EditorialPhotograph - 'Government Offices', Melbourne, May 1901, One of a set of 47 original photographs of the Australian Federation celebrations in Melbourne 1901 to mark the opening of the first Federal Parliament of Australia. The photographs trace the Roya...
EditorialPhotograph - 'The Citizens' Arch', Melbourne, May 1901, One of a set of 47 original photographs of the Australian Federation celebrations in Melbourne 1901 to mark the opening of the first Federal Parliament of Australia. The photographs trace the Roya...
EditorialPortrait bust of Mary II Stuart, Queen of England (1662-1694), wife of King Stadholder William III, Slightly sideways half-length bust in white marble on a square, profiled, original foot. The person portrayed is dressed in the ermine cloak of her roya...
Editorial23-cm Palliser Shot, 23 cm glass-hard pointed ball with three ring cams for a drawn barrel with six pulling fields and a flat bottom with a sharp edge. At the nose six shallow holes for the ammunition tap. This is a Palliser shot MK I 9 inch RML., Roya...
EditorialMiniature of a messenger bringing David proof of Saul's death in the upper register, and the anointing of David in the lower register. Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter'). England (London/Westminster or East Anglia?); between 1310 and 1320. Source: Roya...
EditorialA bas-de-page scene of a nun dying, while an angel fights off a devil. Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals'). France, S. (Toulouse?); last quarter of the 13th century or 1st quarter of the 14th century. Source: Roya...
EditorialFresco from Gragnano of Venus on her Conch Shell. The goddess of love fans herself with a lily leaf as she reclines on a seashell attended by Cupid and a dolphin. Handcoloured lithograph by A. Delvaux from Cesar Famin's "Musee royal de Naples (The Roya...
EditorialBas-de-page scene of John, standing with a palm-branch in his hand, preaching before three others; a decorated initial 'C'(onfitebor). Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter'). England (London/Westminster or East Anglia?); between 1310 and 1320. Source: Roya...
EditorialBas-de-page scene of a siren with a shield and lance spearing a grotesque hybrid (half-man, half-horse) armed with a shield and sword. Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter'). England (London/Westminster or East Anglia?); between 1310 and 1320. Source: Roya...
EditorialA bas-de-page scene of a man with a post, and another man with an axe. Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals'). France, S. (Toulouse?); last quarter of the 13th century or 1st quarter of the 14th century. Source: Roya...
EditorialA bas-de-page scene of a man riding a lion, while two other men watch. Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals'). France, S. (Toulouse?); last quarter of the 13th century or 1st quarter of the 14th century. Source: Roya...
EditorialA bas-de-page scene of a monk meeting another person through a window. Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals'). France, S. (Toulouse?); last quarter of the 13th century or 1st quarter of the 14th century. Source: Roya...
EditorialMiniature of a messenger bringing David proof of Saul's death in the upper register, and the anointing of David in the lower register. Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter'). England (London/Westminster or East Anglia?); between 1310 and 1320. Source: Roya...
EditorialHenry VIII; Duke of Buckingham. Parliament Procession Roll of 1512. England; early 17th century. [Part of roll] Edward Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, carrying a sword, and King Henry VIII, with sceptre, under the canopy held by four bearers; in the roya...
EditorialA bas-de-page scene of a knight taking his leave from a kneeling king. Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals'). France, S. (Toulouse?); last quarter of the 13th century or 1st quarter of the 14th century. Source: Roya...
EditorialA bas-de-page scene of a king on horseback with a horn hunting a stag. Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals'). France, S. (Toulouse?); last quarter of the 13th century or 1st quarter of the 14th century. Source: Roya...
EditorialA bas-de-page scene of a mounted man approaching a king and two women. Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals'). France, S. (Toulouse?); last quarter of the 13th century or 1st quarter of the 14th century. Source: Roya...
EditorialCommendation scene. Alban holding a Tau-cross, presenting a kneeling young king (perhaps Henry VI) with a scroll. Figure of Christ. Selection of psaolms, litanies and prayers for Humphey (Humfrey) of Gloucester. England, c. 1420 - c. 1440. Source: Roya...
EditorialA bas-de-page scene of a woman with a horn, and a fox taking a rabbit. Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals'). France, S. (Toulouse?); last quarter of the 13th century or 1st quarter of the 14th century. Source: Roya...
EditorialMiniature of David besieging Jerusalem in the upper register, and a battle of David's army with the Philistines in the lower register. Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter'). England (London/Westminster or East Anglia?); between 1310 and 1320. Source: Roya...
EditorialBeginning of Book V. Miniature shows Ajax and Ulysses quarrelling before Agamemnon; behind, the Greeks loading baggage and marching to their ships, accompanied by a trumpeter in heraldic dress. Troy Book. England (London?);circa 1455-1462. Source: Roya...
EditorialA bas-de-page scene of a man and a woman seated either side of a tree. Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals'). France, S. (Toulouse?); last quarter of the 13th century or 1st quarter of the 14th century. Source: Roya...
EditorialA bas-de-page scene of a bishop with a dish approaching a king in bed. Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals'). France, S. (Toulouse?); last quarter of the 13th century or 1st quarter of the 14th century. Source: Roya...
EditorialEnglish ships sailing in a rough Tagus River near the coast, with the forts of S?o Pedro do Estoril and S?o Jo?o, country houses, churches and warehouses in the background. View between ALCANTRA and BELLEM as before the late Earthquake : To His ROYA...
EditorialA bas-de-page scene of a nun dying, while an angel fights off a devil. Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals'). France, S. (Toulouse?); last quarter of the 13th century or 1st quarter of the 14th century. Source: Roya...
EditorialNelson at Toulon. The Naval Chronicle. (Containing a general and bio. London, 1799-1818. Lord Nelson engaging the Toulon Fleet off the Mouth of the Nile'. Image taken from The Naval Chronicle. (Containing a general and biographical history of the Roya...
EditorialBas-de-page scene of a goat, a group of men and a man holding a stick. Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals'). France, S. (Toulouse?); last quarter of the 13th century or 1st quarter of the 14th century. Source: Roya...
EditorialBas-de-page scene of two grotesques (one half-dragon, half-lion, and the other half-man, half-horned dragon) fighting with each other. Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter'). England (London/Westminster or East Anglia?); between 1310 and 1320. Source: Roya...
Editorial" Les Bronzes de la Couronne" comprise bronze sculptures mainly collected by and presented to Louis XIVth. Statue of Antinous, reminiscent of the Antinous Farnese and the Antinous of the Belvedere. Bronze, H: 64,8 cm No.4 of the original roya...
EditorialFresco from Gragnano of Venus on her Conch Shell. The goddess of love fans herself with a lily leaf as she reclines on a seashell attended by Cupid and a dolphin. Handcoloured lithograph by A. Delvaux from Cesar Famin's "Musee royal de Naples (The Roya...
EditorialPillars in the Recessed Portico in the Roya Gopuram with the Base of One of the Four Sculptured Monoliths, Madura, January?March 1858, Albumen silver print from waxed paper negative, Image: 35.8 x 30.2 cm (14 1/8 x 11 7/8 in.), Photographs, Linnaeus Tr...
EditorialFresco from Gragnano of Venus on her Conch Shell. The goddess of love fans herself with a lily leaf as she reclines on a seashell attended by Cupid and a dolphin. Handcoloured lithograph by A. Delvaux from Cesar Famin's "Musee royal de Naples (The Roya...
Editorial" Les Bronzes de la Couronne" comprise bronze sculptures mainly collected by and presented to Louis XIVth. Statue of Antinous, reminiscent of the Antinous Farnese and the Antinous of the Belvedere. Bronze, H: 64,8 cm No.4 of the original roya...