EditorialFirst experience of the parachute, made by Sebastien Lenormand who threw himself from the top of the Montpellier Observatory tower, Louis-S?bastien Lenormand parachutes from the Tour de la Babote at Montpellier, Signed: H. R, Fig. 49, p. 273, 1876, Alf...
EditorialThe Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum) by Hartmann Schedel. 1493. IllustratorMichael Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff. Language: Latin, German. Engraving. The Adoration of the Golden Calft by the israelitas. Moses went down from the mount Sinai, ...
EditorialAustrian grenadiers in uniforms of 1748. Since grenadiers threw grenades-hence the name-they were the first to adopt high fur hats, because the traditional, wide-brimmed hats of the mercenaries would have interfered with their throwing.
EditorialLandscape with Diogenes. One day, Diogenes saw a small boy drink from his cupped hand. He threw away his cup, saying: " truly, this boy lives more simply than I do". Canvas, 160 x 221 cm.
EditorialCape Drepanon, between Patras and Aiyion, where, according to legend, Zeus threw the sickle into the sea with which he had castrated his father Cronos.
EditorialThe Hungarian Revolution began with a first mass-rally in Budapest on October 23,1956. It was crushed by Soviet tanks and artillery after days of street-fighting. An upturned trailer in a street in downtown Budapest, probably used as a barricade by the...
EditorialThe small island in front of the harbour of Aci Reale,Sicily, where enamoured Polyphem threw rocks at Galathea and her lover Acis. Acis was changed into a river;Galathea was buried under the rock.
EditorialThe small island in front of the harbour of Aci Reale,Sicily, where enamoured Polyphem threw rocks at Galathea and her lover Acis. Acis was changed into a river;Galathea was buried under the rock.
EditorialIllustration of Petruchio from The Taming of the Shrew. Tales from Shakespeare. (With illustrations by Arthur Rackham.). London: JM Dent & Co (1906). 'Petruchio, pretending to find fault with every dish, threw the meat about the floor.'. Source: 12206....
EditorialAt this signal the other ^Esir threw the chain round the monster's neck.' Tyr pledges his hand to chain the Fenrir the Wolf. The Heroes of Asgard ... Illustrated ... by C. E. Brock. London : Macmillan & Co., 1930. Source: 012403.g.7 opposite page 198.
EditorialThe cook threw a frying-up after her as she went out, but it just missed her. Alice in a kitchen. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ... With eight coloured and 42 other illustrations by W. H. Walker.. London ; New York : John Lane, [1907]. Source: 12803...
EditorialEntry in Edward VI’s autograph diary recording the death of his father, King Henry VIII, 1547. Edward VI reveals in the first page of his diary as King, that he and his sister Elizabeth learnt of their father’s death from his uncle Edward Seymour, ...
EditorialThe vision of Dede Muhammad who was led by a young Arab before the Twelfth Imam who threw Isma'il's dagger to Dede Muhammad and gave Isma'il his own sword (damaged). . History of Shah Isma'il. Isfahan, Iran, c.1650. A miniature painting from a seventee...
Editorial'The Queen threw one of the shirts over each of them, and when the shirts touched their bodies, they were changed into swans, and flew away over the wood' ... Illustration for 'the six swans.'. The Fairy Book ... By the author of “John Halifax, Gentl...
EditorialShe went quickly forward, and threw herself on her knees by the bedside, THE NEW PRINCE FORTUNATUS, BY WILLIAM BLACK, 1841 ? 1898, a novelist born in Glasgow, Scotland UK, drawn by William Small, 1843 - 1929, Scottish artist from Edinburgh, 1889.
EditorialTHE MURDER LEAGUE IN DUBLIN, IRELAND, 1883: DIVERS SEARCHING THE RING'S END BASIN WHERE KAVANAGH STATES HE THREW THE KNIVES USED IN THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF MR. DENIS FIELD.
EditorialLIKE SHIPS UPON THE SEA, DRAWN BY SYDNEY HALL, 1883; Presently, when it was nearly dark, and Miss Baines had fallen into a doze, a heavy step was heard advancing along the passage, and a hand threw open the door, not roughly, but with authoritative dec...
EditorialAgnes Hellebic, tragic suicide in Paris, 12th century. Deserted by her lover, she threw herself down a well which came to be known as the Puits d'Amour (Well of Love). She wears her hair tied in a bun, a dress trimmed with fur and puff sleeves a la bom...
EditorialThe Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum) by Hartmann Schedel. 1493. IllustratorMichael Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff. Language: Latin, German. Engraving. The Adoration of the Golden Calft by the israelitas. Moses went down from the mount Sinai, ...
EditorialMARION FAY: A NOVEL, BY ANTHONY TROLLOPE: She threw herself at full length on the sofa, and burst into an ecstasy of tears. Then her father returned to her.
EditorialThe Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum) by Hartmann Schedel. 1493. IllustratorMichael Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff. Language: Latin, German. Engraving. The Adoration of the Golden Calft by the israelitas. Moses went down from the mount Sinai, ...
EditorialThe Hungarian Revolution began with a first mass-rally in Budapest on October 23,1956. It was crushed by Soviet tanks and artillery after days of street-fighting. An upturned trailer in a street in downtown Budapest, probably used as a barricade by the...
EditorialThe small island in front of the harbour of Aci Reale,Sicily, where enamoured Polyphem threw rocks at Galathea and her lover Acis. Acis was changed into a river;Galathea was buried under the rock.
EditorialLandscape with Diogenes. One day, Diogenes saw a small boy drink from his cupped hand. He threw away his cup, saying: " truly, this boy lives more simply than I do". Canvas, 160 x 221 cm.
EditorialThe Doge, in his golden gondola, the Bucintoro, passes San Niccolo del Lido. The Buccintoro was used in the annual festival of the " Wedding of Venice to the Sea" when the Doge threw a golden ring into the water. Oil on canvas-67 x 101 cm-INV...
EditorialAustrian grenadiers in uniforms of 1748. Since grenadiers threw grenades-hence the name-they were the first to adopt high fur hats, because the traditional, wide-brimmed hats of the mercenaries would have interfered with their throwing.
EditorialThe small island in front of the harbour of Aci Reale,Sicily, where enamoured Polyphem threw rocks at Galathea and her lover Acis. Acis was changed into a river;Galathea was buried under the rock.
EditorialThe harbour of the giant Cyclops. A small bay at the foot of Mount Posillipo, invisible from the landward side. Here the blinded giant threw rocks at Ulysses and his men.
EditorialCape Drepanon, between Patras and Aiyion, where, according to legend, Zeus threw the sickle into the sea with which he had castrated his father Cronos.