EditorialBelt, mid-18th century, Hungarian, Kolozsv?r, Gilded silver, pearls, garnets, Overall: 32 5/16 in. (82 cm), Metalwork-Silver, This belt and another, are among the last pieces that Salgo acquired. Complete belts are rare, and in 1996, after decades of c...
EditorialItinerant fishwoman with basket of sprats on her head, and a Dustman with bell collecting dust, ashes and other household waste. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from William Henry Pyne's The World in Miniature: England, Scotland and Ireland, Ackerma...
EditorialSkule and Folke raised the stone in memory of his brother Husbjo_rn, who became ill when collecting taxes in Gotl. Historical Museum. Stockholm. Sweden.
EditorialThe Israelites Collecting Manna from Heaven; Master of James IV of Scotland, Flemish, before 1465 - about 1541; Bruges, Belgium, Europe; about 1510 - 1520; Tempera colors, gold, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 23.2 x 16.7 cm (9 1/8 x 6 9/16 in.), Justifica...
EditorialSegawa kikunojo to bando minosuke no shiohigari, Segawa Kikunojo and Bando Minnosuke collecting seashells., Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865, artist, [between 1825 and 1830], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 34 x 23.8 cm.
EditorialSegawa kikunojo to bando minosuke no shiohigari, Segawa Kikunojo and Bando Minnosuke collecting seashells., Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865, artist, [between 1825 and 1830], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 34 x 23.8 cm.
EditorialSKETCHES OF LIFE AT MALTA: 1. A Maltese Grog-Shop, The Siren and Her Prey; 2. The Grand Master's Clock at the Governor's Palace; 3. How Jack Spends His Money Ashore; 4. A Religious Procession on a Saint's Day; 5. Collecting Alms for Masses for the Repo...
EditorialGravestone of Father Christian Schaffgen, died 1721, from cloisters in Aschaffenburg. The priest kneels with a chalice collecting blood spurting from the lamb of god. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's "Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the M...
EditorialPost-war Vienna. Kindergarten children in front of a new social housing project. With the exception of Austro-Fascism and the Nazi period, Vienna had a Social-Democratic government since World War I. Its low-rent housing projects were financed by...
EditorialLe Livre des simples medecines-translation into French from the 12th century Latin manuscript of Matthaeus Platearius, physician in Salerno, Italy. Middle 15th, Parchment,29 x 20 cm,221 pages. Collecting aloe plants " in the woods of Babylon"...