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A photograph from the Isle of Skye from the book "The Misty Isle of Skye"

An essay by Roger Fry on form and emotion in aesthetics. It was originally published in the April 1909 issue of "The New Quarterly," a serial published by the secretary to the first Post-Impressionist exhibition and fellow Bloomsbury Group member,…

An abstract textile design by British artist Duncan Grant, dated 1931.

A newspaper article parodying the relationship between domestic workers and their employers, discusses how servants were demanding higher pay for their work.

A cupboard with giraffe motifs designed by British artist Roger Fry, dated ca. 1915-16.

The cover to the exhibition catalog for the "Second Post-Impressionist" exhibition, held at the Grafton Galleries from October 5th to December 31st of 1912. The image was designed by Roger Fry and Vanessa Bell, and drawn by Duncan Grant.

The cover to the exhibition catalog for "Manet and the Post-Impressionists," held at the Grafton Galleries from November 8th, 1910 to January 15th, 1911. The poster's image is based on an 1896 painting by French artist Paul Gauguin titled "Barbarian…

Children playing in the waves of a seaside town in England in 1905.

The original cover of "Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown," which was designed by Vanessa Bell. Originally published by the Hogarth Press in 1924.

An 1897 oil painting of Cornish fishermen using a "seine" net to catch a shoal of pilchards.