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Thomas Eakins
American, 1844-1916
Home Scene
ca. 1871
Stacy Tolman
American, 1860-1935
The Musicale
1887
Thomas Haig

Bank
1852
Ceiling Corner Block Paper
ca. 1880
Platt Powell Ryder
American, 1821-1896
Fireside Companion
1889
Walter von Nessen
American, born Germany, 1889-1943
Cat Bookend, One of Pair
1930-1935

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This is an amazing necklace, as in fashion. now as it was 1000s of years ago. Timeless!
July 10, 2008 at 8:14 pm
This is a tiny gem.
July 10, 2008 at 8:46 pm
I wonder if this is of the Brooklyn's West Indian Day parade, like the other Catherine Green photo.
July 17, 2008 at 9:09 pm
Hi spiceytaco -- We agree that it would be best to have color images of all of our works. Scanning b/w negatives is quicker and easier, though, so we've got folks working on both queues.
August 16, 2008 at 9:30 pm
Hi spiceytaco -- we're working on it! We'd like to have color images of everything, too. Bringing art to the studio and getting it photographed takes more time and skill than scanning existing negatives, so we're doing both.
August 16, 2008 at 9:33 pm
Hi spiceytaco -- we're working on a popup that'll let people know why we don't always provide a fullsize image. Here's the short version: when an artwork (like this one) is protected by copyright, we can only show a thumbnail. We're working on contacting artists and their estates to get permission to do more.
August 16, 2008 at 9:38 pm
Hi spiceytaco -- we're working on a popup that'll let people know why we don't always provide a fullsize image. When an artwork (like this one) is protected by copyright, we can only show a thumbnail. We're working on contacting artists and their estates to get permission to do more.
August 16, 2008 at 9:39 pm
Hi spiceytaco -- we're working on a popup that'll let people know why we don't always provide a fullsize image. When an artwork (like this one) is protected by copyright, we can only show a thumbnail. We're working on contacting artists and their estates to get permission to do more.
August 16, 2008 at 9:41 pm
Hi spiceytaco -- we're working on a popup that'll let people know why we don't always provide a fullsize image. When an artwork (like this one) is protected by copyright, we can only show a thumbnail. We're working on contacting artists and their estates to get permission to do more.
August 16, 2008 at 9:42 pm
Hi spiceytaco -- It's a really big painting and it is hard to see much from a small image. And a color image would be great. It takes time and effort to get the work to the studio for new photography, so when we have a b/w negative, we're providing a scan. Please stay tuned! As to why it's so small: we're working on a popup that'll let people know why we don't always provide a fullsize image. When an artwork (like this one) is protected by copyright, we can only show a thumbnail. We're working on contacting artists and their estates to get permission to do more.
August 16, 2008 at 9:47 pm
Hi spiceytaco -- I wish we had new color photography of everything. Bringing art to the studio and getting it photographed takes more time and skill than scanning existing negatives, so we're doing both. In this case, whoever made the b/w negative (some are 80 years old) obviously had some lighting issues with that glare on the right side. It's a tough call -- a not-so-good b/w or no picture at all. We decided to go with "something is better than nothing."
August 16, 2008 at 9:52 pm
Hello Patrick, Our collection is huge and, while thousands of objects have been photographed, many haven't. It's possible there's a b/w negative on file that we can digitize--I'll check and put it in the works if we do. Deborah
October 14, 2008 at 7:37 am    other users have commented on this thread
Hi Ellen, Thanks for your comment--we love hearing from artists! We rotated the image; it will be uploaded to the system soon (you may need to hit refresh/F5 to get the correction). How did this happen? Well, it's a big painting, so when it was shot, it was placed on its side--you can see the easel in the negative. Years later, when the negative was digitized, that rotation wasn't corrected. Thanks for your help and for giving me an excuse to go upstairs and look at some art! Deborah
October 27, 2008 at 2:48 pm
"Pueblo & Kiowa Indian Drawings from the Southwest (A.E. White Collection)": Hello! We wish we had pictures, too! Unfortunately, not every show was documented with photographs, especially back in the early 1930s. Deborah Wythe
November 7, 2008 at 11:45 am
Hi Bernard, Why don't you email me at copyright@ brooklynmuseum.org and we can figure out the best way to do this. Thanks, Deborah
November 29, 2008 at 7:04 pm
The Art Smith jewelry should be in Collection on the Web within a week or two -- search on artist name. Stay tuned. (Exhibition photography is more to give a sense of the gallery design than to show individual art works.)
December 5, 2008 at 11:36 am
"Relief Depicting Akenhaten and His Daughter Offering to the Aten": Hi Nicky, It looks like a slide of this may have been scanned back in 2001. We're going to try to locate the file and get it uploaded. Stay tuned! Deborah
December 19, 2008 at 7:28 am
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About debwythe:

I work in the Digital Lab at the Brooklyn Museum. My goal in OpenCollection is to find and tag all the cats in the Brooklyn Museum. This is in honor of Buster, the shop cat, who came to us from outside the LIbrary window.