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Photo, Print, DrawingVue et description de la ville de Meaco capitale du Japon avec d'autres particularitez du pays 1 print : etching. | Prints shows views of Meaco (Kyoto) and Saccai (Sakai), scenes of Christians being tortured, a Japanese wedding ceremony, and a temple in Sakai, and a plan of Dejima trading island; also includes descriptions of Meaco and Jedo (Tokyo).- Contributor: Chatelain, Henri Abraham
- Date: 1714
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe flying ship 1 print : etching ; sheet 11 x 13 cm. | Print shows a flying ship proposed by Brazilian Jesuit Bartolomeu de Gusmão (1685-1724). Etching is possibly from an 18th century publication.- Date: 1710-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingPortraits du moufti & autres ge[n]s d[e]loi de l'empire ottoman avec celui d'un emir 1 print : etching ; plate mark 37 x 43.5 cm, sheet 40 x 46 cm. | Print shows people of the Ottoman Empire: a Mufti, an Emir, an Imam and a Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church. The center picture depicts Whirling Dervishes in the temple of Pera.- Contributor: Chatelain, Henri Abraham
- Date: 1719-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingDersich so nennende Melech Augustus Hultazob, printz Americaner aüs der Provintz Canada aüs Achem, wie er in Bresslau, Anno 1718, nach dem leben geseichnet worden 1 print : engraving ; 25.5 x 16.5 cm (plate), 27.7 x 18.6 cm (sheet) | Print shows "Melech Augustus Hultazob" also known as August Melech Hultazob or Federico Gualdi, half-length portrait, facing front, wearing a turban and robe (5), with an ornate cross (2) hanging from a ribbon around his neck, the handle of a knife? (1) is visible extending above a sash…- Date: 1718-01-01
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CollectionPopular Graphic Arts About 15,000 historical prints (ca. 1700-1900) created to document geographic locations or popular subjects and sometimes used for advertising and educational purposes. Most are by American printmakers (e.g., Baillie, Currier & Ives, Sachse & Co.), but publishers in many other countries are also represented (e.g., Antonio Vanegas Arroyo). Subjects vary widely, from city and harbor views, street scenes, and manufacturing plants to genre scenes,…- Date: 1700
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