EditorialThe saltmines of Wieliczka near Cracow produced roughly one third of the Polish kings' income. With its enormous machinery made of huge timbers, the mine was an early tourist attraction-even poet Goethe went down the shafts. A winch-and pully system.
EditorialDock Scene: Boats and Ships of Various Sizes; Ship-Building; Pully-like Machines with Operators, Joseph Cartwright, c.17891829, British, undated, Pen, in brown ink and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige, laid paper, mounted on mod...
EditorialPas de Deux. Gino Severini (Italian, 1883-1966); published by Guilde de la Gravure, Pully-Lausanne, Switzerland. Date: 1952. Dimensions: 373 x 285 mm (image, sight); 440 x 310 mm (sheet, sight). Color lithograph on cream wove paper. Origin: Italy.
EditorialPas de Deux. Gino Severini (Italian, 1883-1966); published by Guilde de la Gravure, Pully-Lausanne, Switzerland. Date: 1952. Dimensions: 373 x 285 mm (image, sight); 440 x 310 mm (sheet, sight). Color lithograph on cream wove paper. Origin: Italy.
EditorialThe saltmines of Wieliczka near Cracow produced roughly one third of the Polish kings' income. With its enormous machinery made of huge timbers, the mine was an early tourist attraction-even poet Goethe went down the shafts. A winch-and pully system.