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21:05, 5 November 2026 SB-08-048-source-1.png (file) 7.39 MB == Description == ''The Shadow on the Hills'', ''Punch, or The London Charivari'', volume 75, 5 October 1878, unnumbered cartoon page catalogued as [151]. The complete printed composition corresponds to HPB-SB-8-48, image item 1: turbaned figure and weapons, lion, bear-shaped shadow, rock cracks, ground hatching, printed title and SWAIN sc signature. The same engraved detail is retained without the large white/black losses in the previously examined poor copy. No unsupported expansion of... 1
20:05, 5 November 2026 SB-03-091-source-1.png (file) 2.66 MB == Description == ''Mount Yonah, as seen from Clarksville, Georgia'', Edward King, ''The Great South: A Record of Journeys'' (Hartford, Connecticut: American Publishing Company, 1875), printed page 521. The mountain skyline, clouds, foreground buildings, fence, figures, foliage and engraved hatching match HPB-SB-3-91, image item 3, captioned in the album ''Mount Yonah—From Clarksville''. This is a matching later book printing of the same composition, not proof of the physical carrier of... 1
19:29, 5 November 2026 Psychological Review v.05 1882-12.pdf (file) 18.33 MB == Summary == The Psychological Review, Vol. V, December 1882. Complete supplied ninety-six-page issue, pp. 463–558. Source: [https://iapsop.com/archive/materials/psychological_review/psychological_review_v5_dec_1882.pdf International Association for the Preservation of Spiritualist and Occult Periodicals (IAPSOP)]. Google digitization marks are preserved in the supplied scan. The PDF is reproduced without changing its pages. Relevant material: “Monthly Summary of Contemporary Spiritual Opi... 1
19:19, 5 November 2026 SB-04-166-source-1.png (file) 3.57 MB == Description == ''Archer japonais (troupes du Siogoun)'', Aimé Humbert, ''Le Japon illustré'', volume I (Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette, 1870), printed page 226. This is the same printed composition as HPB-SB-4-166, image item 5: kneeling archer in armour, wrapped headcloth, quiver, bow and arrow, swords, stonework, mountains and the individual hatching patterns. The printed signatures THEROND and GAUCHARD and the French caption are retained. The photograph/engraving comparison already... 1
18:37, 5 November 2026 SB-14-086-source-1.png (file) 5.25 MB == Description == ''Not So Bad for an “Old Chappie.”'', ''Punch, or The London Charivari'', volume 83, 7 October 1882, printed page 157. The two men in top hats correspond exactly to HPB-SB-14-86, image item 4: profiles and moustaches, cigarette gesture, hands and canes, STALLS sign, clothing, cross-hatched wall and floor, printed title and dialogue. This crop retains the complete drawing, title and both replies. No unsupported expansion of the retained artist's signature is supplied. Thi... 1
18:33, 5 November 2026 Religio philosophical journal v.33 n.17 1882-12-23.pdf (file) 10.14 MB == Summary == The Religio-Philosophical Journal, Vol. XXXIII, No. 17, Chicago, 23 December 1882. Complete supplied eight-page issue, pp. 1–8. Source: [https://iapsop.com/archive/materials/religio_philosophical_journal/religio_philosophical_journal_v33_n17_dec_23_1882.pdf International Association for the Preservation of Spiritualist and Occult Periodicals (IAPSOP)]. The source PDF is reproduced without changing its page images. The notice concerning The Theosophist and Madame H. P. Blavatsky... 1
18:27, 5 November 2026 SB-14-066-source-1.png (file) 2.21 MB == Description == ''A Warning'', ''Punch, or The London Charivari'', volume 83, 7 October 1882, printed page 165. The four figures correspond exactly to HPB-SB-14-66, image item 4: the two slender officers, their exaggerated corpulent counterparts, uniforms and headwear, the central dividing flourish, ground hatching and BANQUET paper. The original captions identify Sir Garnet and Sir Beauchamp before and after a series of welcome-home banquets. This source crop retains the printed title... 1
18:07, 5 November 2026 SB-14-054-source-1.png (file) 10.64 MB == Description == ''Barbarous Technicalities of Lawn Tennis'', ''Punch, or The London Charivari'', volume 83, 7 October 1882, printed page 162. The album HPB-SB-14-54, image item 2, contains the right-hand portion of this same drawing. The wicker chairs, seated figures, newspaper, standing woman with a racket, striped tent, house and garden details correspond. This source crop retains the full printed composition, title and dialogue, including the two tennis players omitted from the album... 1
17:49, 5 November 2026 SB-10-051-source-2.png (file) 3.06 MB == Description == ''Finale furioso'', scene 14 (bottom row, middle) of Wilhelm Busch's ''Der Virtuos'', ''Münchener Bilderbogen'', No. 465, Braun & Schneider, Munich. The pianist and his listener, their exaggerated poses, music, furniture and line drawing correspond to HPB-SB-10-51, image item 3. This is an uncoloured impression photographed in its natural paper colour. The album has applied figure colours; this source does not. It is a matching historical printed witness, not proof that... 1
17:44, 5 November 2026 SB-10-051-source-1.png (file) 2.87 MB == Description == ''Fortissimo vivacissimo'', scene 13 (bottom row, left) of Wilhelm Busch's ''Der Virtuos'', ''Münchener Bilderbogen'', No. 465, Braun & Schneider, Munich. The pianist and his listener, their exaggerated poses, music, furniture and line drawing correspond to HPB-SB-10-51, image item 2. This is an uncoloured impression photographed in its natural paper colour. The album has applied figure colours; this source does not. It is a matching historical printed witness, not proo... 1
17:39, 5 November 2026 SB-10-048-source-1.png (file) 2.51 MB == Description == ''Fuga del diavolo'', scene 11 (fourth row, middle) of Wilhelm Busch's ''Der Virtuos'', ''Münchener Bilderbogen'', No. 465, Braun & Schneider, Munich. The pianist and his listener, their exaggerated poses, music, furniture and line drawing correspond to HPB-SB-10-48, image item 1. This is an uncoloured impression photographed in its natural paper colour. The album has applied figure colours; this source does not. It is a matching historical printed witness, not proof th... 1
17:35, 5 November 2026 SB-10-047-source-1.png (file) 2.55 MB == Description == ''Passagio chromatico'', scene 10 (fourth row, left) of Wilhelm Busch's ''Der Virtuos'', ''Münchener Bilderbogen'', No. 465, Braun & Schneider, Munich. The pianist and his listener, their exaggerated poses, music, furniture and line drawing correspond to HPB-SB-10-47, image item 2. This is an uncoloured impression photographed in its natural paper colour. The album has applied figure colours; this source does not. It is a matching historical printed witness, not proof t... 1
17:31, 5 November 2026 SB-10-021-source-1.png (file) 2.45 MB == Description == ''Maëstoso'', scene 8 (third row, middle) of Wilhelm Busch's ''Der Virtuos'', ''Münchener Bilderbogen'', No. 465, Braun & Schneider, Munich. The pianist and his listener, their exaggerated poses, music, furniture and line drawing correspond to HPB-SB-10-21, image item 2. This is an uncoloured impression photographed in its natural paper colour. The album has applied figure colours; this source does not. It is a matching historical printed witness, not proof that the alb... 1
16:31, 5 November 2026 SB-10-014-source-4.png (file) 2.62 MB == Description == ''Bravo-Bravissimo'', scene 15 (bottom row, right) of Wilhelm Busch's ''Der Virtuos'', ''Münchener Bilderbogen'', No. 465, Braun & Schneider, Munich. The pianist and his listener, their exaggerated poses, music, furniture and line drawing correspond to HPB-SB-10-14, image item 4. This is an uncoloured impression photographed in its natural paper colour. The album has applied figure colours; this source does not. It is a matching historical printed witness, not proof tha... 1
15:11, 5 November 2026 SB-10-014-source-3.png (file) 2.72 MB == Description == ''Forte vivace'', scene 12 (fourth row, right) of Wilhelm Busch's ''Der Virtuos'', ''Münchener Bilderbogen'', No. 465, Braun & Schneider, Munich. The pianist and his listener, their exaggerated poses, music, furniture and line drawing correspond to HPB-SB-10-14, image item 3. This is an uncoloured impression photographed in its natural paper colour. The album has applied figure colours; this source does not. It is a matching historical printed witness, not proof that th... 1
13:57, 5 November 2026 SB-10-014-source-2.png (file) 2.56 MB == Description == ''Capriccioso'', scene 9 (third row, right) of Wilhelm Busch's ''Der Virtuos'', ''Münchener Bilderbogen'', No. 465, Braun & Schneider, Munich. The pianist and his listener, their exaggerated poses, music, furniture and line drawing correspond to HPB-SB-10-14, image item 2. This is an uncoloured impression photographed in its natural paper colour. The album has applied figure colours; this source does not. It is a matching historical printed witness, not proof that the a... 1
13:35, 5 November 2026 SB-10-014-source-1.png (file) 2.57 MB == Description == ''Smorzando'', scene 7 (third row, left) of Wilhelm Busch's ''Der Virtuos'', ''Münchener Bilderbogen'', No. 465, Braun & Schneider, Munich. The pianist and his listener, their exaggerated poses, music, furniture and line drawing correspond to HPB-SB-10-14, image item 1. This is an uncoloured impression photographed in its natural paper colour. The album has applied figure colours; this source does not. It is a matching historical printed witness, not proof that the albu... 1
13:21, 5 November 2026 SB-10-013-source-1.png (file) 2.39 MB == Description == ''Piano'', scene 6 (second row, right) of Wilhelm Busch's ''Der Virtuos'', ''Münchener Bilderbogen'', No. 465, Braun & Schneider, Munich. The pianist and his listener, their exaggerated poses, music, furniture and line drawing correspond to HPB-SB-10-13, image item 1. This is an uncoloured impression photographed in its natural paper colour. The album has applied figure colours; this source does not. It is a matching historical printed witness, not proof that the album... 1
13:09, 5 November 2026 Light v.02 n.104 1882-12-30.pdf (file) 9.31 MB == Summary == Light, Vol. II, No. 104, London, 30 December 1882. Eight PDF pages, issue pagination 585–592 (first folio unprinted). Source: [https://iapsop.com/archive/materials/light/light_v2_n104_dec_30_1882.pdf International Association for the Preservation of Spiritualist and Occult Periodicals (IAPSOP)]. The complete supplied issue is reproduced without changing its page images. Google digitization marks are retained. The annual volume index is catalogued separately in the source archiv... 1
13:04, 5 November 2026 SB-10-008-source-3.png (file) 2.2 MB == Description == ''Scherzo'', scene 3 (top row, right) of Wilhelm Busch's ''Der Virtuos'', ''Münchener Bilderbogen'', No. 465, Braun & Schneider, Munich. The pianist and his listener, their exaggerated poses, music, furniture and line drawing correspond to HPB-SB-10-8, image item 4. This is an uncoloured impression photographed in its natural paper colour. The album has applied figure colours; this source does not. It is a matching historical printed witness, not proof that the album cl... 1
12:54, 5 November 2026 SB-10-008-source-2.png (file) 2.5 MB == Description == ''Adagio con sentimento'', scene 5 (second row, middle) of Wilhelm Busch's ''Der Virtuos'', ''Münchener Bilderbogen'', No. 465, Braun & Schneider, Munich. The pianist and his listener, their exaggerated poses, music, furniture and line drawing correspond to HPB-SB-10-8, image item 3. This is an uncoloured impression photographed in its natural paper colour. The album has applied figure colours; this source does not. It is a matching historical printed witness, not proof... 1
12:40, 5 November 2026 SB-10-008-source-1.png (file) 2.3 MB == Description == ''Introduzione'', scene 2 (top row, middle) of Wilhelm Busch's ''Der Virtuos'', ''Münchener Bilderbogen'', No. 465, published by Braun & Schneider, Munich. The pianist and his listener, the poses, hats, music, piano, chairs and line drawing correspond to HPB-SB-10-8, image item 1. This is an uncoloured impression photographed in its natural paper colour. The album has applied figure colours; this source does not. It is a matching historical printed witness, not proof th... 1
12:14, 5 November 2026 SB-04-211-source-2.png (file) 5.07 MB == Description == The Vain Rhinoceros, illustration by Frederick Stuart Church (1842–1924), with its printed fable and moral. Matching printed layout in ''Fables'' by G. Washington Aesop (George Thomas Lanigan), New York: The World, 1878, printed p. 21. The composition corresponds to HPB-SB-4-211, image item 3 and adjoining fable item 2. The rhinoceros, four hounds, reeds and grasses, lettering and line breaks agree. The album's manuscript page numbers and other materials are separate. T... 1
10:29, 5 November 2026 SB-04-140-source-1.png (file) 4.98 MB == Description == '''The Intruding Camel''', illustration signed '''CHURCH''' by '''Frederick Stuart Church (1842–1924)''', with its printed fable and moral. Matching printed composition in ''Fables'' by G. Washington Aesop (George Thomas Lanigan), New York: The World, '''1878''', printed '''p. 9'''. The complete printed layout corresponds to HPB-SB-4-140, image item 5 and adjoining fable item 6, and to the existing example on HPB-SB-4-166. HPB-SB-4-202, item 1, preserves the upp... 1
09:26, 5 November 2026 SB-03-257-source-1.png (file) 3.54 MB == Description == '''John King. As Materialized in England.''' Portrait reproduced in Henry T. Child, ''Narratives of the Spirits of Sir Henry Morgan and His Daughter Annie, usually known as John and Katie King'', Philadelphia: Hering, Pope & Co., 112 N. 12th Street, '''[1874]''', unnumbered portrait plate ('''PDF page 9'''). The year is confirmed by the printed copyright entry on PDF page 2. Illustrator and engraver unidentified; Child is the book's author, not an established artist credit.... 1
08:20, 5 November 2026 SB-05-037-source-1.png (file) 10.57 MB == Description == '''Supported by Voluntary Contributions''' — drawn by '''J. C. Dollman''', '''The Illustrated London News, Christmas Number, 15 December 1875, printed p. 20'''. The title, artist credit, date and page were read on the complete source scan. A begging dog outside a barred window, watched by two children, with snow and holly in the foreground; the dog, paws, children, bars and holly match the album. Exact composition matches item 1 on HPB-SB-5-37. The printed engraving cred... 1
08:15, 5 November 2026 SB-05-035-source-1.png (file) 9.57 MB == Description == '''Lois Lancaster''' — drawn by '''F. S. Walker''', '''The Illustrated London News, Christmas Number, 15 December 1875, printed p. 17'''. The title, artist credit, date and page were read on the complete source scan. The fictional Lois Lancaster standing by a window with an open letter, beside a round table and patterned stool; the figure, folds and furnishings match the album. Exact composition matches item 1 on HPB-SB-5-35. The caption identifies this as an illustratio... 1
08:12, 5 November 2026 SB-05-033-source-1.png (file) 11.1 MB == Description == '''Taking Toll''' — drawn by '''Sir John Gilbert, A.R.A.''', '''The Illustrated London News, Christmas Number, 15 December 1875, printed p. 25'''. The title, artist credit, date and page were read on the complete source scan. A woman holding a tankard for an armoured halberdier at a doorway; the jug, hands, armour, steps and background figures match the album. Exact composition matches item 1 on HPB-SB-5-33. Other engraved signatures or monograms are retained without ass... 1
08:04, 5 November 2026 SB-05-027-source-1.png (file) 11.75 MB == Description == '''Light and Shadow''' — drawn by '''M. W. Ridley''', '''The Illustrated London News, Christmas Number, 15 December 1875, printed p. 24'''. The title, artist credit, date and page were read on the complete source scan. A woman and child huddled on snowy steps beside iron railings and a lit window; the figures, railings, snow and architecture match the album. Exact composition matches item 1 on HPB-SB-5-27. Other engraved signatures or monograms are retained without assig... 1
07:58, 5 November 2026 SB-05-025-source-1.png (file) 10.8 MB == Description == '''Home Comforts''' — drawn by '''H. B. Roberts''', '''The Illustrated London News, Christmas Number, 15 December 1875, printed p. 21'''. The title, artist credit, date and page were read on the complete source scan. A boy in the snow, with a shovel at left and basket at right; the cap, hand at the mouth, costume and surroundings match the album. Exact composition matches item 1 on HPB-SB-5-25. Other engraved signatures or monograms are retained without assigning an unve... 1
07:41, 5 November 2026 SB-01-141-source-1.png (file) 5.17 MB == Description == '''Egypt - The Pyramids''', captioned '''Рис. 12. Египетъ.—Пирамиды.''' in P. P. Gnedich, '''История искусств''', third edition, volume I, Saint Petersburg: A. F. Marks, '''[1907]''', printed '''p. 11, fig. 12'''. Printed signatures '''ALEXANDRE DE BAR''' and '''PANNEMAKER''' are retained; no unverified first name is supplied for Pannemaker. '''Later partial reprint of the illustration on HPB-SB-1-141''': the pyramids, caravan, tents, palms, rocks and their engraved det... 1
06:48, 5 November 2026 SB-07-136-source-2-crop.png (file) 20 KB == Description == '''Fig. 2: velocity–time rectangle ABCD with diagonal''', from '''''The Spiritualist'', vol. XII, no. 21 (whole no. 300), 24 May 1878, printed p. 250''' (PDF page '''12 of 16'''). Part of Desmond G. Fitzgerald's article ''The “Conservation of Energy” in Relation to Certain Views of the Theosophists'', beginning on printed p. 249. The author is credited for the article, not assigned as illustrator or engraver. Matches '''item 3''' on HPB-SB-7-136. Rectangle vertices A/B/... 1
06:40, 5 November 2026 SB-07-136-source-2.png (file) 20 KB == Description == '''Fig. 2: velocity–time rectangle ABCD with diagonal''', from '''''The Spiritualist'', vol. XII, no. 21 (whole no. 300), 24 May 1878, printed p. 250''' (PDF page '''12 of 16'''). Part of Desmond G. Fitzgerald's article ''The “Conservation of Energy” in Relation to Certain Views of the Theosophists'', beginning on printed p. 249. The author is credited for the article, not assigned as illustrator or engraver. Matches '''item 3''' on HPB-SB-7-136. Rectangle vertices A/B/... 1
06:31, 5 November 2026 SB-07-136-source-1.png (file) 15 KB == Description == '''Fig. 1: pulley, suspended mass and reference surface''', from '''''The Spiritualist'', vol. XII, no. 21 (whole no. 300), 24 May 1878, printed p. 250''' (PDF page '''12 of 16'''). Part of Desmond G. Fitzgerald's article ''The “Conservation of Energy” in Relation to Certain Views of the Theosophists'', beginning on printed p. 249. The author is credited for the article, not assigned as illustrator or engraver. Matches '''item 1''' on HPB-SB-7-136. Pulley, hanging mass... 1
05:59, 5 November 2026 SB-01-096-source-1.png (file) 1.76 MB == Description == ''A Buddhist Ordination in Ceylon'', numbered scene '''1''': the candidate taking vows before his tutor. '''Harper's Weekly, vol. XX, no. 999, 19 February 1876, printed p. 152.''' Date, page, title and three numbered scenes are visible on the complete source page; volume/issue number follow the archive catalogue. Matches the group of three monks in item 1 on HPB-SB-1-96: the standing figure's hand on the bent candidate's back, joined hands, knees, feet, fan, robe folds,... 1
05:53, 5 November 2026 SB-01-091-source-1.png (file) 6.48 MB == Description == ''A Buddhist Ordination in Ceylon'', numbered scene '''3''': the robed candidate taking vows before the chapter. '''Harper's Weekly, vol. XX, no. 999, 19 February 1876, printed p. 152.''' Date, page, title and three numbered scenes are visible on the complete source page; volume/issue number follow the archive catalogue. Matches the right/lower portion of the composite illustration on HPB-SB-1-91. The seated monk on an oval cushion, fan, paired cups, Buddha picture, for... 1
05:26, 5 November 2026 SB-11-413-source-4.png (file) 1.45 MB == Description == '''''4. America''''' — one of four separate engravings under the shared title '''''Hunting Trophies of the Four Continents''''' in '''''Harper's Weekly'', vol. XX, no. 1018, 1 July 1876, printed p. 537'''. Printed marks '''J. Smit''' and '''Pearson Sc.''' are retained as they appear; ''Sc.'' denotes the engraver's role. No unverified expansion of either name is supplied. Matches '''item 4, America''', on H. P. Blavatsky's Scrapbooks, volume 11, page 413. T... 1
05:23, 5 November 2026 SB-11-413-source-3.png (file) 1.67 MB == Description == '''''3. Africa''''' — one of four separate engravings under the shared title '''''Hunting Trophies of the Four Continents''''' in '''''Harper's Weekly'', vol. XX, no. 1018, 1 July 1876, printed p. 537'''. Printed marks '''J. Smit''' and '''Pearson Sc.''' are retained as they appear; ''Sc.'' denotes the engraver's role. No unverified expansion of either name is supplied. Matches '''item 3, Africa''', on H. P. Blavatsky's Scrapbooks, volume 11, page 413. The... 1
05:20, 5 November 2026 SB-11-413-source-2.png (file) 1.61 MB == Description == '''''2. Asia''''' — one of four separate engravings under the shared title '''''Hunting Trophies of the Four Continents''''' in '''''Harper's Weekly'', vol. XX, no. 1018, 1 July 1876, printed p. 537'''. Printed marks '''J. Smit''' and '''Pearson Sc.''' are retained as they appear; ''Sc.'' denotes the engraver's role. No unverified expansion of either name is supplied. Matches '''item 2, Asia''', on H. P. Blavatsky's Scrapbooks, volume 11, page 413. The pal... 1
05:16, 5 November 2026 SB-11-413-source-1.png (file) 1.74 MB == Description == '''''1. Europe''''' — one of four separate engravings under the shared title '''''Hunting Trophies of the Four Continents''''' in '''''Harper's Weekly'', vol. XX, no. 1018, 1 July 1876, printed p. 537'''. Printed marks '''J. Smit''' and '''Pearson Sc.''' are retained as they appear; ''Sc.'' denotes the engraver's role. No unverified expansion of either name is supplied. Matches '''item 1, Europe''', on H. P. Blavatsky's Scrapbooks, volume 11, page 413. The... 1
04:43, 5 November 2026 SB-10-283-source-1.png (file) 1.24 MB == Description == '''''The Amateur Skating Club''''' — cartoon signed '''Bisbee''' in '''''Puck'', vol. VI, no. 151, 28 January 1880, printed p. 763''', lower-centre cartoon (PDF page 5). The signature is retained without an unverified expansion of the artist's name. Printed caption: '''“No Admittance Except on Skates.”''' Matches the illustration on H. P. Blavatsky's Scrapbooks, volume 10, page 283. Linked skating figures, fallen child at the left, flying hat, checkered co... 1
00:01, 5 November 2026 SB-10-107-source-1.png (file) 973 KB == Description == '''''Working His Passage Home''''' — cartoon signed '''Bisbee''' in '''''Puck'', vol. VI, no. 151, 28 January 1880, printed p. 763''', upper-left cartoon (PDF page 5). The signature is retained without an unverified expansion of the artist's name. Printed caption: '''“The unfortunate situation of Mr. Smith of Skowhegan, Maine, on returning from a visit to the Capitol.”''' Matches the illustration on H. P. Blavatsky's Scrapbooks, volume 10, page 107. Tall-h... 1
23:53, 4 November 2026 SB-10-123-source-1.png (file) 2.81 MB == Description == '''''A Warning''''' — a complete two-row, '''ten-panel comic''' in '''''Puck'', vol. VI, no. 137, 22 October 1879, printed p. 523''' (PDF page 5), published by '''Keppler & Schwarzmann, New York''', as printed on the issue cover. The small monogram at the top left is retained; no artist's name is expanded from it without verification. Matches the '''eight retained panels''' at the bottom of H. P. Blavatsky's Scrapbooks, volume 10, page 123, item 3. The alb... 1
23:42, 4 November 2026 Light v.02 n.103 1882-12-23.pdf (file) 13.63 MB == Summary == Light, Vol. II, No. 103, London, 23 December 1882. Twelve PDF pages, issue pagination 573–584 (first folio unprinted). Source: [https://iapsop.com/archive/materials/light/light_v2_n103_dec_23_1882.pdf International Association for the Preservation of Spiritualist and Occult Periodicals (IAPSOP)]. The supplied archive PDF contains No. 103 followed by No. 104. This file reproduces the complete No. 103 only, original PDF pages 1–12. Page images are unchanged; No. 104 is excluded.... 1
23:42, 4 November 2026 SB-07-297-source-1.png (file) 2.25 MB == Description == '''''A Visit to the Dentist''''' — engraving in '''''Harper's Weekly'', vol. XXII, no. 1127, Supplement, 3 August 1878, printed p. 621'''. The printed caption credits '''“From the Picture by G. A. Storey, A.R.A.”''' This is the painting credit; the small engraved signature is retained without an unverified expansion or a separate engraver attribution. The '''right-hand standing man''' matches the cutting at H. P. Blavatsky's Scrapbooks, volume 7, page 297:... 1
23:12, 4 November 2026 SB-09-093-source-1.png (file) 4.16 MB == Description == '''''Californian Digger Indians''''' — historical printed caption of the complete seven-head engraving in '''Robert Brown, ''The Races of Mankind: Being a Popular Description of the Characteristics, Manners, and Customs of the Principal Varieties of the Human Family'', vol. I''' (London: Cassell, Petter & Galpin, '''[1873; catalogue date]'''), printed p. '''164'''. Brown is the book's author; the illustration's artist and engraver have not been established, and the small eng... 1
22:59, 4 November 2026 SB-01-160-source-1.jpg (file) 5.86 MB == Description == '''''The Fighting Cocks and Eagle''''' — '''H. L. Stephens''', as credited in the printed caption, issue contents and signature. From '''''The Riverside Magazine for Young People'', vol. IV, no. 6 (whole no. XLII), June 1870''', '''unnumbered frontispiece facing printed p. 241'''. The title is not assigned the page number241: that number belongs to the following body page. The lower left printed reference associates the subject with ''Aesop's Fables''; the lower right refers... 1
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18.71 MB == Description == '''''The Fighting Cocks and Eagle''''' — '''H. L. Stephens''', as credited in the printed caption, issue contents and signature. From '''''The Riverside Magazine for Young People'', vol. IV, no. 6 (whole no. XLII), June 1870''', '''unnumbered frontispiece facing printed p. 241'''. The title is not assigned the page number241: that number belongs to the following body page. The lower left printed reference associates the subject with ''Aesop's Fables''; the lower right refers... 1
22:45, 4 November 2026 SB-04-112-source-1.png (file) 13 KB == Description == Diagram with the letters A–G, two x marks and a star, accompanying '''George Wyld, M.D.''', '''''Man as a Spirit; and Spiritual Phenomena as Produced by the Spirits of the Living''''', in '''''The Spiritualist'', vol. XI, no. 24 (whole no. 277), 14 December 1877, printed p. 285''' (PDF page 11 of 16). The article begins on printed p. 283 (PDF page 9), where its title and author are printed. Matches H. P. Blavatsky's Scrapbooks, volume 4, page 112, item 1: t... 1
22:33, 4 November 2026 SB-01-149-source-4.png (file) 715 KB == Description == '''King Winter Out of His Element: King Winter found frozen''', matching H. P. Blavatsky's Scrapbooks, volume 1, page 149, item 4. The figure poses, holly crown and clothing where present, fine engraved lines, surrounding objects and lettering match. The words following the colon are a descriptive label for this crop, not a separately printed historical title. From '''''Fun'', 16 January 1875, printed p. 28'''. The full physical page prints this date, folio... 1
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