrations by Monro S. Orr

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Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

As soon as I throw some stones out of my chamber window come out

Be restored to thy original form

Give me what is my due, that I may go

He placed her behind him, and soared upward into the sky

Immediately a Genie of enormous size rose out of the earth

The Caliph Smiled (oldarts.info)

The Magic Carpet

The Sheikh Abdelsamad

The old man and the sea

The people fled with their daughters

The smoke collected and became an afrite

There arrived a great sage versed in the wisdom of the philosophers

When we beheld him we were filled with dread and terror

Who will change old lamps for new ones

Stories from the Arabian Nights with Illustrations by Edmund Dulac - 1907

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Writer: Laurence Housman

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A city among the isles named Deryabar

Aladdin in the cave

At so arrogant a claim all the courtiers burst into loud laughter

Great was the astonishment of the vizier

Pirouze, the fairest and most honourably born

Princess Scheherazade, the heroine of the thousand and one nights, ranks among the great storytellers of the world

Princess badoura

She gave orders for the banquet to be served

So strange of from and so brilliant and diverse in hue

Supposing me asleep they began to talk

The Rokh

The damsel upset the pan

The episode of the old man of the sea

The final marriage procession

The lady Bedr-El-Budur

The lady advanced to meet him

The princess Deryabar

Their chief in a low but distinct voice uttered the two words, open sesame

This way and that she led him blindfold

Till the tale of her mirror contented her

This gorgeous book includes the following stories as retold by Laurence Housman:

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves;

The Story of the Wicked Half-Brothers;

The Story of the Princess of Deryabar;

The Story of the Magic Horse;

The Fisherman and the Genie;

The Story of the King of the Ebony Isles;

The History of Badoura, Princess of China, and of Camaralzaman, the Island Prince;

Sinbad the Sailor;

The first voyage of Sinbad the Sailor;

The second voyage of Sinbad the Sailor;

The third voyage of Sinbad the Sailor;

The fourth voyage of Sinbad the Sailor;

The fifth voyage of Sinbad the Sailor;

The sixth voyage of Sinbad the Sailor;

The seventh voyage of Sinbad the Sailor; and

Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp.

Various Portraits of Beautiful Italian Actresss Claudia Cardinale - 1960's

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Claudia Cardinale (born 15 April 1938) is an Italian actress, and appeared in some of the most prominent European films of the 1960s and 1970s. The majority of Cardinale's films have been either Italian or French.
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Beautiful and Sensuous Ziegfeld Showgirls - USA, Early 20th Century

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Ziegfeld Girls were the chorus girls from Florenz Ziegfeld's theatrical spectaculars known as the Ziegfeld Follies, which were based on the Folies Bergère of Paris. The Ziegfeld Follies were a series of elaborate theatrical productions on Broadway in New York City from 1907 through 1931.

These showgirls followed on the heels of the "Florodora girls", who had started to "loosen the corset" of the Gibson Girl in the early years of the twentieth century. These beauties, of similar size, decked out in Erté designs, gained many young male admirers and they became objects of popular adoration. Many were persuaded to leave the show to marry, some to men of substantial wealth. The Ziegfeld Ball in New York City continued as a social event of the season for years after the last production of the Follies.
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Netherlandish Proverbs (Nederlandse Spreuken) by Flemish Renaissance painterPieter Bruegel the Elder - 1559

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Pieter Bruegel (Brueghel) the Elder (c. 1525 – 9 September 1569) was a Flemish Renaissance painter and printmaker known for his landscapes and peasant scenes (so called genre painting). He is sometimes referred to as the "Peasant Bruegel." From 1559 he dropped the 'h' from his name and signed his paintings as Bruegel.
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Leda by Leonardo da Vinci - c1510

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The Wounded Deer (El Venado Herido) by Mexican Painter Frida Kahlo - 1946

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The Proposal by French Artist William Bouguereau - ca.1872

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Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Young Mother Gazing at Her Child by French Artist William Bouguereau - ca.1871

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Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Italian Brigand's Wife by French Artist Léon Cogniet - ca.1825-26

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Léon Cogniet (29 August 1794 – 20 November 1880) was a French historical and portrait painter.
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Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Young Woman with Ibis by French Artist Edgar Degas - ca.1860-62

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Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study for "The Almeh" by French Artist Charles Bargue - ca.1879

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Medium: Black chalk on tracing paper
Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Man in Oriental Costume in the Artist’s Studio by French Artist Auguste-Xavier Leprince - ca.1823-26

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Medium: Oil on Canvas
Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Fritzi von Derra - The Greek Dancer by American Photographer Frank Eugene - c1900

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Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Fritzi von Derra - The Oriental Dancer by American Photographer Frank Eugene - c1900

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Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Oriental Bride by American Photographer Frank Eugene - c1900

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Frank Eugene (19 September 1865 – 16 December 1936) was an American-born photographer who was a founding member of the Photo-Secession and one of the first university-level professors of photography in the world.
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Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Woman Having Her Hair Combed (Pastel on Paper) by French Artist Edgar Degas - 1886-88

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Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Young Girl with Daisies by French Artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir - 1889

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Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Roman Girl at a Fountain by French Artist Léon Bonnat - 1875

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Source: metmuseum.org

Beautiful Broadway Star Katherine Burke - USA, Early 20th Century

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Canadian Women's Army Corps - Second World War 1944-45

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Source: Flickr Gallery of Galt Museum & Archives on The Commons

Souvenir of 1936, the Year of Three Kings - Vintage Postcard

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Postcard with the photos of George V, Edward VIII and George VI, the three Kings of England who each ruled in 1936.

Source: Flickr Gallery of Galt Museum & Archives on The Commons

Two Women in a Harley Davidson Motor Cycle with Sidecar - Vintage Photograph

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Agnus Dei (Lamb of God) - Oil Painting by Spanish Artist Francisco de Zurbarán - 1640

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Francisco de Zurbarán was a Spanish painter. He is known primarily for his religious paintings depicting monks, nuns, and martyrs, and for his still-lifes. Zurbarán gained the nickname Spanish Caravaggio, owing to the forceful, realistic use of chiaroscuro in which he excelled.

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