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Woodcut by Tsunajima Kamekichi (1887)
“Ryūkō eigo zukushi (fashionable melange of English words), woodcut showing images of animals such as cats and snakes; activities such as writing and looking; objects such as shoes and boxes; and people. Each image is labeled in Japanese and English. Woodcut print on hōsho paper.”
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Drawings on Manuscript by Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)
more at Russian Culture.
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Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川国芳) (1797-1861)
New Brooklyn to New York via Brooklyn Bridge, no. 2 Sept. 22, 1899. Edison Manufacturing Co.
Radu Lupu — Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 – “Pathetique” II. Adagio Cantabile
Mistick Krewe of Comus 1873 ‘Missing Links’ Parade Costume Designs For Mardis Gras
“Tinted drawing showing the comparative lengths of rivers and heights of mountains worldwide. “
“A little while and I will be gone from among you, whither I cannot tell. From nowhere we come, into nowhere we go.”
“What is life? It is the flash of the firefly in the night. It is the breath of the buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.”
— The Last Words of Crowfoot.
Paul Greer 