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Illustrations in Iconographies are indexed in the following categories: i. Beethoven portraits and portraits of other people (e.g.: Iconography--Beethoven portraits (Schimon). Beethoven portraits are listed in the FF section of the Thesaurus under "Portraits"; Iconography--Portraits--Wegeler, Franz Gerhard). Other option include: Beethoven hands (Danhauser)--1827; Death mask; Life mask (may subdivide by artist if other than Klein's mask); Skull; ii. Facsimile illustrations of documents (e.g.: Autographs--Facsimiles--Opus 67). Documents are listed in the DO section of the Thesaurus. May also use: Signature; Visiting card; iii. Illustrations of places, including Beethoven's homes (e.g.: Iconography--Vienna--Homes--Pasqualati Haus). Places are listed in the LO section of the Thesaurus; iv. Visual depictions of Beethoven's works, such as an artist's rendering of the Eroica Symphony or pictures of performances of specific works (e.g.: Iconography--Opus 55); v. Visual depictions of contemporary events (e.g.: Iconography--Mozart meeting; Iconography--Napoleonic wars). Possible subdivision include: Creation concert; Exhumations (subdivided by date); Festivals (subdivided by place and date); French Revolution;; Liszt, Franz--Consecration Kiss legend; Napoleonic wars; Reburial; Schubert meeting; Vienna Congress; Vienna--Funeral; Weber embrace; vi. Illustrations of Beethoven's household belongings, musical instruments, and other objects or relics associated with him (e.g.: Iconography--Walking stick). Use "Personal belongings" as a subdivision, or narrower terms found in the FF section of the Thesaurus. Other possible subdivisions include: Beethoven hair; Coffin; Coffin key; Fortepiano collection--Broadwood; Fortepiano collection--Erard; Fortepiano collection--Graf; Liszt's piano--Music rack; Memorial gifts; Musical instruments (Mechanical); Organ--Bonn; Plaques (subdivide by place); String instruments; Shrines; Shroud; Streicher fortepiano; vii. Other images associated with Beethoven in modern and commercial art, categorized by medium, method, or use of the material (e.g.: Iconography--Film posters; Iconography--Watercolors). Possible subdivisions include: Acrylic paintings; Assemblages; Bookplates; Caricatures; Cartoons (humorous images); Collages; Color prints; Color sketches; Commemmorative postage stamps; Drawings; Engravings; Etchings; Film posters; Film stills (subdivide by name of film); Fired brick; Frescoes; Gouaches; Handbills; Illustrations; Kitsch; Lacquer paintings; Mixed media; Motion pictures; Multimedia works; Murals (add name of artist in parenthese) Oil paintings; Paintings; Photographs; Photogravures; Photomontages; Postcards; Posters; Prints; Screen prints; Sound recording illustrations; Stage sets; Tempera paintings; Watercolors; Wood engravings; Woodcuts. For this category, a subject heading is added for the artist and/or title of work if known.