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"Spectacles: A Glimpse into the World of Art, Music

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Mr. Boardman, portrait photograph, 1918 Apr. 10. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Mr. Boardman, portrait photograph, 1918 Apr. 10. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Mr. Boardman, portrait photograph, 1918 Apr. 10

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Patterson, John Henry, Mr. portrait photograph, 1912 Oct. 17. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Patterson, John Henry, Mr. portrait photograph, 1912 Oct. 17. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Patterson, John Henry, Mr. portrait photograph, 1912 Oct. 17

Background imageSpectacles Collection: O'Sheell, S. Mr. portrait photograph, 1915. Creator: Arnold Genthe

O'Sheell, S. Mr. portrait photograph, 1915. Creator: Arnold Genthe
O'Sheell, S. Mr. portrait photograph, 1915

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Osbourn, Lloyd, Mr. portrait photograph, between 1915 and 1918. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Osbourn, Lloyd, Mr. portrait photograph, between 1915 and 1918. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Osbourn, Lloyd, Mr. portrait photograph, between 1915 and 1918

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Osbourn, Lloyd, Mr. portrait photograph, 1915. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Osbourn, Lloyd, Mr. portrait photograph, 1915. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Osbourn, Lloyd, Mr. portrait photograph, 1915

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Mr. Beacham, portrait photograph, 1917 Dec. 7. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Mr. Beacham, portrait photograph, 1917 Dec. 7. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Mr. Beacham, portrait photograph, 1917 Dec. 7

Background imageSpectacles Collection: The Painter Agnes Paulsen, the Artist's Sister, at her Easel, 1886. Creator: Julius Paulsen

The Painter Agnes Paulsen, the Artist's Sister, at her Easel, 1886. Creator: Julius Paulsen
The Painter Agnes Paulsen, the Artist's Sister, at her Easel, 1886

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Moench, George, Mr. portrait photograph, 1916. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Moench, George, Mr. portrait photograph, 1916. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Moench, George, Mr. portrait photograph, 1916

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Middleton, George, Mr. portrait photograph, 1915 Oct. 6. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Middleton, George, Mr. portrait photograph, 1915 Oct. 6. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Middleton, George, Mr. portrait photograph, 1915 Oct. 6

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Portrait of the architect F. Meldahl, 1882. Creator: Peder Severin Kroyer

Portrait of the architect F. Meldahl, 1882. Creator: Peder Severin Kroyer
Portrait of the architect F. Meldahl, 1882

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Portrait Group, 1896. Creator: Peder Severin Kroyer

Portrait Group, 1896. Creator: Peder Severin Kroyer
Portrait Group, 1896

Background imageSpectacles Collection: McKinley, S.B. Mr. portrait photograph, 1916. Creator: Arnold Genthe

McKinley, S.B. Mr. portrait photograph, 1916. Creator: Arnold Genthe
McKinley, S.B. Mr. portrait photograph, 1916

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Miss Gertrude Lane, portrait photograph, 1918 Jan. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Miss Gertrude Lane, portrait photograph, 1918 Jan. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Miss Gertrude Lane, portrait photograph, 1918 Jan

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Wilson, Woodrow, President, portrait photograph, 1916. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Wilson, Woodrow, President, portrait photograph, 1916. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Wilson, Woodrow, President, portrait photograph, 1916

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Wilson, Woodrow, President, portrait photograph, 1916 Aug. 7. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Wilson, Woodrow, President, portrait photograph, 1916 Aug. 7. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Wilson, Woodrow, President, portrait photograph, 1916 Aug. 7

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Lewisohn, Samuel W. Mr. portrait photograph, 1914 May 7. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Lewisohn, Samuel W. Mr. portrait photograph, 1914 May 7. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Lewisohn, Samuel W. Mr. portrait photograph, 1914 May 7

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Roosevelt, Theodore, portrait photograph, 1916 Sept. 8. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Roosevelt, Theodore, portrait photograph, 1916 Sept. 8. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Roosevelt, Theodore, portrait photograph, 1916 Sept. 8

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Roosevelt, Theodore, portrait photograph, 1916 Sept. 8. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Roosevelt, Theodore, portrait photograph, 1916 Sept. 8. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Roosevelt, Theodore, portrait photograph, 1916 Sept. 8

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Roosevelt, Theodore, portrait photograph, 1916 Sept. 8. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Roosevelt, Theodore, portrait photograph, 1916 Sept. 8. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Roosevelt, Theodore, portrait photograph, 1916 Sept. 8

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Mrs. John Hays Hammond with Miss White, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Mrs

Mrs. John Hays Hammond with Miss White, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Mrs. John Hays Hammond with Miss White, 1913
Mrs. John Hays Hammond with Miss White, 1913. US author Natalie Harris Hammond, wife of mining engineer John Hays Hammond

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Jose Guitierra [sic] Guerra of Bolivia, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Jose Guitierra [sic] Guerra of Bolivia, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Jose Guitierra [sic] Guerra of Bolivia, 1917
Jose Gutierrez Guerra of Bolivia, 1917

Background imageSpectacles Collection: MacKaye, Steele, Mrs. seated outdoors, 1927 Creator: Arnold Genthe

MacKaye, Steele, Mrs. seated outdoors, 1927 Creator: Arnold Genthe
MacKaye, Steele, Mrs. seated outdoors, 1927

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Lansdowne, H.B. Mrs. portrait photograph, 1914 Aug. 31. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Lansdowne, H.B. Mrs. portrait photograph, 1914 Aug. 31. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Lansdowne, H.B. Mrs. portrait photograph, 1914 Aug. 31

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Harkness, Edward S. Mr. portrait photograph, 1931 May 15. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Harkness, Edward S. Mr. portrait photograph, 1931 May 15. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Harkness, Edward S. Mr. portrait photograph, 1931 May 15

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Knapp, George, Mr. portrait photograph, 1916. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Knapp, George, Mr. portrait photograph, 1916. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Knapp, George, Mr. portrait photograph, 1916

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Wertheimer, M.A. Mrs. portrait photograph, between 1916 and 1929. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Wertheimer, M.A. Mrs. portrait photograph, between 1916 and 1929. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Wertheimer, M.A. Mrs. portrait photograph, between 1916 and 1929

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Ward, Mable R. Mrs. portrait photograph, 1913. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Ward, Mable R. Mrs. portrait photograph, 1913. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Ward, Mable R. Mrs. portrait photograph, 1913

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Spear, C.H. Mrs. portrait photograph, 1915 Nov. 26. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Spear, C.H. Mrs. portrait photograph, 1915 Nov. 26. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Spear, C.H. Mrs. portrait photograph, 1915 Nov. 26

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Spear, C.H. Mrs. portrait photograph, 1915 Nov. 26. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Spear, C.H. Mrs. portrait photograph, 1915 Nov. 26. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Spear, C.H. Mrs. portrait photograph, 1915 Nov. 26

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Jones, L.B. Mr. portrait photograph, 1913. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Jones, L.B. Mr. portrait photograph, 1913. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Jones, L.B. Mr. portrait photograph, 1913

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Johnson, F.C. Mr. portrait photograph, 1916. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Johnson, F.C. Mr. portrait photograph, 1916. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Johnson, F.C. Mr. portrait photograph, 1916

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Johnson, F.C. Mr. portrait photograph, 1916. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Johnson, F.C. Mr. portrait photograph, 1916. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Johnson, F.C. Mr. portrait photograph, 1916

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Frederick Paul Keppel, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Frederick Paul Keppel, 1917

Frederick Paul Keppel, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Frederick Paul Keppel, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Frederick Paul Keppel, 1917. Asst. To Secretary of War 1917-1918; 3rd Asst. Sec. of War 1918-1919. American educator and executive; dean of Columbia College

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Adolf Friedrich Erdmann Menzel, c1880-83. Creator: A Gilbert

Adolf Friedrich Erdmann Menzel, c1880-83. Creator: A Gilbert
Adolf Friedrich Erdmann Menzel'. From "Modern Artists" by F.G.Dumas. [J.S.Virtue & Co Ltd, London, c1880]

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Josef Israels, c1880-83. Creator: Charles Courtry

Josef Israels, c1880-83. Creator: Charles Courtry
Josef Israels'. From "Modern Artists" by F.G.Dumas. [J.S.Virtue & Co Ltd, London, c1880]

Background imageSpectacles Collection: The Late Mr. W. A. Fisher. 1840-1891. Typographical Artist on The Graphic, 1891. Creator: Unknown

The Late Mr. W. A. Fisher. 1840-1891. Typographical Artist on The Graphic, 1891. Creator: Unknown
The Late Mr. W. A. Fisher. 1840-1891. Typographical Artist on The Graphic, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Houston, N.S. Miss, portrait photograph, 1916. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Houston, N.S. Miss, portrait photograph, 1916. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Houston, N.S. Miss, portrait photograph, 1916

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Signor Ubaldino Peruzzi, the lineal descendant of the Florentine Banker who lent £135, 000

Signor Ubaldino Peruzzi, the lineal descendant of the Florentine Banker who lent £135, 000... 1891 Creator: Unknown
Signor Ubaldino Peruzzi, the lineal descendant of the Florentine Banker who lent £135, 000 to King Edward III, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Heynen, Carl, Mr. portrait photograph, 1916. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Heynen, Carl, Mr. portrait photograph, 1916. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Heynen, Carl, Mr. portrait photograph, 1916

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Hertz, Alfred, Mr. portrait photograph, 1914 Mar. 26. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Hertz, Alfred, Mr. portrait photograph, 1914 Mar. 26. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Hertz, Alfred, Mr. portrait photograph, 1914 Mar. 26

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Heroy, Elizabeth, Miss, portrait photograph, 1915 Feb. 18. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Heroy, Elizabeth, Miss, portrait photograph, 1915 Feb. 18. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Heroy, Elizabeth, Miss, portrait photograph, 1915 Feb. 18

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Heroy, Elizabeth, Miss, portrait photograph, 1915 Feb. 18. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Heroy, Elizabeth, Miss, portrait photograph, 1915 Feb. 18. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Heroy, Elizabeth, Miss, portrait photograph, 1915 Feb. 18

Background imageSpectacles Collection: The Painter Kristian Zahrtmann, 1889-1890. Creator: Vilhelm Hammershøi

The Painter Kristian Zahrtmann, 1889-1890. Creator: Vilhelm Hammershøi
The Painter Kristian Zahrtmann, 1889-1890

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Harris, Julian H. Mr. portrait photograph, 1915 Apr. 13. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Harris, Julian H. Mr. portrait photograph, 1915 Apr. 13. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Harris, Julian H. Mr. portrait photograph, 1915 Apr. 13

Background imageSpectacles Collection: The art historian Karl Madsen, later Director of Statens Museum for Kunst, 1890

The art historian Karl Madsen, later Director of Statens Museum for Kunst, 1890. Creator: Vilhelm Hammershøi
The art historian Karl Madsen, later Director of Statens Museum for Kunst, 1890

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Hamilton, Edward H. Mr. portrait photograph, 1913. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Hamilton, Edward H. Mr. portrait photograph, 1913. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Hamilton, Edward H. Mr. portrait photograph, 1913

Background imageSpectacles Collection: En contemplation devant le vaisseau de l'opera, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier

En contemplation devant le vaisseau de l'opera, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
En contemplation devant le vaisseau de l'opera, 19th century. Parisians at the opera

Background imageSpectacles Collection: J.H. Merriam, U.S.N. 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. J.H. Merriam, U.S.N. 1917

J.H. Merriam, U.S.N. 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. J.H. Merriam, U.S.N. 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
J.H. Merriam, U.S. Navy, 1917




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"Spectacles: A Glimpse into the World of Art, Music, and Literature" Step into a world where spectacles transcend their mere function as eyewear and become portals to creativity, intellect, and beauty. From the vibrant strokes of Pat Martino's guitar in 2009 to Alan John Ainsworth's mesmerizing artwork capturing this musical genius, these spectacles offer a glimpse into the soul-stirring power of art. In Margaret Olley and William Dobell's masterpiece "Painting People" from 1965, we witness how these spectacles allow us to see beyond the surface and delve deep into human emotions. The barrister in full swing reminds us that even within the confines of law they can provide clarity and insight. Nadia-Juliette Boulanger, the French music teacher whose talent shaped countless musicians' lives, dons her own pair as she imparts knowledge with passion. These lenses symbolize not only her expertise but also her unwavering dedication to nurturing artistic brilliance. Tennyson gazes through his iconic round frames captured by Vanity Fair's Ape—a reminder that even literary giants seek inspiration through their spectacled lens. Gustav Mahler's photographic portrait showcases Vienna's cultural heritage while highlighting how these simple accessories bridge gaps between time periods. A sporting lawyer featured in Vanity Fair brings a touch of humor to our exploration—his colorful spectacle frames mirroring his vibrant personality. As sunset paints Almyros Beach on Corfu Island with breathtaking hues, we realize that nature itself wears its own majestic pair for all who care to observe. Blackpool Entertainment comes alive under neon lights reflected in mirrored sunglasses—an emblematic representation of joyous moments shared amongst friends or strangers alike. Anthony Trollope peers through his glasses as he pens tales that have stood the test of time—a testament to how these small objects can shape literary legacies.