Majorca is the only island that remains loyal to the Republic. Located directly across the Catalan coast and close to the Franquist island of Majorca, its main town found itself in the path of the Italian Fascist army. These sailors belong to the Mahon naval base, Spain

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Majorca is the only island that remains loyal to the Republic. Located directly across the Catalan coast and close to the Franquist island of Majorca, its main town found itself in the path of the Italian Fascist army. These sailors belong to the Mahon naval base, Spain
Majorca is the only island that remains loyal to the Republic. Located directly across the Catalan coast and close to the Franquist island of Majorca, its main town found itself in the path of the Italian Fascist army. These sailors belong to the Mahon naval base, Spain
Artist/Maker (Polish, 1911 – 1956)
Datec. 1938
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 1/16 × 9 7/16 in. (17.9 × 24 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2020.9.231
Not on view
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Provenance 2020: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling.
Markings Stamp: "© David Seymour / Magnum" on verso at lower right in blue ink.

Signature Not signed.
Inscribed "DS-F-58" on verso at lower left sideways in pencil.
"FCC F7159" on verso at upper middle in pencil.
In the midst of gloom of a rainy Friday night in the Army, the troops in the Chicago Av. Armory got the good news; Some of them will be home for Easter. Brigadier General Richard T. Dunn, commander of the 5,000 National Guard troops called to active duty after disturbances Thursday, said: "If everything remains quiet and no disturbances grow out of the peace parade Saturday we will begin phasing out troops by midnight tomorrow."
In the midst of gloom of a rainy Friday night in the Army, the troops in the Chicago Av. Armory got the good news; Some of them will be home for Easter. Brigadier General Richard T. Dunn, commander of the 5,000 National Guard troops called to active duty after disturbances Thursday, said: "If everything remains quiet and no disturbances grow out of the peace parade Saturday we will begin phasing out troops by midnight tomorrow."
Date: April 5, 1969
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.271
Street scene with prostitutes and French sailors in the streets of Bousbir (Fortified enclosure of Casablanca, built to accommodate the "quarter reserved" for prostitution of the city. When Morocco became a French protectorate by the Treaty of Fez in 1912
Street scene with prostitutes and French sailors in the streets of Bousbir (Fortified enclosure of Casablanca, built to accommodate the "quarter reserved" for prostitution of the city. When Morocco became a French protectorate by the Treaty of Fez in 1912
Denise Bellon
Date: 1936
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.53
Veduta di un gran Masso, Avanzo del Sepolcro della Familia d' Metelli sulla Via Appia (View of a large structure, remains of the Tomb of the Metelli on the Appian Way)
Veduta di un gran Masso, Avanzo del Sepolcro della Familia d' Metelli sulla Via Appia (View of a large structure, remains of the Tomb of the Metelli on the Appian Way)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Date: 1752-56
Medium: Etching
Object number: 1986.5
Avanzi degl' Aquedotti Neroniani che si volevano distruggere per la loro vecchiezza ma per ordine di N'ro. Sig.re Papa Clemento XIV sono restati in piedi (Remains of the Aqueduct of Nero which were to be destroyed on account of their age but remained standing by order of Pope Clement XIV), from the series "Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome)"
Avanzi degl' Aquedotti Neroniani che si volevano distruggere per la loro vecchiezza ma per ordine di N'ro. Sig.re Papa Clemento XIV sono restati in piedi (Remains of the Aqueduct of Nero which were to be destroyed on account of their age but remained standing by order of Pope Clement XIV), from the series "Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome)"
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Date: 1775
Medium: Etching
Object number: 1984.19
The Remains of the Great Temple in Palmira seen from the West
The Remains of the Great Temple in Palmira seen from the West
Carington Bowles
Date: unknown
Medium: Hand-colored engraving on paper
Object number: 1992.67
Remains of the Ancient Conventual Church at Ely
Remains of the Ancient Conventual Church at Ely
Thomas Hearne
Date: Publ. May 4, 1808
Medium: Engraving on paper
Object number: 1995.19
General Charles de Gaulle in El Fasher, in the army of the British Governor of Darfur Province, Free French troops on their way across Africa from Cameroon, Sudan
General Charles de Gaulle in El Fasher, in the army of the British Governor of Darfur Province, Free French troops on their way across Africa from Cameroon, Sudan
George Rodger
Date: 1941
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2020.9.201
Ready On the Firing Line: a Chinese Army squad prepares to fire in a small arms demonstration at the 196th Division of the Greater Peking Municipality. The vice commander of the division says its main task is to be militarily prepared to defend China and liberate Taiwan
Ready On the Firing Line: a Chinese Army squad prepares to fire in a small arms demonstration at the 196th Division of the Greater Peking Municipality. The vice commander of the division says its main task is to be militarily prepared to defend China and liberate Taiwan
Horst Faas
Date: August 14, 1972
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2023.12.195
Cowdray Castle, with Geese
Cowdray Castle, with Geese
Sir Francis Seymour Haden
Date: 1882
Medium: Etching with drypoint
Object number: 1928.9
Village Ford
Village Ford
Sir Francis Seymour Haden
Date: 1881
Medium: Etching with drypoint on paper
Object number: 1988.17
Horsley's House at Willesley
Horsley's House at Willesley
Sir Francis Seymour Haden
Date: 1888
Medium: Etching and drypoint
Object number: 1992.62
Nobel Prizes: general view of guests dining during the banquet in City Hall, Stockholm
Nobel Prizes: general view of guests dining during the banquet in City Hall, Stockholm
David Seymour
Date: c. 1950
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2020.9.232