Plaits Collection

An Arapahoe Boy, c. 1882. Creator: George de Forest Brush
An Arapahoe Boy, c. 1882

Hinmatoowyalahtq it (Chief Joseph), 1879. Creator: Charles Milton Bell
Hinmatoowyalahtq it (Chief Joseph), 1879

Advertisement for Shalimar complexion shampoo by Dubarry, 1930. A print from the Christmas number of the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, December 1930

In the British Department of the American Centennial Exhibition...1876. Creator: Unknown
In the British Department of the American Centennial Exhibition, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876. Our front-page Illustration, from a sketch by Mr

The Prince of Wales in the Terai: Meeting with Sir Jung Bahadoor...1876. Creator: Unknown
The Prince of Wales in the Terai: Meeting with Sir Jung Bahadoor, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876. The future King Edward VII in India

Venus Mourning Adonis, mid-late 16th century. Creator: Paolo Veronese
Venus Mourning Adonis, mid-late 16th century

Sketches in China - Heads of the People - a sketch at the Rev. Mr. Huleatt's Rice... 1858. Creator: Unknown
Sketches in China - Heads of the People - a sketch at the Rev. Mr. Huleatt's Rice Distribution at Canton, 1858. Engraving from a sketch...received by the last Overland Mail from our Special

Sketches from China - Chinese Opium-smokers, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Sketches from China - Chinese Opium-smokers, 1858. Note woman on right with bound feet. The rooms where the Chinese sit and smoke opium are surrounded by wooden couches

"...dussent-ils me maudire...", 1844. Creator: Honore Daumier. "...dussent-ils me maudire..."
"...dussent-ils me maudire...", 1844. "...dussent-ils me maudire..." "Ces barbares parens qui m'ont donne le jour" " Victor, o mon ame, a toi tout mon amour

Anna Maria Lovisa 1627-1693, Duchess of Montpensier. Creator: Unknown
Anna Maria Lovisa 1627-1693, Duchess of Montpensier, unknown date

Portrait of a Lady, c1800. Creator: Louis Leopold Boilly
Portrait of a Lady, c1800

Portrait of a young Woman, 1480-1499. Creator: Anon
Portrait of a young Woman, 1480-1499

Miss Ernani Seibel, portrait photograph, 1919 June 21. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Miss Ernani Seibel, portrait photograph, 1919 June 21

Little Plum Blossom, Chinatown, San Francisco, between 1896 and 1906. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Little Plum Blossom, Chinatown, San Francisco, between 1896 and 1906

Members of the International Institute for Immigrant Girls, Y.W.C.A. in national costumes... 1915
Members of the International Institute for Immigrant Girls, Y.W.C.A. in national costumes, portrait photograph, 1915 Mar. 13

Members of the International Institute for Immigrant Girls, Y.W.C.A. in national costumes... 1915
Members of the International Institute for Immigrant Girls, Y.W.C.A. in national costumes, portrait photograph, 1915 Mar. 13

Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926

Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926

Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926

Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926

Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926. Note boy smoking cigar

Sadler's Wells - Scene from "Harlequin and the House that Jack Built in 1851", 1850. Creator: Unknown
Sadler's Wells - Scene from "Harlequin and the House that Jack Built in 1851", 1850. London stage production

Doll, 1935/1942. Creator: Esther Peck
Doll, 1935/1942

Art class in Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, Washington, D.C. between 1890 and 1910. [Roman Catholic school for girls, founded in 1799. Students using tilting drawing boards

Genevieve Clark, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Genevieve Clark, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Genevieve Clark - married James Thomson, 1915, 1912. [American suffragist and campaigner. Daughter of Speaker of the House Champ Clark. Married newspaper publisher James McIlhany Thomson in 1915]

Shaker Chair Braids, 1935/1942. Creator: Edward D. Williams
Shaker Chair Braids, 1935/1942

Shaker Wool Braids, c. 1941. Creator: Edward D. Williams
Shaker Wool Braids, c. 1941

Le Bal (The Costume Ball) (Furnishing Fabric), France, 1827/40. Creator: Unknown
Le Bal (The Costume Ball) (Furnishing Fabric), France, 1827/40. Designed by George Zipelius after Sulpice Guillaume Chevallier. Detail from a larger artwork

Children of evicted sharecropper, now living on Sherwood Eddy cooperative plantation, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Children of evicted sharecropper, now living on Sherwood Eddy cooperative plantation

Her Horse Kills, 1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Her Horse Kills, 1908. Photograph shows three-quarter length portrait of Her Horse Kills, braided hair, wearing traditional clothing, beaded earrings and necklace, seated facing front

Girl and bear cub, between c1900 and 1916. Creator: Unknown
Girl and bear cub, between c1900 and 1916

Yellow Horse-Yanktonai, half-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right, with long... c1908
Yellow Horse-Yanktonai, half-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right, with long braids, two eagle feathers in hair, wrapped in buffalo skin, c1908

Wades in Water, Piegan Indian, full-length portrait, seated on floor, facing front... c1910
Wades in Water, Piegan Indian, full-length portrait, seated on floor, facing front, with braids, beaded buckskin shirt and leggings, beads with ermine tail trim, c1910

Plenty Coups, Crow Indian, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, pompadour, temple... c1908
Plenty Coups, Crow Indian, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, pompadour, temple braids, beaded buckskin shirt, shell beads around neck, c1908

Wolf, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Wolf, c1908. Head-and-shoulders portrait of Crow man

Crow chief, 1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Crow chief, 1910. Photograph shows full-length portrait of The Grizzly Bear, with braided hair, wearing traidtional clothing and several necklaces, standing, holding bow, facing front

Tearing Lodge and wife(?), c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Tearing Lodge and wife(?), c1910. Piegan man and woman, possibly husband and wife, three-quarter length portrait, facing front

Daughter of Tamahus-Cayuse, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Daughter of Tamahus-Cayuse, c1910. Cayuse woman, head-and-shoulderws portrait, facing front

Strike On his Head, Crow Indian, Montana, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, loose forelock, braids, beaded buckskin shirt, beads and two large shell disks around neck, c1908

Runs Between, 1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Runs Between, 1908. Photograph shows head-and-shoulders portrait of Runs Between, wearing headdress, traditional clothing, beaded gauntlets and braids, seated, facing right

Two Charger Woman, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Two Charger Woman, c1907. Full-length portrait of Brule Woman

Running Owl, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Running Owl, c1910. Running Owl, Piegan, half-length portrait, facing front

Tull Chee Hah, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Tull Chee Hah, c1905. Half-length portrait of man facing front

Tsaassi-Mis-salla ("Crow with Necklace")-Sarsi, c1927. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Tsaassi-Mis-salla ("Crow with Necklace")-Sarsi, c1927. Tsaassi-Mis-salla ("Crow with Necklace"), Sarsi man, bust portrait, facing front

Wife of Mnainak-Yakima, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Wife of Mnainak-Yakima, c1910. Yakima woman, half-length portrait, facing front

Kutenai female type, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Kutenai female type, c1910. Kootenai woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front

Lotsubelo-Quilcene, c1913. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Lotsubelo-Quilcene, c1913. Quilcene woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front

Lies Sideway, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Lies Sideway, c1908. Head-and-shoulders portrait of Crow man

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