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Birds-Eye View of Modern Society
Birds-Eye View of Modern Society

Birds-Eye View of Modern Society

Artist (British, 1824 – 1883)
Date1864
Period19th century
MediumBook of 16 plates
DimensionsObject Size: 9 x 13 1/8 inches
Credit LineGift of Dr. Jay Leyda
Object number1981.048
Curatorial DepartmentEuropean Art (pre 1900)
Artist’s duplicate of panel depicting bird’s eye view of Middlebury in 1886 from L’Art d’Écrire (The Art of Writing)
Artist’s duplicate of panel depicting bird’s eye view of Middlebury in 1886 from L’Art d’Écrire (The Art of Writing)
Matt Mullican
2004–2005
Object number: 2005.039.2
Rokeghem Hours (Use of Rome)
Rokeghem Hours (Use of Rome)
Margarita Bruynruwe
c. 1500
Object number: 2012.005
Photo: Jonathan Blake, Vermont
Silhouettes of the Members of the Middlebury College Class of 1808
Anonymous (American)
c. 1806–8
Object number: 0.070
Venus Receiving Flowers, Fruits, and Birds from Nymphs
Venus Receiving Flowers, Fruits, and Birds from Nymphs
Jan Harmensz Muller
n.d.
Object number: 1996.036
The walk series
The walk series
Olafur Eliasson
1999
Object number: 2000.042
Door with Eight Tiers of Masked Figures in Relief (Deity Birds, Reptiles, Animals)
Door with Eight Tiers of Masked Figures in Relief (Deity Birds, Reptiles, Animals)
Anonymous (Malian)
20th century
Object number: 1987.012
Le grand champ de l'herbe, lieu electif pour un dialogue de la femme avec les oiseaux [The Large Field of Grass, Elective Place for a Dialogue of the Woman with the Birds] from the portfolio L'Enchantement de l'été [The Enchantment of Summer]
Le grand champ de l'herbe, lieu electif pour un dialogue de la femme avec les oiseaux [The Large Field of Grass, Elective Place for a Dialogue of the Woman with the Birds] from the portfolio L'Enchantement de l'été [The Enchantment of Summer]
Corneille
1977
Object number: 1979.012
Image Not Available for how the birds fly (from The Rilke Suite)
how the birds fly (from The Rilke Suite)
Ben Shahn
1968
Object number: 1991.004.05
46. Rome: Arc de Constantin [Rome: Arch of Constantine]
46. Rome: Arc de Constantin [Rome: Arch of Constantine]
Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey
1842
Object number: 2019.003
Loya, Valley of Yosemite
Loya, Valley of Yosemite
Eadweard Muybridge
c. 1872
Object number: 1998.030
Chickahominy Become “New Englishmen”
Chickahominy Become “New Englishmen”
Johann Theodor de Bry
c. 1618–19
Object number: 1986.069
43. Rome Arc de Titus [Arch of Titus]
43. Rome Arc de Titus [Arch of Titus]
Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey
1842
Object number: 2019.002