EditorialYoung actor with a portrait of Ichikawa Danj?r? VII, From a cartouche, a man looks at a boy with a role in his hand. The boy is the 8-year-old actor Ichikawa Ebiz? (1823-54), in the role of Kob?zu Donguri. His father, actor Ichikawa Danj?r? VII (1791-1...
Editorial"Ro": Seaweed, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)". Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1767-1778. Dimensions: 22.8 x 15.8 cm (8 15/16 x 6 3/16 in.). Color woodblock print; kob...
Editorial'Captain' Coba (or Kob?), a chief of the Gqunukhwebe tribe, wearing the grenadiers helmet given him by Robert Jacob Gordon. Draughtsman: Robert Jacob Gordon. Dating: 11-Dec-1777. Place: Great Fish River (South Africa). Measurements: h 660 mm ? w 480 mm...
EditorialThe kraal of "Captain" Coba (or Kob?), a chief of the Gqunukhwebe. Draughtsman: Robert Jacob Gordon. Dating: Oct-1777. Place: Great Fish River (South Africa). Measurements: h 660 mm ? w 480 mm; h 270 mm ? w 413 mm; h 220 mm ? w 370 mm.
EditorialKob antelope, Kobus kob (Antilope adenota). Handcoloured engraving by Thomas Landseer after an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith from Edward Griffith's The Animal Kingdom by the Baron Cuvier, London, Whittaker, 1827.