Tag Archives: Portraits

1946: Django

Posted on August 28, 2017 by corvusfugit

William Gottlieb: Portrait of Django Reinhardt, Aquarium, New York, NY (ca. Nov. 1946)

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2015: Under Construction

Posted on August 27, 2017 by corvusfugit

Anna Pantelia: from the series Recycle (2015) (source)

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1855: Your Very Flesh Shall Be a Great Poem

Posted on August 27, 2017 by corvusfugit

          This is what you shall do: Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor … Continue reading →

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1947: Mister

Posted on August 23, 2017 by corvusfugit

William Gottlieb: Portrait of Billie Holiday and Mister, Downbeat, New York, NY (ca. Feb. 1947) (source)

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1773: Withered Shrubs

Posted on August 20, 2017 by corvusfugit

In Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock’s epic poem The Messiah, published from 1748 to 1773, Satan tricks Judas into betraying Jesus by appearing to him in a dream “in the form of his father…with disconsolate looks of grief and perturbation,” telling him … Continue reading →

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1845: Daguerreotype with Daguerreotypes

Posted on August 12, 2017 by corvusfugit

Portrait of a Daguerreotypist Displaying Daguerreotypes and Cases, 1845, maker unknown. (source)

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1910: Portrait of a Woman

Posted on August 12, 2017 by corvusfugit

Portrait of a woman by an unknown photographer; Senegal, c. 1910. Her hair style is called nguuka. “Created using black wool to produce two symmetrical voluminous spheres held by a textile on top of the head, this hairdo became popular … Continue reading →

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1776: The Resurrection of the Universal Friend

Posted on August 12, 2017 by corvusfugit

Born in Rhode Island in 1752, Jemima Wilkinson would become, at the age of 25, the first American-born woman to found a religious group—following what she claimed was her death and resurrection. She abandoned her birth name, asked to be … Continue reading →

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1998: Qajar

Posted on August 11, 2017 by corvusfugit

Shadi Ghadrian: Qajar #3 (1998) (source)

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1793: Charity

Posted on August 7, 2017 by corvusfugit

William Beechey: Portrait of Sir Francis Ford’s Children Giving a Coin to a Beggar Boy (c. 1793)

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