EditorialSanta Claus, Oriental Printworks, Medium: cotton Technique: roller printed on plain weave, Figure of Santa Claus in the center with four inset pictures; upper left; 'Santa Claus is coming' with figure in a sled; upper right, 'With compliments of Santa ...
EditorialThe Compliments of the Season, Thomas Stevens, (English, 18281888), Medium: silk Technique: jacquard woven, White silk ribbon with a oval vignette consisting of a winter landscape with holly. Below is the passge: May blessings rest on kindred and on fr...
EditorialCourtesan, Keisei Eisen, Japanese, 1790 1848, Woodblock print in colored ink on paper, Covered from head to toe is this well-dressed woman looking back at the viewer. Combs fill her hair, which signals her high ranked status as a courtesan. Each of her...
EditorialTemple Entrance, Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 17971858, Woodblock print in colored ink on paper, The bright red fence and the blue stream creates an appealing diagonal line that compliments the red and yellow cloud. This highly geometric temple scene show...
Editorial'Our man'. With Mr. Punch's grateful compliments to Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig'. A cartoon depicting British soldiers cheering and celebrating the end of the First World War. Punch or the London charivari. London, 1918. Source: C.194.b.199, 27 Nove...
EditorialDigital Image - Mine Explosion in Port Phillip Bay, circa 1880s, Mine explosion in Port Phillip Bay, during training exercises of the Torpedo Corps, circa 1880s. Original photograph inscribed on back: 'Sergt. Kemp, with James Morris's compliments'. Kem...
EditorialFlyer - 'With the Compliments of the Honorable Arthur A Calwell', Department of Immigration,17 Jan 1949, Flyer issued by the Honorable Arthur A Calwell MHR, Minister for Immigration, on 17 January 1949. Despite his often strict interpretation of the Wh...
EditorialSermons on the Good Shepherd. Anne Boleyn's presentation copy of Clement Marot's Sermons on the Good Shepherd. 'LE PASTEUR EUANGELIQUE': poem in 490 ten-syllable lines, concluding with compliments to Henry VIII and Queen Anne Boleyn. Source: Royal 16 E...
EditorialBlock Statue of a Prophet of Montu and Scribe Djedkhonsuefankh, son of Khonsumes and Taat, Late Period, Kushite?Saite, Dynasty 25?26, 690?610 B.C., From Egypt; Made for Upper Egypt, Thebes, Luxor, Gabbro, h. 30.7 cm (12 1/16 in), In the late 25th dynas...
EditorialCover of a small complimentary booklet/diary, with the compliments of the New St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans. . A collection of menu cards of dinners and reports of celebrations in the United States of America in the years 1890-1904, formed by Miss F. ...
Editorial'Our man'. With Mr. Punch's grateful compliments to Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig'. A cartoon depicting British soldiers cheering and celebrating the end of the First World War. Punch or the London charivari. London, 1918. Source: C.194.b.199, 27 Nove...
EditorialSermons on the Good Shepherd. Anne Boleyn's presentation copy of Clement Marot's Sermons on the Good Shepherd. 'LE PASTEUR EUANGELIQUE': poem in 490 ten-syllable lines, concluding with compliments to Henry VIII and Queen Anne Boleyn. Source: Royal 16 E...
EditorialBlock Statue of a Prophet of Montu and Scribe Djedkhonsuefankh, son of Khonsumes and Taat, Late Period, Kushite?Saite, Dynasty 25?26, 690?610 B.C., From Egypt; Made for Upper Egypt, Thebes, Luxor, Gabbro, h. 30.7 cm (12 1/16 in), In the late 25th dynas...
EditorialJuno, ca. 1806, Graphite, sheet: 12 5/8 x 9 3/8 in. (32.1 x 23.8 cm), Drawings, Richard Cosway (British, Oakford, Devon 1742?1821 London), Cosway here compliments his subject by awarding her the attributes of Juno, including a tiara and peacock. Love i...