EditorialCourtesan compared to Koteiken Parodies on the 24 examples of childish obedience (series title) Mitate nijushiko no uchi (series title on object), A courtesan, tipping her wash water over a porch. In the cartouche at the top left an image of a Chinese ...
EditorialSaigerherd, In the Saigerherd made of sandstone pewter cakes are cleaned by melting, woodcut, p. 336, (Liber nonus), Manuel, Hans Rudolf (graveur sur bois), 1556, Georgius Agricola: De re metallica libri XII: quibus officia, instrumenta, machinae, ac o...
EditorialKienst?cke, Kienst?cke, remaining copper pieces, are cleaned of lead residues, woodcut, S. 419, (Liber undecimus), Manuel, Hans Rudolf (graveur sur bois), 1556, Georgius Agricola: De re metallica libri XII: quibus officia, instrumenta, machinae, ac omn...
EditorialProcessing of the piece of silver_1, The burned piece of silver is cooled in water and cleaned again with a hammer and a brass brush, woodcut, p. 390, (Liber decimus), Manuel, Hans Rudolf (graveur sur bois), 1556, Georgius Agricola: De re metallica lib...
EditorialProcessing of the piece of silver_2, The burned piece of silver is cooled in the water and cleaned again with a hammer and a brass brush, woodcut, p. 391, (Liber decimus), Manuel, Hans Rudolf (graveur sur bois), 1556, Georgius Agricola: De re metallica...
EditorialView of the ancient structure built by Tarquinius Superbus called the Bel Lido, and like others, built by Marcus Agrippa in the time of Augustus when he cleaned all of the sewers leading to the Tiber, from Views of Rome. Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Ita...
EditorialBronze oinochoe (pitcher), Classical, 4th century B.C., Greek, Bronze, H. 7 7/8 in. (20 cm), Bronzes, The high handle terminates in a beautiful relief of an inverted palmette and lotos rising from acanthus leaves. In the past the piece was severely cle...
EditorialModel of a Purifier for Naval Boilers, Model of half a water purifier for marine steam boilers. Seawater is fed into the vessel via a pipe in the top, heated from the boiler by superheated steam and passed through a number of perforated sheets, which d...
EditorialView of the ancient structure built by Tarquinius Superbus called the Bel Lido, and like others, built by Marcus Agrippa in the time of Augustus when he cleaned all of the sewers leading to the Tiber, from Views of Rome. Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Ita...
EditorialPhotograph - 'Transport Lines at North Chimney', France, Sergeant John Lord, World War I, 1916, Black and white photographic print which depicts a selection of horse drawn ambulances at the North Chimney dressing station, located just out of Albert. Wo...
Editorial"- Would you please come back immediately... I do not allow my tenants to receive visitors once I have cleaned the staircase," plate 1 from Messieurs Les Concierges. Honor? Victorin Daumier; French, 1808-1879. Date: 1858. Dimensions: 218 ? 260 mm (imag...
EditorialView of the ancient structure built by Tarquinius Superbus called the Bel Lido, and like others, built by Marcus Agrippa in the time of Augustus when he cleaned all of the sewers leading to the Tiber, from Views of Rome. Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Ita...
EditorialBronze oinochoe (pitcher), Classical, 4th century B.C., Greek, Bronze, H. 7 7/8 in. (20 cm), Bronzes, The high handle terminates in a beautiful relief of an inverted palmette and lotos rising from acanthus leaves. In the past the piece was severely cle...
EditorialPlate 18 from the 'Disparates':Birds of a feather flock together, ca. 1816?23 (private printing ca4), Etching, burnished aquatint and burin, Plate: 9 5/8 ? 13 3/4 in. (24.5 ? 35 cm), Prints, Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) (Spanish, Fuendetodos 17...
EditorialThe Engraver Joseph Tourny, 1857, Etching (only state); fourth printing on laid paper (with corrosion partly cleaned and additional scratches), plate: 9 1/16 x 5 11/16in. (23 x 14.4cm), Prints, Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834?1917 Paris).
EditorialPlate 2 from the 'Disparates': Folly of Fear, ca. 1816?23 (published ca. 1848), Etching, burnished aquatint, and drypoint, Plate: 9 5/8 ? 13 11/16 in. (24.5 ? 34.7 cm), Prints, Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) (Spanish, Fuendetodos 1746?1828 Bordea...
EditorialMarble bust of a man, Early Imperial, Julio-Claudian, mid-1st century A.D., Roman, Marble, H. 14 3/8 in. (36.5 cm), Stone Sculpture, Although the surface of this piece has been strongly cleaned and even recut in places, evidence of a heavy dark incrust...
EditorialBronze oinochoe (pitcher), Classical, 4th century B.C., Greek, Bronze, H. 7 7/8 in. (20 cm), Bronzes, The high handle terminates in a beautiful relief of an inverted palmette and lotos rising from acanthus leaves. In the past the piece was severely cle...
EditorialGrate, ca. 1760, Brass, iron, 26 x 30 1/2 x 18 in. (66 x 77.5 x 45.7 cm), Metal, The claw-and-ball feet, fluted columns, and urn-and-flame finials on this coal grate exhibit close similarities to Chippendale-style furniture. Indeed, Thomas Chippendale ...
EditorialFuneral rites of natives along the Orinoco river (Venezuela and Colombia). The tribe lived in treehouses. The corpses of chiefs were buried until the flesh decomposed, then the skeletons were cleaned, decorated with feathers and hung in the houses. Han...
EditorialWimpel, swaddling clothes used in the circumcision ceremony. The wimpel is cleaned and decorated before being given to the synagogue as a torah binder. From the USA, 1929. Decorated with symbols typical of life in the US. Cotton, painted, 120 x 21,5 cm.
EditorialWimpel, swaddling clothes used in the circumcision ceremony. The wimpel is cleaned and decorated before being given to the synagogue for use as a Torah binder. From France, 1923. Cotton cloth with oil paint, 346 x 21,5 cm.
EditorialThe famous " lake" over which the Paris Operahouse is built: A pit, filled with water, which is emptied, cleaned and refilled every ten years. Originally meant for use in case of fire, it is now part of the air-conditioning system.