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Nathaniel Olds, Jeptha Homer Wade , 1837, Cleveland Museum of Art: American Painting and Sculpture

The green-tinted spectacles worn by Olds were designed to protect the eyes from the intensity of Argand lamps, a type of indoor light used during the early 1800s. These lamps burned whale oil, and many people worried that its bright flames might damage eyesight.The painter of this portrait founded the Western Union Telegraph Company in 1854 and soon became one of Cleveland's wealthiest industrialists. His grandson, Jeptha Wade II, was a founder of the Cleveland Museum of Art and donated the land upon which it stands as a Christmas gift to the city in 1892. Size: Framed: 87 x 71.8 x 5.7 cm (34 1/4 x 28 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.); Unframed: 76.5 x 61.2 cm (30 1/8 x 24 1/8 in.) Medium: oil on canvas

Sirène, Charles-François-Prosper Guérin, 1896, Cleveland Museum of Art: Prints

Size: Sheet: 40.1 x 30.5 cm (15 13/16 x 12 in.); Image: 28.1 x 23.8 cm (11 1/16 x 9 3/8 in.) Medium: Color lithograph from bound volume containing 50 lithographs, each with a tissue paper guard

Executioner's Sword, late 1600s, Cleveland Museum of Art: Medieval Art

Although the axe was favored in England, for centuries swords were used throughout Central Europe for beheadings. The blades were often etched with moralizing inscriptions and designs representing Justice (as here), the gallows, the rack, or the Crucifixion. By the early 1700s swords were no longer used in Europe for executions, but they still functioned as symbols of power. This sword was probably ceremonial. Size: Overall: 108.9 cm (42 7/8 in.); Blade: 85.7 cm (33 3/4 in.); Quillions: 22.5 cm (8 7/8 in.); Grip: 15 cm (5 7/8 in.) Medium: steel, wood, brass and copper wire

Incense Burner, 1736-1795, Cleveland Museum of Art: Chinese Art

Size: Overall: 15.3 cm (6 in.) Medium: jade

The Jockey, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1899, Cleveland Museum of Art: Prints

Medium: lithograph

Lobster, c. 1500-1550 or later, Cleveland Museum of Art: European Painting and Sculpture

Size: Overall: 7 x 8.5 cm (2 3/4 x 3 3/8 in.) Medium: bronze

Sleeping Cat: Ko Imari Type, 1800s, Cleveland Museum of Art: Japanese Art

Animal, fowl, and marine subjects became popular scenes on porcelain produced at the beginning of the 18th century from the kilns in the Imari region. Even small figures like this were labor intensive. First, the porcelain form was created and fired. Gold-brown spots of underglaze were added and then the figurine was fired at a high temperature. The final details were added in enamel, and the figure was fired at a reduced temperature. Size: Overall: 9.5 x 14.6 cm (3 3/4 x 5 3/4 in.) Medium: porcelain, molded and carved, with overglaze gold and enamels

The Pipes of Pan, Mariano Fortuny y Carbó , 1865, Cleveland Museum of Art: Drawings

Medium: Watercolor with traces of pen and black ink; border in graphite