EditorialWarriors in breastplates from Ombai (Ombay) island, Indonesia, 19th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Corsi after Jacques Etienne Victor Arago from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Florence, 1834.
EditorialInterior of a Chinese temple at Kupang, Timor, 19th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Corsi after Jacques Etienne Victor Arago from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Florence, 1834.
EditorialDomestic occupations of the Chamorro women of Agana (Hagatna), Guam, 19th century. Women preparing yams, grilling food, using a mortar and pestle, etc. The French artist Arago is seen sketching a woman using a rolling pin. Handcoloured copperplate engr...
EditorialFrench explorers drawing natives on the island of Ombai (Ombay), Indonesia, 19th century. Jacques Arago drawing warriors in breastplates with bows and arrows. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Corsi after Jacques Etienne Victor Arago from Giulio Fe...
EditorialWarriors in breastplates from Ombai (Ombay) island, Indonesia, 19th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Corsi after Jacques Etienne Victor Arago from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Florence, 1834.
EditorialTraditional dances of the Caroline Islands, Micronesia, 19th century. Men with tattoos, wearing loincloths, dancing with sticks. Carolians on Guam at top. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Corsi after Jacques Etienne Victor Arago from Giulio Ferrar...
EditorialInterior of a Chinese temple at Kupang, Timor, 19th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Corsi after Jacques Etienne Victor Arago from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Florence, 1834.
EditorialVue perspective de l'H?pital et de la maison des officiers du r?giment d'Ismailowskij, View of the 19th Century Hospital and Officers 'Officers' Building in St Petersburg, signed: Luigi Rusca, arch., Grav? by J. E. Thierry, Pl. XXII, p. 291, Rusca, Lui...
EditorialThe Montgolfier brothers' balloon launch from Versailles in the presence of the king, September 1783. Joseph-Michel Montgolfier and Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier. . Lithograph from Paul Lacroix' The Eighteenth Century: Its Institutions, Customs, and Cost...