Palmistry chart. Thumb has nail polish. Scan of 2 d image in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Palmistry diagrams. Scan of 2 d images in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

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Palmistry diagrams. Scan of 2 d images in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Palmistry map; French. Scan of 2 d images in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Georges de La Tour. Fortune Teller. 1632-35. Scan of 2 d images in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

16th Century, Dominos. Scan of 2 d images in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Chess in Iceland and in Icelandic literature : with historical notes on other table-games (1905). Scan of 2 d images in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Antidance literature. "Lustful expectancy of modern dance." Immorality of modern dances, ed. by Beryl and Associates . New York, Everitt and Francis Co. [etc.] 1904. Image showing why dancing is bad, bad, bad. Demons all around. Scan of 2 d image in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

French cautionary illustration. Jester harassing a woman. Scan of 2 d image in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Take me out to the ballgame era. Evolution of a Pitcher from a pitcher (as in vessel) to someone who throws a ball. San Francisco, Calif. : H. S. Crocker & Co., c1889 . Scan of 2 d image in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

"How to cut a man's head off and put it on a platter." Abel Bowen," Endless Amusements or the Art of Legerdemain Made Easy to Young Persons" (Boston Theodore Abbot, 1846) . Scan of 2 d image in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

India, 1851(ca) Sikh Style; snake charmer. Scan of 2 d images in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

India, 1851(ca) Sikh Style; snake charmer. Scan of 2 d images in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Snake charmers. Engraving. Scan of 2 d images in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

India, 1790-1800 Rajasthan Style. Man playing music for woman and attracting white snakes. Scan of 2 d images in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

"Curious and uncommon performance of a monkey." Scan of 2 d image in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Mrs. Midnight's animal comedians. 18th Century, advertisement, illustrated, engraving. Scan of 2 d image in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

"Curious and uncommon performance of a monkey." Scan of 2 d image in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Elefantenkuh "Miss Baba". Ankundigungszettel der Menagerie Kreutzberg, vermutlich Februar 1857. Advertisement for Miss Baba, the elephant. Scan of 2 d images in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Adgie and her Trained Lions, 1897, via LOC. Black and white photo of woman appearing to dance in side a lion cage in an ornate room. Scan of 2 d image in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Mr. Martin, le lion Néron et le tigre Atir 1800?1850. Scan of 2 d images in the public domain believed be free to use without restriction in the U.S.

Engraving; advertisement for animal tamers; 18th century. Scan of 2 d image in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

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Isaac van Amburgh and his Animals. 1839. LANDSEER, Sir Edwin Henry (b. 1802, London, d. 1873, London). From the Royal Collection, Windsor," Landseer was greatly admired as a painter of animals and to a certain degree his reputation rests on such pictures. Indeed, it was as an animal painter that he first came to the attention of Queen Victoria in 1836. Landseer's particular skills lay not just in accurate drawing (based on his early experience of dissection) and a convincing rendering of the characteristics of animals, but also in his ability to incorporate them into compositions. This was done in such a way that their presence often buttressed the narrative - if it was not historical - with a moralising or allegorical dimension.. . .
An important compositional feature of the painting is the positioning of the viewer inside the cage with the Spectators visible through the bars. Van Amburgh reclines in the cage surrounded by a tiger, a lion, a lioness and two leopards. He wears a coat of mail, presumably not as a form of protection but perhaps, judging by the footwear, as a form of costume (part Roman and part medieval). There are scratches on the skin of his right forearm and on his neck. The sheen on the coats of the animals reveals Landseer's superb technique, as in the balance between the underpaint and the highlight on the lioness, or the spots visible beneath the top layer of paint on the two leopards. Next to Van Amburgh is a lamb which no doubt heightened the drama of the performance, but it might also be seen as a biblical reference, as in the late work The Lion and the Lamb of 1871 (Johannesburg Art Gallery).
The lion behind Isaac van Amburgh brings to mind the four bronze lions that were commissioned from Landseer towards the end of his life for the base of Nelson's col- umn in Trafalgar Square. The original commission was given to the artist in 1857, but it preoccupied him for ten years and the lions were unveiled in January 1867. " Scan of 2 d image in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

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Lion tamer in Roman gladiator-ish costume. Isaac van Amburgh (1808-1865)Amerikanischer Dompteur Lithographie von T. C. Wilson, 1838. National Portrait Gallery, London. Scan of 2 d images in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Two medieval Italian sword fighters in colorful clothes; one spearing the other in the mouth. Via Yale U. Mores Italien 1575. Scan of 2 d image in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Mores Italia 1575, color illustration of people in colorful costume climbing trees and in cages. Via Yale U. Scan of 2 d image in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Mores Italien, 1575. Via Yale U. Scan of 2 d image in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Mores Italien, 1575. Via Yale U. Scan of 2 d image in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Mores Italien, 1575. Via Yale U. Scan of 2 d image in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Sport féminin : saut sur échasses. Korean women on stilts jumping hurdles in a chase, for fun. Advert for Liebig's Extract of Meat Company. 1904. Via Harvard U. Scan of 2 d images in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

African individual with pink flowers in cloud costume, German title, "Schwarzer Pierrot." 1908. Fritz Erhler 1908. Die Kunst : Monatsheft für freie und angewandte Kunst (1899). Racist or costume for carnival (?). Scan of 2 d image in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Sport féminin : saut sur échasses. Korean women on stilts jumping hurdles in a chase, for fun. Advert for Liebig's Extract of Meat Company. 1904. Via Harvard U. Scan of 2 d images in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

French advertisement for Job cigarette rolling papers; girl smoking with black cat. Also ad for opera. Scan of 2 d image in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Poster; older man and woman embracing at a dinner table. Reine de Joie, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1892. Scan of 2 d image in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Vintage French Advertising poster. Advertisements and commercial graphics. Folies Bergere, La Loie Fuller. Scan of 2 d image in public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

European tightrope walker performing before a large crowd in Baroda. c. 1880. Via British Library. Scan of 2 d images in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Deutsche kunst und dekoration. 1920. Scan of 2 d images in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Surfing in Hawaii, 1918 -1921. Charles William Bartlett, via LOC. Scan of 2 d image in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US

Surfing in Hawaii, 1918 -1921. Charles William Bartlett, via LOC. Scan of 2 d image in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Surfing in Hawaii, 1918 -1921. Charles William Bartlett, via LOC. Scan of 2 d image in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Jungenstil. Dutch art nouveau style graphics. Scans of 2 d images in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Library of Congress. "The False Friend" theatrical posters.Scan of 2 d image in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Library of Congress. "The False Friend" theatrical posters.Scan of 2 d image in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.