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Society Collection (#3)

"Society: A Tapestry of Traditions, Transformations

Background imageSociety Collection: Le bal Mabile, c.1855. Creator: Provost, A. (active 1834-1855)

Le bal Mabile, c.1855. Creator: Provost, A. (active 1834-1855)
Le bal Mabile, c.1855. Private Collection

Background imageSociety Collection: The court ball, 1500. Creator: Monogrammist MZ, (Matthäus Zasinger?) (active around 1500)

The court ball, 1500. Creator: Monogrammist MZ, (Matthäus Zasinger?) (active around 1500)
The court ball, 1500. Private Collection

Background imageSociety Collection: The Assembly in the Time of Peter I, 1861. Creator: Timm, Wassili (George Wilhelm) (1820-1895)

The Assembly in the Time of Peter I, 1861. Creator: Timm, Wassili (George Wilhelm) (1820-1895)
The Assembly in the Time of Peter I, 1861. Private Collection

Background imageSociety Collection: A Little Dance, 1913. Creator: Rosenstand, Emil Christian (1859-1932)

A Little Dance, 1913. Creator: Rosenstand, Emil Christian (1859-1932)
A Little Dance, 1913. Private Collection

Background imageSociety Collection: Lively conversation, 1917. Creator: Rosenstand, Emil Christian (1859-1932)

Lively conversation, 1917. Creator: Rosenstand, Emil Christian (1859-1932)
Lively conversation, 1917. Private Collection

Background imageSociety Collection: Testimonial to Dr. Lindley, from the Royal Horticultural Society, 1864. Creator: Unknown

Testimonial to Dr. Lindley, from the Royal Horticultural Society, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Testimonial to Dr. Lindley, from the Royal Horticultural Society, 1864. Solid silver epergne designed and made by Williams and Co. silversmiths, expressing thanks for Dr

Background imageSociety Collection: Free opening of the Royal Horticultural Society's Gardens on the anniversary of the late... 1864

Free opening of the Royal Horticultural Society's Gardens on the anniversary of the late... 1864. Creator: Unknown
Free opening of the Royal Horticultural Society's Gardens on the anniversary of the late Prince Consort's birthday, 1864....the Horticultural Gardens at South Kensington

Background imageSociety Collection: The geography lesson, c.1750-1752. Creator: Longhi, Pietro (1701-1785)

The geography lesson, c.1750-1752. Creator: Longhi, Pietro (1701-1785)
The geography lesson, c.1750-1752. Found in the Collection of the Fondazione Querini Stampalia

Background imageSociety Collection: Psi Upsilon House, Amherst College, c1908. Creator: Unknown

Psi Upsilon House, Amherst College, c1908. Creator: Unknown
Psi Upsilon House, Amherst College, c1908

Background imageSociety Collection: Group of Ainu outside a hut, 1908. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Group of Ainu outside a hut, 1908. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Group of Ainu outside a hut, 1908

Background imageSociety Collection: Group of Ainu children standing in a passageway between huts, 1908. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Group of Ainu children standing in a passageway between huts, 1908. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Group of Ainu children standing in a passageway between huts, 1908

Background imageSociety Collection: The Right Hon. Lord Brougham - from a photograph by Claudet, 1858. Creator: Unknown

The Right Hon. Lord Brougham - from a photograph by Claudet, 1858. Creator: Unknown
The Right Hon. Lord Brougham - from a photograph by Claudet, 1858....after a long absence from what may be called out-of-door public life

Background imageSociety Collection: American Aloe in Bloom in the Gardens of the Royal Botanic Society, Regent's Park, 1858

American Aloe in Bloom in the Gardens of the Royal Botanic Society, Regent's Park, 1858. Creator: Unknown
American Aloe in Bloom in the Gardens of the Royal Botanic Society, Regent's Park, [London], 1858....a rare spectacle in our clime...[the plant] is supposed to be now about one hundred

Background imageSociety Collection: The Crystal Palace at Toronto, Canada, 1858. Creator: Unknown

The Crystal Palace at Toronto, Canada, 1858. Creator: Unknown
The Crystal Palace at Toronto, Canada, 1858. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. R. H. Mackay. This industrial palace was erected for the purpose of holding within its walls the annual exhibitions of

Background imageSociety Collection: Meeting of the British Association at Leeds - the Horticultural Fete at Kirkstall Abbey, 1858

Meeting of the British Association at Leeds - the Horticultural Fete at Kirkstall Abbey, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science at Leeds - the Horticultural Fete at Kirkstall Abbey, 1858

Background imageSociety Collection: Prize Animals exhibited at the Meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society at Chester, 1858

Prize Animals exhibited at the Meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society at Chester, 1858. Creator: Smyth
Prize Animals exhibited at the Meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society at Chester, 1858. Shorthorns, Class IV: Mr. R. Booth's First Prize Cow. Sheep, Class I: Mr

Background imageSociety Collection: Cover of a book of prints by Rembrandt, 1900. Creator: Léon Gruel

Cover of a book of prints by Rembrandt, 1900. Creator: Léon Gruel
Cover of a book of prints by Rembrandt, 1900. Decorative leather binding by Leon Gruel, with a portrait of Rembrandt: "Catalogue of etchings and dry points by Rembrandt

Background imageSociety Collection: Cover of 'Modern Bookbinding Practically Considered', 1889. Creator: Léon Gruel

Cover of "Modern Bookbinding Practically Considered", 1889. Creator: Léon Gruel
Cover of "Modern Bookbinding Practically Considered", 1889. This Leon Gruel binding on a volume by William Matthews about modern bookbinding techniques displays a variety of styles produced

Background imageSociety Collection: The Council of the Society of Artists, 1903. Creator: Sven Richard Bergh

The Council of the Society of Artists, 1903. Creator: Sven Richard Bergh
The Council of the Society of Artists, 1903. Swedish Board of the Norwegian Federation of Artists: Christian Eriksson,   Robert Thegerstrom, Nils Kreuger , Karl Nordstrom

Background imageSociety Collection: Installation of the Duke of Newcastle at the Mechanics Hall, Nottingham, as Provincial... 1860

Installation of the Duke of Newcastle at the Mechanics Hall, Nottingham, as Provincial... 1860. Creator: W Thomas
Installation of the Duke of Newcastle at the Mechanics Hall, Nottingham, as Provincial Grand Master of the Freemasons of Nottinghamshire, 1860

Background imageSociety Collection: Portrait of Elizabeth Chew Smith, 1762. Creator: Johan Hesselius

Portrait of Elizabeth Chew Smith, 1762. Creator: Johan Hesselius
Portrait of Elizabeth Chew Smith, 1762. The subject was born in 1742 or 1743, the daughter of Samuel Chew III of Anne Arundel County and his wife Sarah Lock

Background imageSociety Collection: Portrait of Mrs. Smith Barwell, née Unwin, c1785. Creator: James Northcote

Portrait of Mrs. Smith Barwell, née Unwin, c1785. Creator: James Northcote
Portrait of Mrs. Smith Barwell, nee Unwin, c1785

Background imageSociety Collection: Portrait of Eleonora Chigi, Princess of Teano, 1793. Creator: Jacques Henri Sablet

Portrait of Eleonora Chigi, Princess of Teano, 1793. Creator: Jacques Henri Sablet
Portrait of Eleonora Chigi, Princess of Teano, 1793

Background imageSociety Collection: Portrait of Princess Brancaccio-Massimo, between 1860 and 1870. Creator: Edouard Louis Dubufe

Portrait of Princess Brancaccio-Massimo, between 1860 and 1870. Creator: Edouard Louis Dubufe
Portrait of Princess Brancaccio-Massimo, nee Mary Elizabeth Hickson-Field, between 1860 and 1870

Background imageSociety Collection: Young Women in the Garden, c1898. Artist: Louis Valtat

Young Women in the Garden, c1898. Artist: Louis Valtat
Young Women in the Garden, c1898. Louis Valtat was born in Dieppe on 8 August, 1869. He studied at the Lycee Hoche in Versailles and applied for admission at the Ecole des Beaux Arts at 17

Background imageSociety Collection: Fete at Denham Court, near Uxbridge, 1860. (now HQ of Women's Institute?) Creator: Unknown

Fete at Denham Court, near Uxbridge, 1860. (now HQ of Women's Institute?) Creator: Unknown
Fete at Denham Court, near Uxbridge, 1860. Nathaniel Grace Lambert, Esq placed his mansion and grounds at the disposal of the committees of the Odd Fellows and Foresters Clubs

Background imageSociety Collection: Prize Shorthorns at the Royal Agricultural Society's show, Canterbury, 1860. Creator: Harrison Weir

Prize Shorthorns at the Royal Agricultural Society's show, Canterbury, 1860. Creator: Harrison Weir
Prize Shorthorns at the Royal Agricultural Society's show, Canterbury, 1860. Class 2, Malachite, Mr. Jonathan Peel... a dark roan, nearly eighteen months old; Class 1, Royal Butterfly

Background imageSociety Collection: Literary reunion in Mr. Mudie's new hall, 1860. Creator: Unknown

Literary reunion in Mr. Mudie's new hall, 1860. Creator: Unknown
Literary reunion in Mr. Mudie's new hall, 1860. On the evening of Monday week Mr. and Mrs. C. E Mudie received a vast number of literary and artistic friends

Background imageSociety Collection: Fareham Institution Hall and Corn Exchange, 1860. Creator: Unknown

Fareham Institution Hall and Corn Exchange, 1860. Creator: Unknown
Fareham Institution Hall and Corn Exchange, 1860. This building, which has just been completed and opened to the public, forms a point of interest not only to the town to which it is an ornament

Background imageSociety Collection: Portrait of Captain John Pigott, between c1700 and c1763. Creator: Joseph Blackburn

Portrait of Captain John Pigott, between c1700 and c1763. Creator: Joseph Blackburn
Portrait of Captain John Pigott, between c1700 and c1763. Here John Pigott is posed before a depiction of the harbor of Hamilton, the two sloops alluding to his position as customs collector

Background imageSociety Collection: Portrait of Mrs. John Pigott, between 1740 and 1763. Creator: Joseph Blackburn

Portrait of Mrs. John Pigott, between 1740 and 1763. Creator: Joseph Blackburn
Portrait of Fannie Pigott, Mrs. John Pigott, between 1740 and 1763. Joseph Blackburn visited Bermuda, which had come under British domination in 1684

Background imageSociety Collection: Portrait of Sarah Larrabee Edes, c1760. Creator: Joseph Badger

Portrait of Sarah Larrabee Edes, c1760. Creator: Joseph Badger
Portrait of Sarah Larrabee Edes, c1760. The younger daughter of Captain John Larrabee, Sarah, was born on July 12, 1719. On December 21, 1738, she married Thomas Edes (1715-1794), a ship joiner

Background imageSociety Collection: Allegory of society, 1777. Creator: Jan Brandes

Allegory of society, 1777. Creator: Jan Brandes
Allegory of society, 1777. A series of 6 performances about the (freedom) tree. A series of 3 performances about a flower that is being defecated

Background imageSociety Collection: Knights of Pythias Bldg. Indianapolis, Ind. between 1900 and 1910. Creator: Unknown

Knights of Pythias Bldg. Indianapolis, Ind. between 1900 and 1910. Creator: Unknown
Knights of Pythias Bldg. Indianapolis, Ind. between 1900 and 1910

Background imageSociety Collection: Kneeling founder wearing a Fraternity Cap, 1630-1639. Creator: Domenico Fiasella

Kneeling founder wearing a Fraternity Cap, 1630-1639. Creator: Domenico Fiasella
Kneeling founder wearing a Fraternity Cap, 1630-1639

Background imageSociety Collection: The Induction of a New Member into the Band of Northern Painters in Rome, c.1660. Creator: Anon

The Induction of a New Member into the Band of Northern Painters in Rome, c.1660. Creator: Anon
The Induction of a New Member into the Band of Northern Painters in Rome, c.1660

Background imageSociety Collection: Ceremony of Scottish Freemasons, 1840-1870. Creator: Unknown

Ceremony of Scottish Freemasons, 1840-1870. Creator: Unknown
Ceremony of Scottish Freemasons, 1840-1870. Wine and oil are poured onto a stone on which lies corn. The scene takes place on a construction site, with metal girders above

Background imageSociety Collection: The Drawing Gallery of the Felix Meritis Society, 1801. Creator: Adriaan De Lelie

The Drawing Gallery of the Felix Meritis Society, 1801. Creator: Adriaan De Lelie
The Drawing Gallery of the Felix Meritis Society, 1801. Other Title(s): The Drawing Room of the Felix Meritis Society in Amsterdam with Portraits of Artists, Collectors of Paintings and Drawings

Background imageSociety Collection: The Sculpture Gallery of the Felix Meritis Society, 1806-1809. Creator: Adriaan De Lelie

The Sculpture Gallery of the Felix Meritis Society, 1806-1809. Creator: Adriaan De Lelie
The Sculpture Gallery of the Felix Meritis Society, 1806-1809. Other Title(s): The Sculpture Gallery of the Felix Meritis Society in Amsterdam

Background imageSociety Collection: Lansing and Ann Arbor commanderies, state encampment, Michigan K.T. between 1900 and 1910

Lansing and Ann Arbor commanderies, state encampment, Michigan K.T. between 1900 and 1910. Creator: Unknown
Lansing and Ann Arbor commanderies, state encampment, Michigan K.T. [Knights Templar], between 1900 and 1910

Background imageSociety Collection: Head of parade, state encampment, Michigan K.T. [Knights Templar], between 1900 and 1910

Head of parade, state encampment, Michigan K.T. [Knights Templar], between 1900 and 1910. Creator: Unknown
Head of parade, state encampment, Michigan K.T. [Knights Templar], between 1900 and 1910

Background imageSociety Collection: Massed formation, state encampment, Michigan K.T. [Knights Templar], between 1900 and 1910

Massed formation, state encampment, Michigan K.T. [Knights Templar], between 1900 and 1910. Creator: Unknown
Massed formation, state encampment, Michigan K.T. [Knights Templar], between 1900 and 1910

Background imageSociety Collection: Massed formation, state encampment, Michigan K.T. [Knights Templar], between 1900 and 1910

Massed formation, state encampment, Michigan K.T. [Knights Templar], between 1900 and 1910. Creator: Unknown
Massed formation, state encampment, Michigan K.T. [Knights Templar], between 1900 and 1910

Background imageSociety Collection: Detroit commandery, no. 1, state encampment, Michigan K.T. [Knights Templar]

Detroit commandery, no. 1, state encampment, Michigan K.T. [Knights Templar], between 1900 and 1910. Creator: Unknown
Detroit commandery, no. 1, state encampment, Michigan K.T. [Knights Templar], between 1900 and 1910

Background imageSociety Collection: Munson-Williams Memorial, Utica, N.Y. c1905. Creator: Unknown

Munson-Williams Memorial, Utica, N.Y. c1905. Creator: Unknown
Munson-Williams Memorial, Utica, N.Y. c1905

Background imageSociety Collection: Phi Delta Theta House, Amherst College, between 1900 and 1910. Creator: Unknown

Phi Delta Theta House, Amherst College, between 1900 and 1910. Creator: Unknown
Phi Delta Theta House, Amherst College, between 1900 and 1910

Background imageSociety Collection: Historical Society Building, Buffalo, N.Y. c1908. Creator: Unknown

Historical Society Building, Buffalo, N.Y. c1908. Creator: Unknown
Historical Society Building, Buffalo, N.Y. c1908. Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society building, Delaware Park

Background imageSociety Collection: The Hall of the Artistic Society Kunst wordt door Arbeid verkregen (Art is Acquired through Labor)

The Hall of the Artistic Society Kunst wordt door Arbeid verkregen (Art is Acquired through Labor) Creator
The Hall of the Artistic Society Kunst wordt door Arbeid verkregen (Art is Acquired through Labor) in Leiden, 1780




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"Society: A Tapestry of Traditions, Transformations, and Triumphs" From the burning crosses illuminating the night sky at Lewes' annual bonfire parade to the advertisement for steel sheep shears by Trades Unionists Sheep Shear Co-operative Society in Brunswick Works, society weaves together a diverse array of experiences. The Law Society Building in Chancery Lane stands as a testament to justice and legal expertise that underpin our social fabric. In 1954, even Paris dog shows transformed into fashion spectacles, showcasing how society's interests evolve over time. Just as Hermes Trismegistus symbolizes wisdom and knowledge from classical times, Buddhist celebrations of Losar remind us of spiritual introspection and renewal. The smoking club depicted in an 18th-century artwork reveals how societal norms have shifted dramatically since then. Meanwhile, Homo heidelbergensis reminds us of our shared ancestry and collective journey through time. At Cowdray Park Polo Tournament in Sussex or during an elegant soiree elsewhere, people gather to celebrate life's pleasures amidst grandeur. Scenes from "Last Of The Mohicans" transport us back to historical narratives that shape our understanding of identity and heritage. Even significant events like Sir Arthur Carkeek's wedding highlight the interplay between individuals who hold power within society while also being part of it themselves – their unions shaping communities like Redruth in Cornwall. A tapestry woven with threads representing countless stories – some ancient yet enduring; others evolving with each passing moment. It reflects both unity and diversity as we navigate this intricate web together.