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[Engraving in 'Les Chats']

Description: Photograph of an engraving in the book "Les Chats" by François Augustin de Paradis de Moncrif. The engraving is a fold-out, full-page piece done by Anne-Claude-Philipe de Tubieres. Some of the cats in the engraving are dressed as humans would be during the time-period while others are in the posture of everyday cats. They are in a scene on the roof of a building. The pages are held open with a clear, plastic band.
Date: December 4, 2013
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 33.210113 -97.148993

['Les Chats' title page]

Description: Photograph of the title page of the book 'Les Chats' by François Augustin de Paradis de Moncrif. Beneath the title is a crest-like illustration, possibly by Anne-Claude-Philipe de Tubieres. Beneath that is text that reads "A Paris, Chez Gabriel-François Quillau; Fils, Imp. Lib. Jur. de l'Univesité, rue Galande, à l'Annonciation. M. DCC. XXVII. Avec Approbation & Privilege du Roy."
Date: December 4, 2013
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 33.210113 -97.148993

[Puzzle map of Asia]

Description: A photograph of a puzzle that shows a map of Asia when it is completed. There is a blue border along the edge and the map itself shows the full continent with the oceans around the land.
Date: July 24, 2019
Creator: Gellner, Megan
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Puzzle map of South America]

Description: A photograph of a puzzle that shows a map of South America when it is completed. There is a blue border and the map itself shows from the northern tip to the southern tip of the continent. Both oceans are also included on either side.
Date: July 24, 2019
Creator: Gellner, Megan
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Two souvenir plates on display]

Description: Photo of two lithographic souvenir plates on display in the reading room of Kent State University Special Collections. They are part of the Crime-related Artifacts collection. The one on the left depicts a prisoner in front of a judge saying "Mr. Le Judge me cite deux temoins qui m'ont vu moi je lui en citreai plus de mille qui ne m'ont pas vu.", meaning "His Honor cites me two witnesses who saw me; but I will cite more that a thousand of them who didn't see me." The one on the right shows a ma… more
Date: July 27, 2016
Creator: Hartsock, Ralph
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 41.152464 -81.356215

[Puzzle map of the globe]

Description: Two photographs of a puzzle that shows a map of the globe when completed. There is a blue border around the edge and the map is split between two connected circles. The left has Africa, Europe, Asia, and Australia on it and the right has the Americas on it. In the second photo two of the pieces aren't in place.
Date: July 24, 2019
Creator: Gellner, Megan
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Echoes of France]

Description: Photographs of "Echoes of France" by Amy Robbins Ware, held by UNT Special Collections. The cover is dark blue with a rubricated title and illustration enclosed in a black-stamped frame. Image 2, inscription on inside of cover written in pencil. On the left page is a stamped design. This image in Echoes from France by Amy Robbins Ware, an American nurse in France during WWI, demonstrates the kind of tensions generated by the coexistence of photographs and text. Image 3, pages 40 and 41. The pag… more
Date: October 12, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Pages from 'Les Chats']

Description: Photograph of the book 'Les Chats' by François Augustin de Paradis de Moncrif propped open on a cradle with one side's pages held with a clear plastic band. The left page is wholly text and includes footnotes at the bottom, while the right page is a full-page engraving print by Anne-Claude-Philipe de Tubieres.
Date: December 4, 2013
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 33.210113 -97.148993

[Engraving and text in 'Les Chats']

Description: Photograph of the book "Les Chats" by François Augustin de Paradis de Moncrif, resting in a cradle with the pages held open to a fold-out, full-page engraving done by Anne-Claude-Philipe de Tubieres. Some of the cats in the engraving are dressed as humans would be during the time-period while others are in the posture of everyday cats. They are in a scene on the roof of a building. The page next to it is in French and includes footnotes for the text.
Date: December 4, 2013
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 33.210113 -97.148993

[Henri Matisse, Jazz]

Description: Photographs of Henri Matisse's "Jazz", held by UNT Special Collections. Jazz is a series of works by artist Henri Matisse, which shows circus scenes cut out of colored paper. This is the first example of Matisse working in this way, which would eventually be his main method of creating art. The cover contains the title in pink lettering, and one of his works on the right with different blocks of color. Image 2, the page shown is titled “Nightmare of the White Elephant” and shows a circus elepha… more
Date: November 27, 2017
Creator: Sylve, Joshua & Merrill, Jeffery
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
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