EditorialSix Studies of Sailboats, Winslow Homer, American, 18361910, Graphite on cold pressed paper, Horizontal view of six studies of sailboats, with the most finished one, at right center, showing the sailboat and two row boats against a rocky coast., Englan...
EditorialSugar Bowl, porcelain, vitreous enamel, Hexagonal bowl with bowed sides. Outcurving rim and foot. Two molded handles. Decoration of flower garlands pendant from pearl-and-scroll border. Cover has rose-shaped knob handle and palmette decoration., Englan...
EditorialSampler, Emma Slade, Medium: silk embroidery on linen Technique: cross, tent, and satin stitches on plain weave, At top, a house with trees, dogs, birds and motifs; below a vase of flowers with trees, birds, hearts surrounded by a chain border., Englan...
EditorialFirst View of Pyrmont in Waldeck, Peter Mazell, Irish, 1761 - 1797, Christian Georg Sch?tz I, German, 1718 - 1791, Engraving on paper, A broad valley seen from a height. Rolling hills in the distance. Numerous figures in the foreground., London, Englan...
EditorialCachepots, Enameled and gilt t?le, A pair. Cylindrical, with slightly rounded bottom and simple handles. Redfield, with shaped medallions on each side decorated in colors and gilding with Chinese figures and Chinese landscapes, slightly raised., Englan...
EditorialEmbroidered picture, Medium: silk embroidery on silk foundation Technique: embroidered in stem and speckling stitches on plain weave foundation, Black and white silk embroidery of trees and rural buildings; some of the embroidery has worn away., Englan...
EditorialTextile, Arthur Wilcock, Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved copper roller on plain weave, Printed textile showing life-sized pattern of yellow wild roses, daisies, cornflowers, in white and ochre with green foliage on an aqua ground., Englan...
EditorialWarwick Castle, Warwickshire, Robert Wallis, 17941878, British, after Joseph Mallord William Turner, 17751851, British, 1827-1838, Line engraving, first published state, architectural subject, bridge (built work), castle, landscape, river, Avon, Englan...
EditorialPlans for the House to be Built at Hampstead, George Romney, 17341802, British, 1794, Various media, including: graphite; pen and brown ink over graphite, Sheet: 6 1/2 x 10 inches (16.5 x 25.4 cm), architectural subject, house, plans (drawings), Englan...
EditorialThomas Rowlandson, A Bacchanalian Scene at Don Luigi's Ball, from 'Naples and the Campagna Felice: in a Series of Letters Addressed to a Friend in England in 1802', 'Naples and the Campagna Felice: in a Series of Letters Addressed to a Friend in Englan...
EditorialPavel Petrovich Svinin, A Woodland Scene (The Sun Reflecting on the Dew, a Garden Scene: Echo, Pennsylvania, A Place belonging to Mr. D. Bavarage, 1808), American, Pavel Petrovich Svinin (1787/881839), After William Russell Birch (American (born Englan...
EditorialHyena robbing a tomb. Bestiary. England (Salisbury?); 1230-1240. (Lower miniature) A hyena, which dwells in graveyards and devours the dead, shown dragging a human corpse from a tomb. Image taken from Bestiary. Originally published/produced in Englan...
EditorialCharles de Blois, Duke of Brittany, is captured in the Battle of La Roche-Derrien, 1347. Combat of La Roche-d'Errien, where Lord Charles of Blois was taken prisoner. Woodcut after an illuminated manuscript from Sir John Froissart's Chronicles of Englan...
EditorialDeath of Willem III, Silver Medal. Obverse: man's chest piece with laurel wreath inside an inscription. Reverse: eagle flies to mountains by the sea, while sun sets within inscription, above inscription, William III (Prince of Orange and King of Englan...
EditorialWhite stoneware teapot with relief decorations, Staffordshire, Bulb-shaped teapot of white stoneware. The pot has an S-shaped spout and an S-shaped ear. The pot is decorated with six oval medallions with a wavy relief pattern inside., anonymous, Englan...
EditorialIchthyosaurus communis, Print, Ichthyosaurus (derived from Greek ?????/ichthys meaning 'fish' and sa????/sauros meaning 'lizard') is a genus of ichthyosaurs from the late Triassic and early Jurassic (Rhaetian - Pliensbachian) of Europe (Belgium, Englan...
EditorialLady shooting at a rabbit. Taymouth Hours. England [London?], between 1325 and 1335. [Miniature only] A lady shoots a bolt at a rabbit, which remains seated beside a rabbit hole Image taken from Taymouth Hours. Originally published/produced in Englan...
EditorialHyena robbing a tomb. Bestiary. England (Salisbury?); 1230-1240. (Lower miniature) A hyena, which dwells in graveyards and devours the dead, shown dragging a human corpse from a tomb. Image taken from Bestiary. Originally published/produced in Englan...
EditorialMen swimming. Queen Mary Psalter. England (London?); circa 1310-1320. (Miniature only) Bas-de-page scene showing a man swimming under the water, with another treading water. Image taken from Queen Mary Psalter. Originally published/produced in Englan...
EditorialReigns of Elizabeth I and James I. History of England [Volume the Second]. England; circa 1790-1793. [Whole opening] Text. The reigns of Elizabeth I and James I; with portrait medallion of James I by Cassandra Austen Image taken from History of Englan...
EditorialTRENT BRIDGE, NOTTINGHAM, UK. Trent Bridge was first used as a cricket ground in the 1830s. The first recorded cricket match was held on an area of ground behind the Trent Bridge Inn in 1838. Trent Bridge hosted its first Test match in 1899, for Englan...