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Editorial Manuscript Illumination with the Evangelist Luke.
Editorial The Banker's Table.
Editorial Manuscript Leaf with King David in an Initial I, from a Psalter.
Editorial Still Life with a Skull and a Writing Quill.
Editorial Guillaume Bud? (1467-1540).
Editorial Ink jar with lid, Cylindrical jar of colorless, cut glass, the rejuvenating neck of which has a silver frame. The inkwell has a round opening at the top. The silver, flattened spherical lid is adorned with C-volutes, rocailles, foam edges and flowers o...
Editorial Portrait of Richard Steele, Portrait of the writer Richard Steele. Below the portrait a putto with a freedom hat on a stick in one hand and a writing spring in his other hand. Next to him are a sword, books, a lyre and a mask, Freedom, Liberty, 'Libert...
Editorial Plate with the arms of the Bijnkershoek family, Porcelain plate, painted on the glaze in red, black and gold. On the shelf the arms of the Bijnkershoek family. The weapon and helmet sign consist of a golden sword and feather or quill with stars. The co...
Editorial Potawatomi, Native American, Invitation Sticks, ca. 1860, quill (possibly goose), various dimensions.
Editorial Andrias Scheuchzeri - Japonicus, Sketches of fossils (Andrias Scheuchzeri) and a quill, pl. XI, after p. 713, 1883, Oswald Heer: Die Urwelt der Schweiz. Z?rich: Schulthess, 1883.
Editorial Portrait of Lucas Pater, Portrait of the poet Lucas Pater sitting in an armchair at a table with a writing spring in his hand. For him a sheet of paper and an inkwell with a writing spring in it. In the background a bookcase, quill, scholar in his stud...
Editorial Portrait of Jacobus Ignatius Krijs Jacobus Krys (title on object), Jacobus Ignatius Krijs sitting at desk with a crucifix. A writing spring in his hand. Behind him a column and a curtain, behind it two pilasters and bookcases. To his right a religious ...
Editorial Portrait of Maria Strick at the age of 41, Portrait of writer and teacher Maria Strick at the age of 41, bust with mill collar and hat in oval cartouche topped with palm leaves and decorated with fruit. Below portrait cartouche with left and right inkw...
Editorial Gabriel Orm, Trompe l'oeil, Two bats nailed to a timber wall, knife and quill pen ('The Bat Painting'), two on a board wall with nails suspended leather patches, knife and quill, painting, 1738, Oil on paper or vellum mounted on metal, Oil on paper or ...
Editorial John Quill., anonymous, 1855 - 1865.
Editorial Bowl with prunus sprays and birds, Bowl with spreading porcelain wall, painted in underglaze blue and red and white sludge. On the wall prunus branches between which flying birds, a rock on the bottom. Marked on the bottom with the seal mark 'zhi' in a...
Editorial Schoolmaster and school woman guild of Middelburg, funeral token with no. 28, Brass token. Front: two quill-pinned quill pins, wrapped with inscription ribbon. Reverse: graceful pen traits and curls with inscription, cut off: apparently above number 28...
Editorial John Quill., anonymous, 1855 - 1865.
Editorial Portrait of Joannes Nomsz, sitting at a table. In his left hand he holds a book and with his right hand he writes 'Abdallah' on a sheet of paper. In the background a curtain and a bookcase, study, 'studiolo', library, quill, Joannes Nomsz, Jacob Houbra...
Editorial Portrait of Rutger Schutte, Portrait to the right of Rutger Schutte in an oval medallion. He is holding a writing spring in his hand. The portrait rests on a pedestal on which also lies a lyre, a sheet of paper, a book and a pan flute, lyre, cithara, p...
Editorial Portrait of Johann Lorenz von Mosheim, Bust to the right of Johann Lorenz von Mosheim in an architectural oval. Under the oval a ledge with books, a sheet of paper, writing springs and an inkwell. Below that is an empty field for his name, paper (writi...
Editorial Portrait of Mayor Pieter Mogge, The subject is sitting by a window next to a table with books and writing utensils on it. In his left hand he has an open book, in his right hand a writing spring. On one of the books the words 'corpus iuris' refer to Co...
Editorial Price pen in the form of a goose feather with the year 1730 and the coat of arms of Amsterdam, Price pen of silver in the form of a goose feather, on which the cast, crowned weapon of Amsterdam, held by lions standing on two leaf volutes on either side...
Editorial Silver prize pen with the coat of arms of the city of Haarlem, Price pen of silver in the shape of a goose feather with the cast crown of the city of Haarlem cast on it, quill, Haarlem, Dirk van Dalen, 1783, silver (metal), l 27.7 cm ? w 64.0 gr.
Editorial Triptych: Allegory of Art Training, Triptych with an allegory of art education. A delivery room on the center panel, a mother is breastfeeding her child. She is seated at a table, the cradle and a basket in front of her on the floor. From the ceiling h...
Editorial Death of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Silver Medal. Front: man's bust inside the inside. Reverse: inscription under two wrecked and intersecting quill feathers, Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Jan Schmeltzing (I), Leiden, 1684 - 1693, silver (metal), striking (...
Editorial Portrait of Johann Lorenz von Mosheim J: L: Mosheim (title on object), Bust to the right by Johann Lorenz von Mosheim in an architectural oval. Under the oval a ledge with books, a sheet of paper, writing springs and an inkwell. This includes his name ...
Editorial Bowl with a white glaze, Bowl of porcelain, covered with a white glaze. White porcelain., Head-gear: beret (men's clothes), sharpening pen (quill), candlestick, anonymous, Zuid-China, c. 1600 - c. 1699, Ming-dynasty (1368-1644) / Qing-dynasty (1644-191...
Editorial Sublime and beautiful reflections on the French revolution, or the man in the moon at large, engraving 1790, Edmund Burke sitting at a desk on a crescent moon, holding a quill pen, an open pamphlet and an inkwell are on the desk, broken chains hang fro...
Editorial Pouch of wine-red velvet, embroidered in gold thread with flower garlands, crown and the monogram AS, Pouch of wine red velvet embroidered in gold thread with garlands, crown and the monogram AS Model: oblong, consisting of two pattes. On each patte, f...
Editorial Arles: View from the Wheatfields, Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853 - 1890), Arles, France, 1888, Reed and quill pens and brown ink, 31.2 ? 24.1 cm (12 5/16 ? 9 1/2 in.).
Editorial New Mexican: Saint Michael (San Miguel), Quill Pen Santero, New Mexican, c. 1840, Water-based paint on wood panel, Overall: 13 7/8 x 11 1/4 in. (35.2 x 28.6 cm).
Editorial New Mexican: Saint Michael (San Miguel), Quill Pen Santero, New Mexican, c. 1840, Water-based paint on wood panel, Overall: 13 7/8 x 11 1/4 in. (35.2 x 28.6 cm).
Editorial Plate 14: a child writing with a quill, facing left in profile, from 'Various heads and figures' (Diverses t?tes et figures).
Editorial Mountain landscape with Z?senberg and Schreckhorn, 1829, pencil, quill, watercolor and cover color on light gray primed paper, laminated, folio: 59.4 x 48.7 cm, unmarked, Samuel Birmann, Basel 1793?1847 Basel.
Editorial Muttenzer quarry, 1824, pencil, quill, watercolor and cover color, sheet: 32.7 x 46.5 cm (largest mass, glued together from two sheets), U. l., Signed with pen: S. Birmann., f ., u, ., M. inscribed and dated: Muttenzer quarry., 1824th, Samuel Birmann, ...
Editorial Serpentine landscape near Olevano with brick huts, c. 1821-1823, pencil and quill in brown, on wove paper, page: 21.1 x 31.4 cm, unsigned, Joseph Anton Koch, Obergiblen bei Elbigenalp (Lechtal) 1768?1839 Rom.
Editorial Lake Lucerne near the Old Town near Meggen, watercolor and quill, multiple rectangle edging, mounted on paper, sheet, image: 21.5 x 34.9 cm |, Leaf: 38 x 51 cm, Not referenced, Johann Ludwig Aberli, Winterthur 1723?1786 Bern.
Editorial The hl., Antonius, around 1500, quill in brown, over traces of charcoal, gray-washed, sheet: 31 x 20.7 cm, U. M. inscribed with pen in brown: H, on the bell: HOLPAIN, Hans Holbein d. ?., Augsburg um 1460/65?1524.
Editorial Tree Study (In Flesch), Sept. 20, 1824, pencil, quill, watercolor, cover color, leaf: 59.1 x 44.7 cm, R. u., Signed with pen: S. Birmann ad., nat.f., -, dated below: In Flesch., Sept. 20, 1824, Samuel Birmann, Basel 1793?1847 Basel.
Editorial Emperor Henry the Holy, c. 1500, quill in brown, over traces of charcoal engraving, gray washed, laminated with Japanese paper, folia: 31.6 x 20.7 cm, U. M. inscribed with pen in brown: H, Hans Holbein d. ?., Augsburg um 1460/65?1524.
Editorial Glacier Gate of the Black L?tschine near Grindelwald, 1826, pencil, quill, watercolor and opaque white, page: 30.3 x 45.5 cm, L. u., Signed with pen: S. Birmann., f ., M.u., designated and dated: Grindelwald., July., 1826th, Samuel Birmann, Basel 1793?...
Editorial The big bear hell at the Welschen Rohr., Canton Solothurn, 1790, quill, watercolor, sheet: 16 x 22.7 cm |, Picture: 15.1 x 22.7 cm, L. under the inscription with spring inscribed: The big bear H?le at the tube., Canton of Solothurn, r., signed and date...
Editorial Two old officers in conversation, pencil and quill, washed, sheet: 18 x 12 cm, unsigned, Constantin Guys, Vlissingen 1802?1892 Paris.
Editorial Study sheet with a seated man, three head studies, three figurative partial sketches and one animal head study, quill, sheet: 21.9 x 21.5 cm, 23, unmarked, Max Klinger, Leipzig 1857?1920 Grossjena bei Naumburg.
Editorial Waterfall in the high mountains, between two glacier masses, 1829, pencil, quill, watercolor and opaque white, sheet: 53.7 x 43.5 cm, U. r., Signed and dated by pen .: BIRMANN., 1829, Samuel Birmann, Basel 1793?1847 Basel.
Editorial Iroquois, Native American, Moccasins, ca. 1830, buckskin, wool, cotton, glass beads, porcupine quill, Overall: 9 1/4 ? 3 3/4 ? 4 inches (23.5 ? 9.5 ? 10.2 cm).
Editorial Schamserthal by Zillis, ink and quill, washed, rectangular edging, quadratic netting in pencil, folia: 22.3 x 29.2 cm, U. l., inscribed with spring: Schonserthal at Zillis, Gabriel Ludwig Lory, Bern 1763?1840 Bern.
Editorial Ruined landscape with destroyed castle and two-bridge, ink and quill, sheet: 23.8 x 31.8 cm, not marked, Adrian Zingg, St. Gallen 1734?1816 Leipzig.
Editorial The Holy Empress Kunigunde, c. 1500, quill in brown, on traces of charcoal drawing, gray wash, sheet: 31 x 20.9 cm, U. M. inscribed with pen in brown: H, Hans Holbein d. ?., Augsburg um 1460/65?1524.
Editorial Sioux, Native American, Club, between 1880 and 1900, wood, brass, iron, glass, porcupine quill, leather and pigment, Overall: 25 ? 7 3/4 ? 3 1/2 inches (63.5 ? 19.7 ? 8.9 cm).
Editorial Portrait of a peasant man, c. 1525, watercolor, occasionally heightened in white, beard quill, sheet: 19.3 x 15.7 cm, not marked, Lucas Cranach d. ?., Kronach 1472?1553 Weimar.
Editorial View from Monte Gentile, July 1816, pencil, quill, watercolor, sheet: 38.3 x 49.4 cm, inscribed with feather (light brown) l., u .: Drawn on Monte Gentile at Riccia., July., 1816, on the back l., u .: Monte Circello with the islands Ponza, Civita la vi...
Editorial The hl., Stephanus, c. 1500, quill in brown, over traces of charcoal, gray-washed, sheet: 31.8 x 20.8 cm, U. M. inscribed with pen in brown: H, Hans Holbein d. ?., Augsburg um 1460/65?1524.
Editorial The upper part of the Cascata del Toce, August 1824, pencil and quill with ink, sepia washed, opaque white, on light gray paper, page: 48.6 x 43 cm, U. r., inscribed with pen, dated and signed: upper part of toccia = case., August 1824., S. Birmann., f...
Editorial Rosenlaui Glacier, June 1828, quill, watercolor and opaque colors, on brownish gray paper, sheet: 45 x 92.2 cm (three composite leaves), Samuel Birmann, Basel 1793?1847 Basel.
Editorial Fairy Tale of the North, 1930, 235 (G 5), oil on paper, set with gouache and quill, on cardboard, 33 x 42 cm, signed upper right: clover, inscribed on the box in the frame lower left: 1930 G 5, bottom right: fairy tales of the north, lower middle: 1930...
Editorial The hl., George in the Dragon Battle, c. 1500, quill in brown, over traces of charcoal drafting, gray washed, laminated with Japanese paper, Journal: 31.1 x 20.5 cm, U. M. inscribed with pen in brown: H, Hans Holbein d. ?., Augsburg um 1460/65?1524.
Editorial Frontispiece for Fables et Contes by Hippolyte de Thierry-Faletans, 1868, quill lithograph, sheet: 24.2 x 19.7 cm, in the plate a., M. dated on the stone, monogrammed and inscribed: 1878, RB [ligated], La porte, cette pierre, Depuis 50 ans, in the plat...
Editorial The hl., Georg in the Dragon Battle, c. 1500, quill in brown, over chalk drawing, sheet: 11.1 x 15.7 cm, unsigned, Anonym, Oberrhein, um 1500.
Editorial Fas?sade brown-green, 1919, 97, oil paint, pencil and quill on paper on painted cardboard, 24 x 31 cm, signed and dated upper left: Klee, 1919.97 ., inscribed in the middle back: 1919 97 Fas?sade brown-green clover, Paul Klee, M?nchenbuchsee/Bern 1879?...
Editorial Georg the Wanderprediger, 1934, pencil, colored pencil and quill, sheet: 27.1 x 20.8 cm, U. l., monogrammed and dated in black with pen: F.B., 34, u, ., r., designated: George the Wanderprediger, Fritz Baumann, Basel 1886?1942 Basel.
Editorial The torture of St., Sebastian, c. 1500, quill in brown, over a light carbon copy, laminated, page: 23.5 x 20.4 cm, unsigned, Anonym, Oberrhein, um 1500.
Editorial Case (?tui) with an amorous inscription.
Editorial Le tailleur de plumes - the quill sharpener. Wood, 19cm x 15cm. M.I. 904.
Editorial Opening of St. John's gospel. Initial 'I' with interlace and acanthus decoration. St. John is seated in front of a desk with a book on it, and an ink-horn attached to the leg. The evangelist is writing the opening verse with a quill, and has a knife in...
Editorial Opening of St. Luke's gospel. Initial 'Q' with acanthus decoration. Above, St. Luke is seated before a winged ox standing on its hind legs and holding a book between its forefeet. The evangelist is writing the initial verse with a quill, and has an ink...
Editorial Saint Dunstan (Archbishop of Canterbury 961?980) writing out the Rule of Staint Benedict in a book. He holds a quill pen and a knife, an inkpot rests on the desk. Christ Church Canterbury; circa 1170. Shelfmark: Royal 10 A. XIII Page Folio Number...
Editorial Plate 14: a child writing with a quill, facing left in profile, from 'Various heads and figures' (Diverses t?tes et figures).
Editorial The Quill-cutter.
Editorial Plate 14: a child writing with a quill, facing left in profile, from 'Various heads and figures' (Diverses t?tes et figures).
Editorial Norman funeral, chapel and equipment: a Norman funeral rite 278, Norman chapel with altar 279, umbrella 280, quintaine 281, quill pen and inkwell 282, knife and scabbard 283, key 284, hat 285 and hood 286. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Robert...
Editorial Classical musical instruments: lyres 1,2, plectrum 3, cithara 4, lute 5, percussion instruments 6,7,8,15, pan pipes 9, crotales 11, tuba 12, flutes 10,14,18,19, triangle 16, cymbals 17, trochus or metal hoop 20, caestus or boxing gloves 21,22, writing ...
Editorial Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Madame de Sevigne, French epistolary writer famous for her letters to her daughter Madame de Grignan, 1626-1696. She wears a skull cap and bows, hair in ringlets, black silk mantua dress with lace collar and cuffs decorated wi...
Editorial The Morning Visit: Caricature on the relations between aristocracy and the clergy. Lord at his table writing with a quill pen surrounded by documents and charters. Copperplate engraving by Thomas Sanders after a satirical illustration by Timothy Bobbin...
Editorial Title page with title written in twigs and vignette of a jockey in silks riding a horse made out of a leather case, quill and sticks. Handcoloured etching by John Leech from Follies of the Year, from Punchs Pocket Books, Bradbury, London, 1864.
Editorial GRAND PIANO.
Editorial Manuscript Leaf with King David in an Initial I, from a Psalter.
Editorial Study for an Inkstand.
Editorial Case (?tui) with an amorous inscription.
Editorial The Banker's Table.
Editorial Plate 14: a child writing with a quill, facing left in profile, from 'Various heads and figures' (Diverses t?tes et figures).
Editorial The Quill-cutter.
Editorial Charles Grant (1746-1823), Painted c.1890 from an original portrait of 1819 Full-length seated figure facing half-right. Grant is seated in a red armchair, his right hand resting on the arm, his left on a red covered table on which lie papers, an ink-w...
Editorial Scholar sharpening a quill pen.
Editorial The Quill-cutter.
Editorial St Luke seated, holding his Gospel; beside him, a desk with quill pens and ink pot. Cologne Gospels. Germany [Cologne]; between 1070 and 1080. Source: Harley 2820, f.120. Language: Latin.
Editorial Scribe copying from an exemplar. L'Estoire del Saint Graal. France (Picardy?); early 14th century (1300-1315?). (Miniature only) A scribe, holding quill and pen knife, seated on a chair with desk attachment and ink horn, copies from an exemplar weighte...
Editorial Dunstan writes Benedictine Rule. Commentary on the Rule of St. Benedict. Christ Church Canterbury; circa 1170. (Whole folio) St. Dunstan writing out the Rule of St. Benedict in a book. He holds a quill pen and a knife, an inkpot rests on the desk. Ima...
Editorial Miniature of Luke seated at a table mending his quill pen with a knife, with his symbol, the winged ox, by his side, and a full foliate border, at the beginning of his Gospel. Book of Hours, Use of Rome ('The Dunois Hours'). France, Central (Paris); c....
Editorial St John seated, holding a book; beside him, quill pens and ink pot on a stand. Cologne Gospels. Germany [Cologne]; between 1070 and 1080. Source: Harley 2820, f.191. Language: Latin.
Editorial Opening of St. John's gospel. Initial 'I' with interlace and acanthus decoration. St. John is seated in front of a desk with a book on it, and an ink-horn attached to the leg. The evangelist is writing the opening verse with a quill, and has a knife in...
Editorial Vous allez etre un grand savant, et moi je vais l'annoncer au monde. Anthropomorphic image of a bird writing with a quill pen. Peines de c?ur d'une chatte anglaise.-Guide-a?ne a? l'usage des animaux qui veulent parvenir aux honneurs.-Voyage d'un lio...
Editorial Charles Grant (1746-1823), Painted c.1890 from an original portrait of 1819 Full-length seated figure facing half-right. Grant is seated in a red armchair, his right hand resting on the arm, his left on a red covered table on which lie papers, an ink-w...
Editorial Saint Luke. Saluces Hours. Italy [Savoy]; middle of the 15th century. (Whole folio) Gospel readings. St Luke seated, with a quill pen and scroll; his symbol, an ox, beside him. St Luke I, 26, beginning with decorated initial 'I'. Borders of floral deco...
Editorial Opening of St. Luke's gospel. Initial 'Q' with acanthus decoration. Above, St. Luke is seated before a winged ox standing on its hind legs and holding a book between its forefeet. The evangelist is writing the initial verse with a quill, and has an ink...
Editorial St Matthew seated, holding a quill pen, with a book on a bookstand. Cologne Gospels. Germany [Cologne]; between 1070 and 1080. Source: Harley 2820, f.14. Language: Latin.
Editorial Miniature of an enthroned Matthew the Evangelist writing, dipping his quill into a pot of ink held by his Evangelist symbol, a young winged man. Book of Hours, Use of Paris. France, Central (Paris); c. 1440 - c. 1450. Source: Egerton 2019, f.17. Langua...
Editorial Beginning of St Jerome's letter to Paulinus. Text; initial 'F' with foliage decoration. St Jerome is seated under an architectural arcade, writing the opening words of his letter to Paulinus, in a book resting on a desk. Before him a kneeling monk hold...
Editorial Portrait of Margaret Chalmers.