EditorialThe Phenomena of the Seasons No. 2, Position of the Earth's axis to the sun, no. LXIV, after p. 82, 1842, Charles F. Blunt: The beauty of the heavens: a pictorial display of the astronomical phenomena of the universe. One hundred and four coloured scen...
EditorialNicolas R?gnier, Sp?scen English, Sleeper Awakened by a Young Woman with Fire, Sleeping youngster awakened by young woman with fire, painting, early 1620s, Oil on canvas, Height, 101 cm (39.7, inch), Width, 133 cm (52.3 inches).
EditorialThe Actor Bando Hikosaburo III in the Role of Kanshojo, Edo period (1615?1868), 1796, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 12 3/4 in. (32.4 cm); W. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm), Prints, Katsukawa Shun'ei (Japanese, 1762?1819), In a scen...
EditorialTlemcen, Interior of the Mosque of Sidi Bou Medina nave Algiers, Neurdein brothers 1860 1890, the Neurdein photographs of Algeria including Byzantine and Roman ruins in T?bessa and Thamugadi; mosques, shrines, public buildings, palaces, and street scen...
EditorialKing Richard III, Burnet Reading (English), After James Northcote, 1798, ink on paper, engraving, 8-3/4 x 6-1/2 in. (image) 10-5/8 x 6-3/4 in. (sheet), Inscribed on plate: Painted by J. Northcote, R.A. Engraved by B. Reading King Richard III Act 3 Scen...
EditorialItaly. Pompeii. Temple of Vespasian (69-79 CE) with an altar depicting a sacrificial scen. The sacrificer and his aide bring the sacrificial bull, while the priest, a veil over his head, pours the libation over a tripod.
EditorialItaly. Pompeii. Temple of Vespasian (69-79 CE) with an altar depicting a sacrificial scen. The sacrificer and his aide bring the sacrificial bull, while the priest, a veil over his head, pours the libation over a tripod.
EditorialText page; initials 'A'. Mirandola Hours. Italy, circa 1490-1499. [Whole folio] Text page from the Hours of the Virgin.The end of Psalm 147; Ecclesiasticus 24, 14 with initial 'A'; a hymn with initial 'A'. Both initials are formed of branches with scen...
EditorialText page, initials 'P' and 'I'. Mirandola Hours. Italy, circa 1490-1499. [Whole folio] Text page from the Hours of the Virgin. An absolution beginning with Initial 'P; Ecclesiasticus 24, 11, with initial 'I'. Both initials formed of branches with scen...
EditorialWing of an Ivory Triptych with Scenes from the Life of Christ, 970?1030, Made in probably in Constantinople, Byzantine, Ivory, Overall: 7 5/8 x 1 13/16 x 5/16 in. (19.3 x 4.6 x 0.8 cm), Ivories, This fragmentary door displays on its interior three scen...
EditorialThe Actor Bando Hikosaburo III in the Role of Kanshojo, Edo period (1615?1868), 1796, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 12 3/4 in. (32.4 cm); W. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm), Prints, Katsukawa Shun'ei (Japanese, 1762?1819), In a scen...
EditorialGentlemen in a French garden admiring a rose. He says, It's like paradise on earth. He thinks, It has less grace than an onion. Handcoloured lithograph by the Gihaut brothers after an illustration by Swiss artist Jean Gabriel Scheffer from Petites Scen...
EditorialTlemcen, Interior of the Mosque of Sidi Bou Medina nave Algiers, Neurdein brothers 1860 1890, the Neurdein photographs of Algeria including Byzantine and Roman ruins in T?bessa and Thamugadi; mosques, shrines, public buildings, palaces, and street scen...
EditorialItaly. Pompeii. Temple of Vespasian (69-79 CE) with an altar depicting a sacrificial scen. The sacrificer and his aide bring the sacrificial bull, while the priest, a veil over his head, pours the libation over a tripod.
EditorialItaly. Pompeii. Temple of Vespasian (69-79 CE) with an altar depicting a sacrificial scen. The sacrificer and his aide bring the sacrificial bull, while the priest, a veil over his head, pours the libation over a tripod.