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Background imageDescription Collection: Dudley Leavitt Pickman, Jr. house, 213 Hale Street, Beverly, Massachusetts, 1926

Dudley Leavitt Pickman, Jr. house, 213 Hale Street, Beverly, Massachusetts, 1926. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Dudley Leavitt Pickman, Jr. house, 213 Hale Street, Beverly, Massachusetts, 1926. House Architecture: Little & Browne, alterations to existing house, 1899-1900. Landscape: Little & Browne, 1899-1900

Background imageDescription Collection: 'Stratford Hall, ' 786 Great House Road, Stratford, Westmoreland County, Virginia, 1932

"Stratford Hall, " 786 Great House Road, Stratford, Westmoreland County, Virginia, 1932. House Architecture: Unknown architect, built 1730s. Other: Birthplace of Robert E. Lee

Background imageDescription Collection: Portrait de la comtesse Edmond Récopé, née Malher, 1888. Creator: Edouard Bernard Debat-Ponsan

Portrait de la comtesse Edmond Récopé, née Malher, 1888. Creator: Edouard Bernard Debat-Ponsan
Portrait de la comtesse Edmond Recope, nee Malher, 1888

Background imageDescription Collection: Villa Bel Riposo, San Domenico, Tuscany, Italy, 1925. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston

Villa Bel Riposo, San Domenico, Tuscany, Italy, 1925. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Villa Bel Riposo, San Domenico, Tuscany, Italy, 1925. Landscape: Leonardo Bruni

Background imageDescription Collection: Villa Gamberaia, Settignano, Tuscany, Italy, 1925. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston

Villa Gamberaia, Settignano, Tuscany, Italy, 1925. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Villa Gamberaia, Settignano, Tuscany, Italy, 1925. House Architecture: Zanobi Lapi, 1610- 1630. Landscape: Zanobi Lapi and others, from 1610

Background imageDescription Collection: Villa Reale di Castello, Castello, Tuscany, Italy, 1923. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston

Villa Reale di Castello, Castello, Tuscany, Italy, 1923. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Villa Reale di Castello, Castello, Tuscany, Italy, 1923. House architecture: Niccolo` Tribolo (also known as Niccolo` di Raffaello or Niccolo` di Pericoli)

Background imageDescription Collection: 'Weld, ' Larz Anderson house, 151 Newton Street, Brookline, Massachusetts, c1914

"Weld, " Larz Anderson house, 151 Newton Street, Brookline, Massachusetts, c1914. House Architecture: Little & Browne changes to existing house, from 1899

Background imageDescription Collection: 'The Elms, ' Edward Julius Berwind, 367 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island, 1914

"The Elms, " Edward Julius Berwind, 367 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island, 1914. House Architecture: Horace Trumbauer, 1899-1901, 1911. Landscape: Horace Trumbauer, 1907-1914

Background imageDescription Collection: 'Weld, ' Larz Anderson house, 151 Newton Street, Brookline, Massachusetts, c1914

"Weld, " Larz Anderson house, 151 Newton Street, Brookline, Massachusetts, c1914. House Architecture: Little & Browne changes to existing house, from 1899

Background imageDescription Collection: 'Hammersmith Farm, ' Hugh Dudley Auchincloss house, Harrison Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island, 1917

"Hammersmith Farm, " Hugh Dudley Auchincloss house, Harrison Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island, 1917. House Architecture: Originally built for John W. Auchincloss, 1887

Background imageDescription Collection: 'Chailey, ' Charles William Moseley house, Newburyport, Massachusetts, 1920

"Chailey, " Charles William Moseley house, Newburyport, Massachusetts, 1920. House Architecture: Built by Charles William Moseley, circa 1915

Background imageDescription Collection: 'Beacon Hill House, ' Arthur Curtiss James house, Beacon Hill Road, Newport, Rhode Island, 1917

"Beacon Hill House, " Arthur Curtiss James house, Beacon Hill Road, Newport, Rhode Island, 1917. House Architecture: Howells & Stokes, 1910. Landscape is Frederick Law Olmsted Jr

Background imageDescription Collection: 'Hammersmith Farm, ' Hugh Dudley Auchincloss house, Harrison Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island, 1917

"Hammersmith Farm, " Hugh Dudley Auchincloss house, Harrison Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island, 1917. House Architecture: Originally built for John W. Auchincloss, 1887

Background imageDescription Collection: Williams shaving soap: The leader through 20 administrations, 1901. Creator: Unknown

Williams shaving soap: The leader through 20 administrations, 1901. Creator: Unknown
Williams shaving soap: The leader through 20 administrations, 1901. Advertisement for Williams shaving soap showing head-and-shoulder portraits of Martin Van Buren and William McKinley

Background imageDescription Collection: 'Boxley, ' Frederick Winslow Taylor house, Northwest corner of Seminole Avenue... Penn. 1919

"Boxley, " Frederick Winslow Taylor house, Northwest corner of Seminole Avenue... Penn. 1919
"Boxley, " Frederick Winslow Taylor house, Northwest corner of Seminole Avenue and St. Martin's Lane, Chestnut Hill, Penn. 1919. House Architecture: Mantle Fielding, 1903 -1904

Background imageDescription Collection: Atlases on the Wallpavillon of the Dresden Zwinger, 1880. Creator: Adolph Menzel

Atlases on the Wallpavillon of the Dresden Zwinger, 1880. Creator: Adolph Menzel
Atlases on the Wallpavillon of the Dresden Zwinger, 1880

Background imageDescription Collection: 'Armsea Hall, ' Charles Frederick Hoffman Jr. house, Narragansett Bay, Newport, Rhode Island, 1914

"Armsea Hall, " Charles Frederick Hoffman Jr. house, Narragansett Bay, Newport, Rhode Island, 1914. House: Francis Laurens Vinton Hoppin, Hoppin & Koen, completed 1901

Background imageDescription Collection: 'Mariemont, ' Thomas Josephus Emery house, 386 Greenwood Ave. Middletown, Rhode Island, 1914

"Mariemont, " Thomas Josephus Emery house, 386 Greenwood Ave. Middletown, Rhode Island, 1914. House Architecture: Dr, Charles F

Background imageDescription Collection: 'House of Usefulness' schoolhouse, National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio, c1905

"House of Usefulness" schoolhouse, National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio, c1905. Creator: Unknown
"House of Usefulness" schoolhouse, National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio, c1905

Background imageDescription Collection: Clock, 1935/1942. Creator: Joseph Rothenberg

Clock, 1935/1942. Creator: Joseph Rothenberg
Clock, 1935/1942

Background imageDescription Collection: 'Mariemont, ' Thomas Josephus Emery house, 386 Greenwood Ave. Middletown, Rhode Island, 1914

"Mariemont, " Thomas Josephus Emery house, 386 Greenwood Ave. Middletown, Rhode Island, 1914. House architecture: Dr, Charles F

Background imageDescription Collection: 'Weld, ' Larz Anderson house, 151 Newton Street, Brookline, Massachusetts, c1914

"Weld, " Larz Anderson house, 151 Newton Street, Brookline, Massachusetts, c1914. House Architecture: Little & Browne changes to existing house, from 1899

Background imageDescription Collection: 'Weld, ' Larz Anderson house, 151 Newton Street, Brookline, Massachusetts, c1914

"Weld, " Larz Anderson house, 151 Newton Street, Brookline, Massachusetts, c1914. House Architecture: Little & Browne changes to existing house, from 1899

Background imageDescription Collection: 'The Causeway, ' James Parmelee house, 3100 Macomb Street, Washington, D.C. 1919

"The Causeway, " James Parmelee house, 3100 Macomb Street, Washington, D.C. 1919

Background imageDescription Collection: 'Weld, ' Larz Anderson house, 151 Newton Street, Brookline, Massachusetts, c1914

"Weld, " Larz Anderson house, 151 Newton Street, Brookline, Massachusetts, c1914. House Architecture: Little & Browne changes to existing house, from 1899

Background imageDescription Collection: 'Stonehurst, ' Charles William Henry house, Cherokee Street, Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, 1919

"Stonehurst, " Charles William Henry house, Cherokee Street, Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, 1919. House architecture: French Renaissance revival house, McKim, Mead & White, 1897

Background imageDescription Collection: 'Weld, ' Larz Anderson house, 151 Newton Street, Brookline, Massachusetts, c1914

"Weld, " Larz Anderson house, 151 Newton Street, Brookline, Massachusetts, c1914. House Architecture: Little & Browne changes to existing house, from 1899

Background imageDescription Collection: 'Weld, ' Larz Anderson house, 151 Newton Street, Brookline, Massachusetts, c1914

"Weld, " Larz Anderson house, 151 Newton Street, Brookline, Massachusetts, c1914. House Architecture: Little & Browne changes to existing house, from 1899

Background imageDescription Collection: 'Weld, ' Larz Anderson house, 151 Newton Street, Brookline, Massachusetts, c1914

"Weld, " Larz Anderson house, 151 Newton Street, Brookline, Massachusetts, c1914. House Architecture: Little & Browne changes to existing house, from 1899

Background imageDescription Collection: 'Brookside, ' William Hall Walker house, Brookside Road, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, c1916

"Brookside, " William Hall Walker house, Brookside Road, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, c1916. House architecture: Carre`re & Hastings

Background imageDescription Collection: 'Weld, ' Larz Anderson house, 151 Newton Street, Brookline, Massachusetts, c1914

"Weld, " Larz Anderson house, 151 Newton Street, Brookline, Massachusetts, c1914. House Architecture: Little & Browne changes to existing house, from 1899

Background imageDescription Collection: 'Weld, ' Larz Anderson house, 151 Newton Street, Brookline, Massachusetts, c1914

"Weld, " Larz Anderson house, 151 Newton Street, Brookline, Massachusetts, c1914. House Architecture: Little & Browne changes to existing house, from 1899

Background imageDescription Collection: 'Brookside, ' William Hall Walker house, Brookside Road, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, c1916

"Brookside, " William Hall Walker house, Brookside Road, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, c1916. House architecture: Carre`re & Hastings

Background imageDescription Collection: 'Brookside, ' William Hall Walker house, Brookside Road, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, c1916

"Brookside, " William Hall Walker house, Brookside Road, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, c1916. House Architecture: Carre`re & Hastings

Background imageDescription Collection: 'Weld, ' Larz Anderson house, 151 Newton Street, Brookline, Massachusetts, c1914

"Weld, " Larz Anderson house, 151 Newton Street, Brookline, Massachusetts, c1914. House Architecture: Little & Browne changes to existing house, from 1899

Background imageDescription Collection: 'Weld, ' Larz Anderson house, 151 Newton Street, Brookline, Massachusetts, c1914

"Weld, " Larz Anderson house, 151 Newton Street, Brookline, Massachusetts, c1914. House Architecture: Little & Browne changes to existing house, from 1899

Background imageDescription Collection: Ladle, 1935/1942. Creator: A. Zaidenberg

Ladle, 1935/1942. Creator: A. Zaidenberg
Ladle, 1935/1942

Background imageDescription Collection: Glass Bottle, 1935/1942. Creator: A. Zaidenberg

Glass Bottle, 1935/1942. Creator: A. Zaidenberg
Glass Bottle, 1935/1942

Background imageDescription Collection: Grandfather Clock, c. 1936. Creator: A. Zaidenberg

Grandfather Clock, c. 1936. Creator: A. Zaidenberg
Grandfather Clock, c. 1936

Background imageDescription Collection: Chest, c. 1936. Creator: Leon Witt

Chest, c. 1936. Creator: Leon Witt
Chest, c. 1936

Background imageDescription Collection: Brooch, c. 1937. Creator: Emma Wilson

Brooch, c. 1937. Creator: Emma Wilson
Brooch, c. 1937

Background imageDescription Collection: 'The Breakers, ' Cornelius Vanderbilt II house, 44 Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island, 1914

"The Breakers, " Cornelius Vanderbilt II house, 44 Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island, 1914. House Architecture: Richard Morris Hunt, 1892-1896

Background imageDescription Collection: Whiskey Glass, c. 1936. Creator: Emma Wilson

Whiskey Glass, c. 1936. Creator: Emma Wilson
Whiskey Glass, c. 1936

Background imageDescription Collection: Candle Lantern, c. 1939. Creator: Jack Williamson

Candle Lantern, c. 1939. Creator: Jack Williamson
Candle Lantern, c. 1939

Background imageDescription Collection: Tewer or Cupboard, c. 1938. Creator: Sarah F. Williams

Tewer or Cupboard, c. 1938. Creator: Sarah F. Williams
Tewer or Cupboard, c. 1938

Background imageDescription Collection: Blanket Chest, c. 1938. Creator: Sarah F. Williams

Blanket Chest, c. 1938. Creator: Sarah F. Williams
Blanket Chest, c. 1938

Background imageDescription Collection: School-master's desk, probably 1938. Creator: Sarah F. Williams

School-master's desk, probably 1938. Creator: Sarah F. Williams
School-master's desk, probably 1938

Background imageDescription Collection: Sugar Chest, c. 1938. Creator: Sarah F. Williams

Sugar Chest, c. 1938. Creator: Sarah F. Williams
Sugar Chest, c. 1938



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"Exploring the World Through Descriptions: From Albrecht Durer's Rhinoceros to Fortnum & Mason" A glimpse into history with Albrecht Durer's iconic woodcut of a rhinoceros, showcasing the artist's imaginative interpretation. Indulge in luxury at Fortnum & Mason, a renowned British department store offering exquisite goods and delectable treats. Unveiling nature's secrets through "Methodus plantarum sexalis in sistemate naturae descripta, " a botanical masterpiece capturing the wonders of plants. Delve into Japanese culture as we encounter geishas embodying the famous proverb: "See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil. " Discover the majestic Pinus cembra or Arolla pine, an evergreen conifer that thrives in mountainous regions across Europe and Asia. Relive The Zulu War through a vivid depiction of the Battle of Isandula (Isandhlwana), where bravery clashed with adversity on African soil. An intricate diagram unravels the complexity of cutaneous nerves in our head and neck, shedding light on our body's remarkable network. Witness nature's captivating carnivorous marvel - Dionaea muscipula or Venus flytrap - as it lures unsuspecting prey with its mesmerizing traps. Journey beneath our skin to explore superficial arteries and veins that intricately weave across our face and scalp like lifelines connecting us all. Encounter Araucaria columnaris & A. heterophyllo trees standing tall against time; their unique forms grace landscapes around the world with elegance. Unlock ancient wisdom depicted within a Zodiac adorned by winged male figures – possibly Cupid/Eros – symbolizing love’s celestial influence. In this diverse collection spanning art, science, culture, and nature lies an invitation to appreciate the intricacies of our world through captivating descriptions.