EditorialTree Study, Forest of Fontainebleau, ca. 1856, Albumen silver print from glass negative, 31.8 x 41.4 cm. (12 1/2 x 16 5/16 in.), Photographs, Gustave Le Gray (French, 1820?1884), Le Gray returned to the Forest of Fontainebleau in the mid-1850s with a l...
EditorialTree Study, Forest of Fontainebleau, ca. 1856, Albumen silver print from glass negative, 31.8 x 41.4 cm. (12 1/2 x 16 5/16 in.), Photographs, Gustave Le Gray (French, 1820?1884), Le Gray returned to the Forest of Fontainebleau in the mid-1850s with a l...
EditorialTerracotta lamp, Classical, 5th century B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-glaze, Overall: 7/8 x 3 1/8 x 4 5/16 in. (2.2 x 8 x 11 cm), Vases, In antiquity, most interior lighting was provided by oil lamps set on stands or suspended by chains or cord...
EditorialPair of two-light wall brackets, ca. 1750, French, Gilt bronze, Overall (each): 21 ? 12 1/4 ? 8 in. (53.3 ? 31.1 ? 20.3 cm), Metalwork-Gilt Bronze, The Rococo preference for continuous swirling and curvilinear lines is well expressed in the shape of th...
EditorialTHE BURNING WELL NEAR THE FEATHERSTONE STATION IN THE VICINITY OF PONTEFRACT. In boring for coal, the sinkers penetrated a bed of shale at a depth of about 120 feet, upon which the water previously rising through the borehole was suddenly ejected like ...
Editorial'Husayn at the Bedside of the Dying Hasan', Folio from a Hadiqat al-Su'ada of Fuzuli (Garden of the Blessed), late 16th century, Attributed to Turkey, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, H. 6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm), Codices, This painting shows an ar...
EditorialTerracotta lamp, Classical, 5th century B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-glaze, Overall: 7/8 x 3 1/8 x 4 5/16 in. (2.2 x 8 x 11 cm), Vases, In antiquity, most interior lighting was provided by oil lamps set on stands or suspended by chains or cord...
EditorialTree Study, Forest of Fontainebleau, ca. 1856, Albumen silver print from glass negative, 31.8 x 41.4 cm. (12 1/2 x 16 5/16 in.), Photographs, Gustave Le Gray (French, 1820?1884), Le Gray returned to the Forest of Fontainebleau in the mid-1850s with a l...
EditorialPair of two-light wall brackets, ca. 1750, French, Gilt bronze, Overall (each): 21 ? 12 1/4 ? 8 in. (53.3 ? 31.1 ? 20.3 cm), Metalwork-Gilt Bronze, The Rococo preference for continuous swirling and curvilinear lines is well expressed in the shape of th...
EditorialTHE BURNING WELL NEAR THE FEATHERSTONE STATION IN THE VICINITY OF PONTEFRACT. In boring for coal, the sinkers penetrated a bed of shale at a depth of about 120 feet, upon which the water previously rising through the borehole was suddenly ejected like ...