EditorialFrench: Sign for a Locksmith, French, 18th?early 19th century, Iron, This 18th-century key has always been meant for display. It was made as a sign for a locksmith's shop in France. The ornate decoration was probably intended to show off the skills of ...
EditorialThe actor Sanj? Kantar? as a tea-seller, Edo period, Japan, c1720-c1730. The onnagata (female impersonator) Sanj? Kantar? plays the Kabuki role of a seller of Uji tea carrying her portable stall. The print is hand coloured in shades of red, pink and pu...
EditorialAn English civil war tract on the subject of Prince Rupert and the royalists. An anti-royalist broadsheet outlines thirty-eight acts of deceit and cruelty of Which Prince Rupert is accused. The woodcut showing a figure, in doublet and straight breeches...
EditorialRural Sports, or How to Show Off a Well-shaped Leg. Thomas Rowlandson (English, 1756-1827); published by Thomas Tegg (English, 1776-1845). Date: 1811. Dimensions: 230 ? 333 mm (image); 247 ? 347 mm (plate); 265 ? 405 mm (sheet). Hand-colored etching on...
EditorialRural Sports, or How to Show Off a Well-shaped Leg. Thomas Rowlandson (English, 1756-1827); published by Thomas Tegg (English, 1776-1845). Date: 1811. Dimensions: 230 ? 333 mm (image); 247 ? 347 mm (plate); 265 ? 405 mm (sheet). Hand-colored etching on...
EditorialAn English civil war tract on the subject of Prince Rupert and the royalists. An anti-royalist broadsheet outlines thirty-eight acts of deceit and cruelty of Which Prince Rupert is accused. The woodcut showing a figure, in doublet and straight breeches...
EditorialTwo Lansquenets, 1513, Pen and black ink highlighted with brush and opaque white on reddish brown prepared paper., 5 1/2 x 3 11/16 in. (14 x 9.3 cm), Drawings, Circle of Erhard Altdorfer (German, 1480/85?1561/62 Schwerin), Pictures of splendidly dresse...
EditorialThe actor Sanj? Kantar? as a tea-seller, Edo period, Japan, c1720-c1730. The onnagata (female impersonator) Sanj? Kantar? plays the Kabuki role of a seller of Uji tea carrying her portable stall. The print is hand coloured in shades of red, pink and pu...