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Background imagePreparations Collection: Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose, 1885-86, (1938). Artist: John Singer Sargent

Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose, 1885-86, (1938). Artist: John Singer Sargent
Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose, 1885-86. Painting held at the Tate Britain, London. From World-Famous Paintings edited by J. Greig Pirie [W. & G. Foyle, Ltd, London, 1938.]

Background imagePreparations Collection: Las Meninas, 1656 (1939). Artist: Diego Velasquez

Las Meninas, 1656 (1939). Artist: Diego Velasquez
Las Meninas, 1656 (1939). Infanta Margarita, is attended by two of the Queen`s meninas or maids-ofhonour: Maria Agustina Sarmiento and Isabel de Velasco

Background imagePreparations Collection: Kitchen Scene, 1620s. Creator: Peter Wtewael

Kitchen Scene, 1620s. Creator: Peter Wtewael
Kitchen Scene, 1620s. meat on a skewer. The grins of housemaid and errand boy indicate their enjoyment of one anothers company

Background imagePreparations Collection: The busy pits: before the start of Le Mans 24-hour Race, 1937

The busy pits: before the start of Le Mans 24-hour Race, 1937. From Sir Malcolm Campbells Book of Famous Motorists, edited by Sir Malcolm Campbell. [Blackie & Son Limited, London and Glasgow, 1937]

Background imagePreparations Collection: A mother getting the children ready for a neighborhood birthday party, Washington, D. C. 1942

A mother getting the children ready for a neighborhood birthday party, Washington, D. C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington, D.C. A mother getting the children ready for a neighborhood birthday party

Background imagePreparations Collection: Preparations for a Feast, 1575-1625. Creator: Unknown

Preparations for a Feast, 1575-1625. Creator: Unknown
Preparations for a Feast, 1575-1625

Background imagePreparations Collection: British aviators getting instructions, 15 May 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

British aviators getting instructions, 15 May 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
British aviators getting instructions, 15 May 1918. The pilot and observer of a Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 biplane (serial number B5106) of No

Background imagePreparations Collection: British clearing ground for Howitzer, between 1914 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

British clearing ground for Howitzer, between 1914 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
British clearing ground for Howitzer, between 1914 and 1918. British soldiers preparing place for a howitzer artillery piece, probably during World War I.

Background imagePreparations Collection: Macedonia, French 155 gun ready to fire, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Macedonia, French 155 gun ready to fire, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Macedonia, French 155 gun ready to fire, between c1915 and 1918. Soldiers with possibly a De-Bange 155 mm cannon from France, in Macedonia during World War I.

Background imagePreparations Collection: Doeberitz - making stew for prisoners, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Doeberitz - making stew for prisoners, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Doeberitz - making stew for prisoners, between c1915 and 1918. Soldiers making stew at a prisoner of war camp at Do¨beritz (now Dallgow-Do¨beritz), Germany during World War I.

Background imagePreparations Collection: German hydroaeroplane, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

German hydroaeroplane, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
German hydroaeroplane, between c1915 and 1918. Friedrichshafen seaplane being taken down the slipway at a North Sea air station.

Background imagePreparations Collection: Observation balloon, U.S.A., 9 Dec 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Observation balloon, U.S.A., 9 Dec 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Observation balloon, U.S.A., 9 Dec 1917 (date created or published later). An observation balloon ready to be launched over German trenches in Europe in World War I.

Background imagePreparations Collection: British loading pontoon boats with ammunition, 22 Apr 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

British loading pontoon boats with ammunition, 22 Apr 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
British loading pontoon boats with ammunition, 22 Apr 1917. British Royal Artillery gunners loading pontoon boats on the River Scarpe with shells near a light railway engine passing on the line near

Background imagePreparations Collection: Making army cooks, Pratt Institute, 9 Aug 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Making army cooks, Pratt Institute, 9 Aug 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Making army cooks, Pratt Institute, 9 Aug 1917 (date created or published later). Woman teaching men how to cook for the U.S. Army at the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York.

Background imagePreparations Collection: Campaign in German E. Africa, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Campaign in German E. Africa, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Campaign in German E. Africa, between c1915 and 1918. African soldiers with cannons and European officers during the East African Campaign during World War I.

Background imagePreparations Collection: Field butcher on firing line, North Sea Coast, between 1914 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Field butcher on firing line, North Sea Coast, between 1914 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Field butcher on firing line, North Sea Coast, between 1914 and 1918. German? butchers cutting up a sheep on the front lines, North Sea Coast, during World War I.

Background imagePreparations Collection: Germans cooking near firing line, North Sea Coast, between c1914 and c1915

Germans cooking near firing line, North Sea Coast, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Germans cooking near firing line, North Sea Coast, between c1914 and c1915. German soldiers seated on ground, with man at a camp fire in the foreground during World War I.

Background imagePreparations Collection: German field bakery near Ypres, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service

German field bakery near Ypres, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
German field bakery near Ypres, 1914. Men cooking bread in mobile ovens near Ypres, Belgium during World War I.

Background imagePreparations Collection: Loading German Red Cross supplies, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Loading German Red Cross supplies, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Loading German Red Cross supplies, between 1914 and c1915. People putting Red Cross supplies into automobiles during World War I.

Background imagePreparations Collection: Aviator officer of Germany, Dec 1914. Creator: Bain News Service

Aviator officer of Germany, Dec 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Aviator officer of Germany, Dec 1914 (date created or published later). German officers with aviator and airplane during World War I.

Background imagePreparations Collection: German Battery in Galicia, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

German Battery in Galicia, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
German Battery in Galicia, between 1914 and c1915. German soldiers with gun battery in Galicia (Eastern Europe) during World War I.

Background imagePreparations Collection: Sleeping room in Kaiserin's Hospital Train, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Sleeping room in Kaiserin's Hospital Train, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Sleeping room in Kaiserin's Hospital Train, between c1914 and c1915. A room on the hospital train of the Kaiserin Augusta Victoria (wife of Wilhelm II of Germany) during World War I.

Background imagePreparations Collection: Submarine 'U-14', 17 Nov 1914 (date created and published later). Creator: Bain News Service

Submarine "U-14", 17 Nov 1914 (date created and published later). Creator: Bain News Service
Submarine "U-14", 17 Nov 1914 (date created and published later). The German U-14 submarine which served in World War I.

Background imagePreparations Collection: British at Etaples, France, Feb. 1915. Creator: Bain News Service

British at Etaples, France, Feb. 1915. Creator: Bain News Service
British at Etaples, Feb. 1915 (date created or published later). British soldiers at E´taples, France during World War I.

Background imagePreparations Collection: Laying concrete for the dam's sluice, Beloomut, 1912. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky

Laying concrete for the dam's sluice, Beloomut, 1912. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Laying concrete for the dam's sluice, Beloomut, 1912. Workers and supervisors posing for photograph amid preparations for pouring cement for sluice dam foundation across the Oka River near

Background imagePreparations Collection: [Barnard Canteen], 1918 or 1919. Creator: Bain News Service

[Barnard Canteen], 1918 or 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
[Barnard Canteen], 1918 or 1919. Women preparing food in the Columbia University Gould Boathouse, 115th and Riverside Drive, New York City

Background imagePreparations Collection: Recruits, Aldershot, H.A.C. Fargo Camp. 1914, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service

Recruits, Aldershot, H.A.C. Fargo Camp. 1914, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Recruits, Aldershot, H.A.C. Fargo Camp. 1914, 1914 (date created or published later). British soldiers at Aldershot army camp in England during World War I.

Background imagePreparations Collection: German Kitchen taken by French, 29 Oct 1914. Creator: Bain News Service

German Kitchen taken by French, 29 Oct 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
German Kitchen taken by French, 29 Oct 1914 (date created or published later). A horse-drawn German field kitchen at Compie`gne, France

Background imagePreparations Collection: Recruits, Aldershot, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Recruits, Aldershot, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Recruits, Aldershot, between 1914 and c1915. British soldiers at Aldershot army camp in England during World War I.

Background imagePreparations Collection: French Auto Laboratory of Radiology, 31 Oct 1914. Creator: Bain News Service

French Auto Laboratory of Radiology, 31 Oct 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
French Auto Laboratory of Radiology, 31 Oct 1914 (date created or published later). A mobile radiology automobile during World War I, probably in France.

Background imagePreparations Collection: Cooking for French soldiers during battle, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Cooking for French soldiers during battle, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Cooking for French soldiers during battle, between c1914 and c1915. Men cooking on wagons for French soldiers during World War I.

Background imagePreparations Collection: Before boat race, Columbian Naval Review, 1892 (i.e. 1893), 1893 April. Creator: Unknown

Before boat race, Columbian Naval Review, 1892 (i.e. 1893), 1893 April. Creator: Unknown
Before boat race, Columbian Naval Review, 1892 (i.e. 1893), 1893 April. Photo shows boat from navy of Brazil in front and rear; boat at right is probably from navy of France

Background imagePreparations Collection: U.S.S. Richmond, 'stand by to lay aloft', between 1890 and 1901. Creator: Unknown. U.S.S

U.S.S. Richmond, "stand by to lay aloft", between 1890 and 1901. Creator: Unknown. U.S.S
U.S.S. Richmond, "stand by to lay aloft", between 1890 and 1901

Background imagePreparations Collection: Reliance before the start, Aug. 22, 03, 1903 Aug 22, c1903. Creator: Unknown

Reliance before the start, Aug. 22, 03, 1903 Aug 22, c1903. Creator: Unknown
Reliance before the start, Aug. 22, 03, 1903 Aug 22, c1903

Background imagePreparations Collection: Namikiri Juzaboro with Drawn Sword, 1866. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Namikiri Juzaboro with Drawn Sword, 1866. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Namikiri Juzaboro with Drawn Sword, 1866. Series: Biographies of fine modern men

Background imagePreparations Collection: 'Indians mashing Turtle Eggs; The Fresh-water Turtle of the Amazons, 1875. Creator: Unknown

'Indians mashing Turtle Eggs; The Fresh-water Turtle of the Amazons, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Indians mashing Turtle Eggs; The Fresh-water Turtle of the Amazons, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin

Background imagePreparations Collection: Kitchenmaid, c16th century. Creator: Pieter Pietersz. the elder

Kitchenmaid, c16th century. Creator: Pieter Pietersz. the elder
Kitchenmaid, c16th century

Background imagePreparations Collection: The British Push Into Flanders; Along the road from Ypres to Menin... 1917. Creator: Unknown

The British Push Into Flanders; Along the road from Ypres to Menin... 1917. Creator: Unknown
The British Push Into Flanders; Along the road from Ypres to Menin, on the morning of October 30, 1917: English troops from the Northern Counties await the signal for the attack during which they

Background imagePreparations Collection: Warrior Taira-no-Tadanori about to Sleep under a Cherry Tree (image 2 of 3), 1884

Warrior Taira-no-Tadanori about to Sleep under a Cherry Tree (image 2 of 3), 1884. Creator: Kobayashi Kiyochika
Warrior Taira-no-Tadanori about to Sleep under a Cherry Tree (image 2 of 3), 1884

Background imagePreparations Collection: Single Leaf from the Arabic Version of Dioscorides De materia medica, Rajab 621 AH/AD 1224

Single Leaf from the Arabic Version of Dioscorides De materia medica, Rajab 621 AH/AD 1224. Creator: Unknown
Single Leaf from the Arabic Version of Dioscorides De materia medica, Rajab 621 AH/AD 1224. Two doctors preparing medicine. A funnel is set on a tripod over a vessel

Background imagePreparations Collection: Costumes de Différent Pays, Homme des Landes de Bordeaux Mettant ses Échasses, c1797

Costumes de Différent Pays, Homme des Landes de Bordeaux Mettant ses Échasses, c1797
Costumes de Different Pays, Homme des Landes de Bordeaux Mettant ses Echasses, c1797

Background imagePreparations Collection: Still Life with Wild Chicory, Chervil, and Cruet, 1863. Creator: Leon Bonvin

Still Life with Wild Chicory, Chervil, and Cruet, 1863. Creator: Leon Bonvin
Still Life with Wild Chicory, Chervil, and Cruet, 1863

Background imagePreparations Collection: Still Life with Pomegranate, 1864. Creator: Leon Bonvin

Still Life with Pomegranate, 1864. Creator: Leon Bonvin
Still Life with Pomegranate, 1864

Background imagePreparations Collection: Finished Drawing of a Warrior, c1878. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Finished Drawing of a Warrior, c1878. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Finished Drawing of a Warrior, c1878

Background imagePreparations 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 imagePreparations Collection: AI IMAGE - Victorian period kitchen with housekeeper and maid, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images

AI IMAGE - Victorian period kitchen with housekeeper and maid, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Victorian period kitchen with housekeeper and maid, 2023

Background imagePreparations Collection: Still Life with Celery, 1865. Creator: Leon Bonvin

Still Life with Celery, 1865. Creator: Leon Bonvin
Still Life with Celery, 1865. On the tabletop partly covered by a white cloth, there are three heads of celery, some parsley, several garlic bulbs, and various utensils including a knife

Background imagePreparations Collection: The Departure of Helen and her Entourage for Cythera, c1468. Creator: Dario di Giovanni

The Departure of Helen and her Entourage for Cythera, c1468. Creator: Dario di Giovanni
The Departure of Helen and her Entourage for Cythera, c1468



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