EditorialWoman in a pit, being impaled with a stake, to prevent her rising from the dead. Varney the Vampyre; or, the Feast of blood. A romance. London, 1845-47. Source: C.193.a.26, page 83. Language: English.
EditorialTea urn and base, Silver, (a) Ovid body with fluting at top and bottom. Beaded vertical scroll handles fastened to body with twin leaves and berries. Fluted and foliated spigot with bone handle. Engraved coat of arms: Parter per fess, gules, two mullet...
Editorial'Rustam Shoots His Half-brother Shaghad through a Plane Tree', Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi, dated A.H. 887/A.D. 1482, Made in Iran, Shiraz, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, H. 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm), Codices, Rustam, the gr...
EditorialFigures for punishment impaled on a pole in Egypt, Print numbered top right: 441, instruments of torture, execution or punishment, Egypt, Jan Luyken (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1681, paper, etching, h 137 mm ? w 172 mm.
EditorialCrow with Claws, Raven claw called device with which attackers can be impaled and lifted, signed: A. de Putter fecit, Pl. XXI, Tom., I, Pag., 75, after p. 74, Putter, A. de (fec.);, 1774, Polybius; Vincent Thuillier; Jean Charles de Folard: Histoire de...
EditorialTako ni noboru otoko, A boy flying a kite., [between 1830 and 1870], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 22.8 x 16.9 cm., Print shows a man, hovering over nearby trees, apparently impaled on a string attached to a flying kite.
EditorialTako ni noboru otoko, A boy flying a kite., [between 1830 and 1870], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 22.8 x 16.9 cm., Print shows a man, hovering over nearby trees, apparently impaled on a string attached to a flying kite.
EditorialFigures for punishment impaled on a pole in Egypt, Print numbered top right: 441, instruments of torture, execution or punishment, Egypt, Jan Luyken (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1681, paper, etching, h 137 mm ? w 172 mm.
EditorialGirl with impaled heart, c. 1510/14, pen in black, pen and brush in white, with brush pink and yellow tinted, on reddish brown primed paper, page: 25.8 x 11 cm, inscribed on the reel: SNE, GWSP [?], GGVG, NKAW, HDNM, SASD, NISM, NRG, NMD, u., monogramm...
Editorial** WARNING: Contains Graphic Content ** Tree branch pierced through neck, gritty farmer survives 10 hours to travel 60km to hospital, lives to tell his tale
EditorialBas-de-page scene of a hedgehog with grapes impaled on its spines, in a landscape with three trees. Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter'). England (London/Westminster or East Anglia?); between 1310 and 1320. Source: Royal 2 B. VII, f.97v. Language: Latin,...
EditorialThe genealogical table of descendants of Louis IX in the form of a fleur-de-lys, with portraits of kings in medallions, supported by Humfrey, Duke of Gloucester with his arms and the arms of Anjou encircled by the Garter, and Richard, Duke of York with...
EditorialThe Ethiopian. The Ethiopian. A narrative of the Society of Human. Charles Carrington: Paris, 1900. A naked woman tied to a tree. Below her are decapitated human heads impaled on stakes. Image taken from The Ethiopian. A narrative of the Society of Hu...
EditorialMiniature of the Castle of Love, with the lover addressing three women. A full border containing the royal arms of Henry VII impaled with those of Elisabeth of York between red and white roses, the Yorkist motto 'Dieu et mon droet', an ostrich feather ...
EditorialWoman in a pit, being impaled with a stake, to prevent her rising from the dead. Varney the Vampyre; or, the Feast of blood. A romance. London, 1845-47. Source: C.193.a.26, page 83. Language: English.
EditorialHero safari-park sniffer dog Akita, who has put 28 evil poachers behind bars, has reported back fit for duty after surviving these horrific injuries inflicted by a rogue lion whilst out on patrol.
EditorialSaint Anthony Abbot, ca. 1500, Made in Strasbourg, Alsace, present-day France, German, Walnut, 44 1/4 ? 17 1/4 ? 10 3/4 in., 66 lb. (112.4 ? 43.8 ? 27.3 cm, 29937g), Sculpture-Wood, Attributed to Nikolaus von Hagenau (German, ca. 1445?died before 1538)...
Editorial'Rustam Shoots His Half-brother Shaghad through a Plane Tree', Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi, dated A.H. 887/A.D. 1482, Made in Iran, Shiraz, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, H. 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm), Codices, Rustam, the gr...
Editorial'Rustam Avenges his Own Impending Death', Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings), ca. 1330?40, Attributed to Iran, probably Isfahan, Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper, Page: 8 x 5 1/4 in. (20.3 x 13.3 cm), Codices, Rustam's half-brother ...
EditorialTako ni noboru otoko, A boy flying a kite., [between 1830 and 1870], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 22.8 x 16.9 cm., Print shows a man, hovering over nearby trees, apparently impaled on a string attached to a flying kite.
EditorialTako ni noboru otoko, A boy flying a kite., [between 1830 and 1870], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 22.8 x 16.9 cm., Print shows a man, hovering over nearby trees, apparently impaled on a string attached to a flying kite.
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