EditorialTypes of hydraulics systems and pumps: Persian wheel or sakia, Tantalus' or Pythagorean cup, Ctesibius's ancient pump, and sucking, forcing, lifting and chain pumps. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dicti...
EditorialThe Wood Pelican (Tantalus Loculator). Dated: published 1731-1743. Dimensions: plate: 37.3 x 26.2 cm (14 11/16 x 10 5/16 in.) sheet: 51.3 x 35.9 cm (20 3/16 x 14 1/8 in.). Medium: hand-colored engraving on laid paper.
EditorialThe Wood Pelican (Tantalus Loculator). Dated: published 1731-1743. Dimensions: plate: 37.3 x 26.2 cm (14 11/16 x 10 5/16 in.) sheet: 51.3 x 35.9 cm (20 3/16 x 14 1/8 in.). Medium: hand-colored engraving on laid paper.
EditorialGiulio Sanuto, Tantalus, Giulio Sanuto (Italian, active 154088), After Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (Italian, Pieve di Cadore ca. 1485/90?1576 Venice), ca. 155770, Engraving; second state of two, Sheet (Trimmed): 17 13/16 ? 13 13/16 in. (45.2 ? 35.1 cm), ...
EditorialWood Ibis, Wood Stork (Mycteria americana, Tantalus loculator), Signed: J.J. Audubon, J.T. Bowen, lithograph, Pl. 361 (vol. 6), Audubon, John James (drawn); Bowen, J. T. (lith.), 1856, John James Audubon: The birds of America: from drawings made in the...
EditorialWood Ibis, Wood Stork (Mycteria americana, Tantalus loculator), Signed: J.J. Audubon, J.T. Bowen, lithograph, Pl. 361 (vol. 6), Audubon, John James (drawn); Bowen, J. T. (lith.), 1856, John James Audubon: The birds of America: from drawings made in the...
EditorialGlossy ibis, Plegadis falcinellus (Bay ibis, Tantalus falcinellus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects, London, 1804.
EditorialTantalus. Dated: 1535/1540. Dimensions: overall (diameter roundel): 5.1 cm (2 in.). Medium: pen and black ink with watercolors, heightened in gold, on laid paper.
EditorialThe Wood Pelican (Tantalus Loculator). Dated: published 1731-1743. Dimensions: plate: 37.3 x 26.2 cm (14 11/16 x 10 5/16 in.) sheet: 51.3 x 35.9 cm (20 3/16 x 14 1/8 in.). Medium: hand-colored engraving on laid paper.
EditorialTantalus. Dated: 1535/1540. Dimensions: overall (diameter roundel): 5.1 cm (2 in.). Medium: pen and black ink with watercolors, heightened in gold, on laid paper.
EditorialTantalus at left speaking to Diana at right, set within an elaborate frame, from the 'Loves, Rages and Jealousies of Juno', 1531?76, Engraving, sheet: 5 1/4 x 3 15/16 in. (13.3 x 10 cm), Prints, Giulio Bonasone (Italian, active Rome and Bologna, 1531?a...
EditorialGlossy ibis, Plegadis falcinellus (Bay ibis, Tantalus falcinellus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects, London, 1804.
EditorialTypes of hydraulics systems and pumps: Persian wheel or sakia, Tantalus' or Pythagorean cup, Ctesibius's ancient pump, and sucking, forcing, lifting and chain pumps. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dicti...
EditorialBlack-faced ibis, Theristicus melanopis (Tantalus melanops). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1824.
EditorialEuchromia polymena moth 1, Amata cerbera 2, chiron sphinx, Xylophanes chiron 3, Episcepsis thetis 4, and tantalus sphinx moth, Aellopos tantalus 5. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwood's new edition of Dru Drury's "Illustrations of Exotic Ento...