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Red Horse Pictographic Account of Little Bighorn
Pictographic ledger art of the Battle of the Little Bighorn by the Lakota Chief Red Horse, 1881.
National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
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Red-Figure Hydria Music Lesson
Close-up of a red-figure vase painting depicting a music lesson. In this section, two men play music while a boy and cat (alternately identified as a young panther) sit on the side. Attributed to "The Agrigento Painter". Produced in Attica...
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Penny Black & Penny Red Postage Stamps
Two British postage stamps bearing the portrait of Queen Victoria (reign 1837-1901). The Penny Black was the world's first postage stamp and issued from May 1840. As it was difficult to see an obliteration stamp (postmark) against a black...
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Chief Red Cloud
Chief Red Cloud, photo by Heyn, c. 1900.
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C.
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Red-Figure Owl Cup
A cup depicting an owl in the red-figure style. Attributed to the Marlay painter, third quarter 5th century BCE. (Archaeological Museum of Mykonos)
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Red-Figure Volute Krater
A red-figure volute krater. 330 BCE, Tarentum. (Archaeological Museum of Taranto, Italy)
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Cao Cao, Battle of Red Cliffs
Cao Cao (d. 220 CE), the Chinese warlord, recites a poem prior to the Battle of Red Cliffs. (Summer Palace Beijing)
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Red Horse Depiction of Sioux Casualties at the Little Bighorn
Depiction of Sioux casualties at the Battle of the Little Bighorn by the Lakota Sioux Chief Red Horse, 1881, illustration from Picture Writing of the American Indians, Volume I by Garrick Mallery, 1894.
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Red-Figure Vase Depicting Wedding Preparations
Red-figure vase depicting a bride being prepared for her wedding. Part the Adrano Group, 330-320 BCE. Sicily, Italy. Collection of the Pushkin Museum. (Image has been digitally altered for clarity)
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Attic Red-figure Kylix
Attic red-figure cup (kylix) depicting an athlete ready to throw the javelin, from Vulci (Italy), around 440/430 BCE.
(Altes Museum, Berlin).