EditorialBarburdar, punkah wallah or fan bearer, in loincloth and turban, with fan made of a palmyra leaf. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by an unknown artist from "Asiatic Costumes," Ackermann, London, 1828.
EditorialNight scene in a Roman street, with noble woman Messalina carried on a sedan chair attended by gladiator, fan-bearer, and slaves. Colour printed illustration by Auguste Leroux from Felicien Champsaur's novel L'Orgie Latine (Roman Orgy), Fasquelle, Pari...
EditorialCarved Plaque of Amenhotep III, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1390?1352 B.C., From Egypt, carnelian, h. 2.3 cm ( 7/8 in); w. 4.1 cm (1 5/8 in); th. 0.2 cm (1/16 in), Two princesses, each holding a sistrum and an ankh, face the enthroned Amenhotep III an...
EditorialNight scene in a Roman street, with noble woman Messalina carried on a sedan chair attended by gladiator, fan-bearer, and slaves. Colour printed illustration by Auguste Leroux from Felicien Champsaur's novel L'Orgie Latine (Roman Orgy), Fasquelle, Pari...
EditorialBarburdar, punkah wallah or fan bearer, in loincloth and turban, with fan made of a palmyra leaf. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by an unknown artist from "Asiatic Costumes," Ackermann, London, 1828.