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Unidentified soldier in Union uniform and forage cap with portraits of Lincoln, Johnson, and an unidentified boy in a book-shaped locket with pages
Locket has tintype portraits of soldier and child and photographic print portraits of Johnson and Lincoln on separate pages. Case: Metal locket in…
Pen Box and Inkwell
The central role of writing in Islamic societies led to calligraphy becoming the most important visual art form. Portable pen cases (Turkish: divit) were made with great care and became objects of art themselves. Examples from the Ottoman lands are…