According to Japanese legend, earthquakes were caused by the movements of a monster catfish that lived under the island of Japan. Immediately following the great Ansei earthquake of October 2, 1855, woodblock prints called Namazu-e ("catfish pictures") appeared in Edo (now Tokyo), the most affected area. These imaginative and sometimes brutal depictions served as a unique source of information and reassurance to the local population. Here the people who suffered from the effects of the earthquake are trying to punish two Namazu.
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FA-PR-0002
Title
Namazu-e (catfish print)
Abstract
According to Japanese legend, earthquakes were caused by the movements of a monster catfish that lived under the island of Japan. Immediately following the great Ansei earthquake of October 2, 1855, woodblock prints called Namazu-e ("catfish pictures") appeared in Edo (now Tokyo), the most affected area. These imaginative and sometimes brutal depictions served as a unique source of information and reassurance to the local population. Here the monster Namazu (is lifting up the great stone of the Kashima Shrine by which it has been fixed under the ground for a long time. Carpenters and plasterers are encouraging the monster Namazu so they can make money repairing earthquake damage.
ID number
FA-PR-0003
Title
Namazu-e (catfish print)
Abstract
According to Japanese legend, earthquakes were caused by the movements of a monster catfish that lived under the island of Japan. Immediately following the great Ansei earthquake of October 2, 1855, woodblock prints called Namazu-e ("catfish pictures") appeared in Edo (now Tokyo), the most affected area. These imaginative and sometimes brutal depictions served as a unique source of information and reassurance to the local population. Here people who suffered from the Ansei earthquake are trying to castrate the Namazu so that it can no longer cause earthquakes,
ID number
FA-PR-0004
Title
Namazu-e (catfish print)
Abstract
According to Japanese legend, earthquakes were caused by the movements of a monster catfish that lived under the island of Japan. Immediately following the great Ansei earthquake of October 2, 1855, woodblock prints called Namazu-e ("catfish pictures") appeared in Edo (now Tokyo), the most affected area. These imaginative and sometimes brutal depictions served as a unique source of information and reassurance to the local population. Here the Kashima Shrine god is holding the catfish down while the people who suffered from the Ansei earthquake are attempting to capture, cook and eat the Namazu.
ID number
FA-PR-0005
Title
Namazu-e (catfish print)
Abstract
According to Japanese legend, earthquakes were caused by the movements of a monster catfish that lived under the island of Japan. Immediately following the great Ansei earthquake of October 2, 1855, woodblock prints called Namazu-e ("catfish pictures") appeared in Edo (now Tokyo), the most affected area. These imaginative and sometimes brutal depictions served as a unique source of information and reassurance to the local population. Here an expert is giving a lecture on the monster Namazu and pointing out the postion of the great stone which is supposed to keep it from violence.
ID number
FA-PR-0006
Title
Lee DuBridge portrait by Don Bachardy
Abstract
Pencil and ink wash portrait of Lee A. DuBridge, President of Caltech, by renowned contemporary portraitist Don Bachardy (1934-). Bachardy was born in Los Angeles and studied art at the Chouinard Art Institute.
ID number
FA-DR-0001
Title
A Friday Evening Discourse at the Royal Institution, 1904
Abstract
Photograph of the famous oil painting done by Henry Jamyn Brooks (1865-1925), entitled, "A Friday Evening Discourse at the Royal Institution, 1904. Sir James Dewar on Liquid Hydrogen. Presented May 1906, to the Royal Institution by Dr. Ludwig Mond and Other Members." Henry Dixon & Son, Ltd, photographers. British chemist Mond (1839-1909) with a generous endowment to the Royal Institution, established the Davy-Faraday Research Laboratory, of which Professor Dewar (1842-1923) became its director. Dewar, famous for being the first to liquify and eventually solidify hydrogen, was knighted in 1904.
ID number
FA-PR-0131
Title
Group portrait
Abstract
Goup portrait includes Isaac Barrow, Robert Boyle, Kenelm Digby, Edmund Halley, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Isaac Newton. Engraved by Thomas Milton (ca 1743-1827), from the design done by Robert Smirke (1752-1845), an English painter and renowned book illustrator [note: not to be confused with his son Sir Robert Smirke (1780-1867), who is best known for his work on London's British Museum]. Published by Robert Bowyer (1758-1834), Historic Gallery, December 1, 1804.
ID number
FA-PR-0010
Title
John Locke
Abstract
Part of a group portrait. Includes Isaac Barrow, Robert Boyle, Kenelm Digby, Edmund Halley, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Isaac Newton. Engraved by Thomas Milton (ca 1743-1827), from the design done by Robert Smirke (1752-1845), an English painter and renowned book illustrator [note: not to be confused with his son Sir Robert Smirke (1780-1867), who is best known for his work on London's British Museum]. Published by Robert Bowyer (1758-1834), Historic Gallery, December 1, 1804.
ID number
FA-PR-0011
Title
Portrait of Albert A. Michelson (1852-1931)
Abstract
First American citizen to win the Nobel Prize (physics, 1907) and teacher of Robert A. Millikan. By Norwegian artist Henrik Lund; charcoal on canvas.
ID number
FA-DR-0002
Title
Caffieri/Profile of Benjamin Franklin
Abstract
Right profile of Franklin, with a slightly forward inclination of the head. Engraving by Thomas Holloway, possibly after a 1777 bust of Franklin done by Jean Jacques Caffieri (1725-1792). Published by C. Forster, Feb. 1, 1791.
ID number
FA-BF-0006
Title
Caffieri/Profile of Benjamin Franklin
Abstract
Left profile of Franklin, with a slightly forward inclination of the head. Engraving by J. & W. W. Warr, possibly after a 1777 bust of Franklin done by Jean Jacques Caffieri (1725-1792). Engraved by J. & W. W. Warr.
ID number
FA-BF-0007
Title
Chamberlin-Lodge/Portrait of Benjamin Franklin
Abstract
Three-quarter left profile of Franklin. Engraving by John Lodge (d. 1796), Franklin image after a 1762 painting by Mason Chamberlin. Printed by J. Almon, London, April 21, 1777.
ID number
FA-BF-0009
Title
Chamberlin/Portrait of Benjamin Franklin
Abstract
Franklin seated in chair, resting his left hand on desk, holding papers, and with a feather quill in right hand. An arrangement of rods and bells behind his chair; an electrical storm show through the window in background. Franklin's signature reproduced below portrait. Engraving by S. Freeman, after a 1762 painting by Mason Chamberlin. Published by A. Fullarton & Co.
ID number
FA-BF-0013
Title
Cochin/Portrait of Benjamin Franklin
Abstract
Franklin in three-quarter view, showing the right side of his face, wearing a fur hat and spectacles. Franklin signature reproduced below portrait. Engraving by A. H. Richie after a drawing done in 1777 by Charles Nicolas Cochin (1715-1790)
ID number
FA-BF-0024
Title
Duplessis-Valade/Portrait of Benjamin Franklin
Abstract
Large portrait of Franklin, in three-quarter right profile, dressed in a coat with fur collar. Photograph of a ca. 1785 oil painting, probably by French portrait painter Jean Valade (1709-1787) [and originally owned by Thomas Jefferson], after a 1778 painting by Joseph Siffred Duplessis (1751-1831). Photographed in Berlin.
ID number
FA-BF-0046
Title
Duplessis/Portrait of Benajmin Franklin
Abstract
Large color portrait of Franklin, in three-quarter left profile, dressed in a coat with fur collar. Engraved by F. Janinet, Paris, 1789, after the original 1778 oil painting by Joseph Siffred Duplessis (the original portrait shows Franklin in three-quarter right profile).
ID number
FA-BF-0059
Title
Duplessis/Portrait of Benajmin Franklin
Abstract
Portrait of Franklin in three-quarter right profile, wearing a coat with covered buttons. Engraving by Michael Bisi, possibly after a 1778 pastel done by Joseph Siffred Duplessis (1751-1831).
ID number
FA-BF-0061
Title
Duplessis-Valade/Portrait of Benjamin Franklin
Abstract
Portrait of Franklin, in three-quarter right profile, dressed in a coat with fur collar. Below portrait, a scene depicting the the Founding Fathers at the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Proof of engraving, after a ca. 1785 oil painting, probably by French portrait painter Jean Valade (1709-1787), which is after a 1778 painting by Joseph Siffred Duplessis (1751-1831).
ID number
FA-BF-0045
Title
Duplessis/Portrait of Benajmin Franklin
Abstract
Portrait of Franklin in three-quarter left profile, wearing a coat . Engraving by Charles Pye (1817?), after a 1778 pastel done by Joseph Siffred Duplessis (1751-1831). Published by Henry Colburn, London, Oct. 1, 1817.
