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Aqa Riza (Iranian, born Meshhed, ca. 1560, active until ca. 1621) Calligrapher: Mir 'Ali Haravi (died ca. 1550) "A Youth Fallen From a Tree", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album verso: ca. 1610; recto: ca. 1530 Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

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The Queen and the Page by Marianne Stokes (1855 - 1927)

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View of the Church of San Lorenzo fuori le Mura, 1815

By Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg

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1886

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Dress, 1870s, Russian. State Historical Museum.

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1855

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The T'oros Roslin Gospels, Armenia, mid 13th century

from The Walters Art Museum

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Frost’s Laws and By-Laws of American Society, S.A. Frost, 1869

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Evening dress, 1880s

Fashion Museum Bath

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Bronze aquamanile in the form of a centaur fighting a serpent, Germany, circa 1200-1250

from The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Dress

c. 1878-1880

maker unknown

Jacquard-woven silk, ruched silk trimmed with machine-lace

Victoria & Albert Museum

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Embroidery Designs for waistcoats by Jean Pillement and Charles-Germain De Saint-Aubin, ca 1780-90

From the Victoria and Albert Museum

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Ivory panel depicting an archbishop and his choir, Lotharingia, late 10th century

from The Fitzwilliam Museum

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"I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier" is an American anti-war song that was influential within the pacifist movement in the United States. When WWI began in Europe in 1914, many Americans wanted to stay out of the conflict. The song was recorded by The Peerless Quartet in December 1914 and was a hit, selling 650,000 copies. The song gives the lament of a lonely mother whose son has been lost in the war.

"I didn’t raise my boy to be a soldier,

I brought him up to be my pride and joy,

Who dares to put a musket on his shoulder,

To shoot some other mother’s darling boy?"

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Undine, John William Waterhouse. 1872.

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Dragonslayer

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Gold ring with a sapphire and garnet, Europe, 14th century

from The Victoria & Albert Museum