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Background imageLooking Glass Collection: Woman at Her Toilette, 1875 / 80. Creator: Berthe Morisot

Woman at Her Toilette, 1875 / 80. Creator: Berthe Morisot
Woman at Her Toilette, 1875/80

Background imageLooking Glass Collection: Venus and Cupid, 1606. Creator: Peter Paul Rubens

Venus and Cupid, 1606. Creator: Peter Paul Rubens
Venus and Cupid, 1606.

"Japanned" Bureau Cabinet, c1720. Creator: Unknown
"Japanned" Bureau Cabinet, c1720.This spectacular bureau cabinet reflects the fascination with Japanese and Chinese luxury goods in the early eighteenth century

Background imageLooking Glass Collection: Woman modelling pantaloon gown, Los Angeles, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Woman modelling pantaloon gown, Los Angeles, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Woman modelling pantaloon gown, Los Angeles, 1911.

Background imageLooking Glass Collection: The Psyche mirror, 1876. Creator: Berthe Morisot

The Psyche mirror, 1876. Creator: Berthe Morisot
The Psyche mirror, 1876. The Cheval-Glass, was included in the Impressionist exhibition of 1877. A woman gathers up the waist of her loose blouse at the back

Background imageLooking Glass Collection: President's room at Capitol, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

President's room at Capitol, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
President's room at Capitol, between c1910 and c1915. Portrait of Samuel Osgood, 4th United States Postmaster General, on wall. William McKinley bust.

Background imageLooking Glass Collection: Bedroom, Hughes House, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Bedroom, Hughes House, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Bedroom, Hughes House, between c1915 and c1920.

Background imageLooking Glass Collection: Wynne Pyle, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Wynne Pyle, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Wynne Pyle, between c1915 and c1920.

Background imageLooking Glass Collection: Gabrielle Gills, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Gabrielle Gills, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Gabrielle Gills, 1917. Shows French soprano singer Gabrielle Gills whose first appearance in New York City was on January 28, 1917.

Background imageLooking Glass Collection: 'Allhallows Eve', designed by J.T. Lucas, 1865. Creator: Unknown

"Allhallows Eve", designed by J.T. Lucas, 1865. Creator: Unknown
"Allhallows Eve", designed by J.T. Lucas, 1865. Engraving of a drawing. 'The last night of October, the vigil of All Saints' Day, was believed, in Scotland especially, as Burns says

Background imageLooking Glass Collection: Col. House's Office, Paris, 3 Dec 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Col. House's Office, Paris, 3 Dec 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Col. House's Office, Paris, 3 Dec 1918. The office of American diplomat Colonel Edward M. House (1858-1938) at 78 Rue de l'Universite, Paris, France

Background imageLooking Glass Collection: 'Aunt Sally's Christmas-boxes': John Crass's Discomfiture - drawn by A. Hunt, 1862. Creator: Unknown

"Aunt Sally's Christmas-boxes": John Crass's Discomfiture - drawn by A. Hunt, 1862. Creator: Unknown
"Aunt Sally's Christmas-boxes": John Crass's Discomfiture - drawn by A. Hunt, 1862. Illlustration to a short story by Mark Lemon. From "Illustrated London News", 1862

Background imageLooking Glass Collection: Paris fashions for December, 1864. Creator: Unknown

Paris fashions for December, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Paris fashions for December, 1864. Fig. 1. Walking Dress. Grey poplin robe, trimmed on the body and skirt with black dentated velvet and long chenille fringe...The corsage is a basques

Background imageLooking Glass Collection: Japanese girl painting her lips, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson

Japanese girl painting her lips, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Japanese girl painting her lips, 1864. Engraving of a sketch...by Mr. C. Wirgman, our special artist...[of] a young girl painting her face after the usual daily bath

Background imageLooking Glass Collection: Vanitas Still Life, 1650. Creator: Jacques de Claeuw

Vanitas Still Life, 1650. Creator: Jacques de Claeuw
Vanitas Still Life, 1650

Background imageLooking Glass Collection: Interior with a Mother Combing her Child's Hair, Known as Maternal Care, 1669

Interior with a Mother Combing her Child's Hair, Known as Maternal Care, 1669. Creator: Gaspar Netscher
Interior with a Mother Combing her Child's Hair, Known as Maternal Care, 1669. Woman wearing a silk dress and a fur-trimmed jacket with her two children

Background imageLooking Glass Collection: Still Life, 1913. Creator: Roger de la Fresnaye

Still Life, 1913. Creator: Roger de la Fresnaye
Still Life, 1913

Background imageLooking Glass Collection: Shumitsu Kanja Yoshitaka Reflecting as a Rat in a Mirror, 1867. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Shumitsu Kanja Yoshitaka Reflecting as a Rat in a Mirror, 1867. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Shumitsu Kanja Yoshitaka Reflecting as a Rat in a Mirror, 1867. Series: Beauty and Valor in the Novel Suikoden

Background imageLooking Glass Collection: Beauty, between c1887 and c1890. Creator: Chikanobu Yoshu

Beauty, between c1887 and c1890. Creator: Chikanobu Yoshu
Beauty, between c1887 and c1890. Series: Eastern Customs, Enumerated Blessings

Background imageLooking Glass Collection: Fashion Plate (Evening or Full Dress), 1810. Creator: Rudolph Ackermann

Fashion Plate (Evening or Full Dress), 1810. Creator: Rudolph Ackermann
Fashion Plate (Evening or Full Dress), 1810

Background imageLooking Glass Collection: The New Indian Council Chamber, 1858. Creator: Unknown

The New Indian Council Chamber, 1858. Creator: Unknown
The New Indian Council Chamber, 1858. Meeting room in India House, London. View of...the chamber in which the new Council of India now holds its deliberations

Background imageLooking Glass Collection: The Royal Visit to the City: the Indian Ball-Room at the Guildhall, 1876. Creator: C.R

The Royal Visit to the City: the Indian Ball-Room at the Guildhall, 1876. Creator: C.R
The Royal Visit to the City: the Indian Ball-Room at the Guildhall, 1876. Temporary ballroom...destined for a new council-chamber...This magnificent apartment

Background imageLooking Glass Collection: Jo, the Beautiful Irish Girl, 1866. Creator: Gustave Courbet

Jo, the Beautiful Irish Girl, 1866. Creator: Gustave Courbet
Jo, the Beautiful Irish Girl, 1866. Additional Info: The Irish girl in this painting is Joanna Hiffernan. She modelled for the painter James Abbott MacNeill Whistler, with whom she lived

Background imageLooking Glass Collection: Vanitas Allegory, mid-17th century. Creator: Willem de Poorter

Vanitas Allegory, mid-17th century. Creator: Willem de Poorter
Vanitas Allegory, mid-17th century. A woman at her dressing table flinches at a skeleton holding up a mirror to her - a reminder of mortality

Background imageLooking Glass Collection: Fashion Plate (Court Dress), 1822. Creator: Rudolph Ackermann

Fashion Plate (Court Dress), 1822. Creator: Rudolph Ackermann
Fashion Plate (Court Dress), 1822

Background imageLooking Glass Collection: Charles II of England (1630-85) Anamorphosis with loose cylindrical mirror. Creator: Anon

Charles II of England (1630-85) Anamorphosis with loose cylindrical mirror. Creator: Anon
Charles II of England (1630-85) Anamorphosis with loose cylindrical mirror, Unknown date

Background imageLooking Glass Collection: Metal for Tooth Blackening, 12th month, 1878. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Metal for Tooth Blackening, 12th month, 1878. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Metal for Tooth Blackening, 12th month, 1878. From Allusions to the Seven Planets

Background imageLooking Glass Collection: The Castellani Collection in the British Museum, 1876. Creator: Unknown

The Castellani Collection in the British Museum, 1876. Creator: Unknown
The Castellani Collection in the British Museum, 1876. 1. Gold earring...From Metapontum, in Magna Graecia. 2. Gold earring in form of dolphin...3

Background imageLooking Glass Collection: Young Lady Holding a Mirror, 17th century. Creator: Unknown

Young Lady Holding a Mirror, 17th century. Creator: Unknown
Young Lady Holding a Mirror, 17th century

Background imageLooking Glass Collection: The Mirror of Time, 1628. Creator: Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem

The Mirror of Time, 1628. Creator: Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem
The Mirror of Time, 1628

Background imageLooking Glass Collection: Self portrait, 1889. Creator: Ava Lagercrantz

Self portrait, 1889. Creator: Ava Lagercrantz
Self portrait, 1889

Background imageLooking Glass Collection: Portrait of Mrs. Decatur Howard Miller (Eliza Credilla Hare), c1850. Creator: Alfred Jacob Miller

Portrait of Mrs. Decatur Howard Miller (Eliza Credilla Hare), c1850. Creator: Alfred Jacob Miller
Portrait of Mrs. Decatur Howard Miller (Eliza Credilla Hare), c1850. The artist's sister-in-law is standing with her back to a mirror, which, in turn, reflects her bare neck and shoulders

Background imageLooking Glass Collection: Stove, Mantelpiece, and Looking-Glass for the Sultan of Turkey, 1858. Creator: Unknown

Stove, Mantelpiece, and Looking-Glass for the Sultan of Turkey, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Stove, Mantelpiece, and Looking-Glass for the Sultan of Turkey, 1858. We have engraved a design of Grates and Mantlepieces, with mirrors in carved frames, richly gilt in mat and burnished gold

Background imageLooking Glass Collection: The Sleeping Officer, late 17th century. Creator: Jacob Ochtervelt

The Sleeping Officer, late 17th century. Creator: Jacob Ochtervelt
The Sleeping Officer, late 17th century

Background imageLooking Glass Collection: Illustration to Act 1 of Heinrich von Kleist's The Broken Jug, 1877. Creator: Adolph Menzel

Illustration to Act 1 of Heinrich von Kleist's The Broken Jug, 1877. Creator: Adolph Menzel
Illustration to Act 1 of Heinrich von Kleist's The Broken Jug, 1877

Background imageLooking Glass Collection: Lecture at Drottningholm, 1779. Creator: Per Hillestrom

Lecture at Drottningholm, 1779. Creator: Per Hillestrom
Lecture at Drottningholm, 1779

Background imageLooking Glass Collection: Crops, 19th century. Creator: Unknown

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

Background imageLooking Glass Collection: The letter reader, 1795. Creator: Abraham Delfos

The letter reader, 1795. Creator: Abraham Delfos
The letter reader, 1795

Background imageLooking Glass Collection: Geisha Drinking from Sake Kettle at 2:00 a.m. 1880. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Geisha Drinking from Sake Kettle at 2:00 a.m. 1880. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Geisha Drinking from Sake Kettle at 2:00 a.m. 1880. From Twenty-four Hours in Shinbashi and Yanagibashi

Background imageLooking Glass Collection: Geisha Blackening Teeth at 1:00 p.m. 1880. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Geisha Blackening Teeth at 1:00 p.m. 1880. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Geisha Blackening Teeth at 1:00 p.m. 1880. From Twenty-four Hours in Shinbashi and Yanagibashi

Background imageLooking Glass Collection: Recueil des modes de la cour de France, Femme de Qualité Estant a sa Toilette, 1683

Recueil des modes de la cour de France, Femme de Qualité Estant a sa Toilette, 1683. Creator: Jean de Dieu
Recueil des modes de la cour de France, Femme de Qualite Estant a sa Toilette, 1683

Background imageLooking Glass Collection: Paris Interior, c1910s, (1956). Creator: Eugene Atget

Paris Interior, c1910s, (1956). Creator: Eugene Atget
Paris Interior, c1910s, (1956)

Background imageLooking Glass Collection: Bar De Cabaret, c1910s, (1956). Creator: Eugene Atget

Bar De Cabaret, c1910s, (1956). Creator: Eugene Atget
Bar De Cabaret, c1910s, (1956)

Background imageLooking Glass Collection: Pride, c1621. Creator: Jacques Callot

Pride, c1621. Creator: Jacques Callot
Pride, c1621. From The Seven Deadly Sins

Background imageLooking Glass Collection: The sunny corner': young woman in a room in Hindeloopen, 1838-1904. Creator: Christoffel Bisschop

The sunny corner': young woman in a room in Hindeloopen, 1838-1904. Creator: Christoffel Bisschop
The sunny corner': young woman in a room in Hindeloopen, 1838-1904

Background imageLooking Glass Collection: Pride, c1587. Creator: Jacob Matham

Pride, c1587. Creator: Jacob Matham
Pride, c1587. From The Vices

Background imageLooking Glass Collection: C'est singulier comme ce miroir m'applatit... 1844. Creator: Honore Daumier

C'est singulier comme ce miroir m'applatit... 1844. Creator: Honore Daumier
C'est singulier comme ce miroir m'applatit... 1844. It's strange how this mirror flattens me. From Les Bas-bleus, no. 1

Background imageLooking Glass Collection: Le Chapeau qu'on rapporte de Paris, 1844. Creator: Honore Daumier

Le Chapeau qu'on rapporte de Paris, 1844. Creator: Honore Daumier
Le Chapeau qu'on rapporte de Paris, 1844. The hat brought back from Paris. T'as beau dire que ce chapeau-la fera beaucoup d'effet a Landerneau!...quatre vingt cinq francs



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