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American sculptor Vinnie Ream (1847-1914) and her bust of Abraham Lincoln on the stand used in the White House while President Lincoln posed for her. Photo taken between 1865 and 1870. Her full sized Lincoln See Asset: 182233

Woman-Made: 10 Sculptors You Might Not Know

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Illustration for Demystified "How Dangerous is Quicksand"

How Deadly Is Quicksand?

illustration of the walking titanosaurus, Patagotitan mayorum

Titanosaurs: 8 of the World's Biggest Dinosaurs

New Zealand. Political/Physical map. Includes locator.

Where Is “Old Zealand”?

Lusitania sinking, illustration from The War of the Nations (New York), December 31, 1919. World War I, WWI. This image is one of three on the page. (See source file for the other two.)

7 of the World’s Deadliest Shipwrecks

Easter Procession of Maria Santisima del Sacromonte in Granada, Spain. This statue is known as Virgen de los Gitanos or The Virgin of the Gypsies.

What is Holy Week?

Small, white rat (genus Rattus) on a glass table. (rodent, laboratory, experiment)

Cruel and Unusual Punishments: 15 Types of Torture

Rural Irish landscape, Sligo, Ireland.

Why Is Ireland Two Countries?

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Honoré Daumier

Honoré Daumier

French artist

Augusta Savage: Realization

Augusta Savage

American sculptor and educator

Butades Of Sicyon

ancient Greek sculptor

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cigar. cigars. Hand-rolled cigars. Cigar manufacturing. Tobacco roller. Tobacco leaves, Tobacco leaf

Building Blocks of Everyday Objects