EditorialSaucer with a port scene of Amsterdam, Porcelain dish, painted on the glaze in blue, red, pink, green, brown, black and gold. On the front of the dish a harbor view of the Nieuwe Stadsherberg in Amsterdam from the river IJ, on the river a few boats and...
EditorialThe balloon of Milan, Hot Air Balloon, with which on 25th February 1784 the first manned flight outside of France near Milano was carried out by Don Paolo Andreani, Carlo Gerli and Agostino Gerli, Signed: CL; Reading essay, Fig. 22, p. 97, Lesestre, Gu...
EditorialAerostatic Machine 70 feet high by 46 Diameter, which was raised in Paris, with two men at the height of 324 feet on 19. Oct. 1783, Hot-air balloon used for a manned flight in Paris on 19 October 1783, Pl. IV, after p. 172, 1784, Des ballons a?rostatiq...
EditorialSuacer dish with a water landscape and Europeans, Porcelain dish painted on the glaze in blue, pink, green, brown, black and gold. On the front a possibly European, river landscape with a tree, mountains, a fort and ships, two of which are manned, a fe...
EditorialBell-shaped cup and saucer with a port scene of Amsterdam, Bell-shaped porcelain cup and saucer, painted on the glaze in blue, red, pink, green, brown, black and gold. On the front of the dish a harbor view of the Nieuwe Stadsherberg in Amsterdam from ...
EditorialBell-shaped cup and saucer with European landscapes in medallions, Bell-shaped cup and saucer of porcelain painted on the glaze in black and gold. On the plate of the dish a medallion with a Dutch landscape with houses on a river in which two manned bo...
EditorialRiver landscape with a cityscape, Two manned rowing boats on a river. On the left a cityscape, river, city view, and landscape with man-made constructions, rowing boat, canoe, etc., anonymous, Nederlanden, 1650, paper, etching, h 180 mm ? w 231 mm.
EditorialBattle of Vigo (Vigos): the burning of the French and Spanish fleet, Silver Medal. Front: Neptune in sea-car and Victory together hold a roll of paper on which the names of burnt, sunk and captured French and Spanish ships are written, in the foregroun...
EditorialFragment tobacco pipe, Fragment tobacco pipe with a crown and the letters P D L and N shown. From the excavations on the Hofstede Arentsburg 1827-1831 under the supervision of Professor Reuvens. coast, possibly in Scheveningen. On the right, a manned c...
EditorialSaucer with European landscapes in medallions, Porcelain dish painted on the glaze in black and gold. On the plate of the dish a medallion with a Dutch landscape with houses on a river in which two manned boats sail. Possibly decorated in Europe. Europ...
EditorialBell-shaped cup and saucer with Dutch landscapes in medallions, Bell-shaped cup and saucer of porcelain painted on the glaze in black and gold. On the plate of the dish a medallion with a European landscape with houses on a river in which a manned boat...
EditorialFailed siege of Hamburg by the king of Denmark, Silver Medal. Front: view of the besieged city of Hamburg within a circle. Reverse: elephant with manned war tower within a circle, Hamburg, Christian V (king of Denmark and Norway), anonymous, Germany, 1...
EditorialBell-shaped cup with a port scene of Amsterdam, Bell-shaped porcelain cup, painted on the glaze in blue, red, pink, green, brown, black and gold. On the wall a harbor view of the Nieuwe Stadsherberg in Amsterdam from the river IJ, on the river a few bo...
EditorialSaucer with Dutch landscapes in medallions, Porcelain dish painted on the glaze in black and gold. On the plate of the dish a medallion with a European landscape with houses on a river in which a manned boat sails, in the foreground a man lying on the ...
EditorialFishing boats on open water, There are many sailing vessels on open water, including a number of manned fishing vessels with ejected nets., Rowing boat, canoe, etc., sailing ship, sailing boat, fisherman, Gerrit Groenewegen, Rotterdam, 1764 - 1826, pap...
EditorialManuscript illustration of French crusader ship approaching Saracen fortress. La Vraye Histoire du Bon Roy Alixandre. France 15th century. King of France and crusaders on a ship approaching a fortress manned by Saracens. Source: Royal 19 D. I f.187v (d...
EditorialCrusaders before a Saracen town. Le Directoire a faire le Passage de la Terre Saint. France; after 1333. (Detail) King of France and crusaders, on a ship, approaching a fortress manned by Saracens, with, below, a decorated initial 'D' and text Image t...
EditorialThe Hungarian Revolution began with a first mass-rally in Budapest on October 24,1956. It was crushed by Soviet tanks and artillery after days of street-fighting. A manned Soviet tank in front of the Hungarian parliament building. Budapest,1956.
EditorialFishing boats in Vaage, Norway. In February and March, 300 boats manned by 20,000 fishermen assemble here. Illustration from Leopold von Buch?s Travels Through Norway and Lapland, 1813. Copperplate engraving by Dell'Acqua handcoloured by Lazaretti from...
EditorialThe Perilous Situation of Major Mony, When He Fell into the Sea with His Balloon on the 23rd of July, 1785, Off the Coast of Yarmouth; Most Providentially Discovered and Taken Up by the Argus Sloop, After Having Remained in the Water During Five Hours.
EditorialAt top, a naval battle between three Bireme warships manned by armed soldiers. One more boat is sinking in flames next to rocks. On the island stands a Sacellum or temple with a statue of Neptune, and a warrior with helmet, shield and pike. The vignett...
EditorialManuscript illustration of French crusader ship approaching Saracen fortress. La Vraye Histoire du Bon Roy Alixandre. France 15th century. King of France and crusaders on a ship approaching a fortress manned by Saracens. Source: Royal 19 D. I f.187v (d...
EditorialCrusaders before a Saracen town. Le Directoire a faire le Passage de la Terre Saint. France; after 1333. (Detail) King of France and crusaders, on a ship, approaching a fortress manned by Saracens, with, below, a decorated initial 'D' and text Image t...
EditorialResolution Bay in the Marquesas. Drawn from nature by William Hodges and engraved by B.T. Pouncey. Shows two Marquesan men with elaborate head-dresses in a canoe in the foreground, another manned canoe with a triangular sail to the right, two further c...
EditorialAt top, a naval battle between three Bireme warships manned by armed soldiers. One more boat is sinking in flames next to rocks. On the island stands a Sacellum or temple with a statue of Neptune, and a warrior with helmet, shield and pike. The vignett...
EditorialThe Perilous Situation of Major Mony, When He Fell into the Sea with His Balloon on the 23rd of July, 1785, Off the Coast of Yarmouth; Most Providentially Discovered and Taken Up by the Argus Sloop, After Having Remained in the Water During Five Hours.
EditorialFishing boats in Vaage, Norway. In February and March, 300 boats manned by 20,000 fishermen assemble here. Illustration from Leopold von Buch?s Travels Through Norway and Lapland, 1813. Copperplate engraving by Dell'Acqua handcoloured by Lazaretti from...
EditorialFirst manned hydrogen balloon flight of two hours and five minutes by Nicolas-Louis Robert and Professor Jacques Charles. The balloon descended in front of the Duc de Chartres, December 1st 1783. Handcolored engraving by J.J. Ettling and P. Sellier fro...
EditorialPilatre de Rozier's manned Montgolfier balloon. Woodblock engraving from Louis Figuier's "Les Merveilles de la Science: Aerostats" (Marvels of Science: Air Balloons), Furne, Jouvet et Cie, Paris, 1868.
EditorialPierre Testu-Brissy's manned balloon, built in 1785. Testu-Brissy went on to make over 50 flights on horseback in the carriage. Woodblock engraving from Louis Figuier's "Les Merveilles de la Science: Aerostats" (Marvels of Science: Air Balloons), Furne...
EditorialAscent of an elongated, manned balloon by Professor Jacques Charles and the Robert brothers, Anne-Jean and Nicolas-Louis, July 1784. Woodblock engraving by Mes from Louis Figuier's "Les Merveilles de la Science: Aerostats" (Marvels of Science: Air Ball...
EditorialManned balloon flight by Captain Vincenzo Lunardi, the Italian daredevil aeronaut, at London, September 1784. Woodblock engraving from Louis Figuier's "Les Merveilles de la Science: Aerostats" (Marvels of Science: Air Balloons), Furne, Jouvet et Cie, P...
EditorialFourth voyage in a Montgolfier balloon, at Milan, 1784, manned by Count Paulo Andreani and the Gerli brothers, Agostino and Carlo. Woodblock engraving from Louis Figuier's "Les Merveilles de la Science: Aerostats" (Marvels of Science: Air Balloons), Fu...
EditorialAt top, a naval battle between three Bireme warships manned by armed soldiers. One more boat is sinking in flames next to rocks. On the island stands a Sacellum or temple with a statue of Neptune, and a warrior with helmet, shield and pike. The vignett...
EditorialThe Hungarian Revolution began with a first mass-rally in Budapest on October 24,1956. It was crushed by Soviet tanks and artillery after days of street-fighting. A manned Soviet tank in front of the Hungarian parliament building. Budapest,1956.