The Brontë Sisters

The Brontë Sisters, ca.1834
by Branwell Brontë
Oil on canvas

From left to right, they are Anne, Emily, and Charlotte;
Branwell originally painted himself between Emily and Charlotte,
but later painted himself out, so as not to clutter the picture.

(The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë)

Sculpture 2016

Coloured sculpture, 2016

by Jordan Wolfson

(David Zwirner Gallery)

Nadar

Nadar's Self-Portrait with Wife Ernestine

in a Balloon Gondola, ca.1865

Gelatin silver print

Jeune Hortense

Jeune Hortense - A French brigantine which ran aground

at Long Rock, Cornwall, England, 1888

Photo: The Gibsons of Scilly

The Canadian

Canadian Pacific - 1955

Artwork by R. Couillard

Nietzsche

German Philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche, 1882

Photo: Gustav-Adolf Schultze

Season's Greetings

German Postcard with French Stamp, 1908(?)

Hedda Vernon

German actress, Hedda Vernon, ca.1914

(RPH Postcard)

Frances McLaughlin Gill

The Photographer, Frances McLaughlin Gill

New York City, 1978

Photo: Michael Somoroff

North By Northwest

Photo of Cary Grant from the film North by Northwest

(Motion Picture Daily, July 6, 1959)

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock

Moulin Rouge

At the Moulin Rouge, 1892-95

by Henri de Toulouse Lautrec

Oil on canvas

Mallam Galadima Ahmadu

Mallam Galadima Ahmadu with Jamis, Nigeria, 2005

From the series 'The Hyena and other Men'

Photo: Pieter Hugo

Digital C-print

Cabbage

Cabbage Leaf, 1931

Photo: Edward Weston

Gelatin silver print

Southern Jupiter

Southern Jupiter from Perijove 3

Image Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, SwRI, MSSS;

Processing: Damian Peach

(Astronomy Picture of the Day)

Furnished Rooms

Front of a typical house offering furnished rooms for rent

District of Columbia, July 1935

Photo: Carl Mydans

Nitrate negative

(Library of Congress)

Nazca Lines

Feathers - Nazca, Peru, 1979

Photo: Marilyn Bridges

Gelatin silver print

Genève 1928

Grand Prix d'Europe, Genève, 1928

Artwork by Francis Portier

Kosciusko Mississippi

"Some of the young workers, not the youngest, in the Kosciusko Cotton Mills.

Superintendent objected to my taking photographs." Location, Kosciusko,

Mississippi, November 1913.

Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine.     (Shorpy)

American Civil War

The Commodore Perry, ca.1863

Albumen print

(Library of Congress)

Masked Child

Masked Child with a Doll, 1961

Photo: Diane Arbus

Gelatin silver print

Lust For Life

Kirk Douglas (as Vincent van Gogh) & Anthony Quinn

(as Gauguin) in a still from 'Lust for Life' - 1956

Directed by Vincente Minnelli

The Kiss

Le Baiser de l'Hôtel de Ville, Paris, 1950

Photo: Robert Doisneau

Abyssinian Prince

Prince (Dejatch) Alamayou of Abyssinia

(Prince Alemayehu Tewodros of Ethiopia) 1868

Photo: Cornelius Jabez Hughes

Albumen carte-de-visite

Rich Hall

Rich Hall - comedian, musician, writer, director,

Taunton, England, 15 April 2016

Photo: Tina Downham

Francis Poictevin

Francis Poictevin, 1887

by Jacques-Emile Blanche

Oil on canvas

(Owned by Edgar Degas)

Peter Jackson

Champion Jamaican Boxer, Peter Jackson

2 December 1889, London

Unidentified Photographer

(London Stereoscopic Company)

Metropolis

Metropolis - Director, Fritz Lang, 1927

Photo: Horst von Harbou

(Austrian Theatre Museum)

Titanic

RMS Titanic, Belfast

Ready to be launched, May 31, 1911

b&w film - copy negative

(Library of Congress)

Belle Of The Bends

"A Mississippi River landing."

The sidewheeler Belle of the Bends taking on

cargo alongside the sternwheeler Belle of Calhoun.

8x10 inch dry plate glass negative.  Memphis ca.1906.

Detroit Publishing Company.    (Shorpy)

World Chess Champion

Magnus Carlsen

8 September, 2016

Photo: Andreas Kontokanis

William Eggleston

Untitled, 1970-73

Photo: William Eggleston

Dye transfer print

Barn Owl

A barn owl (Tyto alba) just about to pose

on the falconer's hand, 18 October, 2014

Photo: Carlos Delgado

At The Races

Three Women at the Races, ca.1885

by Edgar Degas

Pastel on paper

Fire Eater

Fire Eater at a Carnival - Palisades Park, N.J. 1957

Photo: Diane Arbus

Gelatin silver print

Hastings

Yachts Starting - Hastings, England, ca.1895

Photochrom Colour Print

(Library of Congress)

New Brighton

Girl Serving Ice Cream, New Brighton, 1983

Photo: Martin Parr

Archival Pigment Print

Desert Hell

Desert Hell, Kuwait, 1991

Photo: Sebastião Salgado

Gelatin silver print

The Good Reputation Sleeping

La Buena Fama Durmiendo

(The Good Reputation Sleeping) 1939

Photo: Manuel Alvarez Bravo

Gelatin silver print

Pluto

Pluto's Sputnik Planum

Image Credit: NASA, Johns Hopkins U.APL, Southwest Research Inst.

(Astronomy Picture of the Day)

Norman Mailer

American Author, Norman Mailer, 1964

Photo: Arnold Newman

Gelatin silver print

Urville

Urville, 2006

(Urville-Nacqueville, Normandy)

Photo: Jane and Louise Wilson

Gelatin silver print

Joseph Beuys

German Artist, Joseph Beuys, 1970

Photo: Robert Lebeck

Gelatin silver print

Women Fencing

Two women fencing, June 16, 1891

Unidentified Photographer

Tintype

Joseph Slade

Joseph Slade, 1816

by Ammi Phillips

Oil on canvas

Porto Portugal

Unloading Salt - Porto, Portugal, 1939

Photo: Nicolás Muller

German Photography

Widow and her Sons, ca.1921

Photo: August Sander

Gelatin silver print on paper

White Masks

Two Men in White Masks, Cuzco, Peru, 1948

Photo: Irving Penn

Gelatin Silver Print

Mighty Waltzer

Mighty Waltzer

Elephant and Castle, London, 1952

Photo: Colin O'Brien

Karen & Lesa

Untitled, 1974

(Karen Chatham, left, with the artist’s cousin Lesa Aldridge,

in Memphis, Tennessee)

Photo: William Eggleston

Dye transfer print