EditorialCap of lace embroidery on tulle with flower sprays, natural lace embroidery cap: tulle-through work on machine tulle. Seven pear-shaped pattes are used in the tulle cap. The center and the seven inserts are decorated with an anemone, which is radially ...
EditorialWoolen caps worn by Dutch whalers Cap, double, with ear flaps and red, blue green, black and light brown horizontal stripes in different widths, Cap, black and light brown horizontal stripes in different widths. The inner hat is also decorated with str...
EditorialKybele. Formiae in Campania. C. 60 BC. Marble. The Oriental mother-goddes was worshipped in Italy from 204 BC. She is represented seated on a throne flanked by lions. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen, Denmark.
EditorialWomen at a well. [From a book of Japanese comic verse illustrated b. Edo, 1796. Three inhabitants of the 'land of the women' standing around a well. Image taken from [From a book of Japanese comic verse illustrated by Hokusai]. Shikinamigusa [waves of...
EditorialPerforming monkey. Two monkey trainers from the 'land of the long-armed men'. [From a book of Japanese comic verse illustrated by Hokusai]. Shikinamigusa [waves of migrants from strange lands]. Edo, 1796. Source: 16099.c.60, 7v. Language: Japanese.
EditorialLong-legged men. Two men from the 'land of the long-legged people'. [From a book of Japanese comic verse illustrated by Hokusai]. Shikinamigusa [waves of migrants from strange lands]. Edo, 1796. Source: 16099.c.60, 4v. Language: Japanese.
EditorialLong-eared man. A man from the 'land of the long-eared men', stretching his ear to hear a Japanese Nightingale bird sing. [From a book of Japanese comic verse illustrated by Hokusai]. Shikinamigusa [waves of migrants from strange lands]. Edo, 1796. Sou...
EditorialMan flying a kite. [From a book of Japanese comic verse illustrated b. Edo, 1796. A man with a hole through his chest flying a kite. Image taken from [From a book of Japanese comic verse illustrated by Hokusai]. Shikinamigusa [waves of migrants from s...
EditorialNew year gifts. [From a book of Japanese comic verse illustrated b. Edo, 1796. Two men exchanging New Year greetings. Image taken from [From a book of Japanese comic verse illustrated by Hokusai]. Shikinamigusa [waves of migrants from strange lands]. ...
EditorialLion dance. [From a book of Japanese comic verse illustrated b. Edo, 1796. A party of lion dancers. Image taken from [From a book of Japanese comic verse illustrated by Hokusai]. Shikinamigusa [waves of migrants from strange lands]. Originally publis...
EditorialVarious signatures. A Chronological History of Voyages into the Arctic. John Murray: London, 1818. On the left hand page is a request by John Barrow: I wish this book to be sent to the British Museum, at my death. The signatures were obtained by my own...
EditorialPygmies writing. [From a book of Japanese comic verse illustrated b. Edo, 1796. Natures of the 'land of pygmies' practising calligraphy. Image taken from [From a book of Japanese comic verse illustrated by Hokusai]. Shikinamigusa [waves of migrants fr...
EditorialA picture of a sailing ship. A galleon. Drawing. A book on the science of navigation, practical rules and mathematical calculation guide. 16th century. . A Regiment for the Sea. London, 1592. BOURNE, William, Mathematician. A Regiment for the Sea: Con...
EditorialKybele. Formiae in Campania. C. 60 BC. Marble. The Oriental mother-goddes was worshipped in Italy from 204 BC. She is represented seated on a throne flanked by lions. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen, Denmark.
EditorialKybele. Formiae in Campania. C. 60 BC. Marble. The Oriental mother-goddes was worshipped in Italy from 204 BC. She is represented seated on a throne flanked by lions. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen, Denmark.