EditorialFragment, Medium: silk Technique: damask, Eagle beneath crown holding a snake in its beak with crossed sceptres in front over an arrangement of cactus. Had previously been used as the back of a chair. All in dark red., Lyon, France, ca. 1865, woven tex...
EditorialYoung's Night Thoughts, Title Page, 'Night the First, On Life, Death and Immortality.', Print made by William Blake, 17571827, British, ca. 1797, Etching and line engraving with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Spine...
EditorialMiniature of a winged horse (Pegasus) with a facted initial 'D'(ivitias), epigraphic capitals and two shields in the lower margin: one of two crossed sceptres with fleur-de-lis terminals on a blue ground, the other of a tower on a white ground. Works. ...
EditorialEgypt. Temple of Edfu. Ancient temple dedicated to Horus. Ptolemaic period. It was built during the reign of Ptolemy III and Ptolemy XII, 237-57 BC. Relief depicting two was-sceptres, symbol of power and dominion. Stylized animal head at the top of a l...
EditorialEgypt. Temple of Edfu. Ancient temple dedicated to Horus. Ptolemaic period. It was built during the reign of Ptolemy III and Ptolemy XII, 237-57 BC. Relief depicting two was-sceptres, symbol of power and dominion. Stylized animal head at the top of a l...
EditorialEgypt. Temple of Edfu. Ancient temple dedicated to Horus. Ptolemaic period. It was built during the reign of Ptolemy III and Ptolemy XII, 237-57 BC. Relief depicting two was-sceptres, symbol of power and dominion. Stylized animal head at the top of a l...
EditorialEgypt. Temple of Edfu. Ancient temple dedicated to Horus. Ptolemaic period. It was built during the reign of Ptolemy III and Ptolemy XII, 237-57 BC. Relief depicting two was-sceptres, symbol of power and dominion. Stylized animal head at the top of a l...
EditorialSketch of Queen Anne Boleyn, second wife of King Henry VIII, seated under a canopy, crowned, with sceptres in each hand; the Archbishop of Canterbury on her right. Below, a plan for the queen's coronation dinner in Westminster Hall, 1 June 1533. Englan...
EditorialMiniature of a winged horse (Pegasus) with a facted initial 'D'(ivitias), epigraphic capitals and two shields in the lower margin: one of two crossed sceptres with fleur-de-lis terminals on a blue ground, the other of a tower on a white ground. Works. ...
Editorial" Totenkasel", Chasuble for funeral mass, with a skeleton triumphant above broken crowns, sceptres and papal tiara. Velvet, embroidery, applique, 118 x 78 cm. Around 1630.
EditorialEgypt. Temple of Edfu. Ancient temple dedicated to Horus. Ptolemaic period. It was built during the reign of Ptolemy III and Ptolemy XII, 237-57 BC. Relief depicting two was-sceptres, symbol of power and dominion. Stylized animal head at the top of a l...
EditorialChinese hats, sceptres and flags. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1843.
EditorialLouis IX, King of France, in ceremonial robes seated on a throne, 13th century. He wears a crown and holds two sceptres. His cape is in blue decorated with fleurs de lys and lined with ermine. His tunic is red, as is the foot cushion. From a stained-gl...
EditorialEgypt. Temple of Edfu. Ancient temple dedicated to Horus. Ptolemaic period. It was built during the reign of Ptolemy III and Ptolemy XII, 237-57 BC. Relief depicting two was-sceptres, symbol of power and dominion. Stylized animal head at the top of a l...
Editorial" Totenkasel", Chasuble for funeral mass, with a skeleton triumphant above broken crowns, sceptres and papal tiara. Velvet, embroidery, applique, 118 x 78 cm. Around 1630.