Forms Collection (#4)

DDE-90021285
Namibia, Opuwo. Dust devil forms near town. Date: 05/10/2006

DDE-90021283
Tuft of grass forms shadow on sand, Namib Naukluft National Park, Namib Desert, Namibia. Date: 12/08/2006

Advertising Poster for the General Electric Company [AEG] 1910
696836 Advertising Poster for the General Electric Company [AEG] 1910 by Behrens, Peter (1868-1940); Private Collection; (add.info.: In 1881)

Ascidiae, plate 85 from Kunstformen der Natur, 1899-1904
BCC88008 Ascidiae, plate 85 from Kunstformen der Natur, 1899-1904 by Haeckel, Ernst (1834-1919); Calmann & King, London, UK; German, out of copyright

Coloured Forms III, 1913 (oil on panel)
NUL445582 Coloured Forms III, 1913 (oil on panel) by Macke, August (1887-1914); 28.5x24 cm; Private Collection; German, out of copyright

Superposed Forms, (oil on gesso prepared board)
657549 Superposed Forms, (oil on gesso prepared board) by Dismorr, Jessica Stewart (1885-1939); 46x61 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Superposed Forms. Jessica Dismorr (1885-1939)

Jacobean Architecture (engraving)
3653630 Jacobean Architecture (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jacobean Architecture, Waterston Hall, Dorset)

Human Miseries, from the Suite of Late Wood-Block Prints, 1898-99
3502570 Human Miseries, from the Suite of Late Wood-Block Prints, 1898-99 by Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903); 22.7x30.4 cm; The Art Institute of Chicago, IL, USA; Gift of Frank B

Writing, sloping (litho)
6002052 Writing, sloping (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Writing, sloping. Illustration for Lettering for Schools and Colleges for the Office)

The hand, showing the different forms of finger and the mounts and lines of palmistry (litho)
6013669 The hand, showing the different forms of finger and the mounts and lines of palmistry (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The hand)

Various forms of cross (litho)
6013626 Various forms of cross (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Various forms of cross)

Common forms of drills (litho)
6013616 Common forms of drills (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Common forms of drills)

Common forms of syringe (litho)
6013439 Common forms of syringe (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Common forms of syringe)

Science under divers forms (engraving)
5997831 Science under divers forms (engraving) by Cruikshank, George (1792-1878); Private Collection; (add.info.: Science under divers forms)

On an Outing given by the Childrens Aid Society the Toad forms an Interesting Study (b / w photo)
5215470 On an Outing given by the Childrens Aid Society the Toad forms an Interesting Study (b/w photo) by American Photographer

Red Shirt and Broncho Bill are invited to Hunt by a Master of Hounds in Hertfordshire (engraving)
1046258 Red Shirt and Broncho Bill are invited to Hunt by a Master of Hounds in Hertfordshire (engraving) by Corbould, Alfred Chantrey (1852-1920); Private Collection; (add.info)

Various forms of Tabernacles (engraving)
971363 Various forms of Tabernacles (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Various forms of Tabernacles)

Les Nuages (colour litho)
2780233 Les Nuages (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Les Nuages. Formes diverses, Cumulus, Cirro-Cumulus, Nimbus, Stratus)

Formes diverses des grelons (engraving)
2793103 Formes diverses des grelons (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Formes diverses des grelons)

Vintage 19th century photograph: Wellington Arch, also known as Constitution Arch or as the Green Park Arch, is a Grade I-listed triumphal arch by Decimus Burton that forms a centrepiece of Hyde Park

Forms Abstracted, 1913 (oil on canvas)
2962764 Forms Abstracted, 1913 (oil on canvas) by Hartley, Marsden (1877-1943); 100.6x80.8 cm; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA; American, out of copyright

European home in Faizabad, India
Vintage 19th century photograph: European home in Faizabad, India. Faizabad is a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, which forms a municipal corporation with Ayodhya

East London Harbour (b / w photo)
3092493 East London Harbour (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: East London Harbour)

The Cango Caves, near Oudtshoorn (b / w photo)
3092464 The Cango Caves, near Oudtshoorn (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Cango Caves, near Oudtshoorn)

19th c. photograph: Gotthard Rail tunnel, Switzerland
Gotthard Rail tunnel, Switzerland The Gotthard Tunnel (German: Gotthardtunnel, is a 15.kilometre-long railway tunnel and forms the summit of the Gotthard Railway in Switzerland)

Women of the working class in Tokyo, 18th century
Women of the working class in Tokyo, Edo Era, 18th century. A laundress washing clothes in a tub, a menial maid carrying water pales with yoke, servant with brush, and nursemaid with baby

Edo street scene, 18th century. A dance teacher and pupil on the left, a nori (glue) seller is beckoned by workers in a small family business

Young women and geisha on an Edo street, 18th century
Scene outside an office for servant placement with the entrance to a female bathhouse. An older woman talks to a nanny with baby and other working women

Wealthy townswomen at a house with courtyard, 18th century
Wealthy townswomen, Tokyo, 18th century. Three young chonin women gather at the house of an older woman for a meeting. A maid brings tea to a young nursing mother

Women of the merchant or artisan class. Waka poetry tutor in a daimyos house. Servants sewing, writing poems, wrapping items and carrying rice

Concubine (mekake) of a high-ranking man watching a dancer
Concubine (mekake) of a high-ranking man with tobacco pipe watching a dancing girl accompanied by musicians on shamisen and blind koto harpist (koze)

Wife of the elite samurai class relaxing
Wife of the elite samurai class reading books, with other women writing with a pen, one looking at ukiyo-e prints, and one folding paper. Another woman delivers reams of paper and ink

Japanese women picnicing in a field, Tokyo, 18th century
Japanese women picnicing in a field outside Tokyo, 18th century. Women smoking a tobacco pipe while waiting for a soba-shop woman to bring a kettle and tray of noodles

Aristocratic women parading past a ?shop, Tokyo
Aristocratic women parading passing a ?yojiya, a shop selling brushes and toothpicks, Tokyo, 18th century. Young maids carry a mirror

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