RM2WDA4X4–A drawing by Charles Cundall of landings on Salerno Beach, about 30 miles south of Naples on 9th September 1943 during the Second World War. Although the 5th Army has support from American and British warships offshore, the encountered stiff resistance from the Wermacht.
RM2CBANXR–'Summer Evening' by Frederick Childe Hassam (1859-1935), an American Impressionist painter, noted for his urban and coastal scenes. Hassam was instrumental in promulgating Impressionism to American collectors, dealers, and museums. He produced over 3,000 paintings, oils, watercolors, etchings, and lithographs over the course of his career, and was an influential American artist of the early 20th century.
RM2CBANKT–Rudbeckia laciniata, coaka coneflower, is a species of the aster family (Asteraceae) native to North America. Sketched by Helena Sarle (1867–1956), an American artist, she became a Shaker at fifteen, in 1882, joining the community at Canterbury, New Hampshire. She suffered from poor health and to provide her with some occupation, the Shaker elder asked her to illustrate native plants for the creation of a textbook to be used in the village school. Despite no artistic training, she produced over 180 drawings and later produced two botanical books.
RM2CBANFA–Cephalanthus occidentalis aka buttonbush native to eastern and southern North America sketched by Cora Helena Sarle (1867–1956). An American artist, known by her second name as Helena Sarle she became a Shaker at fifteen, in 1882, joining the community at Canterbury, New Hampshire. She suffered from poor health and to provide her with some occupation, the Shaker elder asked her to illustrate native plants for the creation of a textbook to be used in the village school. Despite no artistic training, she produced over 180 drawings and later produced two botanical books.
RM2CBANHP–Coptis trifolia aka the threeleaf goldthread or savoyane, is a perennial plant in the genus Coptis, a member of the family Ranunculaceae. Sketched by Helena Sarle (1867–1956), an American artist, she became a Shaker at fifteen, in 1882, joining the community at Canterbury, New Hampshire. She suffered from poor health and to provide her with some occupation, the Shaker elder asked her to illustrate native plants for the creation of a textbook to be used in the village school. Despite no artistic training, she produced over 180 drawings and later produced two botanical books.
RM2BFPFKC–The 'Herd Quitters' Painted by Charles Marion Russell (1864-1926),aka Charlie Russell, and 'Kid' Russell, was an American artist of the American Old West. He created more than 2,000 paintings of cowboys, Indians, and landscapes set in the western United States and in Alberta, Canada,
RM2J88JAX–The late 19th century American Art Nouveau for the cover of The Poster. The artist is Will H. Clemens
RM2J88JDK–The late 19th century American Art Nouveau for the cover of The Modern poster. The artist is Will Bradley (1868-1962)
RM2J88JFN–The late 19th century American Art Nouveau poster for Whiting's ledger papers. The artist is Will Bradley (1868-1962)
RM2J88JJ9–The late 19th century American Art Nouveau poster for Ault and Wiborg Company, makers of lithographic and letter press printing in inks. The artist is Will Bradley (1868-1962)
RM2J88JH3–The late 19th century American Art Nouveau poster for Ault and Wiborg Company, makers of lithographic and letter press printing in inks. The artist is Will Bradley (1868-1962)
RM2GN14CF–A view of an Irish lakeside thatched cottage. Created circa 1878 by American artist, Herman Bencke; its title is 'Francis Murphy's home in Ireland'.
RM2J88J5W–Late 19th century American Art Nouveau illustration of a peacock for 'Bradley, His Book', an American magazine established by Will H. Bradley (1868-1962) in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA.
RM2J9W83Y–The detail from an illustration of a woman on a bicycle by Charles Dana Gibson (1867-1944) is a modified detail from a 1895 poster advertising Scribner's, an American publisher based in New York City.
RM2J9W7FD–An illustration of a man smoking his pipe while waiting to play Tennis. The image by William L. Carqueville (1871-1946) is a detail from a poster of 1895 for Lippincott's, an American monthly literary magazine published in Philadelphia from 1868 to 1915.
RM2J9W7HF–An illustration of a young woman with a copy of the 1895 edition of Harper's Bazar. The image by William L. Carqueville (1871-1946) is a detail from a poster for Lippincott's, an American monthly literary magazine published in Philadelphia from 1868 to 1915.
RM2J9W7MN–An illustration of a man taking a walk in the snow covered winter countryside. The image by William L. Carqueville (1871-1946) is a detail from a 1894 poster for Lippincott's, an American monthly literary magazine published in Philadelphia from 1868 to 1915.
RM2JHG8FD–An Irish lad (1913) by Robert Henri (1865 -1929), an American painter and teacher. As a young man, he studied in Paris, where he identified strongly with the Impressionists.
RM2CBAMN2–Lilium Superbum (American Tiger Lily) and Hog-Nose Snake, painted by William Bartram (1739-1823),an American naturalist, son of the naturalist John Bartram who was appointed Royal Botanist for North America by King George III in 1765.
RM2CBAMGF–Flowers of the Franklin tree, Franklinia alatamaha, painted by William Bartram (1739-1823),an American naturalist, son of the naturalist John Bartram who was appointed Royal Botanist for North America by King George III in 1765. In that same year, John Bartram and his son William discovered franklinia growing in a 2-3 acre tract along the banks of the Altamaha River in southeastern Georgia.
RMRMBNHP–Benjamin West PRA (1738-1820) was an American history painter around and after the time of the American War of Independence and the Seven Years' War. Although initially snubbed by Sir Joshua Reynolds, founding President of the Royal Academy, and by some other Academicians who felt he was over-ambitious, West was elected President of the Royal Academy on the death of Reynolds in 1792. He resigned in 1805, to be replaced by a fierce rival, architect James Wyatt. However West was again elected President the following year, and served until his death.
RM2BP3K5G–An illustration for Richard Wagner's Siegfried, 'The Evocation of Erda' by Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904) was a French painter and lithographer best known for his flower paintings and group portraits of Parisian artists and writers. The American artist, James Whistler brought attention to Fantin in England, where his still-lifes sold so well, even though they were unknown in France. In addition to his realistic paintings, Fantin-Latour created imaginative lithographs inspired by the music of some of the great classical composers.
RMRMBNT0–A drawing from The Death of General Wolfe, a well-known 1770 painting by Anglo-American artist Benjamin West depicting the death of British General James Wolfe at the 1759 Battle of Quebec during the French and Indian War. The Battle of Quebec, also known as the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, on September 13, 1759 was a pivotal event in the Seven Years' War and decided the fate of France's colonies in North America. The battle was fought between the British Army and the French Army; the pitched fighting lasted only fifteen minutes. The British Army was commanded by General Wolfe. Although su
RM2J9W91K–An advertising poster by Will Bradley (1868-1962) showing a woman playing pipes for printing inks by Ault & Wiborg
RM2J9W83C–The illustration of a woman on a bicycle by Edward Penfield (1866-1925) is a modified detail from a 1895 poster advertising Stearns Bicycles of New York, USA.
RM2JFH254–An incomplete sketch of an Irish fisherman by the American Artist, John Wesley Jarvis (1781-1840)
RM2JFH2W1–An 1880 painting of potatoes, subtitled the Irish Question by the American Artist De Scott Evans (1847–1898)
RM2JFH32C–An 1880 painting of potatoes, originally subtitled the Irish Question by the American Artist De Scott Evans (1847–1898)
RM2BFPDB7–The World's Columbian Exposition aka the Chicago World's Fair and Chicago Columbian Exposition) was a world's fair held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492. Painting by Theodore Robinson (1852-1896), United States of America.
RM2K65X69–Clipper ship 'Red Jacket': In the ice off Cape Horn, on her passage from Australia, to Liverpool, August 1854. Drawn by Charles Parson (1821-1910), an American artist.
RM2BP3K2D–An illustration to 'The Raven' by Edgar Allen Poe, created by Gustave Doré (1832-1883), a French artist, printmaker, illustrator, comics artist, caricaturist, and sculptor who worked primarily with wood-engraving. Greatly in demand, he also illustrated works by Byron, Cervantes, Rabelais, Balzac, Milton, Dante and the Bible.
RM2CB7B0N–An American Turk's Cap Lily, Lilium superbum, painted by Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770), a German botanist and entomologist known for his botanical illustrations who became one of the most influential European botanical artists of all time. His first illustrations were in collaboration with Carl Linnaeus and George Clifford in 1735-1736. Clifford, a wealthy Dutch banker and governor of the Dutch East India Company was a keen botanist with a large herbarium.
RM2J88J8D–Late 19th century American book cover of 'Lives of the Hunted' by Ernest Seton-Thompson. The eye represents the spirit of cruelty to animals and the hand for the growing spirit of kindness, acts as a counterbalance. Also known as Black Wolf he was ChiefFounder of the Woodcraft Indians and founding pioneer of the Boy Scouts of America. The artist is unknown.
RM2J9W85J–A detail from a calendar illustration by Edward Penfield (1866-1925) of an artist painting under the gaze of a cat sitting on the table.
RM2GN142N–An Irish country fair in the early 20th century with well dressed folk and sellers. A drawing by George Bellows(1882-1925), an American realist painter.
RM2CB79MP–Allium cernuum, by Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759-1840), was a painter and botanist from Belgium, known for his watercolours of roses, lilies and other flowers at Malmaison, many of which were published as large, color stipple engravings. He has been called the greatest botanical illustrator of all time. Commonly called nodding wild onion, Allium cernuum is native to Missouri in the USA on rocky soils on glades, bluff edges, open woods and slopes.
RM2AAP3N7–A contemporary lithograph from the American Civil War of the seven-day battle (from June 25th to 1st July 1862) for Richmond, the capital of the southern states successfully defended by the troops of General Lee. The northerners conquered the city only in 1865, shortly before the end of the war.
RM2TBHTFP–A drawing by Arthur J. W. Burgess of the Battle of Midway in the North Pacific in June 1942. During the Second World War battle, the Japanese lost 18,000 men, 275 aircraft and several warships including 'Kaga' class aircraft carriers from attacks by bomb and torpedo carrying aircraft of the United States.
RM2K88513–The sinking of the PS Lelia, a steamship built during the American Civil War for the Confederates. She left the River Mersey, with a Liverpool crew, and several Confederate naval officers in January 1865 bound for North Carolina. She hit bad weather off North Wales, large waves knocked her anchors loose and through the deck, swamping her. She sank off near the lightship Prince off Great Orme Head. Twelve survivors (out of fifty-one crew) reached the safety of the lightship. The Liverpool Lifeboat went to the scene but was swamped by waves, with the loss of seven out of its 11 crew.
RM2AAP22X–The English Quaker Leader William Penn concluding a treaty of friendship with North American Indians in November 1683, from a contemporary engraving by Benjamin West. Penn's colony Pennsylvania became a model country of religious and political tolerance.
RM2BMNGXA–Self Portrait by George Gershwin (1898-1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned both popular and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions Rhapsody in Blue (1924) and An American in Paris (1928) and the opera Porgy and Bess (1935) which spawned the hit Summertime.
RM2AA0GDK–A US convoy with Dazzle, a ship camouflage used extensively in World War I. Credited to the British marine artist Norman Wilkinson, it consisted of complex patterns of geometric shapes in contrasting colours, interrupting and intersecting each other. The intention was not to conceal but to make it difficult to estimate a target's range, speed, and heading.
RM2K65XC1–An illustration of the 'President', a British passenger liner owned by British and American Steam Navigation Company that was the largest ship in the world when she was commissioned in 1840. On 11 March 1841, 'President' cleared New York bound for Liverpool with 136 passengers and crew along with an extensive cargo manifest. President encountered a gale and was seen on her second day out labouring in heavy seas in the dangerous area between Nantucket Shoals and Georges Bank. She was not seen again, presumably lost with with 136 passengers and crew
RM2J88J89–Late 19th century American Art Nouveau poster or magazine cover for Elite. The artist is unknown.
RM2J88JAP–The late 19th century American Art Nouveau cover The Inland Printer for June 1896. The artist is Elisha Brown Bird (1867-1943)
RM2AAP473–A contemporary lithograph of prospectors during the Clifornia gold rush in theSierra Nevada, California in 1848. At the first news of gold discoveries, many adventurers moved to the West to buy gold mines and pillage.
RM2J75J44–Poster showing personifications of France and Great Britain, depicted in profile within a circular border 1917. The artist is Edwin Howland Blashfield (1848-1936)
RM2J75J21–A poster showing personification of Italy, depicted as woman wearing olive wreath in profile within a circular border, 1917. The artist is Edwin Howland Blashfield (1848-1936)
RM2J75HY8–A young woman working on her Christmas gift list in early 20th Century promotional poster for reading commissioned by the US government. The artist as Ethel C. Taylor
RM2JFH2AK–An Irish dance costume designed by Will R. Barnes for the 1913 stage play, Irish Girls. The American, designed costumes for numerous Broadway productions between 1898 and 1924. musical comedies, operettas, revues, vaudeville productions and burlesques.
RM2J9W7XJ–An illustration of the profile of a woman wearing a hat and veil. The image by William L. Carqueville (1871-1946) is a detail from a 1897 poster for Lippincott's, an American monthly literary magazine published in Philadelphia from 1868 to 1915.
RM2J9W7RA–An illustration of a young woman reading a 1995 edition of Harper's Bazar. The image by William L. Carqueville (1871-1946) is a detail from a poster for Lippincott's, an American monthly literary magazine published in Philadelphia from 1868 to 1915.
RM2K65X0W–The steamships 'Spain' (left) and 'Egypt' of the National Steamship Line crossing off Sandy Hook near New York Port during their voyages from, and to, Liverpool, England. Drawn by Charles Richard Parsons (1844-1920), an artist based first in Manhattan, then Brooklyn.
RM2J9W820–An illustration of a woman on a bicycle with a Cycle Manual in her hand. The image by Joseph J Gould (1880-1935) is a detail from a poster for Lippincott's, an American monthly literary magazine published in Philadelphia from 1868 to 1915.
RM2J9W7GE–An illustration of a well dressed and fashionable man reading a book about banking in the rain. The image by Joseph J Gould (1880-1935) is a detail from a poster for Lippincott's, an American monthly literary magazine published in Philadelphia from 1868 to 1915.
RM2J9W7J9–An illustration of a young man in a swim suit and young woman on a bathing beach, with the latter is fully clothed and reading book. The image by Joseph J Gould (1880-1935) is a detail from a poster for Lippincott's, an American monthly literary magazine published in Philadelphia from 1868 to 1915.
RM2J9W7TX–An illustration of a woman in a red dress, sitting with a red rose in one hand and a copy of Ivanhoe by Walter Scott in the other hand. The image by Joseph J Gould (1880-1935) is a detail from a 1894 poster for Lippincott's, an American monthly literary magazine published in Philadelphia from 1868 to 1915.
RM2B1JPEC–'Gassed', a painting by John Singer Sargent (1856–1925), an American expatriate artist. It depicts the aftermath of a mustard gas attack during the First World War, with a line of wounded soldiers walking towards a dressing station. Sargent was commissioned by the British War Memorials Committee to document the war and visited the Western Front in July 1918 spending time with the Guards Division near Arras, and then with the American Expeditionary Forces near Ypres.
RM2KEFGTC–Robert Peel addressing bystanders following connection of the transatlantic telegraph cable to Telegraph House at Foilhommerum in Valencia, County Kerry, Ireland during the 19th century .
RM2BFPEBY–An advertisement for the 'Great Palace Reclining Chair Route', on the Union Pacific Railroad aka Union Pacific, founded in 1862.
RM2J88HXR–A late 19th century American Art Nouveau poster of 1895 for Victor bicycles of Boston, New York. The artist is Will Bradley (1868-1962)
RM2J88HWH–A late 19th century American Art Nouveau poster of 1895 for Victor bicycles of Boston, New York. The artist is Will Bradley (1868-1962)
RM2J88HXK–A late 19th century American Art Nouveau poster of 1895 for Victor bicycles of Boston, New York. The artist is Will Bradley (1868-1962)
RM2J88J49–A late 19th century American Art Nouveau poster for Harpers Bazar, an American monthly women's fashion magazine; it later changed to Harper's Bazaar. The artist is Will Bradley (1868-1962)
RM2J88J5G–A late 19th century American Art Nouveau poster for Harpers Bazar, an American monthly women's fashion magazine; it later changed to Harper's Bazaar. The artist is Will Bradley (1868-1962)
RM2J88J1D–A late 19th century American Art Nouveau poster of a young woman amid trees for The Chap Book, an American literary magazine between 1894 and 1898. The artist is Will Bradley (1868-1962)
RM2J88J37–A late 19th century American Art Nouveau poster of young women holding trays of food for The Chap Book, an American literary magazine between 1894 and 1898. The artist is Will Bradley (1868-1962)
RM2J88J02–A late 19th century American Art Nouveau poster of a young woman with pan pipes for The Chap Book, an American literary magazine between 1894 and 1898. The artist is Will Bradley (1868-1962)
RM2J75HMK–The Statue of Liberty, a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbour in New York City, in the United States. A gift from the people of France, the copper statue, was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi with its metal framework was built by Gustave Eiffel was dedicated in 1886. The artist is Georges Goursat, aka SEM (1863-1934).
RM2JEPP4W–An early 20th century illustration by Edward Penfield (1866-1925) featuring a group of American men on a horse and carriage
RM2JEPPA0–An early 20th century American advertising illustration by Edward Penfield (1866-1925) featuring a young man on his bicycle for Orient Cycles.
RM2JEPNRD–An early 20th century illustration by Edward Penfield (1866-1925) on the cover of Collier's, an American general interest magazine featuring an athlete running.
RM2JEPNKX–An early 20th century illustration by Edward Penfield (1866-1925) on the cover of Collier's, an American general interest magazine featuring an American Footballer.
RM2JEPP72–An early 20th century American advertising illustration by Edward Penfield (1866-1925) for John Dewer & Sons Ltd, Whisky distillers in Perth, Scotland
RM2JEPP45–An early 20th century illustration by Edward Penfield (1866-1925) on the cover of Collier's, an American general interest magazine featuring a lady driver for the automobile edition.
RM2JEPNT7–An early 20th century illustration by Edward Penfield (1866-1925) on the cover of Collier's, an American general interest magazine featuring a lady tennis player.
RM2JEPNYA–An early 20th century illustration by Edward Penfield (1866-1925) on the cover of Collier's, an American general interest magazine featuring a golfer about to tee off.
RM2JEPNNG–An early 20th century illustration by Edward Penfield (1866-1925) on the cover of Collier's, an American general interest magazine featuring a batter in the game of baseball.
RM2JEPNWY–An early 20th century illustration by Edward Penfield (1866-1925) on the cover of Collier's, an American general interest magazine featuring a lady golfer and watching caddie.
RM2JEPPAY–An early 20th century American advertising illustration of a woman rowing a boat by Edward Penfield (1866-1925) to promote Victory Girls: part of the United War Work Campaign.
RM2JEPP8B–An early 20th century illustration by Edward Penfield (1866-1925) on the cover of Collier's, an American general interest magazine featuring a couple about to part at the end of their summer vacation.
RM2JD9J56–A turn of the 20th century illustration by Edward Penfield (1866-1925) considered by many to be the father of the American poster. Featuring a woman, dressed ready to go out and waiting...
RM2JD9K60–A turn of the 20th century illustration by Edward Penfield (1866-1925) considered by many to be the father of the American poster. Featuring a young family exchanging Christmas gifts of cameras from an advertisement by Kodak
RM2JD9K92–A turn of the 20th century illustration by Edward Penfield (1866-1925) considered by many to be the father of the American poster. Featuring an affluent couple with their stabled race horse. Harper’s Magazine, the oldest general-interest monthly in America.
RM2JD9K78–A turn of the 20th century illustration by Edward Penfield (1866-1925) considered by many to be the father of the American poster. Featuring a train carriage of people all reading Harper’s Magazine, the oldest general-interest monthly in America.
RM2JD9J7H–A turn of the 20th century illustration by Edward Penfield (1866-1925) considered by many to be the father of the American poster. Featuring a young woman bending to pick up her copy of Harper’s Magazine, the oldest general-interest monthly in America.
RM2JD9HAG–A turn of the 20th century illustration by Edward Penfield (1866-1925) considered by many to be the father of the American poster. Featuring a city gent, paying for a subscription to Harper’s Magazine, the oldest general-interest monthly in America.
RM2JD9K1K–A turn of the 20th century illustration by Edward Penfield (1866-1925) considered by many to be the father of the American poster. Featuring a couple, the man introducing himself to the young woman. Harper’s Magazine, the oldest general-interest monthly in America.
RM2JD9HND–A turn of the 20th century illustration by Edward Penfield (1866-1925) considered by many to be the father of the American poster. Featuring a teacher in gown and mortar board reading. Harper’s Magazine, the oldest general-interest monthly in America.
RM2JD9J2D–A turn of the 20th century illustration by Edward Penfield (1866-1925) considered by many to be the father of the American poster. Featuring a woman reading while sitting on a rocking chair. Harper’s Magazine, the oldest general-interest monthly in America.
RM2JD9HDK–A turn of the 20th century illustration by Edward Penfield (1866-1925) considered by many to be the father of the American poster. Featuring a young woman in a field of sheep and spring lambs in Harper’s Magazine, the oldest general-interest monthly in America.
RM2JEPPJ5–An early 20th century illustration by Edward Penfield (1866-1925) featuring an army officer with binoculars beside a cannon during the First World War. Used to illustrate a story, 'With the H E Guns' by Frederick Palmer (1873-1958), an American journalist and writer.
RM2JD9KAE–A detail from a turn of the 20th century illustration by Edward Penfield (1866-1925) considered by many to be the father of the American poster. Featuring an affluent couple with their stabled race horse. Originally a cover to Harper’s Magazine, the oldest general-interest monthly in America.
RM2JD9JET–A turn of the 20th century illustration by Edward Penfield (1866-1925) considered by many to be the father of the American poster. Featuring a young woman playing her banjo and entertaining an older man as the sun goes down. Harper’s Magazine, the oldest general-interest monthly in America.
RM2JD9J9D–A detail from a turn of the 20th century illustration by Edward Penfield (1866-1925) considered by many to be the father of the American poster. Featuring a young woman bending to pick up her gloves. Originally a cover to Harper’s Magazine, the oldest general-interest monthly in America.
RM2JD9J0B–A turn of the 20th century illustration by Edward Penfield (1866-1925) considered by many to be the father of the American poster. Featuring a man cycling in a yellow suit with plus fours and smoking a pipe. Harper’s Magazine, the oldest general-interest monthly in America.
RM2JEPPEJ–An early 20th century illustration by Edward Penfield (1866-1925) on the cover of Collier's, an American general interest magazine featuring George Washington (1732-1799) standing next to his horse. Military officer, statesman, and Founding Father he served as the 1st president of the United States from 1789 to 1797
RM2JD9HTH–A detail from a turn of the 20th century illustration by Edward Penfield (1866-1925) considered by many to be the father of the American poster. Featuring a young teacher reading a text book. Originally a cover to Harper’s Magazine, the oldest general-interest monthly in America.
RM2JD9K3X–A detail from a turn of the 20th century illustration by Edward Penfield (1866-1925) considered by many to be the father of the American poster. Featuring a couple, the man introducing himself to the young woman. Originally a cover to Harper’s Magazine, the oldest general-interest monthly in America.
RM2JD9J46–A detail from a turn of the 20th century illustration by Edward Penfield (1866-1925) considered by many to be the father of the American poster. Featuring a woman reading while sitting on a rocking chair. Originally a cover to Harper’s Magazine, the oldest general-interest monthly in America.
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