EditorialSiege of Luxembourg by the French, emergency currency of seventy-two asses. Reverse: inscription, Luxembourg, anonymous, Luxemburg, 1795, silver (metal), striking (metalworking), d 3.9 cm ? w 28.29 gr.
EditorialThree score and ten in retrospect: I. Boyhood days; II. Reminiscences of school experiences from twenty to seventy-two : Hooper, James W., b. 1827.
EditorialAny work for John Cooper. The Cryes of the City of London Drawne after the L. P. Tempest: [London, 1688?]. A cooper carrying his tools. Image taken from The Cryes of the City of London Drawne after the Life. Les cris de la ville de Londres L:arti co:m...
EditorialRemember the poor prisoners. The Cryes of the City of London Drawne after the L. P. Tempest: [London, 1688?]. A man collecting for ex-prisoners. Image taken from The Cryes of the City of London Drawne after the Life. Les cris de la ville de Londres L:...
EditorialChimney sweep. The Cryes of the City of London Drawne after the L. P. Tempest: [London, 1688?]. Two chimney sweeps. Image taken from The Cryes of the City of London Drawne after the Life. Les cris de la ville de Londres L:arti co:muni che uanno : Lond...
EditorialMountabanck. The Cryes of the City of London Drawne after the L. P. Tempest: [London, 1688?]. A mountebank (charlatan). A person who sold quack medicine in public places. A pet monkey holds a rope attached to his waist. Image taken from The Cryes of t...
EditorialThe famous Dutch woman. The Cryes of the City of London Drawne after the L. P. Tempest: [London, 1688?]. Famosa Donna Thedesca, the trapeze artist. Image taken from The Cryes of the City of London Drawne after the Life. Les cris de la ville de Londres...
EditorialKnives or cifers to grinde. The Cryes of the City of London Drawne after the L. P. Tempest: [London, 1688?]. A man sharpening knives on a wheel. Image taken from The Cryes of the City of London Drawne after the Life. Les cris de la ville de Londres L:...
EditorialA Woman Reading, 1869 and 1870, Oil on canvas, 21 3/8 x 14 3/4 in. (54.3 x 37.5 cm), Paintings, Camille Corot (French, Paris 1796?1875 Paris), When the seventy-two-year-old Corot showed A Woman Reading at the Salon of 1869, the critic Th?ophile Gautier...
Editorial???, The Moon-Mad Monk, or Crazy Gazing at the Moon (Kyogetsubo), Edo period (1615?1868), 1789, eighth month, Japan, Polychrome woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper, Overall: 9 15/16 ? 7 1/2 in. (25.2 ? 19 cm), Illustrated Books, Kitagawa Uta...
EditorialPlate with imaginary portrait of the tragic poet Moschion, 1811?18, French, S?vres, Hard-paste porcelain, Diameter: 9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm), Ceramics-Porcelain, The decorators at S?vres painted cameos in a way that convincingly captures the stones' translu...
EditorialGroup of sancai ceramic tomb figures, probably Henan province, Tang dynasty, early 8th century. The group comprises two fabulous beasts (one with a human face), two fierce lokapala, guardian figures usually seen at the entrance to temples, and in the c...
EditorialLinen bag of salt for mummification, Egyptian, New Kingdom, c1550-c1070 BC. In its most developed form, the mummification process took seventy-two days. To prevent the body from decaying, the internal organs were removed. The brain was not regarded as ...
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