EditorialLa Demande en Marriage, Petitpierre Freres, Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved copper plate on plain weave foundation, Series of scenes involving couples in amorous pleasures in pastoral settings. One scene shows a man kneeling before a woma...
EditorialPr?s de la Caverne, Terrain Br?l?, early 1860s, Salted paper print from paper negative, 26 x 19.8 cm (10 1/4 x 7 13/16 in.), Photographs, Eug?ne Cuvelier (French, 1837?1900), An atypical work for the naturalistically inclined Cuvelier, this highly Roma...
EditorialA Beauty Looking Down upon a Young Man Reading a Love Letter, Edo period (1615?1868), ca. 1771, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print (pillar print); ink and color on paper, 26 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. (66.7 x 10.8 cm), Prints, Utagawa Toyoharu (Japanese, 1735?1814...