Versailles, Entertainment in the Park (for the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of England): In the Bosquet Apollon more entertainment greeted the Sovereigns after their drive in the park. Véra Korène of the Comedie Francaise declaiming Moliere verses, Palace of Versailles, France

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Versailles, Entertainment in the Park (for the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of England): In the Bosquet Apollon more entertainment greeted the Sovereigns after their drive in the park. Véra Korène of the Comedie Francaise declaiming Moliere verses, Palace of Versailles, France
Versailles, Entertainment in the Park (for the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of England): In the Bosquet Apollon more entertainment greeted the Sovereigns after their drive in the park. Véra Korène of the Comedie Francaise declaiming Moliere verses, Palace of Versailles, France
DateJuly 22, 1938
MediumVintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
DimensionsSheet: 8 1/8 × 7 in. (20.6 × 17.8 cm) Image: 8 1/8 × 7 in. (20.6 × 17.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2025.30.208
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Markings Verso, upper middle (adhesive typewritten paper): "VERSAILLESTHE ENTERTAINMENT IN THE PARK, the Sovereigns and guests found more entertainment in the Bosquet Apol-lon. (SCHALL under 6,000 frs. arrangement U.S.EXCLUSIVITY"
Verso, upper middle (red ink stamp): "CA 281"
Verso, middle (blue ink stamp): "PHOTO BY: PIX PUBLISHING INC, 250 PARK AVENUE NEW YORK CITY TEL. ELDORADO 5-4021 / PLEASE CREDIT PHOTO SCHALL-PIX / THIS PICTURE IS SOLD TO YOU FOR YOUR PUBLICATION ONLY AND MUST NOT BE LOANED, SYNDICATED OR USED FOR AD-VERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM US."
Verso, lower middle (green ink stamp): "Westport Public Library Westport, Conn."
Verso, bottom right (black ink stamp): "THE MARCH OF IME LTD. (PICTURES DIVISION) PARIS OUR NUMBER ________"
Inscribed Verso, top left (pencil): "RS-220 1250"
Verso, upper middle (pencil majority covered): "102 /..."
Verso, upper middle (pencil): "Maypole"
Verso, bottom right (pencil): "346 D"
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Laure Albin-Guillot
Date: before 1944
Medium: Vintage Fresson print
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Laure Albin-Guillot
Date: c. 1930s
Medium: Vintage Fresson print
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A Cozy Corner in the Queen’s Parlors, Royal Palace, Stockholm, Sweden
Underwood & Underwood Publishers
Date: 1898
Medium: Albumen prints mounted on cardstock
Object number: S2023.1.11
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Photo by J…
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Date: 1944
Medium: Gelatin silver print
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Pierre Verger
Date: late 1930s
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2025.30.293
In the Park
Christopher Wood
Date: early 20th century
Medium: Graphite on paper
Object number: 1986.28.1
© Garie Waltzer. Image courtesy of Light Work, Syracuse, NY. For educational purposes only.
Garie Waltzer
Date: 2005
Medium: Piezography print
Object number: 2020.8.12
William C. Palmer
Date: 20th century
Medium: Pencil and ink on paper
Object number: WCP.XXX.26.12
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Thomas Nast
Date: published January 30, 1864
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.53
Food Conservation Exhibition in the Takoma Park Library, Washington, D.C.
Date: 1915-1919
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: INV.185
© Matthew Pillsbury.
Date: 2014
Medium: Archival pigment print
Object number: 2025.30.156