Dora Woolard, 1913

Dora Woolard. The 14 April, 1913 issue of The San Francisco Call carried an item on a vaudeville show, “At the Empress Theater this week are the Diving Girls, Dora Woolard and Laura Murray, two charming swimers, assisted by Mme. Barlo, oldest lady swimmer” | src gt_hawk63 on Flickr

Six Diving Nymphs, 1915

Six Diving Nymphs. Performers in Charles T. Earl’s aquatic vaudeville act. The 17 Oct., 1915 issue of the New York Clipper commented on the act’s Saturday night, 10 October performance at Dale’s Theater, 116th street; “Mr. Earl has a classy looking half dozen girls in his act and each is a graceful performer, besides showing up well in abbreviated different colored union suits.” | src gt_hawk63 on Flickr

Nude Torso, 1950

Shōji Ueda :: Nude Torso, 1950. | src MFAH ~ Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Jumping into the water, 1930

Gerhard Riebicke :: Zwei Jungen beim Kopfsprung ins Wasser, 6 Juli 1930. Foto: G. Riebicke. | src Getty Images

2 Nudes, 1950

Shoji Ueda :: Untitled, 1950. | src MFAH ~ Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

La Cigale by Frank Eugene

Frank Eugene ~ La Cigale. Photogravure. Published in Camera Work, 1904 | src The Cleveland Museum of Art
Frank Eugene ~ La Cigale, No. 3 from the portfolio “American Pictorial Photography, Series II” (1901) | src AIC
Frank Eugene ~ La Cigale. From : Camera Notes, Vol 3 No 4, 1900. | src Le Monde Blog (broken link)
Frank Eugene ~ La Cigale, 1898. Photogravure. The Alfred Stieglitz Collection. | src Art Institute Chicago
Frank Eugene ~ La Cigale, 1898. Platinum print. | src Art Institute Chicago
Frank Eugene ~ La Cigale, 1901. Photogravure. The Camera Club of New York | src MoMA

No further words to explain ourselves; as you guess we are so much in love with this image. In order to pay a kind of homage and for the delight of our / your eyes, we tried to compile every single image available of this beautiful masterpiece.

Frank Eugene ~ La Cigale, 1898 (negative); 1904 (photogravure) | source Philadelphia Museum of Art

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Hist! Said Kate the Queen

Emma Barton :: «Hist! Said Kate the Queen». Published in The Amateur Photographer & Photographic News, vol. LIV, 1417, p. 531 (November 27th, 1911). | src Musée Nicéphore Niépce
Emma Barton :: «Hist!» Said Kate the Queen.─ «Pippa Passes», Browning. From the London Salon of Photography.
Published in The Amateur Photographer & Photographic News, vol. LIV, 1417, p. 531 (November 27th, 1911). | Musée Nicéphore Niépce