EditorialChime of Thirteen Bells for Christ Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910); published by Harper's Weekly (American, 1857-1916). Date: 1860. Dimensions: 278 x 234 mm (image); 322 x 286 mm (sheet). Wood engraving on paper. O...
EditorialChime of Thirteen Bells for Christ Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910); published by Harper's Weekly (American, 1857-1916). Date: 1860. Dimensions: 278 x 234 mm (image); 322 x 286 mm (sheet). Wood engraving on paper. O...
EditorialChime of Thirteen Bells for Christ Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910); published by Harper's Weekly (American, 1857-1916). Date: 1860. Dimensions: 278 x 234 mm (image); 322 x 286 mm (sheet). Wood engraving on paper. O...
EditorialShanklin Chime Coastal landscape scenes around Great Britain. A Voyage round Great Britain undertaken in the summer of the year 1813. With a series of views illustrative of the character and prominent features of the coast, drawn and engraved by Willi...
EditorialShanklin Chime Coastal landscape scenes around Great Britain. A Voyage round Great Britain undertaken in the summer of the year 1813. With a series of views illustrative of the character and prominent features of the coast, drawn and engraved by Willi...
EditorialBronze phallic ornament, Imperial, 1st century A.D., Roman, Bronze, L. 4 1/16 in. (10.3 cm.), Bronzes, This ornament probably hung as a charm from a tintinnabulum, a wind chime adorned with bells and intended to ward off evil. These phallic tintinnabul...
EditorialThe Evening Chime of the Clock, Edo period (1615?1868), ca. 1766, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; chuban; ink and color on paper, H. 11 1/8 in. (28.3 cm); W. 7 1/16 in. (17.9 cm), Prints, Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725?1770), The orderly compositio...
EditorialBronze phallic ornament, Imperial, 1st century A.D., Roman, Bronze, L. 4 1/16 in. (10.3 cm.), Bronzes, This ornament probably hung as a charm from a tintinnabulum, a wind chime adorned with bells and intended to ward off evil. These phallic tintinnabul...
EditorialPurse with Cover, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), 19th century, China, Silk and metallic-thread embroidery on silk stain, 7 x 2 3/4 in. (17.78 x 6.99 cm), Costumes-Accessories, The paired fish embroidered on this small purse are said to symbolize harmony, an...
EditorialChime work with engine and hammers located in the clock room of St. Margaret's Church, Westminster Abbey. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey Jr. from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences an...
EditorialBiographical tangka of Drukpa Kunle (nicknamed " The Divine Madman", 1455-1529). One of the most popular of all the religious figures in Bhutan, he is seen here at the entrance to Chime Ihakang accompanied by his dog and bow. Painted in the 1...