Ophelia among the Flowers. Odilon Redon, about 1905-8. Pastel on paper.
(via National Gallery, London)
Source: nationalgallery.org.uk
October 24, 1902. "H.S. Harkness in his Mercedes-Simplex, winning five-miles event in 6:1 3-5, Grosse Pointe track, Detroit." 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Photographic Co.
(via Shorpy Old Photos)
Source: shorpy.com
THE 7 GAYNELLS IN FURIOUSLY EXCITING RACES BETWEEN FROM TWO TO SEVEN RIDERS ON AN OPEN FENCE TRACK ONLY 5 FEET HIGH AND 20 FEET DIAMETER PITCHED AT AN ACUTE ANGLE OF 70˚. ALSO MARVELOUS TRICK & FANCY RIDING.
via LoC ca 1902
via LoC, ca. 1902
'Edison's Life-size Animated Pictures, China and Boer Wars'. Colour lithograph poster advertising a cinematic showing at the Curzon Hall, Birmingham. Designed by Albert George Morrow, Great Britain, ca.1902.
(via V&A)
Source: collections.vam.ac.uk
Poster for Edwards' Desiccated Soup, printed by Henry Blacklock & Co. Manchester, ca. 1900.
Source: collections.vam.ac.uk
Akseli Gallen-Kallela; A House of Stout Logs, 1906
Source: kansallisgalleria.fi
Akseli Gallen-Kallela; Coral Tree in Blossom, 1909 - 1910
Source: kansallisgalleria.fi
Portret van een vrouw op het Spui in Amsterdam, George Hendrik Breitner, c. 1890 - c. 1910
Source: rijksmuseum.nl
Plaster model of the surface z = 3a(x2 - y2) - (x3 + y3). Alexander Crum Brown was both a mathematician and chemist. He was a prolific maker of mathematical models. In this example, every section made by a plane passing through the blue line forms an ellipse
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Anatomy of Tardigrada
Demonstrating the appearance of gravid tardigrades, mouthparts, and different claw-forms and exterior textures.
The Tardigrada of the Scottish Lochs: Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Vol. XLI - Part III - No. 27. By James Murray, 1905.
Vid Nybrohamnen. Alfred Bergström, 1903. (via British Museum)
Source: britishmuseum.org
Early Spring, Norcia. Ada Matilda Shrimpton, 1900-1916 (British Museum)
Source: britishmuseum.org
“Colonel H. H. Shri Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji II, Jam Saheb of Nawanagar, GCSI GBE was the ruler of the Indian princely state of Nawanagar from 1907 to 1933, as Maharaja Jam Saheb, and a noted Test cricketer who played for England.
He is particularly associated with one shot, the leg glance, which he invented or popularised.”
“Fry's achievements on the sporting field included representing England at both cricket and football, an FA Cup Final appearance for Southampton and equalling the then-world record for the long jump. He also reputedly turned down the throne of Albania. In later life, he suffered mental health problems, but even well into his seventies he claimed he was still able to perform his party trick: leaping from a stationary position backwards onto a mantelpiece.”