EditorialCetus, Map of the constellation Whale, Fig. 42, Fig. OO, to p. 21, Johannes Hevelius, Johann Ernst von Schmieden: Johannis Hevelii prodromus astronomiae, exhibens fundamenta, quae tam ad novum plan? & correctiorem stellarum fixarum catalogum construend...
EditorialThomas Blanchet Parisiensis, I. Iacob Thurneyser Basiliensis, Richart Collin Luxemb. Benniamin Block Lubec. Ioh. Rud. Wertm?ller Tigurinus, Melchior Bartel Saxo., Portrait of Thomas Blanchet, Johann Jakob Thurneysen d., ?, Richard Collin, Benjamin von ...
EditorialBahadur Shah II. London, c.1857. Portrait of Bahadur Shah II, last Mughal Emperor of India (1837-58). Engraving from a miniature. The description below the portrait reads:Suraj-oo-Deen Shah Gazee, titular king of Delhi. born 1773- proclaimed rebel king...
EditorialPrince Ranjitsinhji. Full name: H.H. Jam Saheb Shri Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji of Nawanagar. Ranjitsinhji GCSI GBE (10 September 1872 – 2 April 1933), often known as Ranji, was the ruler of the Indian princely state of Nawanagar from 1907 to 1933, as ...
EditorialComanche warrior His-oo-san-ches, the Spaniard, with shield, quiver, bow and lance decorated with scalp-locks. Handcoloured lithograph from George Catlin's Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians, London, 1841.
EditorialKaw or Kansa nation: Chief Sho-me-cos-se, Wolf, 133, Meach-o-shin-gaw, Little White Bear 134, Chesh-oo-hong-ha, Man of Good Sense 135, and Wa-hon-ga-shee, No Fool 136. With shaved heads decorated with crest of deer tail dyed red. Handcoloured lithograp...
EditorialCrow people: Chah-ee-chopes, Four Wolves, with several locks of hair cut in mourning 24, warrior Duhk-pits-a-ho-shee, Red Bear 25, Oo-je-en-a-he-ah, Woman who Lives in a Bear Den 26, and Pa-ris-ka-roo-pa, Two Crows the Younger 27. Handcoloured lithogra...
EditorialInstruments from Thailand and China: Saw tai (Siamese fiddle) in carved ivory and enamelled gold (centre), two Chinese fiddles Saw duang and Saw oo surrounding it, Thai klui (flute) with a membrane over one hole (left) and Thai pee (oboe) considered to...
EditorialA bank of Trees, 1645-1650. A broken tree trunk and a dark tree to the right frame the sunlit glade. Claude Lorrain and friends drew from nature in the countryside around Rome. PD, Oo.7-190.