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Cameo: Venus & Cupid, ca. 1860

Venus & Cupid.  Design after John Gibson's sculpture.Material: Sardonyx Shell, 9k gold marked.Size: 2 5/8" by just over 2 1/8", only cameo is 2 1/8" by 1 5/8".Date and Origin: Circa 1860 Italy,...

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Cameo: St. Mary the Virgin ca. 1860

Cameo: St. Mary the VirginMaterial: Ivory, silver gilt.Size: 2 3/8" by 1 6/8"Date and Origin: Circa 1860 France, probably Dieppe.

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Cameo: Aurora & the Chariot of Apollo

Aurora & the Chariot of Apollo, after a fresco by Guido Reni (1614) in Palazzo Rospigliosi, Rome.Material : Turquoise, Gold, Enamel.Size: 2 2/8" by just under 1 7/8"Date and Origin: Circa 1850/1860...

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Allgemeine Moden-Zeitung, 1861

Allgemeine Moden-Zeitung, 1861.  University of Dusseldorf.

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Princess Maria Maximiliovna of Leuchtenberg ca. 1865

Princess Maria Maximiliovna of Leuchtenberg ca. 1865

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Full-length portrait of a woman identified as Regina Kuhn

Full-length portrait of a woman identified as Regina Kuhn / J. P. Ball, 30 W. 4th St.Ball, James Presley, 1825-1904, photographer1 photographic print on carte de visite mount : albumen ; 10 x 6...

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Unidentified African-American Woman, bet. 1864-66

Unidentified WomanJ.P. Ball's Photographic Gallery, No. 30 West 4th St., between Main and Walnut Streets, Cincinnati, O.Creator(s): Ball, James Presley, 1825-1904, photographerDate Created/Published:...

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Full-length portrait of a woman identified as Emma Cochran ca. 1863

Full-length portrait of a woman identified as Emma Cochran(?) / from Ball & Thomas' Photographic Art Gallery, 120 West Fourth Street, near Race, Cincinnati, O.Creator(s): Ball & Thomas,...

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Leisure Hours - 1863

Leisure hoursPhilip Hermogenes Calderon - 1863Private collectionPainting - oil on canvasImage via the Athenaeum

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Queen Victoria and her Cousin the Duchess of Nemours 1852

Queen Victoria and her Cousin the Duchess of NemoursArtist: Franz Xaver WinterhalterCompletion Date: 1852Style: Neo-RococoGenre: portraitTechnique: oilMaterial: canvasDimensions: 50.8 x 66.7 cmGallery:...

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Brooch with a cameo of the four Georges

Brooch with a cameo of the four GeorgesCreator:  Rundell Bridge & Rundell (jeweller)Creation Date: Cameo: 1820; Brooch: 1820 with later additionsMaterials: Sardonyx: white on brown; diamonds,...

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St. Valentine's Day. Harper's Weekly, Feb. 18, 1865

St. Valentine's Day. Harper's Weekly, Feb. 18, 1865

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Cover Design of a Magazine, Valentine's Day Issue, ca. 1860

Design for the Cover of a Magazine, Valentine's Day IssueAnonymous, British, 19th centuryArtist: Attributed to Charles Green (British, 1840–1898 Hampstead)Date: ca. 1860Medium: Graphite, ink and...

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Cupid at Work. Illustrated London News, 1853.

Cupid at Work.  Illustrated London News, 1853. 

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Ballou's Pictorial Valentine's Day edition 1856.

Ballou's Pictorial Valentine's Day edition 1856. 

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Eve of the Wedding (detail) 1852

Eve of the Wedding (detail)Jerry Barrett, 1852Repository UnknownOriginal image via the Athenaeum 

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A Day Dream (detail), 1863

A Day Dream (detail) 1863Sir Edward John PoynterRepository unknownImage via The Athenaeum A Day Dream  1863 See the full image here.

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Story illustrations, Le Moniteur de la Mode 1858

Story illustrations, Le Moniteur de la Mode 1858.  University of Dusseldorf.

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Emerald and Diamond Gold Ring circa 1850

Emerald and Diamond Gold Ringcirca 1850This Russian mid 19th century carved gold ring is set with an oval old mine emerald within a diamond surrounding.The ring is marked with 56 zolotnik gold standard...

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Pieced and Appliqued Cotton Album Quilt, Pennsylvania 1862.

Exceptional Pieced and Appliqued Cotton Album Quilt including Designs of a Cat, Birds, Flowering Urns, and Fruit, probably Pennsylvania, Dated 1862, five-square by five-square quilt in reds, greens,...

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