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Ornaments from the Smithsonian
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Photograph by Thomas William Smillie (1843–1917) who was designated “custodian” of the Smithsonian Institution’s photographic “specimens” in 1896 — a position we might now call curator of photography — it was the first such appointment at any museum in the United States, and perhaps in the world. (Source: Smithsonian)
- Perspective of the Regular Bodies: III Wentzel Jamnitzer
- Dianthus and Almond Joris Hoefnagel
- Night Bombshells: 38 Hirayama Fireworks Co.
- Night Shells: 1 Hirayama Fireworks Co.
- Perspective of the Regular Bodies: VI Wentzel Jamnitzer
- Young Monk in the Greek Style Ennemond Alexandre Petitot
- Geometria et Perspectiva: XI Lorenz Stoer
- Fly, Caterpillar, Pear, and Centipede Joris Hoefnagel