EditorialMap - Germany, Occupation Zones 1 to 4, World War I, circa 1919, Alternative Name(s): Rhineland Occupation Map Map of the occupied Rhineland in Germany after World War I, showing Zones 1 to 4 occupied by France, Belgium and American forces. According t...
EditorialView on the Quirinal Hill, Rome, 1800, Oil on paper, laid down on canvas, 11 5/8 x 16 1/8 in. (29.5 x 41 cm), Paintings, Simon Denis (Flemish, Antwerp 1755?1813 Naples), For this rooftop view, Denis set up his easel on the upper story of a palazzo on R...
EditorialSardonyx cameo with a man and woman on a couch, Late Hellenistic or Early Imperial, 1st century B.C.?1st century A.D., Greek or Roman, Sardonyx, Length: 1 7/16 in. (3.6 cm), Gems, The dolphin-shaped head of the couch and the shell symbolize Aphrodite, ...
EditorialNoctilio leporinus, Print, The greater bulldog bat or fisherman bat (Noctilio leporinus) is a type of fishing bat native to Latin America (Spanish: Murci?lago pescador). The bat uses echolocation to detect water ripples made by the fish upon which it p...
EditorialNoctilio leporinus, Print, The greater bulldog bat or fisherman bat (Noctilio leporinus) is a type of fishing bat native to Latin America (Spanish: Murci?lago pescador). The bat uses echolocation to detect water ripples made by the fish upon which it p...
EditorialNoctilio leporinus, Print, The greater bulldog bat or fisherman bat (Noctilio leporinus) is a type of fishing bat native to Latin America (Spanish: Murci?lago pescador). The bat uses echolocation to detect water ripples made by the fish upon which it p...
EditorialMudras. ‘9. Sagnon’ [sa-gnon]’ position of repose assumed by Shakya when he had freed the world from evil spirits.’ ‘So far applies to Shakya: the others are position of Deotas’ ‘10. Gingbag’ [hgyin-hbag]’ the name of hands in this po...
EditorialMudras. ‘9. Sagnon’ [sa-gnon]’ position of repose assumed by Shakya when he had freed the world from evil spirits.’ ‘So far applies to Shakya: the others are position of Deotas’ ‘10. Gingbag’ [hgyin-hbag]’ the name of hands in this po...
EditorialUndismayed by the ocean’s width, Hanumān swells himself to an immense size and, using the still-burning mountain Mahendra as a launch pad, hurls himself into space and across the ocean to the island kingdom of La?kā. The Ocean encourages Maināka...
Editorial? ???? ????? ?, Lotuses on a Summer Evening, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), dated 1684, China, Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, Image: 82 5/16 x 38 11/16 in. (209.1 x 98.3 cm), Paintings, Yun Shouping (Chinese, 1633?1690), Lotuses, a tour de force of...
EditorialFresco from Pompeii: "rope dancers." According to Famin, two rope dancers drink wine and perform a sex show in an orgy. It is more probable that these "ropes" were merely the floor in the original painting. Handcoloured lithograph by A. Delvaux from Ce...
EditorialHalf-length painted portrait of Major-General John Garstin (1756-1820), Bengal Engineers. Wearing a red coat. . Half-length portrait of Major-General John Garstin (1756-1820), Bengal Engineers. India. John Garstin is best known as the architect of Calc...
EditorialMudras. ‘9. Sagnon’ [sa-gnon]’ position of repose assumed by Shakya when he had freed the world from evil spirits.’ ‘So far applies to Shakya: the others are position of Deotas’ ‘10. Gingbag’ [hgyin-hbag]’ the name of hands in this po...
Editorial'Merely an incident of a day at the front'. '...The Royal Fusiliers in action.' A scene in the trenches during the First world War. Daily Sketch. London, 1915. Source: Daily Sketch, 18 September 1915, page 6.
EditorialFort Mastuj. Nov 1885. 'Mastuj, the capital of the district, is merely the fort in which the governor occasionally resides. The fort is situated in the middle of a gently sloping plain between the Yarkhun and Laspur rivers, and is a square structure o...
EditorialUndismayed by the ocean’s width, Hanumān swells himself to an immense size and, using the still-burning mountain Mahendra as a launch pad, hurls himself into space and across the ocean to the island kingdom of La?kā. The Ocean encourages Maināka...
EditorialThe trial of James Creassy was met with indignation by many British residents in Bengal, who published this commentary on the case to accompany the petition to the House of Commons in 1779. Ignoring Creassy’s crime, the authors of the commentary crit...
EditorialThe trial of James Creassy was met with indignation by many British residents in Bengal, who published this commentary on the case to accompany the petition to the House of Commons in 1779. Ignoring Creassy’s crime, the authors of the commentary crit...
EditorialHalf-length painted portrait of Major-General John Garstin (1756-1820), Bengal Engineers. Wearing a red coat. . Half-length portrait of Major-General John Garstin (1756-1820), Bengal Engineers. India. John Garstin is best known as the architect of Calc...
EditorialTurban Helmet, 16th century, Turkish, in the style of Turkman armor, Steel, iron, silver, H. including nasal 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm); H. excluding nasal 12 7/8 in. (32.7 cm); W. 10 1/4 in. (26 cm); D. 11 1/8 in. (28.3 cm); Wt. 3 lb. 12.5 oz. (1715.1 g), H...
EditorialBlack-glazed drinking vessel with seated hunter, Etruscan, c300-c280 BC. This wide drinking-cup is decorated with the scene of a hunter at rest, seated with his two spears and accompanied by his dog. It may perhaps be Ganymede. This style of decoration...
EditorialFresco from Pompeii: "rope dancers." According to Famin, two rope dancers drink wine and perform a sex show in an orgy. It is more probable that these "ropes" were merely the floor in the original painting. Handcoloured lithograph by A. Delvaux from Ce...