User:Illegitimate Barrister/Favorite Images

Favorite drawings and paintings

Drawings and paintings

1790s

1792

Liberty Displaying the Arts and Sciences (1792), by Samuel Jennings.

1797

Portrait of J. B. Belley, Deputy for Saint-Domingue (1797), by Anne-Louis Girodet De Roucy-Trioson.

1800s

Young Lady Wearing a Mantilla and Basquina (1805), by Francisco Goya.

1810s

1819

Declaration of Independence (1819), by John Binns.

1820s

1825

View from the Artist's Window (1825), by Martinus Rørbye.

1840s

1848

Germania (March 1848), by Philipp Veit.

1850s

1853

Portrait of a Woman (1853), by Richard Caton Woodville.

1856

The Bone Player (1856), by William Sidney Mount.
The Banjo Player (1856), by William Sidney Mount.

1858

Market Woman (1858), by Thomas Waterman Wood.

1860s

1863

"He Died for Me!" (1863)
"Make Way for Liberty!" (1863)
"Stand up a Man!" (1863)
Blow for Blow (1863)
Free! (1863)
The Emancipation (1863), by Thomas Nast.

1864

First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln (July 1864), by Francis Bicknell Carpenter.
Arms of the United States of America (1864), by Joseph E. Baker.

1865

President Lincoln Entering Richmond (April 1865), by Thomas Nast.
Abraham Lincoln Entering Richmond (April 1865), by L. Hollis and J.C. Huttre.
And Not This Man? (August 1865), by Thomas Nast.

1866

The Misses Cooke's School Room (November 1866), by J.E. Taylor.
William T. Sherman (1866), by George Peter Alexander Healy.
Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (1866), by Constant Mayer.
A Bit of War History: The Recruit (1866), by Thomas Waterman Wood.

1868

The Freedmen's Bureau (July 1868), by Alfred R. Waud.
The Peacemakers (1868), by George Peter Alexander Healy.
Great Seal of the State of Alabama (1868)

1869

Harriet Tubman (1869), by W.J. Moses.
Uncle Sam's Thanksgiving Dinner (November 1869), by Thomas Nast.

1870s

1870

The Fifteenth Amendment (1870), by Thomas Kelley.
The Result of the Fifteenth Amendment (1870)

1871

The Chinese Question (February 1871), by Thomas Nast.
Washington Crossing the Delaware (1871), George Caleb Bingham.

1872

First Colored Senator and Representatives in the 41st and 42nd Congress of the United States (1872), by Currier and Ives.

1874

"Halt!" (1874), by Thomas Nast.

1876

Portraits & autographs of the signers of the Declaration of Independence (1876), by Ole Erekson.
The flag that has waved one hundred years-A scene on the morning of the fourth day of July 1876 (1876), by E.P. & L. Restein.

1879

Evacuation Day and Washington's Triumphal Entry (1879), by E.P. & L. Restein.

1880s

1885

Grant from West Point to Appomattox (1885), by Thure de Thulstrup.

1887

Battle of Antietam (1887), by Thure de Thulstrup.

1888

Battle of Fredericksburg (1888), by Kurz & Allison.
Battle of Shiloh (1888), by Thure de Thulstrup.
Republican Platform and Presidential Nominees (1888), by Siegel, Cooper & Co.

1890s

1890

The Storming of Ft. Wagner (1890), by Kurz and Allison.

1896

Declaration of Independence (1896), by Kurz & Allison.

1897

Infantry: Continental Army, 1779-1783, IV (1897), by Henry Alexander Ogden.

1898

Columbia and Cuba (1898), by Kenyon Cox.

1900s

1903

When We All Believe (1903), by Rose O'Neill.
Tänzerin mit Schleier, von einem Mann beobachtet (1903), by Otto Mueller.

1908

Battle of Springfield (1908), by John Ward Dunsmore.

1909

At the Dressing-Table (1909), by Zinaida Serebriakova

1910s

Hartwig & Vogel's Tell-Chocolade No. 00
Strasse in Hongkong (China)
Palast des Dalai Lama in Lhasa (Tibet)
Tor des Kaiser - Palastes in Söul (Korea)

1910

Portrait of Olga Konstantinovna Lanceray (1910), by Zinaida Serebriakova
Portrait of Lola Braz (1910), by Zinaida Serebriakova

1912

1914

The Artist's Sister (1914), by Zinaida Serebriakova.

1916

I am Half-Sick of Shadows, said the Lady of Shalott (1916), by John William Waterhouse.

1918

True Sons of Freedom (1918), by Charles Gustrine.
Our Colored Heroes (1918), by E.G. Renesch.
Colored Man Is No Slacker (1918), by E.G. Renesch.

1919

True Blue (1919), by E.G. Renesch.
Emancipation Proclamation, September 22, 1862 (1919), by E.G. Renesch.

1920s

1920

Continental Army (1920), by Charles M. Lefferts.

1930s

1939

Portrait of a woman wearing festive Dagestani national clothing (1939), by H. Mussayassul.

1940s

1943

The Fighting Filipinos (1943)
Frederick Douglass: Statesman, Abolitionist, Champion of the People (1943), Charles Henry Alston.
Americans Will Always Fight For Liberty (1943), by Bernard Perlin.

1949

Seal of the Commonwealth of Virginia (1949)

1960s

1961

Cameroun, Banque Centrale, specimen 5000 francs, ND (1961)

1970s

1974

Civil Rights Bill Passes, 1866 (1974), by Allyn Cox.

1976

American militia firing at the British infantry from behind a split rail fence during the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, March 15, 1781 (1976), by Don Troiani.

American militia firing at the British infantry from behind a split rail fence during the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, March 15, 1781 (1976), by Don Troiani.

1980s

1981

The "M81" U.S. woodland camouflage pattern.

1984

Plate I: Officers' Service Uniforms, U.S. Marine Corps Uniforms 1983 (1984), by Donna J. Neary.
Plate II: Enlisted Service Uniforms, U.S. Marine Corps Uniforms 1983 (1984), by Donna J. Neary.
Plate III: Officers' Blue Dress Uniforms, U.S. Marine Corps Uniforms 1983 (1984) by Donna J. Neary.
Plate IV: Enlisted Blue Dress Uniforms, U.S. Marine Corps Uniforms 1983 (1984), by Donna J. Neary.
Plate V: Evening Dress Uniforms, U.S. Marine Corps Uniforms 1983 (1984), by Donna J. Neary.
Plate VI: Mess Dress and White Dress Uniforms, U.S. Marine Corps Uniforms 1983 (1984), by Donna J. Neary.
Plate VII: U.S. Marine Band - The President's Own, U.S. Marine Corps Uniforms 1983 (1984), by Donna J. Neary.
Plate VIII: Marine Barracks Ceremonial Uniforms, U.S. Marine Corps Uniforms 1983 (1984), by Donna J. Neary.
Plate IX: Aviation Clothing, U.S. Marine Corps Uniforms 1983 (1984), by Donna J. Neary.
Plate X: United States Marine Corps Field Uniforms, 1983 (1984), by Donna J. Neary.
Plate XI: Uniform Accessories and Officer Insignia, U.S. Marine Corps Uniforms 1983 (1984), by Donna J. Neary.
Plate XII: Uniform Accessories and Enlisted Insignia, U.S. Marine Corps Uniforms 1983 (1984), by Donna J. Neary.
1st Minnesota at Gettysburg (1984), by Don Troiani.

1st Minnesota at Gettysburg (1984), by Don Troiani.

1987

Veterans Day (1987), by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.

1990s

1991

Plate: United States Marines in the Middle East, 1991 (1991), by Donna J. Neary.

1999

The Old Flag Never Touched the Ground (1999), by Rick Reeves.

2000s

2003

Plate: United States Marine Corps Combat Utility Uniforms, 2003 (December 2003), by John M. Carrillo.

2004

Jeannette Rankin (2004), by Sharon Sprung.

Jeannette Rankin (2004), by Sharon Sprung.

2007

Raven 42 (2007), by James Dietz

2009

Marines (January 2009), by Amanda J. Schwartz.

2010s

2012

Wiki-so-long (2012), by Seedfeeder.

2013

Coast Guard Day 2013 (2013), by Cory Mendenhall.
Remember Those Standing the Watch (November 2013), by Cory Mendenhall.

2014

Coast Guard Rosie (2014), by Cory Mendenhall.
Polandball World War III (2014), by 440Hertz

2016

I Earned My Dolphins (2016), by Willie Kendrick.

2017

American Liberty Gold Coin, obverse (2017), by the U.S. Mint.

Favorite flags

Flags

Cities

New Orleans (1918–present)

Washington, D.C. (1938–present)

Chicago (1939–present)

Seoul (1946–1996)

Kuala Lumpur (1990–present)

Detroit (2000–present)

Counties

Prince George's County (1963–present)

Loudoun County (1968–present)

Montgomery County (1976–present)

Arlington County (1983–present)

County of Los Angeles (2004–2014, 2016–present)

County of Los Angeles (2014–2016)

States

Great Britain (1707–1801)

United States (1777–1795)

United States (1795–1818)

Texas (1835–1839)

Liberia (1847–present)

Cuba (1847–present)

Bolivia (1851–present)

United States (1861–1863)

United States (1863–1865)

Honduras (1866–present)

Dominion of Canada (1868–1921)

Germany (1871–1918)

United States (1912–1959)

Siam (1917–1939)

Dominion of Canada (1921–1957)

Iraq (1924–1959)

Jordan (1928–present)

Ireland (1937–present)

Israel (1948–present)

West Germany (1949–1990)

Peru (1950–present)

South Vietnam (1955–1975)

Dominion of Canada (1957–1965)

Guinea (1958–present)

Chad (1959–present)

Côte d'Ivoire (1959–present)

Togo (1960–present)

Republic of the Congo (1960–1963)

Gabon (1960–present)

Nigeria (1960–present)

Algeria (1962–present)

Jamaica (1962–present)

Trinidad and Tobago (1962–present)

Tanganyika (1962–1964)

Democratic Republic of the Congo (1963–1966)

Malaysia (1963–present)

Tanzania (1964–present)

Iran (1964–1980)

Gambia (1965–present)

Democratic Republic of the Congo (1966–1971)

Botswana (1966–present)

Nauru (1968–present)

Libya (1969–1972)

Zaire (1971–1997)

Luxembourg (1972–present)

Sealand (1975–present)

Mozambique (1975–1983)

Laos (1975–present)

Aruba (1976–present)

Seychelles (1976–1977)

Seychelles (1977–1996)

Solomon Islands (1977–present)

Marshall Islands (1979–present)

Federated States of Micronesia (1979–present)

Palau (1981–present)

Country of Curaçao (1982–1984)

Saint Kitts and Nevis (1983–present)

Curaçao (1984–present)

Palestine (1988–present)

Romania (1989–present)

Namibia (1990–present)

Yemen (1990–present)

Armenia (1990–present)

Georgia (1990–2004)

Estonia (1990–2006)

Republic of the Congo (1991–present)

Ukraine (1991–1992)

Russian Federation (1991–1993)

Afghanistan (1992)

Brazil (1992–present)

Yugoslavia (1992–2003)

Afghanistan (1992–2001)

Ukraine (1992–2006)

South Africa (1994–present)

Macedonia (1995–2019)

Seychelles (1996–present)

Estonia (2002–present)

Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997–2003)

Rwanda (2001–present)

Democratic Republic of the Congo (2003–2006)

Lithuania (2004–present)

Democratic Republic of the Congo (2006–present)

Venezuela (2006–present)

Myanmar (2010–present)

Somalia (2012–present)

Fictional

Germany (1948)

Osean Federation (2010)

San Salvacion (2004)

Leasath (2006)

Aurelia (2006)

Erusea (2004)

Independent State Allied Forces (2004)

Belka (2006)

Emmeria (2008)

Ustio (2006)

Yuktobania (2010)

Organizations

An Appeal to Heaven (1775)

Gadsden (1775)

Continental Navy (1776–1777)

United States Navy (1864–1959)

22nd Regiment, United States Colored Troops

Governor of the State of Alabama (1868–1959)

Christianity (1907–present)

City of New York Police Department (1919–present)

African National Congress (1925–present)

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (1953–present)

United States Navy (1959–present)

Federal Emergency Management Agency (1979–2003)

Federal Yugoslav Navy (1992–2003)

South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (1992)

United States Navy (2002–2019)

Georgian Air Force (2004–2010)

Provinces and regions

Louisiana (1861)

Commonwealth of Virginia (1861–1950)

Rhode Island (1882–1897)

Maine (1901–1909)

South Dakota (1909–1963)

California (1911–present)

Missouri (1913–present)

Georgia (1920–1956)

Texas (1933–present)

Commonwealth of Virginia (1950–present)

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (1952–1995)

Alaska (1959–present)

American Samoa (1960–present)

Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (1965–1994)

Illinois (1969–present)

Serbia (1992–2004)

Mars (1999–present)

Georgia (2003–present)

State of Utah (2011–present)

State of Mississippi (2021–present)

National flags by regime type

Nation or polity	Communist	Democratic
Afghanistan
Africa
Arabia
Australia
Belarus
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brazil
Burma
Cambodia
Canada
China
Congo
Croatia
Cyprus
Egypt
Ethiopia
Europe
Georgia (country)
Georgia (state)
Germany
Haiti
Hungary
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Italy
Japan		File:Flag of the Japanese Pacific States (Fictional).png
Kazakhstan
Korea
Libya
Mexico
Moldova
Mississippi
New Zealand
North Carolina
North Macedonia
Russian Federation
Serbia
South Africa
South America
Spain
Sweden
Texas
UK
Ukraine
U.S.	File:Union of Soviet States of America.svg
Vietnam
Yugoslavia

International flag rankings (incomplete)

These are my personal ratings of these flags, based off of Transparent Blue's list. Rather than using percentages, this list uses "good", "bad", and "neutral". Some of Transparent Blue's rankings are still on the list as it is not yet finished. They can be delineated from mine as they use percentages.

Country	Rating	Comments
Afghanistan	Neutral	I like the colors, but that emblem is way too complicated.
Albania	Good	The emblem is a bit too intricate, but overall, nice design with good colors. Black is kind of hard to see on top of red, though.
Algeria	Good	Good, but the red on green is a bit hard to see.
Andorra	22%
Angola	88%
Antigua and Barbuda	52%
Argentina	Good	The sun creeps me out, but unique design and nice colors.
Armenia	12%
Australia	Good	Simplistic stars make it work.
Austria	86%
Azerbaijan	88%
Bahamas	44%
Bahrain	93%
Bangladesh	Bad	The red and green together are ugly colors.
Barbados	Good	Ugly colors, but simple and nice design.
Belarus	Bad	Bad, but not that bad. It looks like a bed's blanket. The design looks like blood spattered on a bathroom wall.
Belgium	Bad	Ugly proportions, makes it look obtuse and contorted.
Belize	Bad	Horrible. Looks like a restaurant table place-mat from some casual dining eatery.
Benin	27%
Bhutan	79%
Bolivia	59%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	48%
Botswana	94%
Brazil	Good	Although there is writing and way too many stars, the nice color choices and unique lozenge design make up for it.
Brunei	32%
Bulgaria	93%
Burkina Faso	11%
Burundi	Bad	Looks like the targeting reticule from an 8-bit video game.
Cambodia	69%
Cameroon	79%
Canada	Neutral	Shade of red is far too bright; hurts my eyes.
Cape Verde	87%
Central African Republic	10%
Chad	76%
Chile	81%
China, People's Republic of	Good	Simple design, nice colors. Unlike Taiwan and Canada, the shade of red is just right.
China, Republic of	Good	Good design, but those colors are too bright! Ouch!
Colombia	78%
Comoros	60%
Congo, Democratic Republic of	85%
Congo, Republic of	Good	Great colors and simple design, very vibrant! Good flag.
Costa Rica	50%
Cote d'Ivoire	64%
Croatia	14%
Cuba	83%
Cyprus	87%
Czech Republic	Good	Clichéd colors, but good and simple design.
Denmark	73%
Djibouti	65%
Dominica	27%
Dominican Republic	85%
East Timor	Good	Nice color choices, simple design.
Ecuador	59%
Egypt	89%
El Salvador	20%
Equatorial Guinea	5%
Eritrea	10%
Estonia	73%
Ethiopia	Good	I like the vibrant colors and nice pentagram design.
Fiji	Bad	What is this? I don't even.
Finland	86%	The cross is slightly too thick but otherwise this is the best Nordic Cross national flag.
France	67%
Gabon	85%
Gambia, The	Good	Good color choices and design, which represents the country's geography. Arguably the world's best-designed flag.
Georgia	Good	Simple, yet distinctive. Good colors.
Germany	70%
Ghana	Good	I like, but that black star needs some breathing room.
Greece	Good	Un-original, but good colors and design.
Grenada	Bad	Looks like an NBA regulation hardwood court.
Guatemala	47%
Guinea	78%
Guinea-Bissau	20%
Guyana	Good	Simple design, and nice vibrant colors. This flag was designed by a vexilologist, and it shows.
Haiti	Bad	Looks like somebody took a JPEG image of the country's seal and slapped it onto two contrasting rectangles in Microsoft Paint.
Honduras	50%
Hungary	67%
Iceland	77%
India	96%
Indonesia	74%
Iran	Bad	The Takbirs look like Tetris puzzle pieces and the seal looks like a penguin with a handlebar moustache or mammary intercourse.
Iraq	Good	Now, vexillologists frown upon text usage on flags, but Arabic script works better than Latinate characters.
Ireland	Good	Nice colors, but very bad proportions.
Israel	Good	Good, but give that star a little breathing room!
Italy	88%
Jamaica	Good	Great colors and simple design. One of my favorite flag designs.
Japan	97%
Jordan	Neutral	Nice design and colors, but the star is too small.
Kazakhstan	86%
Kenya	94%
Kiribati	62%
Korea, North	85%
Korea, South	Neutral	The symbols are a bit hard to remember.
Kosovo	95%
Kuwait	Good	Nice colors and design. Aspect ratio seems a bit long, though.
Kyrgyzstan	66%
Laos	Good	Nice colors and simple design.
Latvia	94%
Lebanon	58%
Lesotho	76%
Liberia	Good	Un-original, but vexilologically speaking, it's a good flag.
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	Bad	Did they even try?
Liechtenstein	Bad	Logo in the corner looks like a stiletto dagger being being stabbed in between some poor wretched woman's breasts.
Lithuania	77%
Luxembourg	71%
Macedonia	76%
Madagascar	30%
Malawi	74%
Malaysia	64%
Maldives	19%
Mali	46%
Malta	75%
Marshall Islands	64%	Looks more like a logo than a flag.
Mauritania	76%
Mauritius	24%
Mexico	Good	Usually I'm against slapping a seal on a flag, but it looks good here. The shades of red and green look nice.
Micronesia, Federates States of	74%	Too long.
Moldova	77%	Too long.
Monaco	71%
Mongolia	74%
Montenegro	61%
Morocco	86%
Mozambique	76%
Myanmar, Union of	39%
Namibia	82%
Nauru	88%
Nepal	77%
Netherlands, The	81%
New Zealand	Neutral	I like where they're going with the red stars, but the uninspired British flag slapped onto it detracts from the design.
Nicaragua	77%
Niger	Neutral	The design itself isn't bad, but the color choices are god-awful.
Nigeria	Good	Nice colors, good design, but bad proportions.
Norway	75%
Oman	47%
Pakistan	Good	Nice and simple design, however, the shade of green is way too dark.
Palau	79%
Panama	Good	Good color choices and nice design with the two stars.
Papua New Guinea	84%
Paraguay	89%
Peru	Good	Simple tri-color, with good, bold contrasting colors. Good flag.
Philippines, the	80%
Poland	78%
Portugal	65%
Qatar	73%
Romania	74%
Russian Federation	Good	Simple, yet good tricolor.
Rwanda	46%
Saint Kitts and Nevis	89%
Saint Lucia	15%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	76%
Samoa	61%
San Marino	Bad	Looks like a diaper.
Sao Tome and Principe	72%
Saudi Arabia	81%
Senegal	70%
Serbia	72%
Seychelles, The	83%
Sierra Leone	Good	Nice inoffensive colors.
Singapore	76%
Slovakia	Good	That emblem looks evil, but evil in a cool way.
Slovenia	Bad	Emblem is ugly.
Solomon Islands, The	Good	Good color choices. Yellow works well between blue and green. Nice arrangement of stars, not too many.
Somalia	78%
South Africa	Good	Very good design and choice of colors; in my top three favorite flags along with Gambia.
Spain	76%
Sri Lanka	Bad	Looks like a beach towel.
Sudan	67%
Suriname	Good	Good, although the star's a bit too big.
Swaziland	Bad	Looks like a funeral pyre. Would look much better with the emblem removed.
Sweden	74%
Switzerland	Neutral	Ugly proportions; square flags do not work very well. Also, the shade of red is way too bright. Could burn out people's corneas.
Syrian Arab Republic	Good	Nice color choices, the green stars work well here. Very simple design.
Tajikistan	78%
Tanzania	79%
Thailand	Good	Good colors contrasts, simple design.
Togo	Good	Lovely design and vibrant color choices. Very good flag!
Tonga	78%
Trinidad and Tobago	80%
Tunisia	77%
Turkey	85%
Turkmenistan	Bad	Looks like a bed's comforter.
Tuvalu	9%
Uganda	76%
Ukraine	79%
United Arab Emirates, The	76%
United Kingdom	Good	Very unique design, good symbolism, representing the constituent states.
United States of America	Good	Good design, but the huge amount of stars is insane. What happens if there are 100 states in the union? They should've just stuck with the 13-star "Betsy Ross" flag from the 19th century and kept that as the permanent flag.
Uruguay	77%
Uzbekistan	82%
Vanuatu	96%
Vatican City	Bad	Looks like a napkin from a fancy hotel.
Venezuela	Good	Simple, yet distinctive.
Vietnam	Good	Simple design. Easy to remember.
Yemen	Good	I like the colors. Reminds me of Imperial Germany's flag.
Zambia	83%
Zimbabwe	23%

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