- ‘L’Empereur’ by James Carroll Beckwith (1852-1917). From the Public Domain Graphics email list.
James Carroll Beckwith was an American painter, who studied at the Chicago Academy of Design until it was destroyed by fire in 1871. He then studied in New York at the National Academy of Design. Beckwith traveled to Paris in 1873 and stayed there 5 years; it was during that time that he painted this picture of the sun setting on a statue.
Beckwith lived and worked mostly in the United States, where he was a well-known, successful, and often exhibited artist. He did return to Europe several times, including a four year stay in Italy from 1910-1914. He died of a heart attack at age 66 in New York City in 1917.
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Peace,
Bekka
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*sigh* Trying very hard to get back into the swing of things. Busy summer, and I need to pay more attention to my blog and website. ‘Christmas in July New Year’s Resolution’ here – I will post regularly even if it isn’t every day. Promise. Cross my heart.
- Cats, from _Quadrupeds_ by Mayne Reid (1818-1883), published before 1883. Illustrated by William Harvey. From Project Gutenberg e-books #23576.
This is an illustration from a fun book I found at Project Gutenberg, full of lovely illustrations of animals. The full title is Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where They Are Found: A Book of Zoology for Boys, by Mayne Reid (1818-1883). No date of publication is given, but since Reid died in 1883 I am assuming that the book was published before then. The illustrator was William Harvey.
I decided on cats because after I cleaned my sons’ room to the walls so we could put in bunk beds (I found 2 shoe boxes full of legos under their beds!); our cats have been playing crazily in the cleaned room and climbing all over the bunk beds. So cats were on my mind.
I know it’s silly, but well, I’m sometimes a very silly person. Be sure to click on the image to see it / download it full-sized.
Peace,
Bekka
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- Japanese musicians playing on traditional instruments – the samisen, fuye, taiko, and tsuzumi; c. 1910×1920. Photographer unknown. From the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, LOC #LC-D41-26
This is a posed photograph from c. 1910×1920. I love how composed these women look. This photo was taken by an unknown photographer for the Detroit Publishing Company. The collection of the DPC is now the property of the Library of Congress, whose information on the collection says:
This collection of photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company Collection includes over 25,000 glass negatives and transparencies as well as about 300 color photolithograph prints, mostly of the eastern United States. Subjects strongly represented in the collection include city and town views, including streets and architecture; parks and gardens; recreation; and industrial and work scenes. [
From the LOC website
You can read more about the collection at the Library of Congress’ website, where there is an
article on the Detroit Publishing Co. Click on the image to see it and download it full-sized.
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- ‘The Signing of the Declaration of Independence’, by John Trumbull (1756-1843), 1819. From Wikipedia Commons.
Happy 4th of July!!
In keeping with the holiday, today’s Daily Public Domain image is of a painting by John Trumbull (1756-1843). It shows an idealized gathering of the signers of the Declaration (when in actuality not all of them signed on the same day). There are two versions of this painting, both by Trumbull. This one, which is slightly rougher and less polished, hangs in the Yale University Art Gallery, in New Haven, CT. The other hangs in the U.S. Capitol building.
Click on the image to see it / download it full-sized. I found this image on Wikipedia Commons.
And have a safe and happy 4th!
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