EditorialPortrait of Major-General Hans Willem, Baron van Aylva, called The Formidable General. Dating: 1693 - 1717. Measurements: h 33.5 cm ? w 28.5 cm; d 5.5 cm.
EditorialPortrait of Major-General Hans Willem, Baron van Aylva, called The Formidable General. Dating: 1693 - 1717. Measurements: h 33.5 cm ? w 28.5 cm; d 5.5 cm.
EditorialTerracotta pyxis (box), Classical, ca. 430 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; red-figure, H. 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm); diameter 7 3/16 in. (18.3 cm), Vases, The daughters of Danaos. Women driving chariots at full tilt are rare in Greek mythology. For that reas...
EditorialFormidable Their 'pill box' at Bullecourt scene or sanguinary fighting during the Battle of Arras, fortifications, military engineering, Realistic Travels (mentioned on object), Bullecourt, 1917, cardboard, photographic paper, gelatin silver print, h 8...
EditorialThe ascetics visit Rama and request help against Lavana, son of Madhu, who had acquired a formidable weapon as a boon from Siva. Madhu used the weapon wisely but his son Lavana used the weapon indiscriminately and harassed the ascetics living in the fo...
EditorialRāva?a takes centre stage before his troops, as the final battle commences. Rāma and Rāva?a exchange blow for blow, shooting their most fearsome weapons at each other, and although some strike home, most are countered by the other’s shafts. La...
EditorialPortrait of Major-General Hans Willem, Baron van Aylva, called The Formidable General. Dating: 1693 - 1717. Measurements: h 33.5 cm ? w 28.5 cm; d 5.5 cm.
Editorial'This formidable introduction took place'. Georgina Darcy and her brother, Fitzwilliam Darcy, with Elizabeth Bennet. Illustration to 'Pride and Prejudice', the novel by Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice. London : J. M. Dent & Sons, 1907. Source: 012208....
EditorialThe ascetics visit Rama and request help against Lavana, son of Madhu, who had acquired a formidable weapon as a boon from Siva. Madhu used the weapon wisely but his son Lavana used the weapon indiscriminately and harassed the ascetics living in the fo...
EditorialA survey of part of Gibraltar called the Windmill Hill. PLAN No: 3. A SURVEY of that Part of GIBRALTAR called the WIND-MILL-HILL Exhibiting the running LINE of ENTRENCHMENTS all round the Top Edge of the ROCK Commanding in an EMINENT and POWERFUL degre...
EditorialRāva?a takes centre stage before his troops, as the final battle commences. Rāma and Rāva?a exchange blow for blow, shooting their most fearsome weapons at each other, and although some strike home, most are countered by the other’s shafts. La...
EditorialBronze krater handles with figures of the Dioscuri. From Trebbia valley, Italy; 5th century BCE. The Dioscuri were Castor and Polydeuces (or Pollux), the twin sons of Leda and Zeus and the brothers of Helen of Troy. Because Zeus came to Leda in the for...
Editorial'Bahram Gur Shows His Skill Hunting, while Fitna Watches', Folio from a Haft Paykar (Seven Portraits) of Nizami, mid-16th century, Attributed to Iran, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper, Image 6 3/8 in x 8 7/8 in., Codices, Excellence in the pur...
EditorialTerracotta pyxis (box), Classical, ca. 430 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; red-figure, H. 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm); diameter 7 3/16 in. (18.3 cm), Vases, The daughters of Danaos. Women driving chariots at full tilt are rare in Greek mythology. For that reas...
EditorialAPRIL was "Oster-monath," because the wind generally blew from the east during this month. The woodcut appears to represent three thegns celebrating a feast by quaffing ale from their drinking-horns. On the right is an armed guard with a long spear, an...
EditorialPICTURES OF PARISIAN LIFE: A WEDDING PARTY IN THE BOIS DE BOULOGNE; A FORMIDABLE REVOLUTION is reported from Paris, the abandonment of false hair. This innovation is due to a clique of youthful brides of this year, who, objecting to their heads being u...
EditorialBronze krater handles with figures of the Dioscuri. From Trebbia valley, Italy; 5th century BCE. The Dioscuri were Castor and Polydeuces (or Pollux), the twin sons of Leda and Zeus and the brothers of Helen of Troy. Because Zeus came to Leda in the for...