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    • Mother About to Wash Her Sleepy Child;

    • Mother About to Wash Her Sleepy Child;
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    • During the second half of the nineteenth century, artistic opportunities were still more limited for women than men, yet Mary Cassatt is a prime example of a professional female artist who equaled her male colleagues in caliber and productivity. ...
    • Genesee Scenery;

    • Genesee Scenery;
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    • Thomas Cole was one of the leading painters in the Hudson River School. The Hudson River School was a group of nineteenth-century American artists who depicted romantic views of a vast American landscape. Cole’s Genesee Scenery is an excellent...
    • Miss Van Buren;

    • Miss Van Buren;
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    • Amelia Van Buren, the sitter for this portrait, was a favorite student of Thomas Eakins at the Pennsylvania Academy. When Eakins was dismissed from the academy in 1886 over his controversial teaching methods, Amelia Van Buren remained a close...
    • Lake George;

    • Lake George;
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    • Martin Johnson Heade belonged to the Hudson River School of painters. The Hudson River School was a group of nineteenth-century American artists who depicted romantic views of a vast American landscape. In his Lake George, Heade promotes the...
    • Map and Timeline of the Spread of Islam;

    • Map and Timeline of the Spread of Islam;
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    • While Islam began as a religion taught by the Prophet Muhammad to a small group of followers, it spread rapidly. This map and timeline illustrate the spread of Islamic religious and political influence between the seventh and sixteenth centuries,...
    • Shahadah;

    • Shahadah;
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    • Meaning “testimony” in Arabic, the shahadah, shown here in beautiful calligraphy, is the Muslim profession of faith, “There is no god but Allah; Muhammad is the prophet of Allah.” The shahadah is the first of the five Pillars of Islam, and...
    • Jen Character;

    • Jen Character;
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    • This image portrays the Chinese character for “jen” written in Chinese calligraphy. Chinese calligraphy is created using an ink stick, an ink stone, a brush, and paper (or silk). The calligrapher, using a combination of technical skill and...
    • Terracotta Army from the tomb of Shi Huangdi;

    • Terracotta Army from the tomb of Shi Huangdi;
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    • This image depicts the terra-cotta army from the tomb of Shi Huangdi, emperor of the Ch'in (Qin) dynasty (221–210/209 BC) and creator of the first unified Chinese empire. He is most famous for beginning construction of the Great Wall of China...
    • The Woman's Exponent 1886-10-01 vol. 15 no. 9

    • The Woman's Exponent 1886-10-01 vol. 15 no. 9

    • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--Periodicals; Relief Society (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)--Periodicals; Women in the Mormon Church--Periodicals; Mormons and Mormonism--Periodicals;

    • Publication for the women of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Began with vol. 1 in 1872 and ceased with vol. 41 in February 1914.
    • The Woman's Exponent 1886-10-15 vol. 15 no. 10

    • The Woman's Exponent 1886-10-15 vol. 15 no. 10

    • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--Periodicals; Relief Society (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)--Periodicals; Women in the Mormon Church--Periodicals; Mormons and Mormonism--Periodicals;

    • Publication for the women of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Began with vol. 1 in 1872 and ceased with vol. 41 in February 1914.
    • Timeline and Map of the Frankish Kingdoms;

    • Timeline and Map of the Frankish Kingdoms;
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    • The period of the Merovingian and Carolingian Frankish dynasties (450–987) encompasses the early Middle Ages. After the 4th and 5th centuries, Germanic peoples entered the Roman Empire in substantial numbers and contributed to the dissolution of...
    • Alexander the Great Coin;

    • Alexander the Great Coin;
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    • This image depicts a silver Tetradrachm issued by Alexander the Great at Alexandria around 326 or 325 BC, just a few years before his death. The silver coinage produced throughout his empire employed the same two motifs; the obverse showed a head...
    • John Locke;

    • John Locke;
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    • John Greenhill was an English painter and draughtsman working in the mid-seventeenth century. The most talented assistant of the famous portraitist Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680), Greenhill employed a similar style to that of his master in some of his...
    • Breakfast Scene, Marriage à la Mode;

    • Breakfast Scene, Marriage à la Mode;
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    • William Hogarth is famous for his witty satirizations of eighteenth-century English society, which appealed to the newly prosperous middle class in England. In his campaign to end the practice of importing artists and styles from the Continent,...
    • Portrait of Isaac Newton;

    • Portrait of Isaac Newton;
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    • Sir Godfrey Kneller was one of the most prominent English artists during the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries and he served as Governor of the first Academy of Painting that was organized in London in 1711. His ability to capture a...

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