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Niche in an ancient Christian church, Luxor. Part of the temple of Amenoph III, converted into a church.  Frescoes, of some pretentions to artistic merit, half cover the ancient bas-reliefs ; and the figures of Egyptian gods mingle eccentrically with the aureoles of Christian saints.

Niche in an ancient Christian church, Luxor. Part of the temple of Ame...

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Fountain with central figures of bird feeding her young with her blood, multiple spouts, and basin with bird figure encircling the fountain column.

Fountain with central figures of bird feeding her young with her blood...

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Miniature showing the Empress Irene condemning her son, Constantine, to prison.  She sits on a hexagonal raised platform; he is restrained by two figures.  Initial, rubric and border design.

Miniature showing the Empress Irene condemning her son, Constantine, t...

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Full-page miniature of Pentecost.  Elaborate full border with human figures

Full-page miniature of Pentecost. Elaborate full border with human fi...

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Full-page miniature of Pentecost.  Elaborate full border with human figures

Full-page miniature of Pentecost. Elaborate full border with human fi...

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[Two figures and a horse.] - Public domain dedication image

[Two figures and a horse.] - Public domain dedication image

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Collection d'antiques. 1-13.15-37.40-44.48-56.58.61-64.66-84. Figures, amulettes en scarabée et autres, en terre cuite; 14. en bois; 38.39.45-47.57.65. en bronze; 59.60 en en émeraude.

Collection d'antiques. 1-13.15-37.40-44.48-56.58.61-64.66-84. Figures,...

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Title and miniature of St. John the Evangelist, both with elaborate framing including human figures.  Opening of text.  1-line gold and blue initials.

Title and miniature of St. John the Evangelist, both with elaborate fr...

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Commedia dell'arte - Venetian carnival figures

Commedia dell'arte - Venetian carnival figures

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Title and opening of Gospel of Matthew.  Miniature of Matthew.  Elaborate full border with human figures.

Title and opening of Gospel of Matthew. Miniature of Matthew. Elabor...

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[Plaster model of a panel decorated with two winged nude female figures, cornucopias and leaves.]

[Plaster model of a panel decorated with two winged nude female figure...

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Selected plates from The art of dancing explained by reading and figures

Selected plates from The art of dancing explained by reading and figur...

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Almacks. Tom & Bob sporting their figures at a fancy dress ball

Almacks. Tom & Bob sporting their figures at a fancy dress ball

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Near entrance to New Mexican cave. Frank is sitting on the stalagmite a little at left. Three figures in view, Frank; N. Mex. rocks in Dark Cañon; Spring Lake and distant ranch. Rheinboldt and "Grover"; Dark Cañon, New Mexico. Stream runs four miles and then sinks into earth, near Frank's farm.
Ornaments on the robes of figures. (Nimroud) [Calah].

Ornaments on the robes of figures. (Nimroud) [Calah].

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Group of figures, with man, viewed from the back, reclining in foreground.

Group of figures, with man, viewed from the back, reclining in foregro...

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Title and miniature of St. John the Evangelist, both with elaborate framing including human figures.  Opening of text.  1-line gold and blue initials.

Title and miniature of St. John the Evangelist, both with elaborate fr...

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[Four horizontal designs with vegetal shapes and figures.]

[Four horizontal designs with vegetal shapes and figures.]

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Aldegrever Heinrich - A Vase Between Two Chimeric Figures

Aldegrever Heinrich - A Vase Between Two Chimeric Figures

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Collection d'antiques. 1. Amulette en cornaline; 4.5.9-12.16-20. Amulettes et figures en terre cuite; 2.3. en jade; 6-8.13.14.21-24. en bronze; 15. en stéatite.

Collection d'antiques. 1. Amulette en cornaline; 4.5.9-12.16-20. Amule...

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Full-page miniature, in elaborate full border including human figures.

Full-page miniature, in elaborate full border including human figures.

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School of Botticelli, Uffizi, 577. [Two youths kneeling in the midst of four other figures Above them the holy spirit.]

School of Botticelli, Uffizi, 577. [Two youths kneeling in the midst o...

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[Gérard] de Nerval, Balzac, Courbet, Wagner, [Frontispice pour Grandes figures d'hier et d'aujourd'hui, par Champfleury].
Commedia dell'arte - Venetian carnival figures

Commedia dell'arte - Venetian carnival figures

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Figures and buildings from war-torn Warsaw

Figures and buildings from war-torn Warsaw

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William Blake - wo figures....

William Blake - wo figures....

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Two figures in Roman costume, on stage ; eighteenth century audience in foreground. Scribbling, including date 1791, on wall on each side. In pencil: India proof. Interior of the old John St. Theatre, N.Y.

Two figures in Roman costume, on stage ; eighteenth century audience i...

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Full-page miniature of Pentecost.  Elaborate full border with human figures

Full-page miniature of Pentecost. Elaborate full border with human fi...

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[Plaster model of a panel decorated with winged female figures, fruit, foliage, and a satyr's head.]

[Plaster model of a panel decorated with winged female figures, fruit,...

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Batter and pitcher, Two modeled figures photographed by Pearsall, Brooklyn

Batter and pitcher, Two modeled figures photographed by Pearsall, Broo...

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[Unidentified standing figures: woman, her folded arms leaning on back of chair, and young man, probably her son, left hand on book.]

[Unidentified standing figures: woman, her folded arms leaning on back...

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Unidentified standing figures: woman, her folded arms leaning on back of chair, and young man, probably her son, left hand on book.

Unidentified standing figures: woman, her folded arms leaning on back ...

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Camel and rider in white robe, with two white buildings and figures standing in the background

Camel and rider in white robe, with two white buildings and figures st...

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William Hogarth - Figures in Turbans

William Hogarth - Figures in Turbans

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Thèbes, Biban-el-Molouk [Thebes, Biban el-Muluk]. Tombeau de Rhamsès VIII et de Rhamsès IX, figures et portraits de ces rois.

Thèbes, Biban-el-Molouk [Thebes, Biban el-Muluk]. Tombeau de Rhamsès V...

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Camel and rider in white robe, with two white buildings and figures standing in the background

Camel and rider in white robe, with two white buildings and figures st...

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[A man, St. Carmine?, being baptized with  several religious figures in attendance, amid a crowd of spectators.]

[A man, St. Carmine?, being baptized with several religious figures i...

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Figures; An emperor of China - in his usual dress, in his robes; A Bonza; A husbandman.

Figures; An emperor of China - in his usual dress, in his robes; A Bon...

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Full-page miniature of the Sermon on the Mount.  Elaborate full border with human figures.

Full-page miniature of the Sermon on the Mount. Elaborate full border...

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Tak-i Bostan. Une des figures de la chasse aux sangliers (grandeur de l'exécution.)

Tak-i Bostan. Une des figures de la chasse aux sangliers (grandeur de ...

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[Design for chimney piece with allegorical female figures on either side of mantelpiece.]

[Design for chimney piece with allegorical female figures on either si...

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Leonardo, Uffizi, 1020. [Study for the architecture and figures in the background of the adoration.]

Leonardo, Uffizi, 1020. [Study for the architecture and figures in the...

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Batter and pitcher, Two modeled figures photographed by Pearsall, Brooklyn

Batter and pitcher, Two modeled figures photographed by Pearsall, Broo...

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Two winged figures. (Nimroud) [Calah].
Book illustration - Figures in bas-relief. Book by John Lloyd Stephens 1805-1852
Collection d'antiques. 1.3-18. Pierres gravées en améthyste, jaspe, agathe, cornaline, lapis-lazuli et grenat; 2. en verre; 19.20.23-36. Amulettes en scarabée et autres; 21.22.37-46. Figures en terre cuite, en bois et en bronze.

Collection d'antiques. 1.3-18. Pierres gravées en améthyste, jaspe, ag...

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Tak-i Bostan. Figures comprises dans la voûte no. 1
[Design featuring allegorical figures representing water, including sea gods pulled in a water chariot by sea horses.]

[Design featuring allegorical figures representing water, including se...

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Carved elephant's tusk. Supported on ebony pedestal, eleborately carved in human figures, trees, etc. Modern Chinese. (Front and rear view.)

Carved elephant's tusk. Supported on ebony pedestal, eleborately carve...

Philadelphia stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who... More

How Cupid figures time, Life Cartoons

How Cupid figures time, Life Cartoons

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Book illustration - Sculptured figures. Book by John Lloyd Stephens 1805-1852

Book illustration - Sculptured figures. Book by John Lloyd Stephens 18...

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[Design for half a ceiling decoration featuring allegorical female figures at each corner.]

[Design for half a ceiling decoration featuring allegorical female fig...

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A sheet of sketches and studies : two figures, eight heads, a horse, two flowers. Words and letters are scribbled on the plate, among them la jeune maman, Habille, and Sophie

A sheet of sketches and studies : two figures, eight heads, a horse, t...

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Miniature showing Marcia before an easel, painting her self-portrait.  A small mirror reflects the image of her face.  In background, two painted portraits and three sculptures of female figures.  Initial and border design.

Miniature showing Marcia before an easel, painting her self-portrait. ...

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[Design featuring central arch and figures of cherubs forging a heart.]

[Design featuring central arch and figures of cherubs forging a heart....

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Two figures with various aspects of their garments diagrammed.

Two figures with various aspects of their garments diagrammed.

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Opening of main text, miniature of John the Evangelist. Other figures in border design.

Opening of main text, miniature of John the Evangelist. Other figures ...

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Collection d'antiques. Amulettes en forme de scarabées et diverses figures en terre cuite, en argent, en hématite et autres pierres dures.

Collection d'antiques. Amulettes en forme de scarabées et diverses fig...

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Full-page miniature, in elaborate full border including human figures.

Full-page miniature, in elaborate full border including human figures.

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Figures and rubble from war-torn Warsaw

Figures and rubble from war-torn Warsaw

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Miniature showing 1. two female and two male figures facing each other; 2. the wedding of Nero and Poppaea, performed by a bishop; Nero, holding a sword, kicks Poppaea out of bed, with one foot on her abdomen.  Initial and border design.

Miniature showing 1. two female and two male figures facing each other...

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Full-page miniature of the Sermon on the Mount.  Elaborate full border with human figures.

Full-page miniature of the Sermon on the Mount. Elaborate full border...

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Thèbes, Vallée d'el-Assassif et Kourna [Qurna]. 1. Valée d'el-Assassif, porte del'une des tombeaux; 2-4. Kourna, sujets figurés dans un même tombeau.

Thèbes, Vallée d'el-Assassif et Kourna [Qurna]. 1. Valée d'el-Assassif...

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Four studies of figures: one wrestling with a snake, one lifting a dead boar, and two "Atlas" figures lifting a globe

Four studies of figures: one wrestling with a snake, one lifting a dea...

Public domain scan domain photograph of 17th-18th-century anatomical atlas, illustration, print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Camel and rider in white robe, with two white buildings and figures standing in the background

Camel and rider in white robe, with two white buildings and figures st...

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Small miniature of St. Luke.  Very elaborate frame-like border, with statue figures and multi-colored designs.  Opening of text of Luke.

Small miniature of St. Luke. Very elaborate frame-like border, with s...

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[Two designs for ceilings [?] with figures of humans, sphinxes, and satyrs.]

[Two designs for ceilings [?] with figures of humans, sphinxes, and sa...

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Camel and rider in white robe, with two white buildings and figures standing in the background

Camel and rider in white robe, with two white buildings and figures st...

Public domain scan of a decorated illuminated manuscript page, medieval, 13th-14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Carved elephant's tusk. Supported on ebony pedestal, eleborately carved in human figures, trees, etc. Modern Chinese. (Front and rear view.)

Carved elephant's tusk. Supported on ebony pedestal, eleborately carve...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Selected plates from The art of dancing explained by reading and figures

Selected plates from The art of dancing explained by reading and figur...

Public domain image of a 18th-century fashion, costume design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Commedia dell'arte - Venetian carnival figures

Commedia dell'arte - Venetian carnival figures

Public domain image of a 17th-18th century fashion, costume design, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Carved elephant's tusk. Supported on ebony pedestal, eleborately carved in human figures, trees, etc. Modern Chinese. (Front and rear view.)

Carved elephant's tusk. Supported on ebony pedestal, eleborately carve...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Batter and pitcher, Two modeled figures photographed by Pearsall, Brooklyn

Batter and pitcher, Two modeled figures photographed by Pearsall, Broo...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Commedia dell'arte - Venetian carnival figures

Commedia dell'arte - Venetian carnival figures

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Selected plates from The art of dancing explained by reading and figures

Selected plates from The art of dancing explained by reading and figur...

Picryl description: Public domain image related to dance, dancing, music, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Full-page miniature, in elaborate full border including human figures.

Full-page miniature, in elaborate full border including human figures.

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 16th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Commedia dell'arte - Venetian carnival figures

Commedia dell'arte - Venetian carnival figures

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Commedia dell'arte - Venetian carnival figures

Commedia dell'arte - Venetian carnival figures

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Selected plates from The art of dancing explained by reading and figures

Selected plates from The art of dancing explained by reading and figur...

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Batter and pitcher, Two modeled figures photographed by Pearsall, Brooklyn

Batter and pitcher, Two modeled figures photographed by Pearsall, Broo...

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Opening of gospel of Mark, with title and miniature of Mark in elaborate borders, with human figures.

Opening of gospel of Mark, with title and miniature of Mark in elabora...

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Full-page miniature, in elaborate full border including human figures.

Full-page miniature, in elaborate full border including human figures.

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Title and opening of Gospel of Matthew.  Miniature of Matthew.  Elaborate full border with human figures.

Title and opening of Gospel of Matthew. Miniature of Matthew. Elabor...

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Several winged figures in flight, and a figure with a spear

Several winged figures in flight, and a figure with a spear

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Opening of gospel of Mark, with title and miniature of Mark in elaborate borders, with human figures.

Opening of gospel of Mark, with title and miniature of Mark in elabora...

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Commedia dell'arte figures, Dance

Commedia dell'arte figures, Dance

Public domain image of a 15th-16th century fashion, costume design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Small miniature of St. Luke.  Very elaborate frame-like border, with statue figures and multi-colored designs.  Opening of text of Luke.

Small miniature of St. Luke. Very elaborate frame-like border, with s...

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Full-page miniature of the Sermon on the Mount.  Elaborate full border with human figures.

Full-page miniature of the Sermon on the Mount. Elaborate full border...

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Opening page of calendar, elaborate border design with human figures.

Opening page of calendar, elaborate border design with human figures.

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Carved elephant's tusk. Supported on ebony pedestal, eleborately carved in human figures, trees, etc. Modern Chinese. (Front and rear view.)

Carved elephant's tusk. Supported on ebony pedestal, eleborately carve...

Philadelphia stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who... More