EditorialPortrait of Jean Hindret, Portrait of the French linguist Jean Hindret. Around the portrait his name and position as royal finance supervisor. Below are his coat of arms. On the pedestal a poem by Jean de Santeul about the universally, in Europe and be...
EditorialCabinet Card - Dame Nellie Melba as Ophelia in Hamlet, circa 1890, Cabinet card featuring photograph of Dame Nellie Melba as Ophelia in 'Hamlet', and signed by Melba. It was produced by Reutlinger of Paris, around 1890. The cabinet card was a style of ...
EditorialCabinet Card - Dame Nellie Melba as Marguerite in Faust, circa 1890, Cabinet card featuring photograph of Dame Nellie Melba as Marguerite in 'Faust', and signed by Melba. It was produced by Aime Dupont, of 574 Fifth Ave, New York, around 1890. The cabi...
EditorialPenaeus canaliculatus, Print, Penaeus is a genus of Papus, including the giant tiger prawn (P. monodon), the most important species of farmed crustacean worldwide. The genus has been reorganised following a proposition of P?rez Farfante and Kensley bas...
EditorialChrysophrys bilobata, Print, Australasian snapper, The Australasian snapper (Pagrus auratus) or silver seabream, is a species of porgie found in coastal waters of Australia, Philippines, Indonesia, China, Taiwan, Japan and New Zealand. Its distribution...
EditorialMadrepora organon, Print, Madrepora ("mother of pores") is a genus of stony corals, often found forming reefs or islands in tropical locations. The names Madrepore and Madreporaria were formerly applied universally to any stony coral of the family Scle...
EditorialMadrepora coerulea, Print, Madrepora ("mother of pores") is a genus of stony corals, often found forming reefs or islands in tropical locations. The names Madrepore and Madreporaria were formerly applied universally to any stony coral of the family Scl...
EditorialMadrepora denudata, Print, Madrepora ("mother of pores") is a genus of stony corals, often found forming reefs or islands in tropical locations. The names Madrepore and Madreporaria were formerly applied universally to any stony coral of the family Scl...
EditorialPenaeus spinosus, Print, Penaeus is a genus of Papus, including the giant tiger prawn (P. monodon), the most important species of farmed crustacean worldwide. The genus has been reorganised following a proposition of P?rez Farfante and Kensley based on...
EditorialCharing Cross Theatre. Frederic MacCabe every evening at eight. Royal Charing Cross Theatre In his now universally popular entertainment Begone dull care. A collection of pamphlets, handbills, and miscellaneous printed matter relating to Victorian ente...
EditorialThe Bodhisattva Padmapani Lokeshvara, Transitional period, 11th century, Nepal (Kathmandu Valley), Copper alloy with gilding and semiprecious stones, H. 23 in. (58.4 cm); W. 10 1/2 in. (25.7 cm); D. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm), Sculpture, Maitreya, the messian...
EditorialSeated Figure of Mercury, 1503?40, Black chalk, 12 x 8 1/8in. (30.5 x 20.6cm), Drawings, Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Italian, Parma 1503?1540 Casalmaggiore), The attribution of this drawing to Parmigianino was first advanced by Obe...
EditorialHenry Taylor. Author of 'Philip Van Artevelde', 1864, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Photographs, Julia Margaret Cameron (British (born India), Calcutta 1815?1879 Kalutara, Ceylon), Cameron?s photographs were not universally admired?especial...