Pointing Collection (#5)

Dog show, East Hampton, Long Island, between 1933 and 1942. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Dog show, East Hampton, Long Island, between 1933 and 1942

Dog show, East Hampton, Long Island, between 1933 and 1942. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Dog show, East Hampton, Long Island, between 1933 and 1942

Donati's Comet, as seen from the Cambridge Observatory, on October 11, 1858. Creator: Smyth
Donati's Comet, as seen from the Cambridge Observatory, on October 11, 1858. As it but seldom happens that such a favourable opportunity occurs for examining the changes which take place in

Queen Victoria Visiting the Tomb of Frederick the Great, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Queen Victoria Visiting the Tomb of Frederick the Great, 1858. Her Majesty and the Prince Consort, during their recent visit to Prussia, inspected the tomb of Frederick the Great

Fire-Plug, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Fire-Plug [fire hydrant], 1858. A cry of fire has been raised. The water bailiff has promptly turned on the water, and from one of the fireplugs gushes a mass of water

Beating the Jungle for Tigers, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Beating the Jungle for Tigers, 1876. The future King Edward VII shoots tigers during a royal visit to India. The following telegram was published in London on Thursday: "Camp of Nepaul, Feb. 21

Landscape with a Ruin. Creator: Manner of Crescenzio Onofri
Landscape with a Ruin, Unknown date

Conflict between the Natives of Samoa and the Crew of H.M.S. Barracouta, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Conflict between the Natives of Samoa and the Crew of H.M.S. Barracouta, 1876. Engraving after a sketch by Assistant Paymaster Rudge....the King, Captain Stevens, the Consuls

Mon brave Danois! On connait leur brassard blanc. Je l'ai vu en 1814! Cela signifie dix... 1864. Creator: Cham
Mon brave Danois! On connait leur brassard blanc. Je l'ai vu en 1814! Cela signifie dix contre un!, 1864. Series: Actualites; Periodical: Le Charivari, Monday, 15 February 1864

Review of Royal Horse Artillery and Field Batteries at Woolwich, by the Duke of Cambridge... 1860
Review of Royal Horse Artillery and Field Batteries at Woolwich, by the Duke of Cambridge, in the presence of the Grand Duke Michael of Russia, 1860

Voulez-vous de l'or...des diamans.. 1838. Creator: Honore Daumier
Voulez-vous de l'or...des diamans.. 1838. Voulez-vous de l'or, voulez-vous de l'argent, voulez-vous des diamans, des millions des milliasses? Approchez, faites vous server [

Costumes de Différents Pays, Paysan de Quito, c1797. Creators: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur, LF Labrousse
Costumes de Differents Pays, Paysan de Quito, c1797

Portrait of Dr. Meer, c1795. Creator: Rembrandt Peale
Portrait of Dr. Meer, c1795

Information, 1876. Creator: Alphonse de Neuville
Information, 1876. A mounted officer of the Engineers with map in hand is seeking directions from a peasant tending his flock with a dog. Another mounted soldier is visible in the background

Young Girl, c18th century. Creator: Giuseppe Nogari
Young Girl, c18th century

St Catherine Imploring Pope Gregory XI to Return from Avignon to Rome, early-mid 18th century. Creator: Marco Benefial
St Catherine Imploring Pope Gregory XI to Return from Avignon to Rome, early-mid 18th century. Catherine is persuading the Pope to return to Rome to end the Avignon Papacy

Chirurgia, 1497. Creator: Johann Gruninger
Chirurgia, 1497. Illustration from "Das buch der cirurgia" (The book of surgery) by German surgeon Hieronymus Brunschwig

Costumes de Différents Pays, Homme Tattare d'Astragan, c1797. Creators: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur
Costumes de Differents Pays, Homme Tattare d'Astragan, c1797

Landscape with Soldiers and Peasants, mid-18th century. Creator: Andrea Locatelli
Landscape with Soldiers and Peasants, mid-18th century

Costumes de Différents Pays, Cavalier Chinois, c1797. Creators: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur, LF Labrousse
Costumes de Differents Pays, Cavalier Chinois, c1797

Costumes de Différents Pays, Paysan & Paysanne des Environs de Petersbourg, c1797. Creator: LF Labrousse
Costumes de Differents Pays, Paysan & Paysanne des Environs de Petersbourg, c1797

Costumes de Différents Pays, Paysan et Paysanne des Environs de Fiume en Hongrie, c1797
Costumes de Differents Pays, Paysan et Paysanne des Environs de Fiume en Hongrie, c1797

God Pointing out Behemoth...and Leviathan, 1825. Creator: William Blake
God Pointing out Behemoth...and Leviathan, 1825. Book: The Book of Job; Second edition

A Kamezaki Brewer's Celebration of His Good Fortune, 1875. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
A Kamezaki Brewer's Celebration of His Good Fortune, 1875. Series: The Postal News, no. 452

The Royal Visit to India: the Prince of Wales shooting his first tiger at Jeypore...1876. Creator: Unknown
The Royal Visit to India: the Prince of Wales shooting his first tiger at Jeypore - first shot, Gwalior, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876

Antiphonary, 1800-1900. Creator: Spanish Forger
Antiphonary, 1800-1900. Illustration to a book of religious sheet music: a king, a queen and a falconer with Madonna and Child above

Rocky Landscape with Waterfall and Watermill, Småland, 1862. Creator: Johan Edvard Bergh
Rocky Landscape with Waterfall and Watermill, Smaland, 1862

Vessantara Jataka, Chapter 6 (The Light Forest), c1920-1940. Creator: Unknown
Vessantara Jataka, Chapter 6 (The Light Forest), c1920-1940. Wandering in the forest as he tries to find Vessantara, Jujaka is chased up a tree by dogs

Saint Jerome in His Study, c1530. Creator: Pieter Coecke van Aelst
Saint Jerome in His Study, c1530. St. Jerome (ca. 341-420 CE), the greatest Christian scholar of the classics, is revered for his translation of the Bible from the original Greek

Landscape of the Roman "Compagna", c1700-1740. Creator: Jan Frans van Bloemen
Landscape of the Roman "Compagna", c1700-1740. The Roman "Campagna" was the countryside around Rome. From the 17th century

Altarpiece with the Passion of Christ: Crucifixion, c1480-1495. Creator: Unknown
Altarpiece with the Passion of Christ: Crucifixion, c1480-1495. The Passion of Christ was a popular theme for 15th-century altarpieces in northern Europe

Venus and Cupid, c18th century. Creator: Unknown
Venus and Cupid, c18th century

The Annunciation, late 16th century. Creator: Lavinia Fontana
The Annunciation, late 16th century

Old 76 and Young 48, 1849. Creator: Richard Caton Woodville
Old 76 and Young 48, 1849. This intergenerational drama is set in a sumptuously furnished dining room. A young soldier, his injured left arm in a sling, his boots and trousers mud-spattered

Portrait of Fra Lorenzo da Bergamo, 1542. Creator: Lorenzo Lotto
Portrait of Fra Lorenzo da Bergamo, 1542. The Dominican preacher Fra Lorenzo from the city of Bergamo, Italy. Dressed in the robes of his order, Fra Lorenzo is linked with St

St Martin and the Beggar, 17th century. Creator: Michelangelo Cerquozzi
St Martin and the Beggar, 17th century. Martin is dressed in a blue garment and a red cloak, which is already divided into two pieces

Portrait of Girolamo Mercuriale, 1588-1589. Creator: Lavinia Fontana
Portrait of Girolamo Mercuriale, 1588-1589. The Italian physician and scholar Girolamo Mercuriale (1530-1606) reads an edition of the pioneering work on human anatomy "On the Fabric of the Human

Portrait of an unknown man, from c. 1715 until 1730. Creator: Hieronymus van der Mij
Portrait of an unknown man, from c. 1715 until 1730

The First Excuse: the Man who Bought a Piece of Land, 1559. Creator: Dirck Volkertsen Coornhert
The First Excuse: the Man who Bought a Piece of Land, 1559. Series: Parable of the King Who Prepared a Wedding, pl. 2

Heads of Two Foxes Decapitated for Too Much Merrymaking, c1875. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Heads of Two Foxes Decapitated for Too Much Merrymaking, c1875. From The Postal News, no. 628

Illustration from Becker's Pocketbook, 1796. Creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Illustration from Becker's Pocketbook, 1796

Plate 4 for C. L. Bretzner's The Marriage Broker, 1784. Creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Plate 4 for C. L. Bretzner's The Marriage Broker, 1784

La voila donc cette Mme. Putiphar? Joseph vous n'êtes qu'un polisson! Voilà 4.000 ans que... 1866
La voila donc cette Mme. Putiphar? Joseph vous n'etes qu'un polisson! Voila 4.000 ans que vous nous en imposez! Vous allez de suite rendre le prix de vertu que nous nous avez extorque, 1866

Landscape with a waterfall and a castle in the distance, 1769. Creator: Johann Heinrich Muntz
Landscape with a waterfall and a castle in the distance, 1769

A Gheel dans un an, 1856. Creator: Félicien Rops
A Gheel dans un an, 1856. Periodical: Uylenspiegel, no. 20, 15 June 1856

Skittles at Faggen's. Scene from Fredman's Epistle 55 by Bellman, 1868. Creator: Peter Eskilson
Skittles at Faggen's. Scene from Fredman's Epistle 55 by Bellman, 1868. "Fredmans epistlar" (English: Fredman's Epistles)

The Girl with Grapes. Creator: Unknown
The Girl with Grapes, Unknown date

The Love Lesson, early 18th century. Creator: Jean-Antoine Watteau
The Love Lesson, early 18th century

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"Pointing: A Powerful Gesture of Expression" Throughout history, it has served as a potent tool to convey messages and evoke emotions. From political campaigns to wartime propaganda, this simple gesture has left an indelible mark on society. In 1960, an anti-Nixon poster emerged, questioning the trustworthiness of Republican presidential candidate Richard Nixon. With the caption "Would YOU buy a used car from this man?", it pointed directly at the public's skepticism towards his character. Another iconic image that employed pointing was the Kitchener Poster - "Your Country Needs You. " This powerful recruitment poster during World War I urged men to join the army and defend their nation. Lord Kitchener's stern finger commanded attention and instilled a sense of duty in countless individuals. The Compass Drill on Training Ship Arethusa in Greenhithe, Kent showcased how they are be utilized for practical purposes. Instructors guided young sailors with precise gestures, teaching them navigation skills essential for maritime exploration. Even historical figures like Sir William Wallace have been immortalized through statues depicting their commanding presence. Their outstretched arms seem to point towards bravery and resilience, inspiring generations to stand up for what they believe in. Across continents, North Korea's painting of Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung showcases how they are be used as a symbol of reverence and authority. The leaders' fingers guide their people towards unity and loyalty under their regime. Artistic expressions also utilize pointing effectively. Nicolas Poussin's masterpiece "Et in Arcadia Ego" portrays shepherds gathered around a tombstone with one figure subtly gesturing towards mortality—a reminder that even paradise is not exempt from death's touch. From Italy's Vatican City to Liverpool's Albert Dock, statues continue to capture moments frozen in time through extended hands or index fingers directing our gaze or commemorating legends like singer-songwriter Billy Fury by Tom Murphy’s sculpture near Albert Dock—a tribute to his lasting impact on music.