Herbert James Draper :: A Young Girl by a Pool, oil on canvas, signed ‘H.J.DRAPER’ (lower left), probably 1892-93. | src Bonhams
Although not recorded in Simon Toll’s catalogue raisonné on Draper, the present lot can probably be dated to 1892-93, when the artist was working in Rome. There are a number of related studies for the work, one of which, entitled ‘Pompilia’, depicts a girl in a similar crocheted cap (illustrated p.79, no. 33). The work can also be compared with other paintings of this period, such as ‘Love in the Garden of Philetas’ (RA 1892) and ‘The Spirit of the Fountain’ (1893), where flowers and ornamental gardens appear as popular motifs. | quoted from Bonhams London
Herbert James Draper :: A Young Girl by a Pool, oil on canvas; probably 1892-93. (DETAIL)
Exposition de la gravure japonaise du 25 avril au 22 mai… A l’Ecole des Beaux Arts… : [affiche] engraving [1890] Author / Auteur : Jules Chéret (1836-1932) Illustrateur | src BnF ~ GallicaExposition de la gravure japonaise du 25 avril au 22 mai… A l’Ecole des Beaux Arts… : [affiche] [1890] Author : Jules Chéret (1836-1932) Illustrateur | src BnF ~ Gallica
Pierre Louÿs (1870-1925) :: Gabrielle Dupont nue, de dos, 1893. | src BnF ~ GallicaPierre Louÿs (1870-1925) :: Portrait de Gabrielle Dupont, 1893. | src BnF ~ GallicaPierre Louÿs (1870-1925) :: Gabrielle Dupont allongée sur des coussins, en août 1893 chez Pierre Louÿs, rue Rembrandt. | src BnF ~ Gallica
Clarence H. White (1871–1925) :: Letitia Felix holding her skirts, ca. 1897. Platinum print with graphite. | src Princeton University Art MuseumClarence H. White (1871–1925) :: Letitia Felix in woods [1/3], ca. 1895–1900. Platinum Print. | src Princeton University Art Museum
George Shiras, 3rd :: “A Doe and Twin Fawns” aka “Innocents Abroad” (taken 1896), printed 1916. Vintage photogravure published by the National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C. | src PhotoSeed
This groundbreaking photograph depicting three deer was taken at night in 1896 on one of the many lakes making up Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. It was eventually issued in 1916 as a large-format hand-pulled photogravure by the National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C. (it had previously appeared several times in the journal as a halftone-one a full-page gatefold). [quoted from PhotoSeed]
A Doe and Twin Fawns -also known as Innocents Abroad, would earn Shiras international acclaim and many important awards.
A pioneer of using flashlight photography to record wildlife in their natural environments at night, Shiras used the method of “Jacklighting”, a form of hunting using a fixed continuous light source mounted in the bow of a canoe to draw the attention of wildlife: in this case three deer, utilizing magnesium flash-powder to freeze the scene in-camera. His series of twelve midnight views, including A Doe and Twin Fawns -also known as Innocents Abroad, would earn Shiras international acclaim and many important awards.
A one-term Congressman for the state of Michigan, (his father George Shiras Sr. was a former Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court) he was also an important naturalist who helped placed migratory birds and fish under Federal control. (The eventual 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act had groundings in legislation Shiras introduced to Congress in 1903 as the first comprehensive migratory bird law not voted on.) For additional background, see article by Matthew Brower in the journal History of Photography, Summer, 2008: George Shiras and the Circulation of Wildlife Photography. [quoted from PhotoSeed]
George Shiras (III) :: A doe and her twin fawns feeding on a lake in northern Michigan, published 1935
A doe and her twin fawns feeding on a lake in northern Michigan. From: Hunting wild life with camera and flashlight : a record of sixty-five years’ visits to the woods and waters of North America. Volume I, National Geographic Society, 1935. | src Memorial University of Newfoundland
Hypnotized: Some psychologists diagnosed at the end of the 19th century that specially women were at particular risk of infection from the “Wagner virus” because of their weaker nerves. His music can trigger hysteria or “inappropriate sexual arousal”. Quoted from article