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The Stour

Description: The small square painting depicts the Stour river with some trees on the far side, deep shadows on the water and a pinkish sky.
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Date: 1810
Creator: Constable, John
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Didon; tragédie lyrique en trois actes

Description: With Didon, Piccinni demonstrated his ability to combine both Italian and French styles to create a compelling tragédie lyrique. The opera includes lyrical Italian melodies and a second-act finale, as well as French choruses and numbers that transition continuously without pauses. Didon was premiered at Fountainebleau on 16 October 1783, and it remained one of Piccinni’s most popular French operas, with performances through the first part of the nineteenth century. The story of Dido had been… more
Date: 1815
Creator: Piccinni, Niccolò, 1728-1800 & Marmontel, Jean François, 1723-1799
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Partner: UNT Music Library

Economy

Description: The humorous illustration depicts people behaving poorly at dinner. There is dialogue written above the heads of the diners.
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Date: May 1816
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas
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Deep tea bowl

Description: It is a bowl which is made up of ceramics.It is used for the decoration purpose and comes under the art of pottery.There are various circular lines which are drawn on the plates they can be differentiated as they are of different colors black,brown,yellow...These are the concentric circles.The surface of the bowl is shiny and glittery.There is number written on it 92.6245 and there is a sticky note on it on which number is written on it 4770.In the innermost circle there is some kind of design … more
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Date: 1810
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Head of a White Horse

Description: Painting of the head of a white horse, set in a gilded frame.
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Date: [1810..1812]
Creator: Géricault, Théodore
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Pyramidal Metronome

Description: The metronome is decorated with gilt bronze figures, foliage, and musical motifs on the front as well as the side.
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Date: 1815
Creator: Maelzel, Johann Nepomuk
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Bassoon

Description: The pieces of the bassoon are stored in a box with custom compartments.
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Date: 1810~
Creator: Porthaux, Dominique Antony
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[Petition for building a school for the poor]

Description: The citizens of Northumberland County agree to a charter allowing another academy of the same name within the same county for the poor. The funding is discussed and the land that was for public use will be used. Petitioners are against the school being built with public funds and believe that the poor should be paying for their school. The petitioners believe that in building the school it would go against the legislation of the county. The author gives examples of cases that disprove the peti… more
Date: January 12, 1818
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[Letter from Elvira Moore to Uncle Evans, June 18, 1872]

Description: The author wrote to Jim B. on the thirtieth of May, Neel Jones and John Wallace also visited the author. She talks of how it rained in Billington when she visited and then she got a cold from it. [2]The author again is not feeling well and this prevented her from visiting Jim Wilson. She had dinner with Callie and Will.[3] Bettie had a headache and the author had eye problems. The author mentions that there are a lot of Veterans when she went to go get her eyes checked out. [4] There was a dinn… more
Date: June 18, 1812
Creator: Moore, Elvira
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[Binder's Collection: G. K. Whitaker]

Description: Bound compilation of sheet music from the collection of Thurman Morrison, compiled by Gertrude K. Whitaker. The selections include multiple titles on military themes, including works dedicated to military figures of the time. Other works include ballads, waltzes, and the three-part cantata, The May Queen. Five works in this volume were composed by Charles Grobe. Almost half of the thirty-six items in the collection were published in Philadelphia, with others published in Baltimore, New York, an… more
Date: 1818/1859
Creator: Whitaker, Gertrude K.
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Madame David

Description: A woman wearing a white empire waist dress is seated. Her hands are crossed and a red piece of clothing is draped over her right arm.
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Date: 1813
Creator: David, Jacques-Louis
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The Duke of Wellington

Description: Portrait of the Duke of Wellington, wearing a dark coat against a dark background.
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Date: 1812~
Creator: Goya, Francisco, 1746-1828
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Iphigenie en Aulide; tragédie. Opera en trois actes

Description: Although he did not have a production planned, Gluck composed the music for Iphigénie en Aulide for Paris, with the intention (along with Roullet) of establishing himself at the Opéra. He initially had difficulties convincing the Academy of Music to arrange for the production, but with the support of Marie Antoinette, the opera was finally realized in 1773. Gluck revised Iphigénie for performances in 1775. The most significant change was the addition of Diana as a character, whose appearanc… more
Date: 1811
Creator: Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787 & Du Roullet, François Louis Gaud Lebland, marquis, 1716-1786
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Iphigenie en Aulide; tragédie. Opera en trois actes

Description: Although he did not have a production planned, Gluck composed the music for Iphigénie en Aulide for Paris, with the intention (along with Roullet) of establishing himself at the Opéra. He initially had difficulties convincing the Academy of Music to arrange for the production, but with the support of Marie Antoinette, the opera was finally realized in 1773. Gluck revised Iphigénie for performances in 1775. The most significant change was the addition of Diana as a character, whose appearance… more
Date: 1811
Creator: Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787 & Du Roullet, François Louis Gaud Lebland, marquis, 1716-1786
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Armide: drame héroïque

Description: Armide was premiered at the Paris Opéra on September 23, 1777, recalling the earlier success of Lully’s opera of the same name, which premiered nearly a century earlier on February 15, 1686. After collaborating on several reform operas with Calzabigi, Gluck revived the older dramatic tradition of Quinault (Lully's librettist) by setting the older text in the modern musical style. The seventeenth-century five act model requires more continuous music, with few distinct arias, as well as diverti… more
Date: 1811
Creator: Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787 & Quinault, Philippe, 1635-1688
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Partner: UNT Music Library
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