EditorialFine rayed starwort, Aster alwartensis, native to the Caucasus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after an illustration by Sydenham Edwards from Samuel Curtis's "Botanical Magazine," London, 1822.
EditorialFragment, Medium: silk Technique: damask, supplementary weft, Fragment of green silk damask brocaded in gold and red. Pattern depicts hunter, cupid shooting a bird, rayed head., Italy, late 17thearly 18th century, woven textiles, Fragment.
EditorialSidewall, Block-printed, Blue circular motif composed of disk with four white circles enclosed, surrounded by rayed circle, serpentine-rayed circle and outer band of foliated scallops. To right and left, ascending serpentine foliage in green. Alternati...
EditorialBox, Gold, diamonds, rubies, Tooled gold, cubic shape, chamfered corners. Hinged lid with helmeted bust on cloud-like background surrounded by three flying cherubs bearing diamond and ruby studded garlands; T-square, palette, brushes, drawing at base o...
EditorialEmbroidery, Medium: silk, metal Technique: embroidered, sequins and couched metal threads on satin weave, Flat hanging; red satin, embroidered in gold and silk with ornamentation by brilliants and sequins. Design: small figure of the Virgin in white, s...
Editorialbeaker, glass, Beaker-shaped body, flared towards top, flared base; cut with wide flutes bottom, a projecting hatched ring above, bands of flutes and strawberry diamonds above that, at top a wide band of swags engraved with an inscrip- tion, strawberry...
EditorialPerpetual Motion Design, Cut paper on wood frame, Magic lantern slide, optical toy. On black field, circumference a pink band with eight elliptical rings. Within, eight cartouches alternating with eight chains of circles and and ellipses. At center, fi...
EditorialProject for a cross-altar: intended to be executed primarily with colored marbles, Pencil, pen, ink, brush and various water colors on paper, Vertical composition of a cross-altar. One step leads to the upper surface of the altar, which is decorated wi...
EditorialDesign for a Candelabrum, Graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on white paper, Urn-shaped of mottled blue stone with gilt bronze mounting. About base of urn, rayed laurel leaves; at sides: two vertical volute handles with a satyr mask at the poi...
EditorialFragment, Medium: silk Technique: 5-harness satin damask, Red and cream-colored fragment with a design of a rayed sun with a crown., Italy or Spain, 16th century, woven textiles, Fragment.
EditorialGold-rayed lily of Japan or yamayuri, Lilium auratum. Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, Frederick Warne, London, 1896.
EditorialPatella pellucida, Print, Patella pellucida, common name the blue-rayed limpet, is a species of small saltwater limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Patellidae, the true limpets.
EditorialTestudo cartilaginea, Print, The Asiatic softshell turtle or black-rayed softshell turtle (Amyda cartilaginea) is a species of softshell turtle in the Trionychidae family. It is not the only softshell turtle in Asia (most trionychines are Asian)., 1770.
EditorialSerrasalmo piraya, Print, The fish Pygocentrus piraya, often called the piraya piranha or San Francisco piranha, and sometimes sold as the man-eating piranha, is a large, aggressive piranha from the S?o Francisco River basin in Brazil. It is one of the...
EditorialConus radiatus, Print, Conus radiatus, common name the rayed cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
EditorialSerrasalmo piraya, Print, The fish Pygocentrus piraya, often called the piraya piranha or San Francisco piranha, and sometimes sold as the man-eating piranha, is a large, aggressive piranha from the S?o Francisco River basin in Brazil. It is one of the...
EditorialPatella pellucida, Print, Patella pellucida, common name the blue-rayed limpet, is a species of small saltwater limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Patellidae, the true limpets.
EditorialPurple sun star, Solaster endeca (Nine-rayed starfish, Asterias endeca). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects, London, 1804.
EditorialCoastal tidytips, Layia platyglossa (broad-rayed callichroa, Callichroa platyglossa). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after J. Hart from John Lindley and Robert Sweet's Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G. Willis, London, 1854.
EditorialUpright prairie coneflower or Mexican hat, Ratibida columnifera (Painted-rayed obeliscaria, Obeliscaria columnaris pulcherrima). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after J.T. Hart from John Lindley and Robert Sweet's Ornamental Flower Garden...
EditorialThe Creation. Bible Historiale. S. Netherlands [Bruges?]; 1479. [Whole folio] Creation scene; a landscape with animals, birds, trees and water. In the centre, the Creator in rayed oval. Text begining with initial 'E', a white rose, the Yorkist badge. B...
EditorialTall Clock, ca. 1800, Made in Reading, Pennsylvania, United States, American, Mahogany, satinwood veneer with white pine, 104 x 19 1/2 in. (264.2 x 49.5 cm), Furniture, Jacob Diehl (1776?1858), This handsome clock case is highly characteristic of tall ...
EditorialPurple sun star, Solaster endeca (Nine-rayed starfish, Asterias endeca). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects, London, 1804.
EditorialCoastal tidytips, Layia platyglossa (broad-rayed callichroa, Callichroa platyglossa). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after J. Hart from John Lindley and Robert Sweet's Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G. Willis, London, 1854.
EditorialUpright prairie coneflower or Mexican hat, Ratibida columnifera (Painted-rayed obeliscaria, Obeliscaria columnaris pulcherrima). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after J.T. Hart from John Lindley and Robert Sweet's Ornamental Flower Garden...
EditorialBlue-rayed limpet, Patella pellucida (Brown patella, Patella fusca). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's The Naturalist's Miscellany, London, 1803.
EditorialFine rayed starwort, Aster alwartensis, native to the Caucasus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after an illustration by Sydenham Edwards from Samuel Curtis's "Botanical Magazine," London, 1822.
EditorialCommon sunstar, Crossaster papposus (Twelve-rayed asterias, Asterias papposa). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's "The Naturalist's Miscellany," London,...
EditorialCoffin of Hor,22nd dynasty,around 850 BCE. The falcon-headed god Horus is shown on the inside. The mummified body of a man called Hor was x-rayed in the 1960s. No fractures or medical conditions were found; he had been circumsized; artificial eyes had ...