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Double paged book plate with a wooden painter's palette facing downwards to the left corner taking the majority of the two pages. Splodges of paint in various sizes, in black, peach, scarlet, grey, pale blue, aubergine and white are distinguished by the letters P, D, A, O, E, F, G, H, I, B, M, N, L. In the upper right corner the words [Première Planche], meaning [First Plate] is written in script in brown ink.

Book, L'art d'imprimer les tableaux: Traité d'après les ecrits, les...
letterpress and hand-colored lithograph on paper.
Smithsonian Libraries, NE1850 .G27 1756.
92.2016.4

There are 5 images of this object.

Book plate showing page 6 of Coloritto, or, The Harmony of Colouring in Painting, with black printed text detailing the first page of chapter one. In the center is a written diagram demonstrating color mixing through three primary colors, Red, Yellow and Blue, which states [Yellow and Red make an Orange Colour, Red and Blue make a Purple and Violet Colour, Blue and Yellow make a Green Colour]. It continues that mixing all the colors makes Black.

Book, Coloritto, or, The Harmony of Colouring in Painting, 1725
letterpress and hand-colored lithograph on paper.
Smithsonian Libraries, ND1486 .L44 .
92.2016.3

There are 2 images of this object.

Four Plates, Novelties in laces for furniture and decoration / / edited by Philip Schwarz, manufacturer of laces, Vienna, Austria, VII Zieglergasse 11

Four Plates, Novelties in laces for furniture and decoration / / edited by...
lithograph.
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives, TT899.5.S42.
29.2021.1

There are 4 images of this object.

Book, Beautiful Shells: Their Nature, Structure, and Yses Familiarly Explained

Book, Beautiful Shells: Their Nature, Structure, and Yses Familiarly Explained
hand-colored engraving, brush and watercolor on paper.
Smithsonian Libraries, QL405 .A213.
5.2020.18

There are 2 images of this object.

Packing Instructions

Packing Instructions
graphite on paper.
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives, SIA Record Unit 267, Box 14, Series 10.
5.2020.17

Book, The Child's Picture Scrap Book

Book, The Child's Picture Scrap Book
engraving on paper.
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives, PZ7 .C45.
5.2020.16

Book Cover, The Winter's Tale

Book Cover, The Winter's Tale
gilt and stamped leather.
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives, PR2883 .S28.
5.2020.15

Map, Comment sortir de Paris? (How Do You Get Out of Paris?)

Map, Comment sortir de Paris? (How Do You Get Out of Paris?)
ink on paper.
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives, E664 .H5234H49.
5.2020.12

Postcard, Hôtel du Rhin

Postcard, Hôtel du Rhin
ink on paper.
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives, NC1872 .C66.
5.2020.8

Travel Diary, United States

Travel Diary, United States
ink on paper in metal binders.
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives, E664 .H5234H49.
5.2020.7

There are 2 images of this object.

Travel Diary, Italy

Travel Diary, Italy
ink on paper in metal binders.
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives, E664 .H5234H49.
5.2020.6

Travel Diary, Paris, France

Travel Diary, Paris, France
ink on paper in metal binders.
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives, E664 .H5234H49.
5.2020.5

There are 3 images of this object.

At-Home Card
ink on paper.
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives, SIA Record Unit 267, Box 14, Series 10.
5.2020.4

This object has not been digitized yet.

Encyclopedic Chart, ca. 1895–96
ink on paper.
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives, SIA Record Unit 267, Box 14, Series 10.
5.2020.2

Guestbook, Ringwood Manor, Vol. 3

Guestbook, Ringwood Manor, Vol. 3
facsimile.
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives, F142.P2 R564.
5.2020.1

Book, The Art of the Poster: Its Origin, Evolution, and Purpose

Book, The Art of the Poster: Its Origin, Evolution, and Purpose
letterpress.
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives.
96.2019.12

Pamphlet, Posters by E. McKnight Kauffer, Museum of Modern Art

Pamphlet, Posters by E. McKnight Kauffer, Museum of Modern Art
letterpress.
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives, Gift of Margery Masinter .
96.2019.6

Book, Murder by Latitude

Book, Murder by Latitude
letterpress.
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives, Purchase from the Margery Masinter....
96.2019.5

There are 2 images of this object.

Book, The Open Conspiracy

Book, The Open Conspiracy
letterpress.
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives, Purchase from the Special Collections....
96.2019.4

Book, The Clio
letterpress.
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives, Purchase from the Special Collections....
96.2019.1

This object has not been digitized yet.

Book, Le nouveau jardin (The New Garden), 1912
bound book of engravings and woodcuts on paper.
Collection of Smithsonian Libraries and Archives.
44.2019.1

This book is open to a spread on 'ASTRONOMY Solar System', printed in clean black text in the top left corner. Filling most of the right page and crossing onto the left is a large red circle, likely representing the sun, with text blocks and what appear to be photographs of sunspots (upper right, irregular black spots on a dark red background) and an eclipse (lower right, a black circle with an irregular white halo on a black background). The right half of the circle has illustrations suggesting the surface of the sun that continue out to the edge of the page. Outside the top right quarter of the circle, the page is black, with a mottled burnt-orange half circle projecting from the red circle. In the bottom right quarter there is a halo around the perimeter of the red circle, rays shading from white to light blue to inky dark blue to black. There are wispy red-orange lines trailing out from the edge of the red circle, stark against the white and light blue background. The remaining portion of the red circle, on the left page, has a greyscale illustration of the labelled planets of the solar system, stacked in a vertical line. The inner planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars) and Pluto are small black and white dots; black and grey striped Jupiter and ringed Saturn are very large; black-shaded Uranus and Neptune are medium-sized. Stretching across the top of the creamy white left page is an illustration of the planets' orbits. The sun, represented as a burst of dark red rays, sits in the top left corner, with the rays growing further apart to the right. The selected orbits are marked with five black arcs, the last continuing onto the right page. Below on the left page are text blocks and a table of figures. In the bottom left corner, below an open space, is an illustration of an eclipse. A medium-sized black and white circle represents the Earth, ringed by very small orbiting black and white moons. To the right is a large red sun. Crossed lines beaming from the sun and a shaded area on the Earth represent the direction of the sun's light.

Book, World Geo-Graphic Atlas, 1953
lithograph.
Collection of Smithsonian Libraries.
41.2019.1

A horizontal, rectangular yellowing page from a book displaying illustrations of cohineal and mechanical anatomy. The images are very finely-detailed grey-scale sketches, and are disjointedly placed throughout the page. On the left side of the page are eight smaller sketches that detail the various internal and external anatomy of the beatle-like cochineal, as well as studies of the branch it can be plucked from and different views of the insect's exterior. Towards the top of the page is a much larger sketch of the underside of the insect's abdomen, highlighting the ribbed structure of the ovular body. On the right side of the page is one large sketch of the machine used to extract the color from the cochineal: a long thin tube feeds into a horizontal tube of equal size, which feeds liquid into a large shallow bowl and emits steam out its other end. The bowl of the machine sits atop a large, bulbous stand. Each illustration has at least four pronounced capital letters next to various points about the image. At the upper right hand corner of the page in small, stylized print are the words 'Philos = Transact = 𝝅 = 292'.

Book Illustration, “A letter from Mr Antony van Leewnenhoek [sic!] F.R.S....
printed on paper.
Courtesy of Smithsonian Libraries, Q41 .L8 R88p v. 8, no. 94 1673.
37.2019.1

Printed page which shows a ship sailing near several icebergs. The icebergs are located in the middle of the page. The dominant iceberg looms over the two smaller icebergs which are located to the left and the front of the iceberg. The dominant iceberg is shaded in a combination of white and gray. It has smooth and rough textures along with jagged edges. The iceberg in left hand corner has jagged edges as well. The smallest of the icebergs has the peak visible but the rest is underwater. In the foreground, there is a ship which has black masts and deck. It is trying to navigate the icebergs through strong winds. Its white sails are catching the wind which give the ship a tilted impression.

Book, After Icebergs with a Painter: A Summer Voyage to Labrador and around...
book.
Courtesy Smithsonian Institution Libraries.
11.2019.1

There are 6 images of this object.

The cover of a dark blue fabric-bound book, slightly dirtied and worn around the edges. At the top, in medieval-style impressed gold lettering, is 'The Bases Of Design / By Walter Crane'. Below, also impressed in gold, is a stylized illustration of a winged woman standing in front of a tree. She is nude, arms raised overhead, birdlike wings spread against the leafy branches of the tree. The shape of the tree's foliage and trunk is like a goblet. The roots of the tree descend in a triangle shape, with words tucked in the spaces between. The words are in small capitalized handwritten-like letters, and separated into two or three chunks divided by dots: 'sym/bolic', 'graph/ic', 'indi/vi/dual', 'col/lect/ive', 'condi/tions', 'cli/matic', 'rac/ial', 'utili/ty', 'mat/erial', 'archi/tect/ural'.

The Bases Of Design, 1909
lithograph on paper.
Smithsonian Libraries, NK1510 .C89.
139.2018.15

A Floral Fantasy In An Old English Garden: Set Forth In Verses & Coloured Design, Book

A Floral Fantasy In An Old English Garden: Set Forth In Verses & Coloured...
lithograph on paper.
Gift of Elizabeth d’Hauteville Kean, Smithsonian Libraries, NX650 .F57 C89....
139.2018.14

There are 2 images of this object.

Illustrated title page for 'Les Fleurs Animées', on slightly yellowed paper. The title is spelled out in a variety of fanciful flower and leaf forms growing up from a plant with a central stem, two side branches, and four broad leaves. The colors are a mix of bright reds and pinks, sunshine yellow, pale green, light blue, and pale purple. The words are divided among the three branches: 'Les' at the top of the central stem, 'Fleurs' along the left branch, 'Animées' along the right. Below the 'Les' on the central stem are four small human figures clothed in flowers, connected to the stem by leaf caps. They seem to grow from the plant and wave cheerfully. 'Seconde Partie G. de Gonet Editeur' is written in capitalized letters on two pale green leaves. Two large insects, a yellow dragonfly and a red and yellow beetle, cling to the cut stem of the plant. The fine lines of the illustration are offset by a dense scramble of wavy lines behind the leaves, creating depth.

Les Fleurs Animees, Vol 2
lithograph on paper.
Smithsonian Libraries, NC248 .G7F6 1847.
139.2018.13

There are 2 images of this object.

An illustrated title page for 'Les Fleurs Animées', written in fanciful flower and leaf forms. 'Les Fleurs' grows out in pale multicolor flower-forms from a slender, arched stem, filling the upper third of the page. 'Animées' is written with a ribbonlike, yellow-orange and pink vine held up by a woman standing below the floral lettering. She wears a pale green leaf dress with white and pale pink flower ornaments. One leg is extended behind her; her other tiptoe foot stands on a broad, pale green leaf inscribed with the names of the contributors to the book, written in an assortment of fanciful lettering: 'Dessins par J.I. Grandville Graves sur acier par C. Geoffroi Introductions par Alph. Karr. Texte par Taxile Delord. Botanique et horticulture des dames par le Cte. Fœlix'. A pale blue riddon tied to the base of the stem at left gives more information: 'G. de Gonet Edit. Rue des Beaux Arts'. Two brown beetles, one wearing a pink flower as a cap, climb up the stem of the flower. A multicolor butterfly and insect hover over the flower letters. The delicate lines are hatched and crosshatched to create shading; a dense crosshatched area behind this scene creates depth.

Les Fleurs Animees, Vol. 1, 1847
H x W (book open): 27 × 36 cm (10 5/8 × 14 3/16 in.).
Smithsonian Libraries, NC248 .G7F6 1847.
139.2018.12

There are 2 images of this object.

Paxton's Magazine Of Botany, Vol. 12

Paxton's Magazine Of Botany, Vol. 12
lithography on paper.
Smithsonian Libraries, QK1 .P342.
139.2018.10

There are 2 images of this object.

Flora's Feast: A Masque Of Flowers, Book

Flora's Feast: A Masque Of Flowers, Book
lithograph on paper.
Gift of Elizabeth d’Hauteville Kean, Smithsonian Libraries, NX650.F57 C89f....
139.2018.9

There are 2 images of this object.

The Use Of The Plant In Decorative Design, Book

The Use Of The Plant In Decorative Design, Book
lithograph on paper.
Smithsonian Libraries, NK1560 .L3X 1912.
139.2018.8

There are 3 images of this object.

Studies In Design, Book

Studies In Design, Book
lithograph on paper.
Smithsonian Libraries, NK1535 .D77 1876.
139.2018.7

There are 2 images of this object.

The right page of a book, showing an illustration of two types of carnation flowers in muted yellows, oranges, pinks, and greens on creamy paper. At center are two similar flowers with long stems and leaves, crossed over each other. The small, frilled flowers bloom in a cluster. The left flowers are pale yellow, the right are pinkish-orange with pale yellow. Nestled just above the cross of the stems is 'Fig. 1' in elegant script, referring to a caption below. To the left of the flowers is another carnation, labelled 'Fig. 2' at lower left, with two medium-sized dark pink flowers atop a slender green stem. The left flower is seen from the side; the right is a view into the flower, with layers of frilled petals. To the right of the crossed flowers, at the middle of the page, is a cutaway diagram of parts of the flower. The captions below read 'Fig. 1 CARYOPHYLLUS' and 'Fig. 2 CARYOPHYLLUS' with further slanting script possibly indicating the scientific names and publishing information. The page is labelled 'Pl. LXXXI' in the upper right corner.

Figures Of The Most Beautiful, Useful, And Uncommon Plants , Book
hand-colored or color-printed and hand-finished, etched and engraved plates.
Gift of John Donnell Smith, Smithsonian Libraries, QK9 .M64f 1760.
139.2018.6

There are 4 images of this object.

Book, Floriated Ornament: A Series of Thirty-One Designs

Book, Floriated Ornament: A Series of Thirty-One Designs
lithograph on paper with hand-colored plates.
Gift of Leopold Eidlitz, Smithsonian Libraries, NK1565 .P8X 1849.
139.2018.5

There are 2 images of this object.

A sepia-toned photographic image of a house and gardens, on cream-colored paper. In the foreground, on the left, is a large, raised round pool with an irregular, craggy rock at its center. To the right is a line of shrubs or trees in square planters. The plants cast dappled shadows on the ground and pool wall. Behind the rock pool is a grotto built of irregular stones, topped with a long dragon sculpture, its back arched over the seating area. A grove of spiky palm trees surrounds the grotto, against leafy trees further in the background. Beyond, to the right, is a flight of steps leading up to a terrace and massive geometric house. Much of the house is obscured by the garden plants. The house appears to be brick, with a second story band of windows beneath a curved-edge roof. An octagonal tower with oval-shaped windows rises up from the left of the house.

Book, The Art Work of Louis C. Tiffany
lithograph on paper.
Sarah and Eleanor Hewitt, former owners, Smithsonian Libraries, N6537 .T5A78....
139.2018.4

There are 4 images of this object.