EditorialCommon bearded grass and common ryegrass, A: Andropogon ischaemum L. - common bearded grass or finger-bearded grass, B: Anthoxanthum odoratum L. - Common or fragrant grass, family: 24. Gramineae, 12 Andropogoneae (A), 13. Phalarideae (B) - grasses, bea...
EditorialVarious species of bosses, Different types of bosses for Bossenwerk or Rustika, Pl. 97, p. 327, 1720, Augustin-Charles d'Aviler: Cours d'architecture: qui comprend les ordres de Vignole, avec des commentaires, les figures & descriptions de ses plus bea...
EditorialNational thank-you day in honor of the peace of Amiens, Copper Medal. Front: pile of burning military equipment, lying at the foot of a drum, in which swords are inserted, on which a dove with olive branch in its mouth sits, in background barrel on bea...
EditorialKey, hammered key whose eye is formed by two adjoining acanthus leaf embossed, below in a rosette and above each in a cruciform thickening, including a tilted disc, ending. The handle rests on a heavy key chest, also adorned with acanthus leaf. The bea...
EditorialThree-piece tea service Sugar bowl, part of a tea set, Sugar bowl of silver, rounded-down model decorated with godrons. On the lid a 'button' in the shape of a lion. The sugar bowl is part of a tea set consisting of teapot, milk jug and sugar bowl, bea...
EditorialTapestry: L'Empereur en voyage, from L'Histoire de l'empereur de la Chine Series; After cartoons by Guy-Louis Vernansal, French, 1648 - 1729, and Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer, French, 1636 - 1699, and Jean-Baptiste Belin de Fontenay, French, 1653 - 1715, Bea...
EditorialMiss Bea. Jacques Gaston Duchamp Villon; French, 1875-1963. Date: 1934. Dimensions: 180 ? 140 mm (plate); 341 ? 220 mm (sheet). Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper. Origin: France.
EditorialMiss Bea. Jacques Gaston Duchamp Villon; French, 1875-1963. Date: 1934. Dimensions: 180 ? 140 mm (plate); 341 ? 220 mm (sheet). Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper. Origin: France.
EditorialGeorgian artists including Benjamin West, Thomas Lawrence, Benjamin Haydon, Joseph Farrington, Richard Westall and Martin Archer Shee drawing a nude model, while classical busts look down. Royal Academicians of Genius reflecting on the true line of Bea...
EditorialDecorated ceiling from the House of Chlorus and Caprasia or Casa del Gallo II, Reg. IX, Ins. II, No. 10. Chromolithograph by Victor Steeger after an illustration by Geremia Discanno from Emile Presuhn?s Les Plus Belles Peintures de Pompei (The Most Bea...
EditorialNecklace of Graduated Ball Beads, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, ca. 1981?1975 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Southern Asasif, Tomb of Wah (), Mummy, on chest over sternum, 1920, Faience, linen cord, L. of necklace 52 cm (20 1/2 in.); diam. of bea...
EditorialHead of a Hunting Spear, 1425?50, German or Austrian, Steel, copper alloy, L. 17 5/16 in. (44 cm); W. 5 1/8 in. (13 cm), Shafted Weapons, Spearheads such as this one were used for hunting various types of large game, especially wild boar, deer, and bea...
EditorialTerracotta modiolus (drinking cup), Early Imperial, Julio-Claudian, ca. A.D. 5?40, Roman, Terracotta; Arretine ware, H. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm); diameter 5 1/4 in. (13.4 cm), Vases, Both cups were made at Arretium (modern Arezzo) in Northern Italy. One bea...
EditorialGeorgian artists including Benjamin West, Thomas Lawrence, Benjamin Haydon, Joseph Farrington, Richard Westall and Martin Archer Shee drawing a nude model, while classical busts look down. Royal Academicians of Genius reflecting on the true line of Bea...
EditorialDecorated ceiling from the House of Chlorus and Caprasia or Casa del Gallo II, Reg. IX, Ins. II, No. 10. Chromolithograph by Victor Steeger after an illustration by Geremia Discanno from Emile Presuhn?s Les Plus Belles Peintures de Pompei (The Most Bea...
EditorialTapestry: L'Empereur en voyage, from L'Histoire de l'empereur de la Chine Series; After cartoons by Guy-Louis Vernansal, French, 1648 - 1729, and Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer, French, 1636 - 1699, and Jean-Baptiste Belin de Fontenay, French, 1653 - 1715, Bea...