[Lady and lamp post]

ExpandMy Collection

[Lady and lamp post]

Dateno date

ClassificationsPrint

MediumColor woodcut

DimensionsObject: 5 9/16 × 3 9/16 in. (14.2 × 9.1 cm) Sheet: 8 7/8 × 7 in. (22.5 × 17.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mr. Hamilton Armstrong

Keyword/Subject

Object number2011.0141

Discover More

Jim Houser

no date

22. Politician. And, so, with abject hand/, I arrived, a great post to occupy;/ Was not I a good Mexican?/ I am laughing and ...that is all!!

22. Politician. And, so, with abject hand/, I arrived, a great post to occupy;/ Was not I a good Mexican?/ I am laughing and ...that is all!!

José Guadalupe Posada

1947

Post-station number 16, Kanbara

Post-station number 16, Kanbara

Utagawa (Ando) Hiroshige

1848

6. Late Reveler. Little lamp that lights my street,/ Now that I am seeing double,/ Why is it you are hiding?/ Or is it you who blocks my way?

6. Late Reveler. Little lamp that lights my street,/ Now that I am seeing double,/ Why is it you are hiding?/ Or is it you who blocks my way?

José Guadalupe Posada

1947

Lady with sake cup in which she sees her lover's face

Lady with sake cup in which she sees her lover's face

Toyokuni II

c 1800

Lady In Waiting

Lady In Waiting

Seong Moy

1950

79. Passée. “How old-fashioned is that lady!”/ Those who see me think or say;/ But, I have much more modesty/ Than the young girls of today.

79. Passée. “How old-fashioned is that lady!”/ Those who see me think or say;/ But, I have much more modesty/ Than the young girls of today.

José Guadalupe Posada

1947

16. The Ladies. The women of our times/ Are much like filbert nuts./ Of a hundred, one is good;/ And ninety and nine are empty.

16. The Ladies. The women of our times/ Are much like filbert nuts./ Of a hundred, one is good;/ And ninety and nine are empty.

José Guadalupe Posada

1947

25. The Contrary Sex. Men are the devil!/ So the ladies say,/ And, yet, immediately, they wish/ For the devil, to carry them away.

25. The Contrary Sex. Men are the devil!/ So the ladies say,/ And, yet, immediately, they wish/ For the devil, to carry them away.

José Guadalupe Posada

1947

58. Advice to a Young Lady. Do not stroll in the fields/ When the wind is blowing strongly,/ For girls are like flowers/ Which the wind turns wrongly.

58. Advice to a Young Lady. Do not stroll in the fields/ When the wind is blowing strongly,/ For girls are like flowers/ Which the wind turns wrongly.

José Guadalupe Posada

1947

Lady on the Bus

Lady on the Bus

Mimi Gross

1964

Fred Becker Picture Page in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, March 29, 1953

Fred Becker Picture Page in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, March 29, 1953

Fred Becker

1953

Powered by eMuseum