EditorialPerseus and Andromeda, Ronde, lead plaque, surrounded by a braided band with an egg frame. In the background on the right, Andromeda is riveted to the rock, as a punishment for her mother's pride. In the middle, the monster that wants to throw itself a...
EditorialIndrajit advances in his chariot having created an illusory Sītā, whom he holds by the single long tress of her hair. He then cuts off her head and her body falls to the ground. Hanumān and the other monkeys, here Sugrīva and A?gada, are totally ...
EditorialKaikeyī is first seen on the left sleeping dishevelled, as in the previous picture, and then rises from her bed to persuade her husband to grant her the two boons that Da?aratha had earlier promised her. On the right, Da?aratha is first seen bemused...
EditorialRuth on her knees in the field, distraught. The story of Ruth. London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1872] Camden Press. Source: 12805.l.45.(2) page 4.
EditorialDistraught Man Running towards a Woman Succouring a Fallen Man. Draughtsman: Rembrandt van Rijn (rejected attribution). Draughtsman: Jan Victors (attributed to). Dating: c. 1635 - c. 1640. Place: Amsterdam. Measurements: h 121 mm ? w 132 mm.
EditorialThe painting shows Hercules as a baby killing two snakes with his bare hands to protect his twin brother Iphicles, while his mother Alcmene watches distraught. Amphitryon, a prince of Argos, clutches his sword, while a teacher in slave robes clutches t...
EditorialIndrajit advances in his chariot having created an illusory Sītā, whom he holds by the single long tress of her hair. He then cuts off her head and her body falls to the ground. Hanumān and the other monkeys, here Sugrīva and A?gada, are totally ...
EditorialKaikeyī is first seen on the left sleeping dishevelled, as in the previous picture, and then rises from her bed to persuade her husband to grant her the two boons that Da?aratha had earlier promised her. On the right, Da?aratha is first seen bemused...
EditorialRuth on her knees in the field, distraught. The story of Ruth. London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1872] Camden Press. Source: 12805.l.45.(2) page 4.
EditorialLady Ligeia. "Ligeia" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. The story follows an unnamed narrator and his wife Ligeia, a beautiful and intelligent raven-haired woman. She falls ill, composes "The Conqueror Worm", and quotes lines attributed to Joseph Gl...
EditorialBas-de-page scene of the distraught wife of Amoras asleep before a large image of the Virgin and Child, with a caption reading, ‘Cy en g[ra]nt t[ri]stesce la fe[m]me ameroyse dort devaunt un ymage de n[ost]re dame’ . Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('T...
EditorialRustam distraught. Shahnama. Kazvin, Iran, c.1590-1595. Rustam distraught as he realises he has killed Suhrab. Opaque watercolour. Safavid/Qazwin style. Image taken from Shahnama. Originally published/produced in Kazvin, Iran, c.1590-1595. . Source: ...
Editorial"I would call aloud upon her name.". Illustration of Ligeia, a short story. "Ligeia" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. The story follows an unnamed narrator and his wife Ligeia, a beautiful and intelligent raven-haired woman. She falls ill, composes...
EditorialA Distraught Woman with Her Head Thrown Back. Dated: 1775/80. Dimensions: overall: 19.6 x 15 cm (7 11/16 x 5 7/8 in.). Medium: pen and black ink with gray wash over black chalk on laid paper.
EditorialA Distraught Woman with Her Head Thrown Back. Dated: 1775/80. Dimensions: overall: 19.6 x 15 cm (7 11/16 x 5 7/8 in.). Medium: pen and black ink with gray wash over black chalk on laid paper.
EditorialThe painting shows Hercules as a baby killing two snakes with his bare hands to protect his twin brother Iphicles, while his mother Alcmene watches distraught. Amphitryon, a prince of Argos, clutches his sword, while a teacher in slave robes clutches t...
EditorialMarble portrait head of Antinoos, Late Hadrianic, ca. A.D. 130?138, Roman, Marble, Overall: 9 1/2 x 8 1/4 in. (24.1 x 21 cm), Stone Sculpture, Antinoos, the young beloved of the Roman emperor Hadrian, drowned in the River Nile during an imperial visit ...
EditorialThe skeleton of Death frees a prisoner from debtor's gaol in front of his distraught family. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Thomas Rowlandson from The English Dance of Death, Ackermann, London, 1816.
EditorialThe skeleton of Death rocks the cradle of a baby while the nanny sleeps and the distraught mother arrives home. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Thomas Rowlandson from The English Dance of Death, Ackermann, London, 1816.
EditorialThe painting shows Hercules as a baby killing two snakes with his bare hands to protect his twin brother Iphicles, while his mother Alcmene watches distraught. Amphitryon, a prince of Argos, clutches his sword, while a teacher in slave robes clutches t...
EditorialSkeleton of Death in wreath dragging away an Abbess with veil, rosary and crozier from her convent as a distraught nun watches. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Wenceslaus Hollar from The Dance of Death by Hans Holbein, Coxhead, London, 1816.
EditorialSkeleton of Death takes the arm of a Bishop with mitre and crozier, as distraught shepherds leave their sheep in the meadow. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Wenceslaus Hollar from The Dance of Death by Hans Holbein, Coxhead, London, 1816.