Description Collection (#3)

Lower Torso of a Nagini, 8th-10th century. Creator: Unknown
Lower Torso of a Nagini, 8th-10th century

Waterfall at Oji; The Actor Segawa Senjo as Kuzunoha, Published in 1863. Creators: Utagawa Kunisada
Waterfall at Oji; The Actor Segawa Senjo as Kuzunoha, Published in 1863. From Flowers of Edo with Views of Famous Places

Saruwaka Shibaimachi The Theater District in Saruwaka (Cho); The Actor Ichikawa Ebizo V... 1863
Saruwaka Shibaimachi The Theater District in Saruwaka (Cho); The Actor Ichikawa Ebizo V in the Role of Hitotsuya no Baba The Old Woman of the Lonely House, 1863

Bamba; The Actor Sawamura Tanosuke III as the Apprentice (Detchi) Chokichi, 1861. From Flowers of Edo with Views of Famous Places

Embankment by Kuichigai Moat in Asakusa; The Actor Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as Tamigaya Iemon, 1863. From Flowers of Edo with Views of Famous Places

Ryogoku Bridge; The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII in the Role of Yokoyama no Yosaburo, 1863. Creator: Utagawa Kunisada
Ryogoku Bridge; The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII in the Role of Yokoyama no Yosaburo, 1863. From Flowers of Edo with Views of Famous Places

Fashion Plate (the Roxborough Jacket - A New Spencer Walking Dress with the Incognita Hat), 1807. Creator: John Bell
Fashion Plate (the Roxborough Jacket - A New Spencer Walking Dress with the Incognita Hat), 1807

Portrait of an Actor, c1820s. Creator: Utagawa Kunimune
Portrait of an Actor, c1820s

Celebration of the 100th performance of Ichikawa Danjuro (image 2 of 2), 1898. Creator: Toyohara Kunichika
Celebration of the 100th performance of Ichikawa Danjuro (image 2 of 2), 1898. Alternate Title: Ichikawa Danjuro Engeki Hyakuban

Celebration of the 100th performance of Ichikawa Danjuro (image 1 of 2), 1898. Creator: Toyohara Kunichika
Celebration of the 100th performance of Ichikawa Danjuro (image 1 of 2), 1898. Alternate Title: Ichikawa Danjuro Engeki Hyakuban

A Mirror of Competing Beauties of the Green Houses (image 20 of 20), 1776. Creators: Shunsho, Kitao Shigemasa
A Mirror of Competing Beauties of the Green Houses (image 20 of 20), 1776

A Thousand Grasses (Chigusa) (image 8 of 33), 1900. Creator: Kamisaka Sekka
A Thousand Grasses (Chigusa) (image 8 of 33), 1900. Album of (thirty) color woodblock prints

A Thousand Grasses (Chigusa) (image 7 of 33), 1900. Creator: Kamisaka Sekka
A Thousand Grasses (Chigusa) (image 7 of 33), 1900. Album of (thirty) color woodblock prints

A Thousand Grasses (Chigusa) (image 32 of 33), 1900. Creator: Kamisaka Sekka
A Thousand Grasses (Chigusa) (image 32 of 33), 1900. Album of (thirty) color woodblock prints

A Thousand Grasses (Chigusa) (image 30 of 33), 1900. Creator: Kamisaka Sekka
A Thousand Grasses (Chigusa) (image 30 of 33), 1900. Album of (thirty) color woodblock prints

A Thousand Grasses (Chigusa) (image 3 of 33), 1900. Creator: Kamisaka Sekka
A Thousand Grasses (Chigusa) (image 3 of 33), 1900. Album of (thirty) color woodblock prints

A Thousand Grasses (Chigusa) (image 28 of 33), 1900. Creator: Kamisaka Sekka
A Thousand Grasses (Chigusa) (image 28 of 33), 1900. Album of (thirty) color woodblock prints

A Thousand Grasses (Chigusa) (image 27 of 33), 1900. Creator: Kamisaka Sekka
A Thousand Grasses (Chigusa) (image 27 of 33), 1900. Album of (thirty) color woodblock prints

A Thousand Grasses (Chigusa) (image 26 of 33), 1900. Creator: Kamisaka Sekka
A Thousand Grasses (Chigusa) (image 26 of 33), 1900. Album of (thirty) color woodblock prints

A Thousand Grasses (Chigusa) (image 22 of 33), 1900. Creator: Kamisaka Sekka
A Thousand Grasses (Chigusa) (image 22 of 33), 1900. Album of (thirty) color woodblock prints

A Thousand Grasses (Chigusa) (image 21 of 33), 1900. Creator: Kamisaka Sekka
A Thousand Grasses (Chigusa) (image 21 of 33), 1900. Album of (thirty) color woodblock prints

A Thousand Grasses (Chigusa) (image 18 of 33), 1900. Creator: Kamisaka Sekka
A Thousand Grasses (Chigusa) (image 18 of 33), 1900. Album of (thirty) color woodblock prints

A Thousand Grasses (Chigusa) (image 14 of 33), 1900. Creator: Kamisaka Sekka
A Thousand Grasses (Chigusa) (image 14 of 33), 1900. Album of (thirty) color woodblock prints

A Thousand Grasses (Chigusa) (image 12 of 33), 1900. Creator: Kamisaka Sekka
A Thousand Grasses (Chigusa) (image 12 of 33), 1900. Album of (thirty) color woodblock prints

Tale of the Tongue-cut Sparrow, 1892. Creator: Kawanabe Kyosai
Tale of the Tongue-cut Sparrow, 1892

Kawamachi, c1802. Creator: Hokusai
Kawamachi, c1802

Architectural Section with a Representation of a Temple, 10th century. Creator: Unknown
Architectural Section with a Representation of a Temple, 10th century

Gasthuispoort in Hoorn, 1915. Creator: Jan Hoynck van Papendrecht
Gasthuispoort in Hoorn, 1915

Detail from The Supper at Emmaus, 1865-1930. Creator: Jac van Looij
Detail from The Supper at Emmaus, 1865-1930

Legs and feet of standing female figure, 1865-1930. Creator: Jac van Looij
Legs and feet of standing female figure, 1865-1930

Paris Interior, c1910s, (1956). Creator: Eugene Atget
Paris Interior, c1910s, (1956)

Bathyergus suillus (Cape dune mole-rat), 1778. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Bathyergus suillus (Cape dune mole-rat), 1778

Orycteropus afer (Aardvark), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Orycteropus afer (Aardvark), 1777-1786

Phacochoerus aethiopicus aethiopicus (Cape warthog), c.1778. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Phacochoerus aethiopicus aethiopicus (Cape warthog), c.1778

Phacochoerus aethiopicus aethiopicus (Cape warthog; female), c.1778-1779. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Phacochoerus aethiopicus aethiopicus (Cape warthog; female), c.1778-1779

Diceros bicornis bicornis (Black rhinoceros; male), in or after 1778. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Diceros bicornis bicornis (Black rhinoceros; male), in or after 1778

Upper and lower jaws of an Hippopotamus amphibius (Hippopotamus), c.1777-1778. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Upper and lower jaws of an Hippopotamus amphibius (Hippopotamus), c.1777-1778

Hippopotamus amphibius capensis (Hippopotamus; female), 1778. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Hippopotamus amphibius capensis (Hippopotamus; female), 1778

Hippopotamus amphibius capensis (Hippopotamus), c.1777. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Hippopotamus amphibius capensis (Hippopotamus), c.1777

Cape ram, 1778. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Cape ram, 1778

Sylvicapra grimmia (Common Duiker), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Sylvicapra grimmia (Common Duiker), 1777-1786

Sylvicapra grimmia (Common Duiker), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Sylvicapra grimmia (Common Duiker), 1777-1786

Raphicerus campestris (Steenbok), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Raphicerus campestris (Steenbok), 1777-1786

Raphicerus campestris (Steenbok), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Raphicerus campestris (Steenbok), 1777-1786

Ourebia ourebi (Oribi), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Ourebia ourebi (Oribi), 1777-1786. Oerebi ooi (Ourbia Ourbi); with Rhenish (Rijnlandse) scale

Redunca arundinum (Southern reedbuck), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Redunca arundinum (Southern reedbuck), 1777-1786

Antidorcas marsupialis (Springbok), 1774-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Antidorcas marsupialis (Springbok), 1774-1786

Damaliscus pygargus pygarus (Bontebok), 1777. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Damaliscus pygargus pygarus (Bontebok), 1777. Bontebok (Damaliscus Dorcas, formerly Damaliscus Pygargus); with Rhenish (Rijnlandse) scale

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