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Background imageInquisitive Collection: Still Life With Cat and Fish, 1728. Creator: Jean-Simeon Chardin

Still Life With Cat and Fish, 1728. Creator: Jean-Simeon Chardin
Still Life With Cat and Fish, 1728.

Background imageInquisitive Collection: Christ bearing the Cross, 1477. Creator: Derick Baegert

Christ bearing the Cross, 1477. Creator: Derick Baegert
Christ bearing the Cross, 1477.

Background imageInquisitive Collection: Alexandra Carlisle as 'Georgiana Vesey', 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Alexandra Carlisle as "Georgiana Vesey", 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Alexandra Carlisle as "Georgiana Vesey", 1911.

Background imageInquisitive Collection: M.R. Nelson, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

M.R. Nelson, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
M.R. Nelson, 1911.

Background imageInquisitive Collection: Alexandre Dumas Fils, 1873. Creator: Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux

Alexandre Dumas Fils, 1873. Creator: Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
Alexandre Dumas Fils, 1873.

Background imageInquisitive Collection: The pig killers, c.1652. Creator: Adriaen van Ostade

The pig killers, c.1652. Creator: Adriaen van Ostade
The pig killers, c.1652. A peasant family gathers round to witness the slaughter of a pig, which presumably will feed the large family during the long winter months ahead

Background imageInquisitive Collection: Children at N.Y. Zoo, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Children at N.Y. Zoo, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Children at N.Y. Zoo, between c1910 and c1915.

Background imageInquisitive Collection: Bust Of A Man, 1791. Creator: Augustin Pajou

Bust Of A Man, 1791. Creator: Augustin Pajou
Bust Of A Man, 1791. An inscription on the back of this plaster bust, translated from French, reads: "By Pajou Citizen of the City of Paris 1791." It makes no mention of the sitter's name

Background imageInquisitive Collection: Helen Royton, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Helen Royton, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Helen Royton, between c1910 and c1915.

Background imageInquisitive Collection: Constance Talmage [i.e. Talmadge], between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Constance Talmage [i.e. Talmadge], between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Constance Talmage [i.e. Talmadge], between c1915 and c1920. Shows American silent movie star Constance Alice Talmadge (1898-1973)

Background imageInquisitive Collection: Trophies, Place de la Concorde, 1918 or 1919. Creator: Bain News Service

Trophies, Place de la Concorde, 1918 or 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
Trophies, Place de la Concorde, 1918 or 1919. Cannons and other weapons gathered in the Place de la Concorde, Paris, France after World War I

Background imageInquisitive Collection: German U-Boat in N.Y. 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

German U-Boat in N.Y. 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
German U-Boat in N.Y. 1917. The SM UC-5, a German Type UC I minelayer submarine (U-boat) which was captured by the Allies, brought to New York City and renamed U-Buy-a-Bond

Background imageInquisitive Collection: Jackies on U-Boat, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Jackies on U-Boat, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Jackies on U-Boat, 1917. The SM UC-5, a German Type UC I minelayer submarine (U-boat) which was captured by the Allies, brought to New York City and renamed U-Buy-a-Bond

Background imageInquisitive Collection: Liberty Loan procession in Central Park, 25 Oct 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Liberty Loan procession in Central Park, 25 Oct 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Liberty Loan procession in Central Park, 25 Oct 1917. The SM UC-5, a German Type UC I minelayer submarine (U-boat) which was captured by the Allies, brought to New York City and renamed U-Buy-a-Bond

Background imageInquisitive Collection: German U-Boat, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

German U-Boat, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
German U-Boat, 1917. The SM UC-5, a German Type UC I minelayer submarine (U-boat) which was captured by the Allies, brought to New York City and renamed U-Buy-a-Bond

Background imageInquisitive Collection: Christening 'U-BUY-A-BOND', 1917. Creator: Bain News Service. Christening 'U-BUY-A-BOND', 1917

Christening "U-BUY-A-BOND", 1917. Creator: Bain News Service. Christening "U-BUY-A-BOND", 1917
Christening "U-BUY-A-BOND", 1917. The chistening of the SM UC-5, a German Type UC I minelayer submarine (U-boat) which was captured by the Allies

Background imageInquisitive Collection: 14th Infantry Camp, Prospect Park, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

14th Infantry Camp, Prospect Park, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
14th Infantry Camp, Prospect Park, between c1915 and c1920. A camp of the 14th Infantry in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York

Background imageInquisitive Collection: Russian Rapid firers taken by Germans, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Russian Rapid firers taken by Germans, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Russian Rapid firers taken by Germans, between c1914 and c1915. Russian machine guns captured by German forces during World War I

Background imageInquisitive Collection: Wrecked zep. [zeppelin] in France, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Wrecked zep. [zeppelin] in France, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Wrecked zep. [zeppelin] in France, 1917. A German zeppelin brought down by the French forces on Oct. 21, 1917 during World War I

Background imageInquisitive Collection: Where bomb fell in Rue Des Recollets, Aug 1914. Creator: Bain News Service

Where bomb fell in Rue Des Recollets, Aug 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Where bomb fell in Rue Des Recollets, Aug 1914. Bomb damage from German aircraft, in Paris, France at the begining of World War I

Background imageInquisitive Collection: Såsser Kerstin Andersdotter, Dalecarlia, 1858. Creator: Johan Fredrik Hockert

Såsser Kerstin Andersdotter, Dalecarlia, 1858. Creator: Johan Fredrik Hockert
Sasser Kerstin Andersdotter, Dalecarlia, 1858

Background imageInquisitive Collection: Portrait of the Chinese Afock, c1876. Creator: Elias Martin

Portrait of the Chinese Afock, c1876. Creator: Elias Martin
Portrait of the Chinese Afock, c1876

Background imageInquisitive Collection: The Infant Shakespeare Attended by Nature and the Passions, published 1799

The Infant Shakespeare Attended by Nature and the Passions, published 1799

Background imageInquisitive Collection: Party in a Teahouse near Suma Beach (image 2 of 2), c1790. Creator: Hosoda Eishi

Party in a Teahouse near Suma Beach (image 2 of 2), c1790. Creator: Hosoda Eishi
Party in a Teahouse near Suma Beach (image 2 of 2), c1790. From From a triptych in the series Genji in Modern Dress (Furyu yatsushi Genji)

Background imageInquisitive Collection: Untitled: Similar to Françoise Ravel as Ventalaw, 1855-1859. Creator: Alfred Jacob Miller

Untitled: Similar to Françoise Ravel as Ventalaw, 1855-1859. Creator: Alfred Jacob Miller
Untitled: Similar to Francoise Ravel as Ventalaw, 1855-1859

Background imageInquisitive Collection: Monkeys and Bears Investigate the Rikshabila Cave... between c1700 and c1710. Creator: Unknown

Monkeys and Bears Investigate the Rikshabila Cave... between c1700 and c1710. Creator: Unknown
Monkeys and Bears Investigate the Rikshabila Cave, Folio from the "Shangri" Ramayana (Adventures of Rama), between c1700 and c1710

Background imageInquisitive Collection: Margot (Lefebvre) in Blue, 1902. Creator: Mary Cassatt

Margot (Lefebvre) in Blue, 1902. Creator: Mary Cassatt
Margot (Lefebvre) in Blue, 1902; showing a child wearing a floppy white bonnet and blue dress

Background imageInquisitive Collection: The Archdukes Albert and Isabella Visiting the Collection of Pierre Roose, c1621-1623

The Archdukes Albert and Isabella Visiting the Collection of Pierre Roose, c1621-1623. Creator: Hieronymus Francken II
The Archdukes Albert and Isabella Visiting the Collection of Pierre Roose, c1621-1623. A visit by Archdukes Albert and Isabella, the Habsburg governors of the Southern Netherlands

Background imageInquisitive Collection: The Marchioness (from Dickens 'The Old Curiosity Shop'), mid 19th century

The Marchioness (from Dickens "The Old Curiosity Shop"), mid 19th century. Creator: Alfred Jacob Miller
The Marchioness (from Dickens "The Old Curiosity Shop"), mid 19th century. The clerk, Dick Swiveller, plays cribbage while his masters are away:

Background imageInquisitive Collection: Fashion Plate (Morning Dress for June 1800), 1800. Creator: Unknown

Fashion Plate (Morning Dress for June 1800), 1800. Creator: Unknown
Fashion Plate (Morning Dress for June 1800), 1800. From The Lady's Monthly Museum

Background imageInquisitive Collection: Fashion Plate (Walking Dress), 1814. Creator: Unknown

Fashion Plate (Walking Dress), 1814. Creator: Unknown
Fashion Plate (Walking Dress), 1814. From The Dublin Monthly Museum, but copied (in reverse) from a plate published in La Belle Assemblee in March 1814

Background imageInquisitive Collection: Actors Portraits Disguised as a Street Crowd, between circa 1850 and circa 1851

Actors Portraits Disguised as a Street Crowd, between circa 1850 and circa 1851. Creator: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Actors Portraits Disguised as a Street Crowd, between circa 1850 and circa 1851

Background imageInquisitive Collection: Actors Portraits Disguised as a Street Crowd, between circa 1850 and circa 1851

Actors Portraits Disguised as a Street Crowd, between circa 1850 and circa 1851. Creator: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Actors Portraits Disguised as a Street Crowd, between circa 1850 and circa 1851

Background imageInquisitive Collection: Dutchmen's Quarters, c1802. Creator: Hokusai

Dutchmen's Quarters, c1802. Creator: Hokusai
Dutchmen's Quarters, c1802. Curious Japanese watching Dutchmen on Dejima

Background imageInquisitive Collection: The Actor Bando Hikosaburo, 19th century. Creator: Utagawa Kunisada

The Actor Bando Hikosaburo, 19th century. Creator: Utagawa Kunisada
The Actor Bando Hikosaburo, 19th century

Background imageInquisitive Collection: Geisha at Annual Festival (image 2 of 2), c1800. Creator: Utagawa Kuninaga

Geisha at Annual Festival (image 2 of 2), c1800. Creator: Utagawa Kuninaga
Geisha at Annual Festival (image 2 of 2), c1800

Background imageInquisitive Collection: The Calligraphy Lesson, 18th century. Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro

The Calligraphy Lesson, 18th century. Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro
The Calligraphy Lesson, 18th century

Background imageInquisitive Collection: Dahchihtok, Nunivak, 1928. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Dahchihtok, Nunivak, 1928. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Dahchihtok, Nunivak, 1928

Background imageInquisitive Collection: Bathyergus suillus (Cape dune mole-rat), 1778. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon

Bathyergus suillus (Cape dune mole-rat), 1778. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Bathyergus suillus (Cape dune mole-rat), 1778

Background imageInquisitive Collection: Self-portrait of Fanny Geefs-Corr, 1841. Creator: Fanny Geefs

Self-portrait of Fanny Geefs-Corr, 1841. Creator: Fanny Geefs
Self-portrait of Fanny Geefs-Corr, 1841

Background imageInquisitive Collection: Hippotragus equinus (Roan antelope), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon

Hippotragus equinus (Roan antelope), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Hippotragus equinus (Roan antelope), 1777-1786

Background imageInquisitive Collection: Itinerant Priest, 19th century. Creator: Unknown

Itinerant Priest, 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Itinerant Priest, 19th century

Background imageInquisitive Collection: Suricata suricatta (Meerkats), 1773-1780. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon

Suricata suricatta (Meerkats), 1773-1780. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Suricata suricatta (Meerkats), 1773-1780

Background imageInquisitive Collection: Suricata suricatta (Meerkats), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon

Suricata suricatta (Meerkats), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Suricata suricatta (Meerkats), 1777-1786

Background imageInquisitive Collection: Dragon, 19th century. Creator: Unknown

Dragon, 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Dragon, 19th century

Background imageInquisitive Collection: Curieuse, 1885. Creator: Félicien Rops

Curieuse, 1885. Creator: Félicien Rops
Curieuse, 1885. From Curieuse, frontispiece

Background imageInquisitive Collection: Lioness Resting, 1885. Creator: Jan van Essen

Lioness Resting, 1885. Creator: Jan van Essen
Lioness Resting, 1885

Background imageInquisitive Collection: Sindhu Ragaputra, Son of Shri Raga, Folio from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies), c1775

Sindhu Ragaputra, Son of Shri Raga, Folio from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies), c1775. Creator: Unknown
Sindhu Ragaputra, Son of Shri Raga, Folio from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies), c1775



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