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Hand Gestures Collection

Background imageHand Gestures Collection: Krishna with Gopis on a Riverbank, 1750-1775. Creator: Unknown

Krishna with Gopis on a Riverbank, 1750-1775. Creator: Unknown
Krishna with Gopis on a Riverbank, 1750-1775. The god Krishna places a water pot on the head of Radha, his beloved. Radha is probably also depicted among the other milkmaids at an earlier moment

Background imageHand Gestures Collection: The Adoration of the Christ Child, c. 1490. Creator: Vincenzo Frediani

The Adoration of the Christ Child, c. 1490. Creator: Vincenzo Frediani
The Adoration of the Christ Child, c. 1490

Background imageHand Gestures Collection: The Holy Family with the Virgin holding Christ over the cradle, 1640-60. 1640-60

The Holy Family with the Virgin holding Christ over the cradle, 1640-60. 1640-60
The Holy Family with the Virgin holding Christ over the cradle, 1640-60

Background imageHand Gestures Collection: War game drill on USS Seattle, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

War game drill on USS Seattle, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
War game drill on USS Seattle, between c1910 and c1915. Shows drilll on the USS Washington which was renamed the Seattle in Nov. 1916.

Background imageHand Gestures Collection: 'Esther's Banquet', by E. Armitage, from the Liverpool Exhibition of Fine Arts, 1865

"Esther's Banquet", by E. Armitage, from the Liverpool Exhibition of Fine Arts, 1865. Creator: Unknown
"Esther's Banquet", by E. Armitage, from the Liverpool Exhibition of Fine Arts, 1865. Engraving of a painting. 'Esther [was] one of the maidens selected for their beauty to be submitted to the King

Background imageHand Gestures Collection: The Atlantic Telegraph Expedition: preparing for the final attempt to grapple the lost cable

The Atlantic Telegraph Expedition: preparing for the final attempt to grapple the lost cable, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The Atlantic Telegraph Expedition: preparing for the final attempt to grapple the lost cable - from a sketch by our special artist, 1865

Background imageHand Gestures Collection: Buying camlets in a shop, Yokohama - from a sketch by our special artist, 1865. Creator: Unknown

Buying camlets in a shop, Yokohama - from a sketch by our special artist, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Buying camlets in a shop, Yokohama, [Japan], 1865. 'In the sketch we have engraved...as an illustration of the social life and manners of the people of Japan

Background imageHand Gestures Collection: The Indo-European Telegraph: Landing The Cable in the mud at Fao, Persian Gulf, 1865

The Indo-European Telegraph: Landing The Cable in the mud at Fao, Persian Gulf, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The Indo-European Telegraph: Landing The Cable in the mud at Fao, Persian Gulf, 1865. 'When some four miles of cable had been paid out

Background imageHand Gestures Collection: Christmas Story-telling - drawn by J. E. Millais, 1862. Creator: Dalziel Brothers

Christmas Story-telling - drawn by J. E. Millais, 1862. Creator: Dalziel Brothers
Christmas Story-telling - drawn by J. E. Millais, 1862. Victorian family entertainment. From "Illustrated London News", 1862

Background imageHand Gestures Collection: Election Day in New York: a polling-place among the 'Upper Ten', 1864. Creator: Unknown

Election Day in New York: a polling-place among the "Upper Ten", 1864. Creator: Unknown
Election Day in New York: a polling-place among the "Upper Ten", 1864. Crowds at a polling station on 8 November, ...the day of the Presidential election

Background imageHand Gestures Collection: 'The Challenge: A Puritan's Struggle between Honour and Conscience', by W. G. Orchardson... 1864

"The Challenge: A Puritan's Struggle between Honour and Conscience", by W. G. Orchardson... 1864
"The Challenge: A Puritan's Struggle between Honour and Conscience", by W. G. Orchardson, in the Winter Exhibition of Cabinet Pictures, 1864. Engraving of a painting

Background imageHand Gestures Collection: 'Face to Face': Effie Blount's Explanation, 1862. Creator: Unknown

"Face to Face": Effie Blount's Explanation, 1862. Creator: Unknown
"Face to Face": Effie Blount's Explanation, 1862. Illustration to a short story by John Saunderss. From "Illustrated London News", 1862

Background imageHand Gestures Collection: Powder and Puff - drawn by James Godwin, 1862. Creator: Mason Jackson

Powder and Puff - drawn by James Godwin, 1862. Creator: Mason Jackson
Powder and Puff - drawn by James Godwin, 1862. Given, four-and twenty fiddlers all of a row - to say nothing of the "loud bassoon, " and the performers on the clarinet; given

Background imageHand Gestures Collection: A Pictorial: the Word, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson

A Pictorial: the Word, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
A Pictorial: the Word, 1864. Christmas entertainment. From "Illustrated London News", 1864

Background imageHand Gestures Collection: 'Saved', by F. W. Topham, in the exhibition of the Society of Painters in Water Colours, 1864

"Saved", by F. W. Topham, in the exhibition of the Society of Painters in Water Colours, 1864. Engraving. We must sympathise with the terror through which these humble Irish folk have

Background imageHand Gestures Collection: Young men falling from a bridge, allegory, 1622. Creator: Reinhold Timm

Young men falling from a bridge, allegory, 1622. Creator: Reinhold Timm
Young men falling from a bridge, allegory, 1622

Background imageHand Gestures Collection: The Apotheosis of Aeneas, 1615-1619. Creator: Jacob Jordaens

The Apotheosis of Aeneas, 1615-1619. Creator: Jacob Jordaens
The Apotheosis of Aeneas, 1615-1619

Background imageHand Gestures Collection: Miss Margaret McKenzie, 1919 Sept. 24. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Miss Margaret McKenzie, 1919 Sept. 24. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Miss Margaret McKenzie, 1919 Sept. 24

Background imageHand Gestures Collection: Maria Theresa Duncan and dancers, between 1911 and 1942. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Maria Theresa Duncan and dancers, between 1911 and 1942. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Maria Theresa Duncan and dancers, between 1911 and 1942

Background imageHand Gestures Collection: Lubovska, 1918 Feb. 1. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Lubovska, 1918 Feb. 1. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Lubovska, 1918 Feb. 1. American dancer Desiree Lubovska, born Winniefred Foot

Background imageHand Gestures Collection: Ida Benley Judd, portrait photograph, 1919 Sept. 4. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Ida Benley Judd, portrait photograph, 1919 Sept. 4. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Ida Benley Judd, portrait photograph, 1919 Sept. 4

Background imageHand Gestures Collection: Irma Duncan dancers, 1930 Mar. 16. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Irma Duncan dancers, 1930 Mar. 16. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Irma Duncan dancers, 1930 Mar. 16

Background imageHand Gestures Collection: Guthrie dancers, between 1924 and 1929. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Guthrie dancers, between 1924 and 1929. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Guthrie dancers, between 1924 and 1929

Background imageHand Gestures Collection: Guthrie dancers in St. Mark's Church, 1924 Apr. 6. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Guthrie dancers in St. Mark's Church, 1924 Apr. 6. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Guthrie dancers in St. Mark's Church, 1924 Apr. 6. Address: St. Mark's in the Bowery, New York City

Background imageHand Gestures Collection: Elizabeth Duncan dancers, between 1916 and 1941. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Elizabeth Duncan dancers, between 1916 and 1941. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Elizabeth Duncan dancers, between 1916 and 1941

Background imageHand Gestures Collection: Elizabeth Duncan dancers, between 1916 and 1941. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Elizabeth Duncan dancers, between 1916 and 1941. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Elizabeth Duncan dancers, between 1916 and 1941

Background imageHand Gestures Collection: Elizabeth Duncan dancers, between 1916 and 1941. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Elizabeth Duncan dancers, between 1916 and 1941. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Elizabeth Duncan dancers, between 1916 and 1941

Background imageHand Gestures Collection: Elizabeth Duncan dancers, between 1916 and 1941. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Elizabeth Duncan dancers, between 1916 and 1941. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Elizabeth Duncan dancers, between 1916 and 1941

Background imageHand Gestures Collection: Elizabeth Duncan dancers, between 1916 and 1941. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Elizabeth Duncan dancers, between 1916 and 1941. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Elizabeth Duncan dancers, between 1916 and 1941

Background imageHand Gestures Collection: Elizabeth Duncan dancers, between 1916 and 1941. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Elizabeth Duncan dancers, between 1916 and 1941. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Elizabeth Duncan dancers, between 1916 and 1941

Background imageHand Gestures Collection: Elizabeth Duncan dancers, between 1916 and 1941. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Elizabeth Duncan dancers, between 1916 and 1941. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Elizabeth Duncan dancers, between 1916 and 1941

Background imageHand Gestures Collection: Elizabeth Duncan dancers, between 1916 and 1941. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Elizabeth Duncan dancers, between 1916 and 1941. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Elizabeth Duncan dancers, between 1916 and 1941

Background imageHand Gestures Collection: Elizabeth Duncan dancers, between 1916 and 1941. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Elizabeth Duncan dancers, between 1916 and 1941. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Elizabeth Duncan dancers, between 1916 and 1941

Background imageHand Gestures Collection: Elizabeth Duncan dancers, between 1916 and 1941. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Elizabeth Duncan dancers, between 1916 and 1941. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Elizabeth Duncan dancers, between 1916 and 1941

Background imageHand Gestures Collection: Onoe Baiko and Seki Sanjuro, 1884. Creator: Toyohara Kunichika

Onoe Baiko and Seki Sanjuro, 1884. Creator: Toyohara Kunichika
Onoe Baiko and Seki Sanjuro, 1884

Background imageHand Gestures Collection: Shepherds in Arcadia, 1789. Creators: Thomas Kirk, John Boydell, Josiah Boydell

Shepherds in Arcadia, 1789. Creators: Thomas Kirk, John Boydell, Josiah Boydell
Shepherds in Arcadia, 1789

Background imageHand Gestures Collection: Geisha and Attendants by a Wharf in the Fukagawa district, c1780. Creator: Kitao Masanobu

Geisha and Attendants by a Wharf in the Fukagawa district, c1780. Creator: Kitao Masanobu
Geisha and Attendants by a Wharf in the Fukagawa district, c1780. Series: Ten Forms of Modern Lovely Women

Background imageHand Gestures Collection: Un Baiser de circonstance, 1867. Creator: Honore Daumier

Un Baiser de circonstance, 1867. Creator: Honore Daumier
Un Baiser de circonstance, 1867. The allegorical figures of Peace and Europe exchange a kiss. From Actualites

Background imageHand Gestures Collection: 'The Separation of the Apostles' - from a picture by Charles Gleyre, 1858. Creator: Unknown

"The Separation of the Apostles" - from a picture by Charles Gleyre, 1858. Creator: Unknown
"The Separation of the Apostles" - from a picture by Charles Gleyre, 1858. The subject of this picture is the figurative separation of the Apostles at the foot of the Cross

Background imageHand Gestures Collection: Broad-Street, Philadelphia, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876. Creator: C.R

Broad-Street, Philadelphia, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876. Creator: C.R
Broad-Street, Philadelphia, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876....view of Broad-street, at the crossing of the Pennsylvania and Reading line of railroad

Background imageHand Gestures Collection: Sitting of the Skouptschina, or Parliament of Servia, 1876. Creator: Unknown

Sitting of the Skouptschina, or Parliament of Servia, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Sitting of the Skouptschina, or Parliament of Servia, 1876. Engraving after a sketch by...M. Charles Yriarte, the well-known French traveller and historian

Background imageHand Gestures Collection: The Entry into Jerusalem, mid-late 17th century. Creator: Willem van Herp

The Entry into Jerusalem, mid-late 17th century. Creator: Willem van Herp
The Entry into Jerusalem, mid-late 17th century. Christ rides a donkey into Jerusalem. He blesses the multitude as a woman spreads a cloak on the ground to welcome him. People hold palm fronds

Background imageHand Gestures Collection: Book of Hours, 1300-1400. Creator: Unknown

Book of Hours, 1300-1400. Creator: Unknown
Book of Hours, 1300-1400. Men and women kneeling with hands raised in supplication

Background imageHand Gestures Collection: Une autre fois je fis encore un bon tour.. 1838. Creator: Honore Daumier

Une autre fois je fis encore un bon tour.. 1838. Creator: Honore Daumier
Une autre fois je fis encore un bon tour.. 1838. Robert Macaire explains how he swindles money out of gullible investors. Une autre fois je fis encore un bon tour...j'avais cree une societe au

Background imageHand Gestures Collection: Monks - detail from a Book of Hours, c1490. Creator: Unknown

Monks - detail from a Book of Hours, c1490. Creator: Unknown
Monks - detail from a Book of Hours, c1490. The illuminator's style was influenced by the Master of Edward IV, active ca. 1470-90, and followers

Background imageHand Gestures Collection: Man being trampled by an elephant - folio from the Akbarnama

Man being trampled by an elephant - folio from the Akbarnama, late 10th century AH/AD 16th century. Creator: Unknown
Man being trampled by an elephant - folio from the Akbarnama, late 10th century AH/AD 16th century. Mughal painting, originally from a copy of the Akbarnamah

Background imageHand Gestures Collection: Scenes from the life of Christ, Stein Quadriptych, c1525-1530. Creator: Simon Bening

Scenes from the life of Christ, Stein Quadriptych, c1525-1530. Creator: Simon Bening
Scenes from the life of Christ, Stein Quadriptych, c1525-1530. One of four sets of miniatures made up of sixteen miniatures per panel, making sixty-four miniatures in total

Background imageHand Gestures Collection: Shri Lakshmi Lustrated by Elephants (Gaja-Lakshmi), 18th century. Creator: Unknown

Shri Lakshmi Lustrated by Elephants (Gaja-Lakshmi), 18th century. Creator: Unknown
Shri Lakshmi Lustrated by Elephants (Gaja-Lakshmi), 18th century. (To lustrate: to purify by means of religious rituals or ceremonies)



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