1876
The Holy Heart of Jesus and the Five Wounds of Christ's Love (1521), a woodcut by Sigmund Grimm.
1877
Tetradrachm from Ephesos, Ionia, c. 390-325 BC.
1878
"Punishment in the Afterlife", page with double-sided illustrations from an Unknown Manuscript Turkestan (?), 19th century. Ink and opaque watercolor on paper. Now on display at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
1879
Gold helmet of King Meskalamdug, a Sumerian king of the First Dynasty of Ur. Date: c. 2600 BC. Discovered in the Royal Cemetery of Ur in modern-day Iraq; this helmet was anthropomorphized complete with ears, a headband/circlet and a hairstyle of ringlets with a bun in back.
1880
Oedipus was the first to answer the riddle correctly and, having heard Oedipus' answer, the Sphinx was astounded and killed herself.
1881
Eve by Gislebertus, detail of the lintel of the north portal of Saint-Lazare, Autun, France, ca. 1120–1135 AD.
1882
Marriage ring. Culture: Greek / Byzantine, c. 6th-7th century AD. Medium: Gold. Collection: Royal Ontario Museum, Canada.
1883
Male Head, c. 1st millenium BC, Neolithic period Place of origin: Thailand, Ban Chiang culture. Medium: bronze. Overall: 8.70 x 7.00 x 8.10 cm Source: Cleveland Museum of Art.
1884
Occurrence of the ‘Litany of Re’, detail of a wall painting from the Tomb of Siptah (KV47). New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, ca. 1292-1189 BC. Valley of the Kings, West Thebes. Photo: Robert Harding
1885
“Feline heads“. Geography/Culture: Peru, Moche culture, c. AD. 625–645. This large hollow bead, recovered from a looted tomb at Sipán, is one of a group of perhaps ten that formed a necklace worn by a high-ranking individual. Collection: The Met.
1886
Native American Painted Buffalo Robe, c. 1890-1900. Private Collection (??).
1887
Owl Mask. Culture: Nisga’a (Niska). Place of origin: British Columbia, c. 1850-1880 AD. Collection: National Museum of the American Indian.
1888
Jayne Mansfield posing in front of the Venus de Milo statue in the Louvre Museum, 1956. Photographer: Marilyn Silvertsone, France, Paris.
1889
Earrings. Place of origin: Italy Date: ca. 1870. Medium: Gold with granulation and filigree work. Now on display at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK.
1890
Theatrical Masks of Tragedy and Comedy, Roman mosaic, 2nd century A.D. Collection: Palazzo Nuovo, Hall of the Doves, Capitoline Museums, Rome.
1891
Necklace with vulture pendant, found in Tutankhamun’s mummy suspended from his neck, representation of the vulture-goddess of Upper Egypt, Nekhbet; hieroglyphic sign for ‘eternity’ (shen) in the talons, gold encrusted with lapis lazuli and carnelian. Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
1892
A Lighthouse on Fire at Night by Joseph Wright of Derby (1734–1797) . Collection: The Fitzwilliam Museum.
1893
Gold ring, Roman, c. 100-200 AD. Collection: The Cleveland Museum of Art.
1895
Door knocker. Place of origin: Southern Italy. Date: 11th century AD. Medium: Cast and engraved bronze, inlaid with niello. The David Collection.
1896
A Priestess of Apollo by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1888.
1897
Bat by Aleksandra Waliszewska (born 1976 in Warsaw)
1898
Achaemenid Gold and Cloisonné Duck Bracelet, c. 5th-4th Century BC. Private Collection. The ribbed, solid gold bangle has overlapping terminals, one in the form of a duck with it’s head and beak inlaid with carnelian.
1899
A Medieval Doodle. Detail from the Missal for the use of Beauvais, c. 12th century AD. Collection & Credit : Paris, Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, MS 95.
1900
Black and white halftone print of Baluchi Traders walking past Bamian’s Buddha in Afghanistan, 1933.
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