EditorialA view of Down Cathedral after restoration; figures and gravestones in the foreground. Inscribed 'HIG PAGET DOWNPATRICK CATHEDRAL 1796' in black ink on a tombstone in the foreground . Down Patrick Cathedral Restored. 1796. Pen and black ink with water...
EditorialShip cloth (palepai), Medium: cotton, silk, metallic threads Technique: plain weave with discontinuous supplementary weft patterning (brocade), Horizontally rectangular panel with a 'ship of the dead' design. A large symmetrical ship carrying three hig...
EditorialPlate painted with a river landscape with castle, farm and some figures, Plate of faience, painted in blue on the white tin glaze with a landscape: in the middle a castle, on the left a farm and in the foreground a river with two men sitting on the hig...
EditorialPlate painted with a river landscape with castle, farm and some figures, Plate of faience, painted in blue on the white tin glaze with a landscape: in the middle a castle, on the left a farm and in the foreground a river with two men sitting on the hig...
EditorialA view of Down Cathedral after restoration; figures and gravestones in the foreground. Inscribed 'HIG PAGET DOWNPATRICK CATHEDRAL 1796' in black ink on a tombstone in the foreground . Down Patrick Cathedral Restored. 1796. Pen and black ink with water...
EditorialDaoist Robe (Jiang yi), Ming dynasty (1368?1644), 17th century, China, Silk and metallic thread tapestry weave (kesi), Overall: 54 3/4 x 65 3/4 in. (139.1 x 167 cm), Costumes-Tapestries, The poncho-like jiang yi is worn for particular ceremonies by hig...
EditorialDEATH OF ISAAC DAVIS, He was a gunsmith and a militia officer who commanded a company of Minutemen from Acton, Massachusetts, during the first battle of the American Revolutionary War. In the months leading up to the Revolution, Davis set unusually hig...