Compasses Collection

A Hansen, first officer on the Knivsberg, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
A Hansen, first officer on the Knivsberg, 1898. Portrait of a German crew member using compasses and parallel rulers to plot the course of the SS Knivsberg through the South China Sea

Study of a Hand, early-mid 18th century. Creator: Georg Engelhard Schroder
Study of a Hand, early-mid 18th century

Trompe l'oeil, late 17th-early 18th century. Creator: Johan Klopper
Trompe l'oeil, late 17th-early 18th century

Map of Brabant, 1635. Creator: Michael van Langren
Map of Brabant, 1635. Prima pars Brabantiae cuius caput Lovanivm'. Top right: a coat of arms; bottom right: title in a cartouche with King David playing the harp

Ernest George Fischer, Chief of Instrument Division, Coastal Geodetic Survey, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Ernest George Fischer, Chief of Instrument Division, Coastal Geodetic Survey, 1914. (Chief of Instrument Division 1907-1921)

Esquisse pour la salle des mariages de la mairie du 13ème arrondissement : Vertus civiques. 1878
Esquisse pour la salle des mariages de la mairie du 13eme arrondissement : Vertus civiques. 1878. Sketch for interior of reception hall for marriages. Civic virtues

The Colonial Exhibition, Indian section, native industries, 1886. Creator: Unknown
'The Colonial Exhibition, Indian section, the native industries in the courtyard of the Indian Palace, 1886. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 33

The frame: Sketch for the school in rue Chateau-Landon, 10th arrondissement of Paris, 1881. Creator: Jules Didier
The frame: Sketch for the school in rue Chateau-Landon, 10th arrondissement of Paris, 1881

The frame: Sketch for the school in rue Chateau-Landon, 10th arrondissement of Paris, 1881. Creator: Jules Didier
The frame: Sketch for the school in rue Chateau-Landon, 10th arrondissement of Paris, 1881

Art spreads its light far and wide: Crafts and industrial design: Sketch for the drawing... 1880
Art spreads its light far and wide: Crafts and industrial design: Sketch for the drawing room at the school in rue Dombasle, 15th arrondissement of Paris, 1880

Near or far all trades need to be touched by a reflection of art: Trades: Sketch for the... 1887
Near or far all trades need to be touched by a reflection of art: Trades: Sketch for the drawing room in the school in rue Dombasle, 15th arrondissement of Paris, 1887

Wood Engraving, Tools, from Encyclopédie, 1762/77. Creator: A. J. Defehrt
Wood Engraving, Tools, from Encyclopedie, 1762/77

Wood Engraving, Tools, from Encyclopédie, 1762/77. Creator: A. J. Defehrt
Wood Engraving, Tools, from Encyclopedie, 1762/77

Astronomy - painted by J. Sant, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Astronomy - painted by J. Sant, 1850. Exhibition at the British Institution. Mr. Sant's "Astronomy" is a fine picture, full of poetic expression

Panel, England, c. 1720. Creator: Unknown
Panel, England, c. 1720. Floral pattern with carpentry tools and the letters S.Ioseph, (St Joseph)

The Philosopher, from the Scherzi, ca. 1740. Creator: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
The Philosopher, from the Scherzi, ca. 1740

Masonic apron from the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, late 18th century
African-American abolitionist Prince Hall (c. 1735-1807) founded Prince Hall Freemasonry and was a leader in the free black community in Boston

Leather Masonic apron owned by H. C. Anderson, mid 20th century. Creator: Unknown
Reverend Henry Clay Anderson was an African-American pastor, teacher, veteran, and photographer, best known for capturing the lives of the black middle class of Greenville

Elias Allen, 1666. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
Elias Allen, 1666

Portrait of Grinling Gibbons, 1690. Creator: John Smith
Portrait of Grinling Gibbons, 1690

Labor, 1591. Creator: Raphael Sadeler
Labor, 1591

Frontispiece with oval portrait of Raphael, with three allegorical figures of the Arts supporting the tablet at center, 1675

Diploma for the Freemasons of Bordeaux, after Francois Boucher, 1766

Della Trasportatione dell Obelisco Vaticano et delle Fabriche di Nostro Signore Papa Sisto V fatte dal Cavallier Domenico Fontana Architetto di sua Santita Libro Primo, 1590

[X-Ray of a Box Compasses and Drawing Tools], 1896. Creator: Henri van Heurck
[X-Ray of a Box Compasses and Drawing Tools], 1896

Mensura, from Prosopographia, ca. 1585-90. ca. 1585-90. Creator: Philip Galle
Mensura, from Prosopographia, ca. 1585-90

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