In addition to portraits, status symbols included sets of silver or porcelain for the service of tea, hot chocolate, and coffee.
displayed symbols of patriotism in their homes and on public buildings—replicas of the nation
Catalogue of the Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments of All Nations: I
The porcelains were often stored at the lowest level of the ships, both to provide ballast and because they were impervious to water.
Following the nation’s newfound independence in 1784, America officially entered
In the late 1950s and early ’60s American photographers reinvented the documentary tradition once again. This time the subjective tradition that had emerged in the 1940s and early ’50s became a kaleidoscope through which photographers looked at the world.
incursion into the natural world becomes a blatant threat to the integrity of the nation
Fifth Avenue in Gallery 360 Artists in the lands that are now part of the modern nations
Recently, three exhibitions with works on scrolled paper challenged Paper Conservation staff to find mounting methods that showcased the objects in visually exciting ways.
These windows are one of the reasons that the church was placed on the United Nations
Organized only a few years after many African nations gained independence, this ambitious
Germany 1901–Buckinghamshire, Britain, 1991, and Stuttgart, Germany, 1895–Buckinghamshire, England, 1989
reception in Britain for much of the twentieth century and had a slight presence in the nation
Orel, Russian Empire (present-day Russia), 1884–Moscow, 1950
author a plan to restructure the museum as a gallery dedicated to the art of Soviet nations
Inscription: Within the drawing: two unfurled maps are inscribed „London 1526 / Reign of Queen Elizabeth“ [date that actually falls during the reign of Henry VIII] and „London 1825 / R[eign of] George IV“; a scrolled sheet is marked „S
watercolor belongs to a group that the artist made around 1825, devoted to the nation’s
