EditorialEmblem: year, In the middle a palm tree (symbol for the annual rotation) with a medallion with the god Janus, the Roman god of the past and the future. The snake Ouroboros (symbol for eternity) has turned around the trunk of the palm tree. At the foot ...
EditorialGreek Art. Archaic Age. 6th century BCE. Bronze tripod foot with six reliefs depicting: 1-Woman holding a horse by the reins, 2 - Lion and Scorpion, 3 - Odysseus escapes the Cyclops hidden under a ram, 4 - Goat and Bird, 5 - Two faced fighting birds, 6...
EditorialBorder or Ribbon. France. Date: 1820-1840. Dimensions: 92.1 ? 4.5 cm (36 1/4 ? 1 3/4 in.). Silk and cotton, two-faced, two-color complementary warp weave of warp-float faced twill weave with areas of complementary warp-floats and of warp-float faced tw...
EditorialIllustration for a Valentine card. An unflattering card for a two-faced woman. [A collection of 111 Valentines.] (There are 161 plates). [London, 1845-50?]. Source: HS.85/2 plate 136.
EditorialTextile, Medium: wool, cotton Technique: slit tapestry with wrapping; weft-faced plain weave; SLIT TAPESTRY: limited use of non-horizontal welts, sometimes between color areas only; two-faced; long slits are sewn together; SIDES: remains of attached fa...
EditorialIllustration for a Valentine card. An unflattering card for a two-faced woman. [A collection of 111 Valentines.] (There are 161 plates). [London, 1845-50?]. Source: HS.85/2 plate 136.
EditorialThe Tipperary janus, or both sides of the question, IB., [ca. 1831], 1 print : lithograph., Print shows a two-faced Irishman speaking out of both sides for and against a measure proposed for British law.
EditorialEmblem: year, In the middle a palm tree (symbol for the annual rotation) with a medallion with the god Janus, the Roman god of the past and the future. The snake Ouroboros (symbol for eternity) has turned around the trunk of the palm tree. At the foot ...
EditorialBorder or Ribbon. France. Date: 1820-1840. Dimensions: 92.1 ? 4.5 cm (36 1/4 ? 1 3/4 in.). Silk and cotton, two-faced, two-color complementary warp weave of warp-float faced twill weave with areas of complementary warp-floats and of warp-float faced tw...
EditorialThe Tipperary janus, or both sides of the question, IB., [ca. 1831], 1 print : lithograph., Print shows a two-faced Irishman speaking out of both sides for and against a measure proposed for British law.
EditorialBorder or Ribbon. France. Date: 1820-1840. Dimensions: 92.1 ? 4.5 cm (36 1/4 ? 1 3/4 in.). Silk and cotton, two-faced, two-color complementary warp weave of warp-float faced twill weave with areas of complementary warp-floats and of warp-float faced tw...
EditorialGreek Art. Archaic Age. 6th century BCE. Bronze tripod foot with six reliefs depicting: 1-Woman holding a horse by the reins, 2 - Lion and Scorpion, 3 - Odysseus escapes the Cyclops hidden under a ram, 4 - Goat and Bird, 5 - Two faced fighting birds, 6...
EditorialBorder or Ribbon. France. Date: 1820-1840. Dimensions: 92.1 ? 4.5 cm (36 1/4 ? 1 3/4 in.). Silk and cotton, two-faced, two-color complementary warp weave of warp-float faced twill weave with areas of complementary warp-floats and of warp-float faced tw...
EditorialThe Tipperary janus, or both sides of the question, IB., [ca. 1831], 1 print : lithograph., Print shows a two-faced Irishman speaking out of both sides for and against a measure proposed for British law.
EditorialThe Tipperary janus, or both sides of the question, IB., [ca. 1831], 1 print : lithograph., Print shows a two-faced Irishman speaking out of both sides for and against a measure proposed for British law.
EditorialIllustration for a Valentine card. An unflattering card for a two-faced woman. [A collection of 111 Valentines.] (There are 161 plates). [London, 1845-50?]. Source: HS.85/2 plate 136.
EditorialIllustration on a Valentine's card. An unflattering card for a two-faced man: a good and bad face. [A collection of 111 Valentines.] (There are 161 plates). [London, 1845-50?]. Source: HS.85/2 plate 120.
EditorialDice players. Lo Libro de Multi Belli Miraculi. Italy; 14th century. (Miniature only) Initial 'A', dice players, with two-faced Fortune standing in the background Image taken from Lo Libro de Multi Belli Miraculi. Originally published/produced in Ita...
EditorialGreek Art. Archaic Age. 6th century BCE. Bronze tripod foot with six reliefs depicting: 1-Woman holding a horse by the reins, 2 - Lion and Scorpion, 3 - Odysseus escapes the Cyclops hidden under a ram, 4 - Goat and Bird, 5 - Two faced fighting birds, 6...
EditorialThe Tipperary janus, or both sides of the question, IB., [ca. 1831], 1 print : lithograph., Print shows a two-faced Irishman speaking out of both sides for and against a measure proposed for British law.
EditorialThe Tipperary janus, or both sides of the question, IB., [ca. 1831], 1 print : lithograph., Print shows a two-faced Irishman speaking out of both sides for and against a measure proposed for British law.
EditorialGreek Art. Archaic Age. 6th century BCE. Bronze tripod foot with six reliefs depicting: 1-Woman holding a horse by the reins, 2 - Lion and Scorpion, 3 - Odysseus escapes the Cyclops hidden under a ram, 4 - Goat and Bird, 5 - Two faced fighting birds, 6...