EditorialPlate, Rookwood Pottery, American, 1880 - 1967, Glazed earthenware, An orange and red toned circular plate with a thin branch in the foreground and a brown and white bird flying behind it. Reverse: solid red-brown glaze., Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, 1885, c...
EditorialBag face, Medium: silk Technique: satin and chain stitch embroidery, Cream white taffeta embroidered in 'colonial' silks. At center, a woman is seated beside baskets of flowers. A boy displays a white bird. Two small children are at the side. Their fac...
EditorialTextile, Medium: linen, cotton, wool Technique: embroidered, Breadth of soft course cloth with two squares of embroidered decoration: in one square, mythological beast (related to Mude jar lion (?) ) with palmate feet, long tail with leaf ending , styl...
EditorialStudies from the Rio Magdalena, Colombia: Tree Tops, Flying White Bird, Vines, and Three Flowering Plants, Frederic Edwin Church, American, 18261900, Graphite on gray paper, Horizontal view of tree tops, a flying white bird, vines and across the bottom...
EditorialSmall Black-and-White Bird on Rose Leaf with Blossoms and Butterflies, Pen and ink, graphite on coated wove paper, Small Black-and-White Bird on Rose Leaf with Blossoms and Butterflies, ca. 18001830, Drawing, Drawing.
EditorialDesign for Wallpaper and Textiles: Birds, Brush and gouache, graphite on cream paper, Grouping of seven birds in flight, all flying different directions. Clockwise from top: brown bird facing downward and right, light blue bird facing right, green bird...
EditorialTime (Chronos) Entrusting Cupid to Venus, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, white gouache, over black chalk on brown laid paper, Horizontal rectangle. The male figure of Chronos, Time, shown in profile with wings and a long beard at left, lowers...
EditorialLong-Tailed Cormorant, Plate 31 from Birds of Western Africa, William Home Lizars, Scottish, 1788 - 1859, William Swainson, British, 1789 - 1855, Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper, Large black and white bird with a small brown head and dark webb...
EditorialCrested Fern, Plate 30 from Birds of Western Africa, William Home Lizars, Scottish, 1788 - 1859, William Swainson, British, 1789 - 1855, Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper, Gray and white bird with black crest and feet, on a large steep rock. Tit...
EditorialWaistcoat fronts, Medium: silk Technique: embroidery and appliqu? on satin weave, Gentleman's waistcoat fronts of cream-white satin in a double-breasted style with a wide center front section containing embroidery and a dark brown appliqu? medallion wi...
EditorialDesigns for Wallpaper and Textiles: Birds, Brush and gouache on cream paper, Group of four birds in flight, wings spread all in profile. From top to bottom, and left to right: blue-gray bird facing right, maroon bird facing right, white bird facing lef...
EditorialSketches from the Rio Magdalena, Colombia: Leaf Boughs, Vine Stems, Guacamaya Tree Top, Bush and Tree Group, White Bird , and a Plant Detail, Frederic Edwin Church, American, 18261900, Graphite, brush and oxidized white on gray paper, Horizontal view o...
EditorialUtagawa Kunisada, White Bird (shiratori), color woodcut, blind embossing, Total: Height: 20,90 cm; Width: 17,90 cm, signed: ju Kunisada ga , printmaking,printing, woman, fans, folk costume, regional costume, Edo period.
EditorialA White Bird Telling Venus of Cupid's Illness. Master of the Die (Italian, active c. 1530-1560); after Michiel Coxcie I (Flemish, 1499-1592); in turn, inspired by Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520). Date: 1530-1541. Dimensions: 200 x...
EditorialIllustration of the Fourth Treatise: a white bird with three crowned heads in a glass vessel; borders decorated with flowers; outside the niche, a battle scene and captured cattle. Splendor Solis. Germany, 1582. (Whole folio) Illustration of the Fourth...
EditorialA White Bird Telling Venus of Cupid's Illness. Master of the Die (Italian, active c. 1530-1560); after Michiel Coxcie I (Flemish, 1499-1592); in turn, inspired by Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520). Date: 1530-1541. Dimensions: 200 x...
EditorialA White Bird Telling Venus of Cupid's Illness. Master of the Die (Italian, active c. 1530-1560); after Michiel Coxcie I (Flemish, 1499-1592); in turn, inspired by Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520). Date: 1530-1541. Dimensions: 200 x...
EditorialCiconia boyciana, Print, The Oriental stork (Ciconia boyciana) is a large, white bird with black wing feathers in the stork family Ciconiidae. It is closely related to and resembles the European white stork (C. ciconia), of which it was formerly often ...
EditorialPelecanus conspicillatus, Print, The Australian pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus) is a large waterbird in the family Pelecanidae, widespread on the inland and coastal waters of Australia and New Guinea, also in Fiji, parts of Indonesia and as a vagran...
EditorialHalcyon macleayi, Print, The forest kingfisher (Todiramphus macleayii), also known as the Macleay's or blue kingfisher, is a species of kingfisher in the subfamily Halcyoninae, also known as tree kingfishers. It is a predominantly blue and white bird. ...
EditorialPelecanus conspicillatus, Print, The Australian pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus) is a large waterbird in the family Pelecanidae, widespread on the inland and coastal waters of Australia and New Guinea, also in Fiji, parts of Indonesia and as a vagran...
EditorialBlack and White Bird Perched on a Shrub, 1651-1652. Shafi' Abbasi (Iranian). Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper; sheet: 16.1 x 25 cm (6 5/16 x 9 13/16 in.); image: 7.7 x 13.4 cm (3 1/16 x 5 1/4 in.).
EditorialA White Bird Telling Venus of Cupid's Illness. Master of the Die (Italian, active c. 1530-1560); after Michiel Coxcie I (Flemish, 1499-1592); in turn, inspired by Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520). Date: 1530-1541. Dimensions: 200 x...
EditorialIllustration of the Fourth Treatise: a white bird with three crowned heads in a glass vessel; borders decorated with flowers; outside the niche, a battle scene and captured cattle. Splendor Solis. Germany, 1582. (Whole folio) Illustration of the Fourth...
EditorialPica, a black and white bird with long tail. Elongated neck and long beak. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter of the ...
EditorialPlate 16: A white bird tells Psyche of Cupid's illness, as she rides dolphins on the sea accompanied by tritons and nereids, from the Story of Cupid and Psyche as told by Apuleius.