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[Venus de Milo]

Description: Image of the bust of a sculpture of the goddess Venus.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1879
Call number: priJLC_PRG_002069
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005. This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last Collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress. The bulk of the Louis Prang archive was transferred to the Library between 2010 and 2012.

Examples for crayon drawing. : Venus of Milo

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Image of the bust of a sculpture of the goddess Venus.

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Venus Brand

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Image of the Greek sculpture Venus de Milo standing on an orange and centered in front of a five-point yellow star.

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San Juan brand superior muscatel raisins. McPherson, Cal

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Image of a San Juan Brand raisin label from McPherson Brothers of McPherson (now Orange), California; goddess Venus scolds her son Cupid and holds his quiver of arrows in her hand; the baby boy Cupid leans on an urn filled with grapes.

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Image of a woman carrying a tray of wine and fruit to a man seated at a table with several books studying a large world atlas; fire in a fireplace, Greek bust sculpture, vase with flowers, bookshelves, and a painting of a ship in background; both the figures are wearing historical dress.

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Columbia's noblest sons

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Image of a jugate featuring bust-length portraits of United States presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln framed by the goddess Columbia and six historical vignettes; Columbia stands with flags, a sleeping lion and a bald eagle, cannons, and open manacles with chain; vignettes feature the Boston Tea Party "December 18 [sic], 1773," the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, British General Charles Cornwallis surrendering to American forces at the end of the Revolutionary War on October 19, 1781, the beginning of the American Civil War on April 19, 1861, a naval battle scene, and a celebration of the Union victory on April 6, 1865.

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A cuspide corona

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Image of a certificate presented by the State of California for service in the Spanish-American War; several vignettes showing various fighting soldiers, ships, marches, and battles frame the central image of the goddess Columbia in front of a large American flag with a spear and laurel wreath in her hands next to a columned monument with certificate text; state seal of California with motto "Eureka" and goddess Minerva (Athena) and a California grizzly bear at top of monument.

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