EditorialNaturalisation Certificate - Issued to Bretislav Lukes, Commonwealth of Australia, 18 Jan 1956, Naturalization certificate issued by the Commonwealth of Australia to Bretislav Lukes on 18 January 1956. Born 12 January 1922 in Stankou in Czechoslovakia,...
EditorialLetter - Commonwealth Employment Service to Bretislav Lukes, Bonegilla, 21 Jun 1950, Form letter from Commonwealth Employment Service, Bonegilla, to Bretislav Lukes regarding work placement in steel industry at Port Kembla, dated 21 June 1950. Born 12 ...
EditorialGroup Certificate - Issued to Bretislav Lukes, President Industries Pty Ltd, Sydney, 30 Jun 1954, Group certificate issued by President Industries Pty Ltd, Sydney to Bretislav Lukes for the period May-June 1954. Born 12 January 1922 in Stankou in Czech...
EditorialLetter - Confirmation of Naturalisation, Harold Holt to Bretislav Lukes, Carlton, 2 Jul 1956, Letter from Harold Holt, Minister for Immigration, to Bretislav Lukes dated 2 July 1956. The letter acknowledges Bretislav's Australian citizenship. Born 12 J...
EditorialLeaflet - Becoming a Citizen, Department of Immigration, Sep 1953, Leaflet issued by the Department of Immigration in September 1953 to Bretislav Lukes. The leaflet contains information regarding steps to take to become an Australian citizen. Born 12 J...
EditorialPassport - Issued to Bretislav Lukes, by Commonwealth of Australia, 22 Jan 1973, Australian passport issued to Bretislav Lukes, 22 January 1973. Stamps on the passport indicate Bretislav travelled to Europe in 1976. Born 12 January 1922 in Stankou in C...
EditorialPassport - Issued to Bretislav Lukes, by Commonwealth of Australia, 11 Dec 1978, Australian passport issued to Bretislav Lukes, 11 December 1978. The passport appears to be unused. Born 12 January 1922 in Stankou in Czechoslovakia, Bretislav claims to ...
EditorialThe Rake's Levee (A Rake's Progress) 1735 A levee is a reception held by a monarch or other high-ranking person on arising from bed. Tom is spending his inheritance on suppliers of expensive (and in particular unnecessary) services who try to en...
EditorialBrian Houghton Hodgson (1800-94). Bengal Civil Service 1818-44, and scholar and collector of things Nepalese. Hodgson served with the East India Company in Bengal 1818-44, spending almost the whole of his service in Nepal. Three-quarter length, seated ...
EditorialCigarette Case, ca. 1925, Snake skin, dyed and tooled leather, gold leaf, H. 3-1/8, W. 2-1/2, D. 1-1/8 in. (7.9 x 6.4 x 2.9 cm), Leather, Legrain understood the principals and aesthetics of both modern and African art to a degree that most other design...
EditorialBrian Houghton Hodgson (1800-94). Bengal Civil Service 1818-44, and scholar and collector of things Nepalese. Hodgson served with the East India Company in Bengal 1818-44, spending almost the whole of his service in Nepal. Three-quarter length, seated ...
Editorial"At evening-tide she climbed up into a little tree, and purposed spending the night there, for fear of the wild beasts." The Iron Stone. The Fairy Book ... By the author of “John Halifax, Gentleman” [Dinah Maria Craik] With 32 illustrations in colo...
EditorialThe cutting up of the bacon pig and porker. A diagram showing the various cuts of meat. A Manual of Domestic Economy; suited to families spending from £150 to £1,500 a year ... Illustrated with coloured plates by Kronheim, and numerous wood engraving...
EditorialPhaedria (Eunuchus IV,2). Phaedria, deep in thought, goes past his country house, where he intends spending a few days. Woodcut, 91 x 146mm. Reprints made in the 19th century. Illustration to "Comedies of Terence" (Publius Terentius Afer: Comoediae). A...
EditorialA Rocky Stream, Italy, ca. 1786?91, Watercolor, pen and gray ink, over graphite, sheet: 14 3/4 x 19 1/2 in. (37.4 x 49.5 cm), Drawings, Samuel Woodforde (British, Castle Carey, Somerset 1764?1817 Bologna), Formerly attributed to John Downman (British, ...
EditorialWandering Minstrels, Oil on canvas, 68 3/4 x 48 1/4 in. (174.6 x 122.6 cm), Paintings, Hubert Robert (French, Paris 1733?1808 Paris), Robert first went to Rome in 1754, eventually spending eleven years in Italy and befriending Fragonard, who influenced...
EditorialBottle with European and Indian Figures, 18th century, Attributed to India, Kota, Rajasthan, Glass, colorless with green tinge; mold blown, painted, H. 10 5/8 in. (27.0 cm), Glass, Square bottles of this type derive from Dutch and German molded vessels...
EditorialCigarette Case, ca. 1925, Snake skin, dyed and tooled leather, gold leaf, H. 3-1/8, W. 2-1/2, D. 1-1/8 in. (7.9 x 6.4 x 2.9 cm), Leather, Legrain understood the principals and aesthetics of both modern and African art to a degree that most other design...
Editorial?? ??? ?????? ?, Duke Wen of Jin Recovering His State, Southern Song dynasty (1127?1279), mid-12th century, China, Handscroll; ink and color on silk, Image: 11 9/16 in. ? 27 ft. 2 in. (29.4 ? 828 cm), Paintings, Attributed to Li Tang (Chinese, ca. 1070...
EditorialPOSADO DE LA FAMILIA REAL ESPA—OLA JUNTO AL PRINCIPE CARLOS , LA PRINCESA DIANA DE GALES Y SUS HIJOS. PALCIO DE MARIVENT , A—O 1987. PALMA DE MALLORCA. . Prince Harry of England holds hands with host King Juan Carlos of Spain while looking at his m...
EditorialThe Rake's Levee (A Rake's Progress) 1735 A levee is a reception held by a monarch or other high-ranking person on arising from bed. Tom is spending his inheritance on suppliers of expensive (and in particular unnecessary) services who try to en...
EditorialLola (Eleni Anousaki) notices with satisfaction that Zorba (Anthony Quinn) is well supplied with money and persuades him to go on a drunken spending spree of caviar and champagne. The making of Zorba the Greek. Crete, Greece, 1964.