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A group of people outside of a church praying because there is no more room inside. The streets are covered with parked cars.

Danny Lyon
The mass meeting in Danville is so crowded that it overflows out into the yard. When word arrives that heavily armed police and an armored vehicle are waiting up the road, the crowd disperses, leaving the SNCC workers to exit last, from "Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement"
gelatin silver print on paper
11 x 14 in. ( 27.94 x 35.56 cm )
Gift of Thomas Wilson '79 and Jill Garling '80

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A photograph of a church destroyed by a bomb. A man in the right foreground points toward an arch.

Henri Cartier-Bresson
World War II Liberation, Limousin, Haute-Vienne, Oradour-sur-Glane, France
gelatin silver print on paper
6 3/8 in x 9 1/2 in (16.19 cm x 24.13 cm)
Gift of Thomas Wilson '79 and Jill Garling '80

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A man attaches wires to a wooden pole in the right foreground; humanoid sculptures adorn a pointed roof and chimney on the left.

Dmitri Baltermants
Electrician, Cuba
gelatin silver print on paper
16 in x 20 in (40.64 cm x 50.8 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Agah, Class of 1989 (BBA)

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The scene shows a group of buildings with white colored rooftops. Two buildings rise up in the foreground on the right and left. The right building has a red side with vertical lines hashed into it. The left building has two white triangles on its roof. In the middle ground is a smaller building with a green-domed tower rising up the middle of the composition. A small red figure stands on the white ground to the right of this tower. The background shows the large white rooftop of another building, with small dark rooflines of buildings visible behind it.

Saitō Kiyoshi
Nostalgia (Boston)
color woodblock print on paper
20 7/8 in x 15 1/4 in (53 cm x 38.7 cm);22 in x 28 in (55.88 cm x 71.12 cm);23 7/16 in x 17 1/2 in (59.5 cm x 44.5 cm);15 1/16 in x 18 in (38.3 cm x 45.7 cm)
Gift of the artist

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English
Photograph Album
168 albumen prints mounted in leather bound album
11 15/16 in. x 10 1/8 in. ( 30.4 cm x 25.7 cm )
Gift of Margaret and Howard Bond

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In this photograph, pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages populate the street in front of a two-storied restaurant façade which adjoins a crenellated stone wall in the middle ground.

Felix Bonfils
Jérusalem, Porte de Jaffa, extérieur
albumen print on paper
10 15/16 in x 14 in (27.78 cm x 35.56 cm)
Gift of Margaret and Howard Bond

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Giacomo Quarenghi
Elevation and Ground Plan of a Small Temple
graphite, pen and black ink with, blue and brown wash, with ink framing line
19 9/16 in. x 13 3/8 in. ( 49.7 cm x 33.9 cm )
Museum Purchase

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A church spire rises in the center of the strongly vertical composition, flanked by a group of tall, thin trees on the left, and a pair of the same trees on the right. Gently rounded mountains rise in the background against a soft blue sky. A stretch of bright green grass dominates the foreground of the composition, and church-goers leave the rustic stone church via a tan-colored path in the middleground.

Henri Martin
La Bastide-du-Vert au Printemps
oil on canvas
48 x 39 1/2 in. ( 121.92 x 100.33 cm )
Bequest from the Estate and Trust of Elise Reeder Olton

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A winter scene with a steepled church in the center surrounded by other buildings, including a three-story building on the right hand side. A bird perches on top of the steeple. Snow covers the ground and the trees in front of the church are bare. Pinks, whites, browns and blues dominate the palette.

Maurice Utrillo
L'Englise d'Aulnay-sous-Bois
oil on canvas
30 3/4 x 27 1/8 x 3 1/4 in. ( 78.11 x 68.9 x 8.26 cm )
Bequest from the Estate and Trust of Elise Reeder Olton

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This highly detailed drawing in a vertical format depicts the interior of a gothic cathedral looking up at the soaring rib-vaulted ceiling. It appears as though every brick and architectural detail is rendered. The image provides a view into the choir and a transept to the right, which is decorated with a very ornate rose window. <br />

John Coney
Beauvais Cathedral
pen and brown ink on extremely fine paper laid down on heavy cream wove paper
17 7/8 in x 13 5/8 in (45.4 cm x 34.61 cm)
Gift of Professor Walter M. and Nesta R. Spink

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Four onion domes and a tall spire just right of center foreground a view of newly constructed office and apartment buildings.

Dmitri Baltermants
The new Moscow seen from St. Basil Cathedral
gelatin silver print on paper
11 in x 14 in (27.94 cm x 35.56 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Agah, Class of 1989 (BBA)

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The print is a narrow view down a walkway, with buildings rising up on the right and left. The buildings on the right are in shadow, while the buildings on the right are in light. The cathedral in the background is depicted with fainter line work than the rest of the print. In the right foreground is a figure sitting, and other figures walk along the street.

Auguste Louis Lepère
A Walkway by the Cathedral of Beauvais (Une ruelle au pied de la Cathédrale de Beauvais)
etching on Japan paper
11 ¼ in x 8 ⅛ in (28.58 cm x 20.64 cm);14 ½ in x 19 ¼ in (36.83 cm x 48.89 cm)
Gift of Mr. James Shearer, II

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The mass meeting in Danville is so crowded that it overflows out into the yard. When word arrives that heavily armed police and an armored vehicle are waiting up the road, the crowd disperses, leaving the SNCC workers to exit last, from "Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement" (2014/2.321)

World War II Liberation, Limousin, Haute-Vienne, Oradour-sur-Glane, France (2014/2.323)

Electrician, Cuba (2014/2.307)

Nostalgia (Boston) (1958/2.36)

Photograph Album (1994/2.19)

Jérusalem, Porte de Jaffa, extérieur (1994/2.28.1)

Elevation and Ground Plan of a Small Temple (1958/1.63)

La Bastide-du-Vert au Printemps (2014/1.613)

L'Englise d'Aulnay-sous-Bois (2014/1.615)

Beauvais Cathedral (2012/2.192)

The new Moscow seen from St. Basil Cathedral (2012/2.93)

A Walkway by the Cathedral of Beauvais (Une ruelle au pied de la Cathédrale de Beauvais) (1970/2.120)

Cathedral and Leaning Tower - Pisa (1982/1.228)

Elevation of a Small Domed Church (1958/1.64)

View of Amsterdam (1965/2.63)

Walterskirchen (2008/2.453)

Marché aux Légumes, Amiens (The Vegetable Market) (1967/2.44)

View of a River Town with a Bridge (2008/2.199.5)

Paestum (2009/2.97)

Cathedral, Florence (1984/1.311)

Landscape with a Church beside a Lake (1958/2.53)

Convent, Staten Island (1935.6)

Temple (1983/1.136)

The Church at Le Tréport, France (1940.200)

View of Prague, with St. Nicholas' Church (2007/1.88)

Church, Blue Outline (2001/2.86)

Elevation of a Small Domed Church (1958/1.67)

Anglia Antiqua, West Walton (1949/1.42)

Christ Church Cathedral (1980/1.189)

Copenhagen: Church with Spiral Spire (1996/1.52)

The Night Riders of Nacton, Plate IV (Nacton Church and Village) (1987/1.353)

Porte de Damas – The Damascus gate (1994/2.28.2)

Tour de David – The tower of David (1994/2.28.6)

Intérieur de l'Ecce Homo – Interior of the "Ecce Homo" (1994/2.28.7)

Church at Proseku (Kostel na Proseku) (1967/2.8)

Jérusalem – Porte dorée, vue intérieure (1994/2.28.3)

Zion Gate, Jerusalem (1994/2.28.4)

Stereoscope image: Interior of the Ancient Church, Santa Cruz, N.M. (2010/1.169.86)

Elevation of a Small Domed Church (1958/1.65)

Memorial Church, Harvard (1943.71)

Village Church (1948/1.59)

Church (2009/1.540)

Trinity Church (1989/1.72)

Church with Tree (2005/1.292)

Church and Presbytery (2001/2.104)

Drawing for a Mural Painting in St. Bartholomew's Church in New York City (2004/2.23)

Intérieur du Cénacle – Interior of the Caeneculum (1994/2.28.5)

Intérieur de l'Eglise Arménienne – Interior of the Armenian church (1994/2.28.8)

Elevation of a Small Domed Church (1958/1.66)

Door, Barfreston Church (1979/2.104)

The Church at Sézanne - France (1940.142)

The Church at Sézanne (1929.1)

Renee Mauperin: Renee and her Father Sitting in the Porch of the Church at Morim (1983/1.260)

Stratford on Avon, The Church from the Memorial Garden (1971/2.125)

Small Church in Venice (1987/1.319)

Church at Wounded Knee, from "Portfolio of 15 Photographs" (1981/2.194.1)

Church, Coapiaxtla (1971/2.126.2)

Old Church - Burgos (2000/2.143.6)

Marble Seat in Church S. Pietro in Castello/Venice (1972/2.483)

Christ Blessing, Trumeau on the door of the Last Judgment, Reims Cathedral (1996/1.48)

Priest Celebrating a Mass (Leaf from the Tarleton Hours) (1968/2.43)

Seelenmesse der Georgiritter (Mass for the Dead of the Knights of St. George in (1953/2.21)

Cain House and Methodist Church (1983/1.295.11)

Church Ruin from 'A Photographic Tour Among the Abbeys of Yorkshire' (1990/2.11)

Church, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico (1971/2.129)

St. Zeno Verona (1972/2.698)

Church Steps and Blacksmith Shop (1983/1.295.8)

Untitled (Landscape with Peasants in a Cart) (2009/1.499)

Fifth Avenue, from the St. Regis (1972/1.167)

Church and churchyard, from a sketchbook with 36 drawings (1996/2.36.1)

Landscape with Town Gate and Ramparts (1970/2.28)

Tintern Abbey (1984/2.7)

St. Giles-in-the-Fields (1954/1.465)

Chapel Ceiling, Gloucester (1982/2.65)

Crypt, Worcester (1982/2.71)

Chapter House Pillar, Wells, from "English Churches" (1982/2.66)

Drape, Hornby, from "English Churches" (1982/2.67)

Pillars, Southwell, from "English Churches" (1982/2.69)

Pillar, Dalton Homes, from "English Churches" (1982/2.70)

Windows, Danby Wiske, from "English Churches" (1982/2.64)

Sun Pattern, Woebley, from "English Churches" (1982/2.73)

The Coat of Arms of the Della Chiesa Family (1970/2.106)

Innsbruck (1995/1.76)

Église Saint Gervaise, Gisors (1983/1.174)

Presbytery, Wells (1980/1.195)

The Cloisters of Belem (1979/2.111)

Sketch of the Baths of Caracalla (2013/2.559.2)

Old and New Churches, Wigtown (1979/2.107)

Pillars, Nave, Worchester, from "English Churches" (1982/2.68)

Bell Ropes, Steeple Langford, from "English Churches" (1982/2.72)

Unknown (1949/1.144F)

Paris—La Tour St. Jacques (1949/1.144C)

Ely Cathedral (1992/2.37)

St. James the Less, Westminster (1984/2.78)

The Carmel Mission (1940.139)

Malines Cathedral (1949/1.83)

Cathedral of Dunkeld, from "Ecosse" (1984/1.294.23)

Cathedral, Antwerp (1988/1.116)

Sketch of the Baths of Caracalla (2013/2.559.4)

L'Oiseau de Bourges (1949/1.77)

Chantry in the Nave, Wells Cathedral (1979/2.103)

Basilica of Constantine (1980/1.179)

Precious Stones, Eglise Notre Dame, Les Andelys (1954/1.85)

Antwerp Cathedral (1983/2.32)

Photograph album (1994/2.20)

(Christmas Card) (1940.250)

Lincoln Cathedral, Choir East (1980/1.191)

Lincoln Cathedral, Triforium in choir (1980/1.192)

Iona Cathedral from the S.E., from "Ecosse" (1984/1.294.13)

Rouen Cathedral #6, from "Cathedral Portfoiio R L 69-230" (2010/2.37)

St. Peter's and the Vatican on the Feast of Corpus Christi (1895.6)

Winchester Cathedral (1954/2.2)

Eglise de Saint Jean de Lyon (1964/1.131)

Rome - Trajan's Forum and Basilica Ulpia (1980/1.148)

St. Peter's and The Vatican (1980/1.153)

Louvain (1972/2.515)

Todi (1972/2.649)

Dentelles Gothique--Clamecy (1973/1.721)

Divinity School Quadrangle 4, from "Twelve Etchings of Yale" (1948/1.107)

Grill in Venice; St. Marks on outside; Capital in Vestibule (1972/2.432)

St. Jacques Malines (1992/1.162)

Sketch of the Baths of Caracalla (2013/2.559.3)

Lucerne and Mt. Pilate, Switzerland, from "Views of Switzerland and Savoy" (1996/1.50)

Sketch of the Baths of Caracalla (2013/2.559.1)

San Moise, Venice (1960/2.147)

Canterbury Cathedral and Weed Grown Waste (1932.3)

Vestibule St. Mark's Venice (1972/2.697)

Chiesa di S. Maria della Salute (1982/1.234)

Photograph Album (1994/2.24)

Basílica do Palácio Nacional de Mafra (2007/2.15)

Choir Stalls S. Giorgio Maggiore, Venice (1972/2.447)

Siena Cathedral (1993/2.56)

Venice (1932.7)

Window to the Choir (1987/1.174.4)

Rodez Cathedral (1973/1.723)

Exeter Cathedral, The Reredos (1996/1.49)

Old Houses, Amiens (1965/2.64)

St. Marks Rome (1972/2.679)

Macedonia A.M.E. (1935.14)

Eglise de Plouedern, Bretagne (1997/1.276)

Village (1943.45)

St. Croce e Statua di Dante (Firenze) (1986/1.151)

In the Vestibule - St. Marks, Venice (1972/2.448)

Chartres Cathedral at Three O'Clock (1932.4)

Canterbury Cathedral (1971/2.124)

L'Eglise de Beauche (1997/1.107)

Tour de la Giraldi, a Seville (1973/1.757)

Photograph album: Seville, Garden of the Alcazar (1994/2.27)

St. Mark's Cathedral and Tower, Venice (1990/2.22)

Notre Dame (1940.213)

Photograph album of German subjects (1994/2.22)

Detail from Jamb of North Portal Cathedral at Bourges (1972/2.454)

Farm Landscape (2008/2.381)

View of The Plaza Outside the Palace of Congress, Moscow (2012/2.89)

St. Paul's from Ludgate Circus (1972/1.169)

A Miraculous Healing by St. Anthony of Padua (recto) Same drawing in reverse (verso) (1970/2.65)

Stage Set: Courtyards with Staircases (1957/2.2)

A River Landscape with a Boat Landing below a Bluff (2009/1.516)

The Four Times of Day: Noon (1971/2.57)

The Piazzetta, one of the "Twelve Etchings," or the "First Venice Set" (1987/2.41)

Battle Abbey, Gothic Hall (1988/1.117)

Tintern Abbey, from "Treasure Spots of the World" (1988/1.109.1)

Norman Arch, Furness Abbey (1986/1.149)

Melrose Abbey, from "Ecosse" (1984/1.294.27)

Bolton Abbey (2002/1.220)

The Cistercian Abbey at Roche, Yorkshire (1951/2.35)

Melrose Abbey, from S.W. (1979/2.110)

Glastonbury Abby (1980/1.190)

View at Fountain's Abbey (1979/2.105)

Newstead Abbey (1976/2.143)

Chester Cathedral (1987/1.328)

The Ambulatory, Ely Cathedral (1980/1.197)

Cathedral (2004/1.94)

Choir, Ely Cathedral (1980/1.188)

the cathedral (1954/2.45)

Screen, Pulpit, Ely Cathedral (1980/1.193)

Stereoscope Image: Cathedral Rocks, Garden of the Gods (2010/1.169.90)

Christmas Eve, Seoul Anglican Cathedral (2004/1.319)

Cathedral Woods (1940.6)

Cathedral Woods (1940.11)

Durham Cathedral (1987/1.331)

Winchester Cathedral Castle Ruins (1990/2.21)

Vitre (1972/2.568)

St. Pierre Cathedral (1980/2.225)

Cathedral Woods (1940.158)

Frankfurt om Main, near the Cathedral, (Frankfurt-om-Main, beim Dom) (1985/2.87)

Cathedral Ruins, Mexico (2013/1.294)

Church of the Annunciation, Nazareth, Interior (1994/2.29.7)

Intérieur de l'Eglise de l'Anonciation à Nazareth (1994/2.29.8)

Church of St. Joseph, Nazareth, Interior (1994/2.29.9)

Colonnade de l'église de la Nativité (1994/2.32.5)

Église de la Nativité, intérieur—Church of the Nativity, interior (1994/2.32.6)

Grotte de la Nativité: la crêche—Cave of the Nativity: the manger (1994/2.32.7)

Grotte de la Nativité—Cave of the Nativity (1994/2.32.8)

Cathedrale d'Amboise (2015/2.64)

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