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Editorial EXCLUSIVE: Newcastle is the UK?s cheapest city to rent an office space
- 2023-10-17
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Editorial View of the Villa d'Este. Claude Thi?non (French, 1772-1846); printed by Comte de Charles Philibert Lasteyrie du Saillant (French, 1759-1849). Date: 1817. Dimensions: 418 ? 272 mm (image); 485 ? 332 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper. ...
- 2020-03-02
- 1
Editorial Tea bowl Bowl with floral scrolls in relief, Low stoneware bowl, covered with a translucent, slightly gray glaze. The front with a pressed decoration of floral vines (peony), a band with a meander pattern on the inside edge. The border is unglazed. Thi...
- 2020-01-15
- 1
Editorial wine container, for Yi, the Earl of Zeng (Zengbo Yi hu), Western Zhou dynasty, Western Zhou dynasty, 700s B.C.E., bronze, h. 13 x diam. 8-11/16 in. (at base), Inscribed inside neck reads: Zeng Boyi used auspicious metal from old vessels and he made thi...
- 2020-01-15
- 1
Editorial wine container, for Yi, the Earl of Zeng (Zengbo Yi hu), Western Zhou dynasty, Western Zhou dynasty, 700s B.C.E., bronze, h. 13 x diam. 8-11/16 in. (at base), Inscribed inside neck reads: Zeng Boyi used auspicious metal from old vessels and he made thi...
- 2020-01-15
- 1
Editorial Mosqu?e de Ch?h-Aboul-Azim (pr?s de T?h?r?n) et Baro?t-Kh?neh ou Poudri?re (pr?s de Teher?n), Shah-Abdol-Azim Mosque near Teheran and Barout knaneh near Tehran, Signed: Dessin? & Lithographi? par Eug?ne Flandin; Gide et J. Baudry Editeurs; Lith. De Thi...
- 2020-01-15
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Editorial Collar of bobbin lace with fleur de lys between long tendrils, Natural-colored bobbin lace: Flemish guipure. The narrow, rounded shawl collar has a braided soil, on which a symmetrical pattern of a fleur de lys, from which spiral vines emanate with thi...
- 2020-01-15
- 1
Editorial Surroundings of Kingavar and Nehavend Castle, Near Kangavar and Nahavand Castle near Hamadan (Iran), Signed: Dessin? & Lithographi? par Eug?ne Flandin; Gide et J. Baudry Editeurs; Lith. De Thierry fr?res, Pl. LXXI, Flandin, Eug?ne (dess. et lith.); Thi...
- 2020-01-15
- 1
Editorial Saucer, painted with a blue and white diamond pattern surrounded by concentric circles with a zigzag motif, Round deep saucer of blue painted majolica. The dish is painted with a blue and white diamond pattern. Concentric circles are painted around thi...
- 2020-01-15
- 1
Editorial Conquest of La Capelle, Bronze Medal. Obverse: bust of a young man (Lodewijk XIV) within a circle. Reverse: printed city maiden sitting in front of army tents with a circle, La Capelle-en-Thi?rache, Picardy, Louis XIV (King of France), Jean Mauger, Par...
- 2020-01-15
- 1
Editorial Hat montero, hat or 'montero' of floral pink and silver silk brocade with two stores, trimmed with ostrich or marabou feathers. On label: 'farmer's hat worn in the Veluwe.' Model: a sphere consisting of four pattes (parts) and made up of a layer of thi...
- 2020-01-15
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Editorial Lidded tureen Terrine with lid, The terrine stands on four equal feet in the shape of a rocaille. The undulating edge of the box is thickened to form a cord whose ends are knotted together halfway at the top of the wave. A rocailles shield hangs on thi...
- 2019-12-18
- 1
Editorial Window with the Prodigal Son, Pinion of stained glass with depiction of the life of the Prodigal Son. (New Testament, Luke, chapter XV). In an interior with a view of a landscape, there is a young couple on the left of a table on which, among other thi...
- 2019-12-18
- 1
Editorial Octagonal ribbed pot of multicolored faience, Octagonal ribbed pot of multicolored painted faience, with a lid. The pot is painted with flowers, rocks, birds and a bird in a tree. The pot is part of a set, the other parts are: two pots identical to thi...
- 2019-12-18
- 1
Editorial Three Dutch merchants in a pinnace, Dutch traders in a scrapping carrying valuable goods, Ivory plaque with a representation of 3 men loading goods in a sloop. The left-hand figure raised both hands in a gesture of caution toward the middle figure. Thi...
- 2019-12-18
- 1
Editorial Siege of Amsterdam, emergency coin of ten pennies, minted from the silver of the Nieuwe Kerk, one-sided, diamond shaped emergency coin with a hole in it. Front: three stamps one above the other, from bottom to top: mintmaster sign [piece pierced at thi...
- 2019-12-18
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Editorial View From the Banks of the Teverone. Claude Thi?non (French, 1772-1846); printed by Comte de Charles Philibert Lasteyrie du Saillant (French, 1759-1849). Date: 1817. Dimensions: 414 ? 267 mm (image); 553 ? 374 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black on ivory w...
- 2019-12-17
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Editorial View of a Convent on the Site of the House of Horace. Claude Thi?non (French, 1772-1846); printed by Comte de Charles Philibert Lasteyrie du Saillant (French, 1759-1849). Date: 1812-1822. Dimensions: 282 ? 398 mm (image); 421 ? 573 mm (sheet). Lithogra...
- 2019-12-17
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Editorial View of the Villa d'Este. Claude Thi?non (French, 1772-1846); printed by Comte de Charles Philibert Lasteyrie du Saillant (French, 1759-1849). Date: 1817. Dimensions: 418 ? 272 mm (image); 485 ? 332 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper. ...
- 2019-12-17
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Editorial View of Albano. Claude Thi?non (French, 1772-1846); printed by Comte de Charles Philibert Lasteyrie du Saillant (French, 1759-1849). Date: 1817. Dimensions: 202 ? 293 mm (image); 223 ? 307 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper. Origin: Fr...
- 2019-12-17
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Editorial View From the Second Terrace of the Villa d'est at Tivoli. Claude Thi?non (French, 1772-1846); printed by Comte de Charles Philibert Lasteyrie du Saillant (French, 1759-1849). Date: 1817. Dimensions: 280 ? 399 mm (image); 335 ? 450 mm (sheet). Lithogra...
- 2019-12-17
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Editorial Ruins of the Commanding Post of the Order of Malta, Clisson. Claude Thi?non (French, 1772-1846); printed by Comte de Charles Philibert Lasteyrie du Saillant (French, 1759-1849). Date: 1817. Dimensions: 203 ? 292 mm (image); 242 ? 355 mm (sheet). Lithog...
- 2019-12-17
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Editorial View of the Road from Cascatelles to Tivoli. Claude Thi?non (French, 1772-1846); printed by Comte de Charles Philibert Lasteyrie du Saillant (French, 1759-1849). Date: 1817. Dimensions: 175 ? 255 mm (image); 268 ? 357 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black on...
- 2019-12-17
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Editorial Baths of Diocletian, Rome. Claude Thi?non (French, 1772-1846); probably printed by Comte de Charles Philibert Lasteyrie du Saillant (French, 1759-1849). Date: 1817. Dimensions: 198 ? 284 mm (image); 256 ? 340 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black on ivory wo...
- 2019-12-17
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Editorial Plaque with the Nativity, ca. 1165, Made in Meuse Valley, Netherlands, South Netherlandish, Champlev? enamel, copper alloy, gilt, Overall: 4 1/4 x 4 3/8 x 3/16 in. (10.8 x 11.1 x 0.4 cm), Enamels-Champlev?, Related plaques from the same ensemble in thi...
- 2019-12-17
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Editorial Women's Art Class, ca. 1868, Oil on canvas, 26 7/8 x 23 1/4 in. (68.3 x 59.1 cm), Paintings, Louis Lang (1814?1893), Born in Germany, Lang arrived in 1838 in Philadelphia, where he became known as a portraitist and probably taught painting classes. Thi...
- 2019-12-17
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Editorial Conquest of La Capelle, Bronze Medal. Obverse: bust of a young man (Lodewijk XIV) within a circle. Reverse: Happiness with horn of abundance in left hand, ship's rudder with crown inside inscription in hand, cut off: inscription, La Capelle-en-Thi?rach...
- 2019-11-19
- 1
Editorial Young woman posed with a child, the child's head is cutely being viewed through an empty picture frame, E. Thi?bault (French, active Paris, France 1850s - 1870s), about 1870, Albumen silver print.
- 2019-11-19
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Editorial View From the Banks of the Teverone. Claude Thi?non (French, 1772-1846); printed by Comte de Charles Philibert Lasteyrie du Saillant (French, 1759-1849). Date: 1817. Dimensions: 414 ? 267 mm (image); 553 ? 374 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black on ivory w...
- 2019-11-19
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Editorial View of a Convent on the Site of the House of Horace. Claude Thi?non (French, 1772-1846); printed by Comte de Charles Philibert Lasteyrie du Saillant (French, 1759-1849). Date: 1812-1822. Dimensions: 282 ? 398 mm (image); 421 ? 573 mm (sheet). Lithogra...
- 2019-11-19
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Editorial View of the Villa d'Este. Claude Thi?non (French, 1772-1846); printed by Comte de Charles Philibert Lasteyrie du Saillant (French, 1759-1849). Date: 1817. Dimensions: 418 ? 272 mm (image); 485 ? 332 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper. ...
- 2019-11-19
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Editorial View of Albano. Claude Thi?non (French, 1772-1846); printed by Comte de Charles Philibert Lasteyrie du Saillant (French, 1759-1849). Date: 1817. Dimensions: 202 ? 293 mm (image); 223 ? 307 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper. Origin: Fr...
- 2019-11-19
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Editorial View From the Second Terrace of the Villa d'est at Tivoli. Claude Thi?non (French, 1772-1846); printed by Comte de Charles Philibert Lasteyrie du Saillant (French, 1759-1849). Date: 1817. Dimensions: 280 ? 399 mm (image); 335 ? 450 mm (sheet). Lithogra...
- 2019-11-19
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Editorial Ruins of the Commanding Post of the Order of Malta, Clisson. Claude Thi?non (French, 1772-1846); printed by Comte de Charles Philibert Lasteyrie du Saillant (French, 1759-1849). Date: 1817. Dimensions: 203 ? 292 mm (image); 242 ? 355 mm (sheet). Lithog...
- 2019-11-19
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Editorial View of the Road from Cascatelles to Tivoli. Claude Thi?non (French, 1772-1846); printed by Comte de Charles Philibert Lasteyrie du Saillant (French, 1759-1849). Date: 1817. Dimensions: 175 ? 255 mm (image); 268 ? 357 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black on...
- 2019-11-19
- 1
Editorial Baths of Diocletian, Rome. Claude Thi?non (French, 1772-1846); probably printed by Comte de Charles Philibert Lasteyrie du Saillant (French, 1759-1849). Date: 1817. Dimensions: 198 ? 284 mm (image); 256 ? 340 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black on ivory wo...
- 2019-11-18
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Editorial Photograph - L. J. Sterne Doll Co., Leo Sterne Painting Lips on Doll, Melbourne, Oct 1953, Black and white photograph of Leo Sterne painting lips on one doll with a further five dolls manufactured by the L. J. Sterne Doll Company in the background. Thi...
- 2019-11-18
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Editorial Lantern Slide - Upper Yarra Track, Victoria, 1904-1907, Black and white image of a section of the Upper Yarra Track photographed by A.J. Campbell. A.J. Campbell arranged two walking treks of the Upper Yarra Track, one in 1904 and the other in 1907. Thi...
- 2019-11-18
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Editorial Lantern Slide - Ring Barked Trees, Drouin, Victoria, Date Unknown, Black and white image of trees that have been ring barked, a process that was often used as the first step in clearing land for agricultural purposes, photographed by A.J. Campbell. Thi...
- 2019-11-18
- 1
Editorial The Ondatra, The Castor and the Desman, The Cabiai, Mole, Beaver, Muskrat, Guinea Pig, Date Appeared, Signed: V. Adam del, Thi?baut sc, Fig. 19, no. 54, after p. 406, Adam, Victor (del.); Thi?baut (sc.), 1855, Georges Louis Le Clerc de Buffon, Pierre F...
- 2019-11-18
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Editorial Lantern Slide - Yarra River, Victoria, Date Unknown, Black and white image of three men fishing and relaxing along side the Yarra River, Victoria which could have been taken any where between Warburton and Heidelberg, photographed by A.J. Campbell. Thi...
- 2019-11-18
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Editorial wine container, for Yi, the Earl of Zeng (Zengbo Yi hu), Western Zhou dynasty, Western Zhou dynasty, 700s B.C.E., bronze, h. 13 x diam. 8-11/16 in. (at base), Inscribed inside neck reads: Zeng Boyi used auspicious metal from old vessels and he made thi...
- 2019-11-18
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Editorial wine container, for Yi, the Earl of Zeng (Zengbo Yi hu), Western Zhou dynasty, Western Zhou dynasty, 700s B.C.E., bronze, h. 13 x diam. 8-11/16 in. (at base), Inscribed inside neck reads: Zeng Boyi used auspicious metal from old vessels and he made thi...
- 2019-11-18
- 2
Editorial Aeroplane Boarding Pass - Issued to Tran Thi Cuc, Qantas, Kuala Lumpur, 14 Jul 1978, Qantas boarding pass for Cuc Lam (Tran Thi Cuc) for her flight from Kuala Lumpur to Melbourne, on the 14th July 1978. Cuc and her husband escaped from Vietnam in May 1...
- 2019-11-18
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Editorial wine container, for Yi, the Earl of Zeng (Zengbo Yi hu), Western Zhou dynasty, Western Zhou dynasty, 700s B.C.E., bronze, h. 13 x diam. 8-11/16 in. (at base), Inscribed inside neck reads: Zeng Boyi used auspicious metal from old vessels and he made thi...
- 2019-11-18
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Editorial wine container, for Yi, the Earl of Zeng (Zengbo Yi hu), Western Zhou dynasty, Western Zhou dynasty, 700s B.C.E., bronze, h. 13 x diam. 8-11/16 in. (at base), Inscribed inside neck reads: Zeng Boyi used auspicious metal from old vessels and he made thi...
- 2019-11-18
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Editorial Adolf = Cathedral, = Ship in, Skt. Adolf = Heim, 1916, January 1, pencil and crayon, sheet: 64.7 x 48.8 cm, recto [lower center] West = front of the Zehntheiligen Skt. Adolf, = Cathedral = Ship in, Skt. Adolf = Home., Verso without text (verso from thi...
- 2019-11-18
- 1
Editorial Double Chromatic Harp, after 1895, Brooklyn, New York, United States, American, Spruce, maple, metal, gilding, brass, Height: 66 1/8 in. (168 cm), Chordophone-Harp, Henry Greenway (American (born England), Birmingham 1833?1903 St. Louis, Missouri), Thi...
- 2019-07-09
- 1
Editorial View of Tivoli. Claude Thi?non (French, 1772-1846); printed by Comte de Charles Philibert Lasteyrie du Saillant (French, 1759-1849). Date: 1817. Dimensions: 200 ? 286 mm (image); 275 ? 365 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper. Origin: Fr...
- 2019-04-01
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Editorial View of a Convent on the Site of the House of Horace. Claude Thi?non (French, 1772-1846); printed by Comte de Charles Philibert Lasteyrie du Saillant (French, 1759-1849). Date: 1812-1822. Dimensions: 282 ? 398 mm (image); 421 ? 573 mm (sheet). Lithogra...
- 2019-04-01
- 1
Editorial View of the Villa d'Este. Claude Thi?non (French, 1772-1846); printed by Comte de Charles Philibert Lasteyrie du Saillant (French, 1759-1849). Date: 1817. Dimensions: 418 ? 272 mm (image); 485 ? 332 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper. ...
- 2019-04-01
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Editorial View of Albano. Claude Thi?non (French, 1772-1846); printed by Comte de Charles Philibert Lasteyrie du Saillant (French, 1759-1849). Date: 1817. Dimensions: 202 ? 293 mm (image); 223 ? 307 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper. Origin: Fr...
- 2019-04-01
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Editorial View From the Second Terrace of the Villa d'est at Tivoli. Claude Thi?non (French, 1772-1846); printed by Comte de Charles Philibert Lasteyrie du Saillant (French, 1759-1849). Date: 1817. Dimensions: 280 ? 399 mm (image); 335 ? 450 mm (sheet). Lithogra...
- 2019-04-01
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Editorial View of Tivoli. Claude Thi?non (French, 1772-1846); printed by Comte de Charles Philibert Lasteyrie du Saillant (French, 1759-1849). Date: 1817. Dimensions: 200 ? 286 mm (image); 275 ? 365 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper. Origin: Fr...
- 2019-03-18
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Editorial View in the Trastevere Quarter, Rome. Claude Thi?non (French, 1772-1846); printed by Comte de Charles Philibert Lasteyrie du Saillant (French, 1759-1849). Date: 1817. Dimensions: 199 ? 287 mm (image); 248 ? 323 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black on ivory ...
- 2019-03-18
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Editorial View of a Convent on the Site of the House of Horace. Claude Thi?non (French, 1772-1846); printed by Comte de Charles Philibert Lasteyrie du Saillant (French, 1759-1849). Date: 1812-1822. Dimensions: 282 ? 398 mm (image); 421 ? 573 mm (sheet). Lithogra...
- 2019-03-11
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Editorial View of the Villa d'Este. Claude Thi?non (French, 1772-1846); printed by Comte de Charles Philibert Lasteyrie du Saillant (French, 1759-1849). Date: 1817. Dimensions: 418 ? 272 mm (image); 485 ? 332 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper. ...
- 2019-03-11
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Editorial View of Albano. Claude Thi?non (French, 1772-1846); printed by Comte de Charles Philibert Lasteyrie du Saillant (French, 1759-1849). Date: 1817. Dimensions: 202 ? 293 mm (image); 223 ? 307 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper. Origin: Fr...
- 2019-03-11
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Editorial View From the Second Terrace of the Villa d'est at Tivoli. Claude Thi?non (French, 1772-1846); printed by Comte de Charles Philibert Lasteyrie du Saillant (French, 1759-1849). Date: 1817. Dimensions: 280 ? 399 mm (image); 335 ? 450 mm (sheet). Lithogra...
- 2019-03-11
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Editorial Ruins of the Commanding Post of the Order of Malta, Clisson. Claude Thi?non (French, 1772-1846); printed by Comte de Charles Philibert Lasteyrie du Saillant (French, 1759-1849). Date: 1817. Dimensions: 203 ? 292 mm (image); 242 ? 355 mm (sheet). Lithog...
- 2019-03-11
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Editorial View of the Road from Cascatelles to Tivoli. Claude Thi?non (French, 1772-1846); printed by Comte de Charles Philibert Lasteyrie du Saillant (French, 1759-1849). Date: 1817. Dimensions: 175 ? 255 mm (image); 268 ? 357 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black on...
- 2019-03-11
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Editorial View From the Banks of the Teverone. Claude Thi?non (French, 1772-1846); printed by Comte de Charles Philibert Lasteyrie du Saillant (French, 1759-1849). Date: 1817. Dimensions: 414 ? 267 mm (image); 553 ? 374 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black on ivory w...
- 2019-03-11
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Editorial Baths of Diocletian, Rome. Claude Thi?non (French, 1772-1846); probably printed by Comte de Charles Philibert Lasteyrie du Saillant (French, 1759-1849). Date: 1817. Dimensions: 198 ? 284 mm (image); 256 ? 340 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black on ivory wo...
- 2019-03-11
- 2
Editorial A Comparative Anatomical Exposition of the Structure of the Human Body with that of a Tiger and a Common Fowl: Human Skeleton, Posterior View (Perhaps the first of the studies of the skeleton). Date/Period: 1795 to 1806. Drawing. Graphite on cream, thi...
- 2019-02-01
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Editorial View in the park Rosendael near Arnhem. Draughtsman: Claude Thi?non. Dating: after 1806 - before 1809. Place: Arnhem. Measurements: h 379 mm ? w 465 mm.
- 2019-01-25
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Editorial Portrait of Raja Jasvant Singh of Nabha (r.1783-1840). Tazkirat al-umara, written for Col. James Skinner. Historical notices of some princely families of Rajasthan and the Panjab, chiefly of those near to Hissar where Colonel Skinner was stationed. Thi...
- 2019-01-24
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Editorial Decanter, 1840?50, Made in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, American, Pressed glass, H. 10 3/16 in. (25.9 cm), Glass, With the development of new formulas and techniques, glass-pressing technology had improved markedly by the late 1840s. By thi...
- 2019-01-23
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Editorial Flip Glass, 1830?70, Made in United States, American, Pressed glass, H. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm); Diam. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm), Glass, With the development of new formulas and techniques, glass-pressing technology had improved markedly by the late 1840s. By thi...
- 2019-01-23
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Editorial Fresco from Herculaneum: A satyr with erect phallus lifts the veil on a bacchante sleeping next to her tambour. Handcoloured lithograph by A. Delvaux from Cesar Famin's "Musee royal de Naples (The Royal Museum at Naples)," Abel Ledoux, Paris, 1836. Thi...
- 2019-01-23
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Editorial Lascivious dwarf dancer with crotalum, cymbals made of wood or metal, wearing a short tunic that cannot cover his huge penis. Handcoloured lithograph from Cesar Famin's "Musee royal de Naples (The Royal Museum at Naples)," Abel Ledoux, Paris, 1836. Thi...
- 2019-01-23
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Editorial Portrait of Raja Jasvant Singh of Nabha (r.1783-1840). Tazkirat al-umara, written for Col. James Skinner. Historical notices of some princely families of Rajasthan and the Panjab, chiefly of those near to Hissar where Colonel Skinner was stationed. Thi...
- 2018-12-06
- 2
Editorial A small statue of a boy set into a wall with the inscription 'this boy is in Memory put up for the Late Fire of London Occationed by the Sin of Gluttony 1666' on his torso; houses to the left. A Figure placed against a House in Pye Corner, London : thi...
- 2018-12-06
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Editorial Royal instructions to the Commissioners for making a survey and valuation of Church property, 30th January 1535. The Valor Ecclesiasticus, compiled over the course of 1535, was one of the great administrative achievements of Henry’s government. Thi...
- 2018-12-06
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Editorial A view across Bloomsbury Square towards Bedford House, with a railed garden in the centre, figures and carriages in the street in the foreground and a milkmaid driving two cows. To his GRACE FRANCIS, DUKE OF BEDFORD, MARQUIS OF TAVISTOCK, &c. &c. / THI...
- 2018-12-06
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Editorial Glamis Castle. A plan, in Indian ink, of the second and third flo. ca. 1746. A plan, in Indian ink, of the second and third floors of the castle of Glammis; Ms. 1 f. x 8 1/2 in. 30 x 22 cm. Image taken from A plan, in Indian ink, of the second and thi...
- 2018-12-06
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Editorial A Comparative Anatomical Exposition of the Structure of the Human Body with that of a Tiger and a Common Fowl: Human Skeleton, Posterior View (Perhaps the first of the studies of the skeleton). Date/Period: 1795 to 1806. Drawing. Graphite on cream, thi...
- 2018-10-15
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Editorial Jerusalem, Plate 58, "In beauty the Daughters of Albion....". Date/Period: 1804 to 1820. Print. Orange print, pen, black ink and watercolor on cream-colored paper (Relief etching printed in orange with pen and black ink and watercolor on moderately thi...
- 2018-10-11
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Editorial Fresco from Herculaneum: A satyr with erect phallus lifts the veil on a bacchante sleeping next to her tambour. Handcoloured lithograph by A. Delvaux from Cesar Famin's "Musee royal de Naples (The Royal Museum at Naples)," Abel Ledoux, Paris, 1836. Thi...
- 2018-08-21
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Editorial Lascivious dwarf dancer with crotalum, cymbals made of wood or metal, wearing a short tunic that cannot cover his huge penis. Handcoloured lithograph from Cesar Famin's "Musee royal de Naples (The Royal Museum at Naples)," Abel Ledoux, Paris, 1836. Thi...
- 2018-08-21
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Editorial Drinking Horn, ca. 1880?1900 (15th century style), Made in France, French, Horn, silver, enamel, Overall: 13 1/4 x 12 13/16 x 5 3/8 in. (33.6 x 32.6 x 13.6 cm), Metalwork-Silver, Workshop of Louis Marcy (Luigi Parmeggiani) (Italian, 1860?1945) (?), Thi...
- 2018-08-06
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Editorial Guitar, 1797, Madrid, Spain, Spanish, Spruce or fir top, cypress back and ribs, mahogany neck, rosewood fingerboard and frets, ebony nut, gut strings, Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted, Benito Sanchez de Aguilera (Spanish, Madrid, active 1790?1800), Thi...
- 2018-08-06
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Editorial Plaque with the Nativity, ca. 1165, Made in Meuse Valley, Netherlands, South Netherlandish, Champlev? enamel, copper alloy, gilt, Overall: 4 1/4 x 4 3/8 x 3/16 in. (10.8 x 11.1 x 0.4 cm), Enamels-Champlev?, Related plaques from the same ensemble in thi...
- 2018-08-06
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Editorial Saint Anna and Saint Joachim, ca. 1430?50, Made in vicinity of Ulm (?), Germany, German, Alabaster, polychromy, Overall: 9 x 5 1/8 x 2 1/4 in. (22.9 x 13 x 5.7 cm), Lapidary Work-Alabaster, Originally part of a large narrative program for an altar, thi...
- 2018-08-06
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Editorial Liberty, 1875, French, Bronzed terracotta, Height: 47 3/4 in. (121.3 cm), Sculpture, Fr?d?ric-Auguste Bartholdi (French, 1834?1904), This figure belongs to an edition of cast terracottas produced after a preliminary model for the Statue of Liberty. Thi...
- 2018-08-06
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Editorial Charger, ca. 1680, Made in England, British, Tin-glazed earthenware, Diam. 13 in. (33 cm), Ceramics, English delftware often copied designs directly from imported Chinese porcelain, such as this example decorated in a blue-and-white floral pattern. Thi...
- 2018-08-03
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Editorial Virgin and Child, model ca. 1475 (cast 19th century), Copper alloy with gilding; the reverse is hollow; pierced at the top., 14.9 x 10.2 cm, wt. 447.98 g., Plaquettes, in the style of Antonio Rossellino (Italian, Settignano 1427?ca. 1479 Florence), Thi...
- 2018-08-03
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Editorial Bottle with Running Quadrupeds, 17th century, Attributed to Iran, Stonepaste; painted in blue under transparent glaze, H. 12 5/16 in. (31.3 cm), Ceramics, Like so many ceramics produced in Iran during the Safavid period, the style and decoration of thi...
- 2018-08-03
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Editorial Double Chromatic Harp, after 1895, Brooklyn, New York, United States, American, Spruce, maple, metal, gilding, brass, Height: 66 1/8 in. (168 cm), Chordophone-Harp, Henry Greenway (American (born England), Birmingham 1833?1903 St. Louis, Missouri), Thi...
- 2018-08-03
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Editorial Box with Design of Pine, Bamboo, and Cherry Blossom, Edo period (1615?1868), 19th century, Japan, Sprinkled gold on lacquer (maki-e), H. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm); W. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm), Lacquer, This covered box, part of a wedding trousseau, comprised of thi...
- 2018-08-03
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Editorial Inlay depicting the squatting god Anhur (Onuris), Late Period?Ptolemaic Period, 4th century B.C., From Egypt; Possibly from Middle Egypt, Hermopolis (Ashmunein; Khemenu), Faience, H. 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.); W. 3.7 cm (1 7/16 in.); D. 1.5 cm (9/16 in.), Thi...
- 2018-08-03
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Editorial Limestone statuette of a recumbent votary (worshipper), Archaic, 6th century B.C., Cypriot, Limestone, Overall: 5 x 6 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. (12.7 x 15.9 x 8.3 cm), Stone Sculpture, The head probably does not belong to the body. The body is datable to the thi...
- 2018-08-02
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Editorial Enthroned Virgin and Child, ca. 1130?1140, Made in vicinity of Autun, Burgundy, France, French, Birch with paint and glass, 40 1/2 in. ? 13 in. ? 11 1/4 in. (102.9 cm, 28.5 cm), Sculpture-Wood, The simple patterning of the drapery lends elegance to thi...
- 2018-08-02
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Editorial Terracotta stemmed cup with murex decoration, Late Helladic IIIA, ca. 1400?1300 B.C., Helladic, Mycenaean, Terracotta, H. 8 3/8 in. (21.2 cm), Vases, By the Late Helladic III period, methods of firing improved on the Greek mainland, making possible thi...
- 2018-08-02
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Editorial Decanter, 1840?50, Made in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, American, Pressed glass, H. 10 3/16 in. (25.9 cm), Glass, With the development of new formulas and techniques, glass-pressing technology had improved markedly by the late 1840s. By thi...
- 2018-08-02
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Editorial Vase with Peony Scrolls, Yuan dynasty (1271?1368), mid-14th century, China, Porcelain with molded decoration under celadon glaze (Longquan ware), H. 19 1/2 in. (49.5 cm); Diam. 11 in. (27.9 cm), Ceramics, Developed at the Longquan kilns in the late thi...
- 2018-08-02
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Editorial Women's Art Class, ca. 1868, Oil on canvas, 26 7/8 x 23 1/4 in. (68.3 x 59.1 cm), Paintings, Louis Lang (1814?1893), Born in Germany, Lang arrived in 1838 in Philadelphia, where he became known as a portraitist and probably taught painting classes. Thi...
- 2018-08-02
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Editorial Flip Glass, 1830?70, Made in United States, American, Pressed glass, H. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm); Diam. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm), Glass, With the development of new formulas and techniques, glass-pressing technology had improved markedly by the late 1840s. By thi...
- 2018-08-02
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Editorial Cap made of light blue in silk satin weave. This girl hat has two lateral portions and one of the neck to the forehead continuous middle track. The edges are trimmed with light blue band sides with woven zigzag pattern and tabs; on the left side in thi...
- 2018-08-02
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Editorial Sperm whale or cachalot, Physeter macrocephalus, being harpooned by whalers, 19th century. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by James Stewart from Georg Friedrich Treitschke's Gallery of Natural History, Naturhistorischer Bildersaal des Thi...
- 2018-07-30
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Editorial Wompoo fruit dove, Ptilinopus magnificus. (Magnificent fruit pigeon, Carpophaga magnifica.) After an illustration by Edward Lear. Handcoloured lithograph from Georg Friedrich Treitschke's Gallery of Natural History, Naturhistorischer Bildersaal des Thi...
- 2018-07-30
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