EditorialEntry of a Caravan-Seraglio in Isfahan, Arrival of a caravan in Isfahan (Iran), Signed: Dessin? & Lithographi? par Eug?ne Flandin; Gide et Cie., editeurs, Lith. De Thierry fr?res, Pl. LIX, Flandin, Eug?ne (dess. et lith.); Thierry fr?res (imp.); Gide e...
EditorialJacob is struggling with the angel. In the background the river Jabbok and Jacob's fellow travelers (Gen. 32:24). The print has a Hebrew, Latin, French, English, German and Dutch caption., Jacob wrestles with the angel (or man) till daybreak, Jacob's t...
EditorialCentral Africa. Man in a caravan playing a kettledrum. Engraving. Africa inexplorada, el Continente Misterioso by Henry Morton Stanley, c. 1887.
EditorialMuhyi al-Din 'Abd al-Qadir Jilani spared by the thieves who looted his caravan because he gave them his money. Nafahat al-uns ('The Lives of the Saints'). Agra, India, 1603. Source: Or. 1362, f.315. Language: Persian.
EditorialView of the Pass of La Chaille, with travellers crossing the bridge over the River Guiers in the village of Saint-Béron in the foreground, and waterfall and caravan on the road up the mountains in the background. . Vue de Chaille en Savoye. [Geneva?]...
EditorialHumayun restoring the baggage of a plundered caravan to its owners during the siege of Kabul (1547). By Miskina. Akbarnama, vol. 1, by Abu'1-Fazl ibn Mubarak, from the beginnings of the dynasty up to 1555. 1603 - 1604. Source: Or.12988 f.120v. Language...
EditorialHieronymusaltar, detail,1511. Saint Jerome and the lion, (center panel). Donors; scenes from the legend of Saint Jerome: the lion carries wood for the monks; the donkey returns with the caravan; Jerome penitent. Oakwood,176,5 x 113cm Inv.867.
EditorialSyria. Bosra (Busra al-Sham). Daraa District. Roman mosaic from the 6th century discovered in the Theatre. Top: Camel caravan. Central zone: Hunting (dogs chasing hare). Lower zone: agricultural work (harvest of dates and pigeon breeding).
EditorialFunerary relief, ca. 200?273, Syria, probably from Palmyra, Limestone, 20 x 15 7/16 x 9 1/16 in. (50.8 x 39.3 x 23 cm), Stone-Sculpture-Inscribed, Inscription: 1 Zabda?ateh, 2 son of Wahba, 3 son of Zabda?ateh. 4 (This is) what made for him Wah- 5 ba, ...
EditorialPage From a Dispersed Chandana Malayagiri Varta: (Roaming the Sandlewood Mountain) a (recto), Above, Caravan and Merchants; Below, Raja Presenting a String of Pearls to His Queen; b (verso) A Lady Gathering Wood Beside a Stream, 1749 (Samvat 1802), Ind...
EditorialFunerary relief, ca. 125?150, Syria, probably from Palmyra, Limestone, 25 1/2 x 20 1/8 x 12 in. (64.8 x 51.1 x 30.5 cm), Stone-Sculpture, Inscription: (at right)1 Nesha, 2 son of 3 [ ... ](at left)1 Belha, 2 (son of) Hashash. 3 Alas!Transliteration:1 n...
Editorial'The Father's Advice Followed by a Son who Sets out to Join a Caravan with the Two Oxen', Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna, 18th century, Attributed to Egypt or Syria, Ink and opaque watercolor on paper, 12.5 in. high 8.87 in. wide (31.8 cm high 22.6 cm wi...
EditorialLe Grand Visir (The Grand Vizir), from the series 'Caravane du Sultan ? la Mecque...' (Caravan of a Sultan Going to Mecca), 1748, Etching, sheet: 7 15/16 x 5 1/4 in. (20.2 x 13.4 cm), Prints, Joseph Marie Vien (French, Montpellier 1716?1809 Paris).
EditorialSultane Blanche and Le Grand Visir (White Sultaness and The Grand Vizir), from the series 'Caravane du Sultan ? la Mecque...' (Caravan of a Sultan Going to Mecca), 1748, Etching, sheet: 7 15/16 x 5 1/4 in. (20.1 x 13.4 cm), Prints, Joseph Marie Vien (F...
EditorialFunerary relief, ca. 150?200, Syria, probably from Palmyra, Limestone, paint, 21 3/4 x 17 x 10 9/16 in. (55.2 x 43.2 x 26.8 cm), Stone-Sculpture-Inscribed, Inscription: 1 Zubaida, son of 2 Dayyanay, son of 3 Male. 4 Alas! Transliteration: 1 zbyd? br 2 ...
EditorialChef des Eunuques (head of the Eunuchs), from the series 'Caravane du Sultan ? la Mecque...' (Caravan of a Sultan Going to Mecca), 1748, Etching, sheet: 7 7/8 x 5 1/4 in. (20 x 13.3 cm), Prints, Joseph Marie Vien (French, Montpellier 1716?1809 Paris).
EditorialPanel from a Tent Lining, 17th century, Attributed to India, Burhanpur, Cotton; plain weave, mordant painted and dyed, resist dyed, Textile: H. 86 in. (218.4 cm), Textiles-Painted and/or Printed, This panel was probably one of a series of identical pan...
EditorialAdolphe Belot (1829-1890). French dramatist and novelist. La Venus Noire: Voyage Dans l'Afrique Central (The Black Venus: Journey to Central Africa). The Caravan. Engraving in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1879. Colored.
EditorialMODES OF TRAVELLING IN INDIA: TRAMPS, HINDU PILGRIM, PALKY DAWK, CAMEL CARAVAN, A BHYLIE, RIDING ELEPHANT, TRAVELLING BEGGAR, CHARRY DAWK, AN EKHA, THE EAST INDIAN RAILWAY, 1863.
EditorialAdolphe Belot (1829-1890). French dramatist and novelist. La Venus Noire: Voyage Dans l'Afrique Central (The Black Venus: Journey to Central Africa). The Caravan. Engraving in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1879.
EditorialPretre de la Loi-High Priest,1748. One of twenty figures painted in memory of a masked ball at the Academie de France in Rome, where the students represented " the Sultan's caravan to Mecca". Canvas, 66 x 49 cm RF 1971-16.
EditorialHieronymusaltar, detail,1511. Saint Jerome and the lion, (center panel). Donors; scenes from the legend of Saint Jerome: the lion carries wood for the monks; the donkey returns with the caravan; Jerome penitent. Oakwood,176,5 x 113cm Inv.867.
EditorialPentateuch of Tours: the story of Laban. Tents of Jacob in the upper part, camel caravan and the servants of the families in foreground. Origin doubtful: Spain, Italy, Northern Africa, Palestine? Nouv. Aqu. Latines 2334, folio 30.