EditorialStudy of a Horse, Quimper, Brittany, Samuel Colman, American, 18321920, Brush and watercolor, gouache, graphite on rough brown-grey paper, Upper forepart of a white, harnessed horse, shown in profile turned toward left, to a manger., Quimper, Brittany,...
EditorialEmbroidered picture, Medium: silk on silk Technique: stem stich and laid work embroidery, couching, Small pictorial embroidery. Figure of a man dressed in robes, seated at a table examining scrolls; crucifix on table. Building with rougn arched doors; ...
EditorialStudy of Three Horses with a Plow, France, Samuel Colman, American, 18321920, Brush and watercolor, gouache, graphite on rough brown-grey paper, A plow with three horses, which stand at right and are shown staggered. Verso: At top, a standing cow shown...
EditorialCarpet fragment, Medium: worsted wool, jute Technique: uncut warp loops on compound cloth ground, Length of 'Tapestry Brussels' carpeting with rich, large-scale floral and leaf pattern with very long repeat, in shades of red, pink, blue, green, mauve, ...
EditorialHand bell, Pen, sepia and red-brown watercolor on brown-grey paper, Vertical rectangle. The handle consists of birds with woman heads, with scrolls below, rows of columns, and leaves above. The main field of the body is decorated with two kneeling ange...
EditorialHead of a Man, Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849 - 1909, Graphite on brown-grey paper, Man with a mustache, looking up to the left., USA, ca. 1895, figures, Drawing, Drawing.
EditorialA nude man, Red crayon on brown-grey paper, Male figure sitting upon ston, right leg crossed over left with foot standing upon support. Chin is supported by left hand., Italy, ca. 1800, figures, Drawing, Drawing.
EditorialTwelve Circular Medallions with Representations of the Deeds of Hercules, Felice Giani, Italian, 17581823, Pen and ink, brush and brown- grey wash on paper, Top row: Hercules battling Hydra with torch. Captions written in graphite over medallions: Erco...
EditorialEagle Lake, Mt. Desert, Daniel Huntington, American, 18161906, Graphite and chalk on brown-grey paper, The shores of lake at right and at rear, beneath a mountain range. Three rowboats on the water., USA, August 23, 1856, landscapes, Drawing, Drawing.
EditorialVase, Christopher Dresser, Scottish, 1834 1904, Linthorpe Pottery, Yorkshire, 18791889, Henry Tooth, Glazed earthenware, Ovoid body with five concave 'dimples,' tapering to elongated cylindrical neck. Flat base, wheel ground. Glazed overall in mottled ...
EditorialHead of a Cow, ?tretat, Samuel Colman, American, 18321920, Brush and watercolor, gouache, graphite on rough brown-grey paper, Head and neck of a standing cow or ox. The head turned toward the viewer. Verso: Three details of a head of a cow, in graphite...
EditorialStudy of a Horse, Quimper, Brittany, Samuel Colman, American, 18321920, Brush and watercolor, gouache, graphite on rough brown-grey paper, Upper forepart of a white, harnessed horse, shown in profile turned toward left, to a manger., Quimper, Brittany,...
EditorialMount Desert, Near Schooner Head, Daniel Huntington, American, 18161906, Graphite and chalk on brown-grey paper, Rocky shore in foreground and ridge beyond. Sea lies toward the left., USA, August 23, 1856, landscapes, Drawing, Drawing.
EditorialSketches from Petra, Jordan, Frederic Edwin Church, American, 18261900, Pencil. Creamy paper., Obverse, left: rocks with caves and a pylon. Caption: 'Petra'., Reverse: a part of the northwest rock wall with tombs and indistinct designs near the right e...
EditorialGrotesque Panel, black chalk, pen and ink, brown, grey wash on paper, Vertical rectangle. Symmetrical scheme with slight deviations in details. A candelabrum is in the middle framed by a gaine with a winged female throax, carrying upon the head a fruit...
EditorialEmbroidered picture, Medium: silk on silk Technique: stem stich and laid work embroidery, couching, Small pictorial embroidery. Figure of a man dressed in robes, seated at a table examining scrolls; crucifix on table. Building with rougn arched doors; ...
EditorialBorder, Block-printed on handmade paper, Border containing anthemions, acanthus, dentils, bead and reel and wrapped cable motifs. Printed in brown, grey and ochre., H#384, France, 18001825, Wallcoverings, Border.
EditorialBorder, Block-printed on handmade paper, A row of egg-shaped forms, resting on truncated bottoms, outlined in foliage. Each egg contains highlights and a stylized foliate stem with flower and curl decorations at the base. Bottom edge has dentilling, an...
EditorialSidewall, Machine-printed paper, Aesthetic style design with dense all-over pattern of vines punctuated by sprays of two or three flowers; long vertical single-motif repeat in off-set columns; flowers are brown, green, or extremely pale purple and foli...
EditorialCeiling paper, Standard Wall-Paper Company, Standard Wall-Paper Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Machine-printed paper, Overall interlacing scrolling acanthus-like motif. Gold, brown, grey, and white on a pale yellow ground. Pattern number 628., Pitt...
EditorialSampler, Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered on plain weave, Small embroidered sampler with a grid composition of three by five squares, each with a different geometric pattern including diamonds, stripes and zigzags; wor...
EditorialSketch of a French Peasant, Samuel Colman, American, 18321920, Brush and watercolor, gouache, graphite on rough brown-grey paper, Man shown obliquely from the front, walking, wearing wooden shoes and a large hat. Red-brown coat with yellow sleeves, blu...
EditorialProject: A Hand Bell, Pen, sepia, red-brown watercolor on brown-grey paper, Vertical rectangle. The handle consists of birds with woman heads, with scrolls below, rows of blossoms, and leaves above. The main field of the body is decorated with two knee...
EditorialArtist, attributed to: Prospero Fontana, Italian, 15121597, Artist, formerly attributed to: Taddeo Zuccaro, Italian, 15291566, Studies for Recumbent Allegorical?Figures, ca.?155056, Pen and brown ink and brown-grey wash over black chalk, sheet: 15.4 ? ...
EditorialThe Perseus Series - Study of Perseus in Armour for The Finding of Medusa. Date/Period: 1881. Watercolor painting. Watercolour, bodycolour, silver medium and chalk on brown/grey paper. Width: 263 mm. Height: 376 mm.
EditorialNo?l Cochin, Temple Seen Through an Archway, 1622-1695, pen and black ink, brown, grey, and black washes, over graphite on paper, 9 3/4 in. x 15 15/16 in. (24.77 cm. x 40.48 cm.).
EditorialPortrait of a Woman (Mrs. von Kobestein?); verso: Sketches of two or three compositions, including a landscape, 1866, Pen and brush and brown-grey ink., sheet: 12 1/4 x 8 7/8 in. (31.1 x 22.6 cm), Drawings, Hans Thoma (German, Bernau im Schwarzwald 183...
EditorialCase (Inro) with Design of Monkey on Background of Flowers (obverse); Flowering Scrolls (reverse), Edo period (1615?1868), 19th century, Japan, Lacquer, dark brown, grey and brown hiramakie, takamakie, fundame, red, silver; Interior: roiro and fundame,...
EditorialPhilemon corniculatus, Print, The noisy friarbird (Philemon corniculatus) is a passerine bird of the honeyeater family Meliphagidae native to southern New Guinea and eastern Australia. It is one of several species known as friarbirds whose heads are ba...
EditorialPhilemon corniculatus, Print, The noisy friarbird (Philemon corniculatus) is a passerine bird of the honeyeater family Meliphagidae native to southern New Guinea and eastern Australia. It is one of several species known as friarbirds whose heads are ba...
EditorialPhilemon corniculatus, Print, The noisy friarbird (Philemon corniculatus) is a passerine bird of the honeyeater family Meliphagidae native to southern New Guinea and eastern Australia. It is one of several species known as friarbirds whose heads are ba...
EditorialFleeing Archers. Date/Period: 1818. Pencil, retraced with dark brown ink in places, squared in pencil, light yellow, light brown, grey. Bleistift, zum Teil mit dunkelbrauner Tinte nachgezogen, in Bleistift quadriert, in Hellgelb, Hellbraun, Grau, Rot u...
EditorialThe Perseus Series - Study of Perseus in Armour for The Finding of Medusa. Date/Period: 1881. Watercolor painting. Watercolour, bodycolour, silver medium and chalk on brown/grey paper. Width: 263 mm. Height: 376 mm.
EditorialFleeing Archers. Date/Period: 1818. Pencil, retraced with dark brown ink in places, squared in pencil, light yellow, light brown, grey. Bleistift, zum Teil mit dunkelbrauner Tinte nachgezogen, in Bleistift quadriert, in Hellgelb, Hellbraun, Grau, Rot u...
EditorialSymbolic Figure (a Sibyl?), 16th century, Pen and ink, brush and wash, touched with red chalk and Chinese white, on brown grey paper, 10-1/8 x 5-5/8 in. (25.7 x 14.3 cm), Drawings, Anonymous, Italian, Venetian, 15th to 16th century.
EditorialPortrait of a Young Man, mid-19th century, Black chalk, heightened with white chalk, on brown-grey paper, Sheet: 11 15/16 x 9 13/16 in. (30.4 x 24.9 cm), Drawings, Wilhelm von K?gelgen (German, St. Petersburg 1802?1867 Ballenstedt).
EditorialDesign for a sepulchral monument with two figures, late 17th?early 18th century, Pen and brown ink, over red and black chalk or graphite, brown-grey wash, sheet: 6 7/16 x 4 5/8 in. (16.3 x 11.8 cm), Drawings, Pieter Verbruggen the Younger (Flemish, Ant...
EditorialPortrait of a Woman (Mrs. von Kobestein?); verso: Sketches of two or three compositions, including a landscape, 1866, Pen and brush and brown-grey ink., sheet: 12 1/4 x 8 7/8 in. (31.1 x 22.6 cm), Drawings, Hans Thoma (German, Bernau im Schwarzwald 183...
EditorialSymbolic Figure (a Sibyl?), 16th century, Pen and ink, brush and wash, touched with red chalk and Chinese white, on brown grey paper, 10-1/8 x 5-5/8 in. (25.7 x 14.3 cm), Drawings, Anonymous, Italian, Venetian, 15th to 16th century.
EditorialCase (Inro) with Design of Monkey on Background of Flowers (obverse); Flowering Scrolls (reverse), Edo period (1615?1868), 19th century, Japan, Lacquer, dark brown, grey and brown hiramakie, takamakie, fundame, red, silver; Interior: roiro and fundame,...