EditorialFolding fan, consisting of a single sheet of thin leather on which with a gouache a Gods meal (?) Surrounded by a border with red, blue and gold quinoiser motifs, on a frame of ivory ajour and carved in relief, In a garden with many water features, nin...
EditorialDoor of a cupboard with a deep carving with a weapon, the helmet sign of which consists of a cockpit with a cock and ladder, Door of a cupboard of oak. The door is decorated with a deep, partially cut-away ornament. The crowned visor helmet is presente...
EditorialFolding fan with batist blade decorated with narrow ribbons, on a carved, gilt and lacquered wooden frame, Folding fan with batist leaf decorated with narrow concentric rip ribbons. Ajour carved, gilt and lacquered wooden frame with copper impeller rin...
EditorialInitial P: Gillion's Companion Hertan in Disguise Kneeling Before King Fabur, Lieven van Lathem (Flemish, about 1430 - 1493), David Aubert (Flemish, active 1453 - 1479), Antwerp, Belgium, 1464, Tempera colors, gold, and ink on parchment, Leaf: 37 x 25....
EditorialPortrait of a Racehorse, Possibly Disguise, the Property of the Duke of Hamilton, with Jockey Up. Date/Period: 1786. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 851 mm (33.50 in); Width: 1,080 mm (42.51 in).
EditorialThe actor Sanj? Kantar? as a tea-seller, Edo period, Japan, c1720-c1730. The onnagata (female impersonator) Sanj? Kantar? plays the Kabuki role of a seller of Uji tea carrying her portable stall. The print is hand coloured in shades of red, pink and pu...
Editorial" Scivias" (Know the ways of the Lord) by the German nun and mystic Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179). The book, Codex Rupertsberg, disappeared during WW II. Transparen-cies are from a facsimile. Top: the devil breathes poison Bottom: disguise...
EditorialRama and Lakshmana meet Hanuman in disguise as a hermit, scene from the Ramakien (Thai version of the Ramayana) . Ramakien (Thai version of the Ramayana). 1880. Materials: European paper Dimensions: 230 mm x 355 mm Script: Khom script, a variant of Khm...
EditorialText with marginal grotesque with, below, bas-de-page scene of the Devil in disguise approaching St. Dunstan, who sits painting. Smithfield Decretals [Decretals of Gregory IX]. France?; 1300-1340 [text]. England (London?); circa 1340 [illumination]. So...
Editorial"My decerit Italian friend'. Sherlock Holmes in disguise as a priest. Illustration for the story 'the adventure of the final problem." . The Strand magazine : an illustrated monthly / edited by G. Newnes. London : George Newnes. 1893. July to December....
EditorialThe ass in a lions's skin. The Fables of ?sop and others. Translated into hum. W. Kent & Co.: London, 1857. An ass obtains the skin of a lion to disguise himself. Image taken from The Fables of ?sop and others. Translated into human nature, designed...
EditorialAn engraving showing three figures: A " Sound-Head " representing a Puritan. He is presenting a book to a "rattle-head", representing an Episcopalian, who was represented as a Romanist or Jesuit in disguise. The third figure is a "round-head", represen...
EditorialFrom Doran Pass. 23 Sep 1885 'Crest of the Durah Pass.' '23rd September, camp above Shah Salim. - A start for the Durah Pass was made at 7 a.m., and the crest was reached at 9.45, some of the officers riding the whole way to the top...We...ascended the...
EditorialRama and Lakshmana meet Hanuman in disguise as a hermit, scene from the Ramakien (Thai version of the Ramayana) . Ramakien (Thai version of the Ramayana). 1880. Materials: European paper Dimensions: 230 mm x 355 mm Script: Khom script, a variant of Khm...
EditorialSongs relating to the failure of the Bill of Pains and Penalties against Queen Caroline. Wonderful Song, written by a Wonderful Person, in disguise, called Wonderful Wonders. (Caroline Triuphant.) [On the failure of the Bill of Pains and Penalties agai...
EditorialText with marginal grotesque with, below, bas-de-page scene of the Devil in disguise approaching St. Dunstan, who sits painting. Smithfield Decretals [Decretals of Gregory IX]. France?; 1300-1340 [text]. England (London?); circa 1340 [illumination]. So...
Editorial'Costume of Bohhara'. Portrait of the author, Sir Alexander Burnes, in disguise. . Travels into Bokhara; being the account of a journey from India to Cabool, Tartary and Persia; also, Narrative of a voyage on the Indus in the years 1831, 1832, and 18...
EditorialJupiter in the Disguise of Diana Seduces Callisto. Dimensions: plate: 17.5 x 25 cm (6 7/8 x 9 13/16 in.) plate: 19.3 x 26.2 cm (7 5/8 x 10 5/16 in.). Medium: engraving on laid paper.
EditorialPortrait of a Racehorse, Possibly Disguise, the Property of the Duke of Hamilton, with Jockey Up. Date/Period: 1786. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 851 mm (33.50 in); Width: 1,080 mm (42.51 in).
EditorialJupiter in the Disguise of Diana Seduces Callisto. Dimensions: plate: 17.5 x 25 cm (6 7/8 x 9 13/16 in.) plate: 19.3 x 26.2 cm (7 5/8 x 10 5/16 in.). Medium: engraving on laid paper.
Editorial?/? ?? ???? ??? ??????? ?, Illustration of Su Shi's 'Second Ode on the Red Cliff', Ming dynasty (1368?1644), late 14th?early 15th century, China, Fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on silk, Image: 12 3/8 x 12 3/8 in. (31.4 x 31.4 cm), Painting...
EditorialTanuki in a Lotus Leaf, Edo period (1615?1868), 18th century, Japan, Wood, H. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm), Netsuke, Matsuda Sukenaga (Japanese, 1800?1871), In Japanese folklore, the tanuki is a mischievous master of disguise and shape shifting. Here it has enve...
EditorialPortrait of a Racehorse, Possibly Disguise, the Property of the Duke of Hamilton, with Jockey Up ? The Duke of Hamilton's Disguise with Jockey Up Racehorse with Jockey up Signed and dated, lower right: "g garrard | 17 6", George Garrard, 1760-1826, British.
EditorialThe two coaches. Scaramouche and Harlequin, in disguise, cursing each other; scene added to the comedy " La Foire St. Germain" of 1695. Oil on canvas, 127 x 160 cm Painted 1707 RF 2405.
EditorialThe actor Sanj? Kantar? as a tea-seller, Edo period, Japan, c1720-c1730. The onnagata (female impersonator) Sanj? Kantar? plays the Kabuki role of a seller of Uji tea carrying her portable stall. The print is hand coloured in shades of red, pink and pu...
Editorial" Scivias" (Know the ways of the Lord) by the German nun and mystic Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179). The book, Codex Rupertsberg, disappeared during WW II. Transparen-cies are from a facsimile. Top: the devil breathes poison Bottom: disguise...
EditorialTympanon showing Shiva, in disguise (left), trying to seduce his wife Devi and (right), praising her for resisting temptation. Preah Pithu, Bayon style; Sandstone, H: 87 cm MG 18912.