EditorialThe Magnanimity of Seleucus The magnanimity of Zaleucus, Zaleucus is leaning to the right with its naked upper body leaning back slightly and balancing its right fist. His left arm is held with both hands by the young man who has sunk to one knee. On t...
EditorialTwo vases Vase, multi-colored painted with water landscapes with merchants, Vase of painted porcelain. The baluster-shaped vase is above and below always decorated with two richly decorated brace-shaped four-passes, in which water landscapes with Europ...
EditorialTwo vases Vase Vase, multi-colored painted with water landscapes with merchants, Vase of painted porcelain. The baluster-shaped vase is above and below always decorated with two richly decorated brace-shaped four-passes, in which water landscapes with ...
EditorialVishnu, Thakuri period, 10th?11th century, Nepal (Kathmandu Valley), Gilt-copper alloy, H. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm); W. 5 in. (12.7 cm); D. 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm); Wt. 2 lbs (.9 kg), Sculpture, Vishnu as the divine protector and preserver of order assumes a sym...
EditorialChalice with Mercury and the inscription: Good Tidings, Arched foot. Baluster-shaped trunk with three knots and a tear. The conical cup has a round bottom. On the bowl an engraved representation of Mercury balancing on a sphere. On the other side the i...
EditorialGirl balancing swords while held on a board by two men, 14th century (top), man balancing a lance on his nose, a sword on his finger, a wheel on his shoulder, and another balancing swords on their hilts, 14th century (bottom). Handcoloured lithograph b...
EditorialDaikoku balancing rice bales, mallet, and rooster on his feet. Katsushika Hokusai ?? ??; Japanese, 1760-1849. Date: 1825. Dimensions: 20.9 x 18.0 cm. Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono. Origin: Japan.
EditorialThe youth and his father, who is balancing a fish on his nose. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. With forty-two illustrations by John Tenniel. London : Macmillan & Co., 1866 [1865]. Source: C.59.g.11 page 66.
EditorialTwo pixie figures balancing on a compass. The Tricks of Naughty Boys. (A series of amusing transformation scenes.). London : H. Grevel & Co., 1900. Source: 12807.s.80 page 8 verso. Language: English.
EditorialTheatre Royal, Covent Garden. Circus, c. 1880. A circus perormer balancing on a horse. . A collection of pamphlets, handbills, and miscellaneous printed matter relating to Victorian entertainment and everyday life. [London] : W. Smith, 61, High St., B...
EditorialIllustration of a smartly dressed man balancing a snake on his nose. Alice's adventures in wonderland / by Lewis Carroll ; illustrated by Gwynedd M. Hudson. [London?] : Hodder and Stoughton, [1922?]. Source: YA.1997.b.4119 page 70 detail.
EditorialMusicians and acrobat. Smithfield Decretals [Decretals of Gregory IX]. France?; 1300-1340 [text]. England [London?]; circ. [Detail] Lower margin. A female musician playing a fife and drum. In centre, a female acrobat with her hair in plaits, balancing ...
EditorialA bas-de-page scene of performers: a man with a pipe and tabor, another with pipes and a woman balancing on sword points. Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals'). France, S. (Toulouse?); last quarter of the 13th centu...
EditorialChinese jugglers tricks, involving leaping rats and mice; balancing on a pole; and, an illusion involving a sword and person in a basket. Collections of Costumes of Various Nations. Image taken from Collections of Costumes of Various Nations. Source: A...
EditorialUpturned table and chair, with mouse, beetle and duck all balancing on their heads. Verse and illustrations from A Book of Nonsense by Lear. . A Book of Nonsense ... With all the original pictures and verses. George Routledge & Sons: London, England [...
EditorialWatercolour sketch. A drunk man balancing between two large pint pots of ale. Flights of Fancy. England 1831. John Frederick Herring Junior. Bound sketchbook of J. F. Herring (b. 1815, d. 1907) entitled “Flights of Fancy by J.F. Herring Junr. Jany. 1...
EditorialPa. German Balancing Man. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 36.5 x 29 cm (14 3/8 x 11 7/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 15 1/2" high. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard.
EditorialCupid Balancing on a Globe. Dated: 1533. Dimensions: sheet (cut inside platemark): 11.9 x 6.8 cm (4 11/16 x 2 11/16 in.). Medium: engraving on laid paper.
EditorialPa. German Balancing Man. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 36.5 x 29 cm (14 3/8 x 11 7/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 15 1/2" high. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard.
EditorialCupid Balancing on a Globe. Dated: 1533. Dimensions: sheet (cut inside platemark): 11.9 x 6.8 cm (4 11/16 x 2 11/16 in.). Medium: engraving on laid paper.
EditorialMother Ape, 1595?96, Italian, Pesaro, Bronze, Overall (confirmed): H. 25 1/8 x W. 13 x D. 20 5/8 in., 192lb. (63.8 x 33 x 52.4 cm, 876kg), Sculpture-Bronze, A tailless barbary ape performs a mother?s balancing act. With her long arms she originally clu...
EditorialAegis of Bastet / Sakhmet, Late Period?Ptolemaic Period, 664?30 BC, From Egypt, Cupreous metal, H. 5.7 cm (2 1/4 in.); W. 5.7 cm (2 1/4 in.); D. 1.4 cm (9/16 in.), The aegis is an object that comprises the bust of a deity with a broad collar below it. ...
EditorialMother Ape, 1595?96, Italian, Pesaro, Bronze, Overall (confirmed): H. 25 1/8 x W. 13 x D. 20 5/8 in., 192lb. (63.8 x 33 x 52.4 cm, 876kg), Sculpture-Bronze, A tailless barbary ape performs a mother?s balancing act. With her long arms she originally clu...
EditorialTwo Pierrots Balancing on Swans and Two Dancers, 1820?75, Cutout in blue paper, mounted on an album sheet, sheet: 6 7/16 x 4 7/8 in. (16.4 x 12.4 cm), Cut Paper, Hans Christian Andersen (Danish, Odense 1805?1875 Copenhagen).
EditorialVishnu, Thakuri period, 10th?11th century, Nepal (Kathmandu Valley), Gilt-copper alloy, H. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm); W. 5 in. (12.7 cm); D. 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm); Wt. 2 lbs (.9 kg), Sculpture, Vishnu as the divine protector and preserver of order assumes a sym...
EditorialThe Warrior Asahina Yoshihide Lifting a Puppet of a Courtesan on a Go Board, ??????, Edo period (1615?1868), mid-18th century, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink, color and gold on paper, Image: 30 in. ? 7 15/16 in. (76.2 ? 20.1 cm), Paintings, Torii Kiyoshige...
EditorialGirl balancing swords while held on a board by two men, 14th century (top), man balancing a lance on his nose, a sword on his finger, a wheel on his shoulder, and another balancing swords on their hilts, 14th century (bottom). Handcoloured lithograph b...
EditorialMexican acrobats and performers. Aztec men performing balancing acts, and two men balancing on a pole supported by a man on his back. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Luigi Giarre from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peopl...
EditorialIndian street entertainment, circa 1800. Indian performers, musicians, jugglers, rope walkers, dancers and balancing acts in the square at Fort George, Madras 1, snake charmer with cobra 2, and bull balancing act 3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving f...