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Leaning Collection (#4)

"Leaning into Life's Tapestry: A Journey through Time and Space" In the captivating image of "Franz Liszt at 30 Years of Age

Background imageLeaning Collection: Dog. Cocker Spaniel puppy (7 weeks old ) Black & white, sitting / laying on a pile of rope

Dog. Cocker Spaniel puppy (7 weeks old ) Black & white, sitting / laying on a pile of rope Dog. Cocker Spaniel puppy (7 weeks old ) Black & white, sitting / laying on a pile of rope

Background imageLeaning Collection: Georgia, Tbilisi, Old Town, Clock tower attached to the puppet theatre

Georgia, Tbilisi, Old Town, Clock tower attached to the puppet theatre

Background imageLeaning Collection: Yemen, Hadhramaut, Shibam. The mud-built skyscrapers of Shibam, often referred to

Yemen, Hadhramaut, Shibam. The mud-built skyscrapers of Shibam, often referred to as the Manhattan of the Desert

Background imageLeaning Collection: Leaning Tower of Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Leaning Tower of Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Background imageLeaning Collection: Portrait of a Lady, 1530. Creator: Pier Francesco Foschi

Portrait of a Lady, 1530. Creator: Pier Francesco Foschi
Portrait of a Lady, 1530.

Background imageLeaning Collection: Wing of a Diptych with the Souls of the Just and a Donor, 1520. Creator: Jan Mostaert

Wing of a Diptych with the Souls of the Just and a Donor, 1520. Creator: Jan Mostaert
Wing of a Diptych with the Souls of the Just and a Donor, 1520.

Background imageLeaning Collection: Portrait of Matthäus Schwarz, 1542. Creator: Christoph Amberger

Portrait of Matthäus Schwarz, 1542. Creator: Christoph Amberger
Portrait of Matthaus Schwarz, 1542.

Background imageLeaning Collection: Portrait of a Man, 1676. Creator: Gaspar Netscher

Portrait of a Man, 1676. Creator: Gaspar Netscher
Portrait of a Man, 1676.

Background imageLeaning Collection: Saint Mark the Evangelist, 1655. Creator: Carlo Maratti

Saint Mark the Evangelist, 1655. Creator: Carlo Maratti
Saint Mark the Evangelist, 1655.

Background imageLeaning Collection: Smokers in an Interior, 1637. Creator: David Teniers II

Smokers in an Interior, 1637. Creator: David Teniers II
Smokers in an Interior, 1637. Three men in an interior seated around a barrel that acts as a temporary table. The seated figure on the left

Background imageLeaning Collection: Traveller at a Cottage Door, 1649. Creator: Isaac van Ostade

Traveller at a Cottage Door, 1649. Creator: Isaac van Ostade
Traveller at a Cottage Door, 1649. A traveller or possibly an itinerant worker to judge from his clothes and the objects he carries (a satchel and sheepskin rucksack)

Background imageLeaning Collection: Edw. Gardner, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service

Edw. Gardner, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Edw. Gardner, 1912. Shows Edward W. Gardner playing billiards, possibly at championship game with Edouard Roudil, reported in New York Times, Feb. 18, 1912.

Background imageLeaning Collection: Seascapes with views of the Ij and Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Katwijk, etc. Untitled, 1701

Seascapes with views of the Ij and Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Katwijk, etc. Untitled, 1701. Creator: Ludolf Bakhuizen
Seascapes with views of the Ij and Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Katwijk, etc. Untitled, 1701. The foreground emphasises the swirling seas, and leads to two listing vessels

Background imageLeaning Collection: John 'Red'Murray, New York, NL (baseball), 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

John "Red"Murray, New York, NL (baseball), 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
John "Red"Murray, New York, NL (baseball), 1911.

Background imageLeaning Collection: King George as young boy, 1870, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

King George as young boy, 1870, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
King George as young boy, 1870, 1911.

Background imageLeaning Collection: Young Woman with a Lighted Candle at a Window, 1658. Creator: Gerrit Dou

Young Woman with a Lighted Candle at a Window, 1658. Creator: Gerrit Dou
Young Woman with a Lighted Candle at a Window, 1658.

Background imageLeaning Collection: The Reader, 1885. Creator: Ferdinand Hodler

The Reader, 1885. Creator: Ferdinand Hodler
The Reader, 1885. Showing an eighty-year-old man reading a newspaper amid a room decorated with prints.

Background imageLeaning Collection: Friends Or Foes? (The Scout), 1902-05. Creator: Frederic Remington

Friends Or Foes? (The Scout), 1902-05. Creator: Frederic Remington
Friends Or Foes? (The Scout), 1902-05. A solitary Blackfoot Indian leans forward on his horse, gazing across a snowy landscape at the lights of a distant encampment

Background imageLeaning Collection: Grand Arabesque, Second Time, modeled c1880s, cast 1919-21. Creator: Edgar Degas

Grand Arabesque, Second Time, modeled c1880s, cast 1919-21. Creator: Edgar Degas
Grand Arabesque, Second Time, modeled c1880s, cast 1919-21.

Background imageLeaning Collection: Arabs at prayer in desert, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Arabs at prayer in desert, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Arabs at prayer in desert, between c1910 and c1915.

Background imageLeaning Collection: Portrait Of Achille Deban De Laborde, 1817. Creator: Alexandre-Jean Dubois-Drahonet

Portrait Of Achille Deban De Laborde, 1817. Creator: Alexandre-Jean Dubois-Drahonet
Portrait Of Achille Deban De Laborde, 1817. Painted during the Bourbon restoration, this portrait depicts the son of a fallen Napoleonic hero during a time of anti-imperialism in France

Background imageLeaning Collection: The Bagpiper, 1514. Creator: Albrecht Durer

The Bagpiper, 1514. Creator: Albrecht Durer
The Bagpiper, 1514.

Background imageLeaning Collection: Group of Beggars, 1737. Creator: Giacomo Ceruti

Group of Beggars, 1737. Creator: Giacomo Ceruti
Group of Beggars, 1737.

Background imageLeaning Collection: Betty Nansen, 1905. Creator: Anders Leonard Zorn

Betty Nansen, 1905. Creator: Anders Leonard Zorn
Betty Nansen, 1905. Betty Nansen (1873-1943) was a celebrated Danish actress (both stage and film) and director; one of Copenhagen's principal theatres - which she herself managed - bears her

Background imageLeaning Collection: St James Major. Plate 6. From: Christ and the Apostles, 1545. Creator: Lambert Suavius

St James Major. Plate 6. From: Christ and the Apostles, 1545. Creator: Lambert Suavius
St James Major. Plate 6. From: Christ and the Apostles, 1545. St James Major is depicted leaning against a pole in an elaborate niche which looks like an architectural model

Background imageLeaning Collection: Smoker leaning on the back of a chair, 1672. Creator: Adriaen van Ostade

Smoker leaning on the back of a chair, 1672. Creator: Adriaen van Ostade
Smoker leaning on the back of a chair, 1672.

Background imageLeaning Collection: Paul D. Cravath & Vera, (1912?). Creator: Bain News Service

Paul D. Cravath & Vera, (1912?). Creator: Bain News Service
Paul D. Cravath & Vera, (1912?). Shows New York attorney Paul Drennan Cravath (1861-1940) and his daugher Vera Agnes Huntington Cravath (b.1896), probably at a horse show

Background imageLeaning Collection: Melencolia I, 1514. Creator: Albrecht Durer

Melencolia I, 1514. Creator: Albrecht Durer
Melencolia I, 1514. The standard interpretation highlights the depressive or melancholy state of the human condition, and explains the many important symbols in the print accordingly.

Background imageLeaning Collection: The Fisherman, 1908. Creator: William Strang

The Fisherman, 1908. Creator: William Strang
The Fisherman, 1908. The Fisherman is a fine example of Strang's allegorical works. Central to it is the classical nude group

Background imageLeaning Collection: Père Fournaise, 1875. Creator: Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Père Fournaise, 1875. Creator: Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Pere Fournaise, 1875. Alphonse Fournaise owned a restaurant and boat-rental business on an island in the river Seine near Paris

Background imageLeaning Collection: Saint Peter, c1530. Creator: Perino del Vaga

Saint Peter, c1530. Creator: Perino del Vaga
Saint Peter, c1530.

Background imageLeaning Collection: Man Wearing A Turban And Leaning On A Book, 1760. Creator: Thomas Frye

Man Wearing A Turban And Leaning On A Book, 1760. Creator: Thomas Frye
Man Wearing A Turban And Leaning On A Book, 1760.

Background imageLeaning Collection: A Box At The Theater (At The Concert), 1880. Creator: Pierre-Auguste Renoir

A Box At The Theater (At The Concert), 1880. Creator: Pierre-Auguste Renoir
A Box At The Theater (At The Concert), 1880.

Background imageLeaning Collection: Prince Alexis Karageorgevich, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Prince Alexis Karageorgevich, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Prince Alexis Karageorgevich, between c1910 and c1915.

Background imageLeaning Collection: Woman And Roses, 1879. Creator: Auguste Toulmouche

Woman And Roses, 1879. Creator: Auguste Toulmouche
Woman And Roses, 1879. A young woman in a spotless white dress has paused, while strolling through a well-tended garden, to enjoy the fragrance of a cluster of pink roses

Background imageLeaning Collection: The Brook, 1829. Creator: Edward Calvert

The Brook, 1829. Creator: Edward Calvert
The Brook, 1829.

Background imageLeaning Collection: Helen Royton, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Helen Royton, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Helen Royton, between c1910 and c1915.

Background imageLeaning Collection: Al Bridwell & Jimmy Archer, Chicago NL (baseball), 1913. Creator: Bain News Service

Al Bridwell & Jimmy Archer, Chicago NL (baseball), 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Al Bridwell & Jimmy Archer, Chicago NL (baseball), 1913.

Background imageLeaning Collection: Leaning Nude

Leaning Nude
Little Dean

Background imageLeaning Collection: Christopher Teesdale, major

Christopher Teesdale, major
672683 Christopher Teesdale, major; (add.info.: Christopher Teesdale - Woodbury Major-General Sir Christopher Charles Teesdale (1 June 1833 - 1 December 1893)

Background imageLeaning Collection: 19th century village postmistress

19th century village postmistress
673385 19th century village postmistress; (add.info.: a nineteenth century Village postmistress); Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imageLeaning Collection: 19th century mathematical instrument maker

19th century mathematical instrument maker
673332 19th century mathematical instrument maker; (add.info.: a nineteenth century Mathematical Instrument Maker); Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imageLeaning Collection: Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow, architect

Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow, architect
672758 Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow, architect; (add.info.: Longfellow - engraving Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow Jr (18 August 1854, Portland, Maine - 16 February 1934)

Background imageLeaning Collection: President James K Polk 1844

President James K Polk 1844
2601299 President James K Polk 1844; (add.info.: President James K Polk 1844); Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imageLeaning Collection: Portrait of David Livingstone

Portrait of David Livingstone
864597 Portrait of David Livingstone; (add.info.: David Livingstone (1813-1873) Scottish missionary and explorer of Africa. Engraving, c1860.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imageLeaning Collection: Father Ignatius, Anglican Benedictine preacher

Father Ignatius, Anglican Benedictine preacher
672691 Father Ignatius, Anglican Benedictine preacher; (add.info.: Father Ignatius - Woodbury Joseph Leycester Lyne, known by his religious name)

Background imageLeaning Collection: 19th century illustration showing franking letters

19th century illustration showing franking letters
673408 19th century illustration showing franking letters; (add.info.: a nineteenth century illustraion, Franking letters); Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imageLeaning Collection: Duke and Duchess of Fife

Duke and Duchess of Fife
672713 Duke and Duchess of Fife; (add.info.: Duke Duchess of Fife - Woodbury Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife (Alexandra Victoria Alberta Edwina Louise, nee Duff)




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"Leaning into Life's Tapestry: A Journey through Time and Space" In the captivating image of "Franz Liszt at 30 Years of Age, " we witness a musical genius leaning into his passion, creating melodies that transcend time. Just as pilgrims embark on the El Camino Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, their weary bodies lean forward with determination, seeking spiritual enlightenment along ancient paths. A black and white photograph captures an old bicycle by the Singel canal in Amsterdam, where time seems to stand still. Leaning against a wall, it tells stories of countless rides taken through picturesque European streets. Friedrich Nietzsche once said, "He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying. " Leaning becomes a metaphor for personal growth as we strive to reach new heights. A vibrant red bicycle leans casually by the Herengracht canal in Amsterdam, mirroring the city's laid-back charm. It invites us to embrace life's simple pleasures while exploring this enchanting corner of Europe. Another black and white image showcases an old bicycle resting peacefully by the Singel canal in Amsterdam. Its worn frame reminds us that even objects can lean gracefully into nostalgia, carrying memories from days gone by. The sleek BMW S1000RR motorcycle epitomizes speed and power as it leans effortlessly into sharp turns on exhilarating rides. It symbolizes pushing boundaries and embracing adrenaline-fueled adventures. Jeeves and Wooster exemplify a different kind - relying on each other for support amidst comical mishaps. Their friendship teaches us about trust, loyalty, and finding humor even when life throws curveballs our way. In "Women from Galicia at the Window, " these figures lean towards hope as they gaze out onto an uncertain world. Their resilience echoes throughout history as women continue fighting for equality against all odds.