EditorialEgyptian architecture: columns, plinths, pyramids and obelisks. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrario's Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples (Il Costume Antico e Moderno di Tutti i Popoli), Florence, 1843.
EditorialIllustration of private gallery interior. A large room with rows of sculptures and busts on plinths displayed. Art and culture. . Household furniture and interior decoration executed from designs by Thomas Hope. London, 1807. Source: 1261.f.23 1. Langu...
EditorialFigure of lion mounted as lamp, probably 19th century, Chinese, Porcelain with colored glazes., Height: 26.6 cm., Ceramics, This Buddhist lion mounted as a lamp forms a pair with another. The lions sit on high plinths, which have a removable drawer. Th...
EditorialCabinet Gole cabinet, Cabinet, glued with marquetry of various types of wood and partly green ivory on a turtle fond. The cabinet with drawers rests on six legs. The fronts of the drawers and the sides and the top of the cabinet show flower sprays, on ...
EditorialSepulchral Monument for Poet Maria Maddalena Morelli, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on beige laid paper, In a landscape with a citadel rising in the background at right, a monument stands upon a pedestal of three oval plinths. The m...
EditorialDesign for a Chimneypiece, Graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper, Below are bases. Upon them stand upon plinths a frame in TT form, and a receding vertical stripe on either side. The grame has inside a molding with an ovolo and a row of ...
EditorialDesign for a Baptismal Font, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 17461809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper, The circular bowl is supported by lion feet, two are visible upon two plinths. From the feet rise volutes with cher...
EditorialStage Design: An Egyptian Structure, Pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper, A horizontal rectangle showing a large, flat roofed structure topped with statues of standing Egyptians. A view through a colonnaded entrance shows a fountain with an obel...
EditorialDesign for the Egyptian Room, Palazzo Nuovo, Rome, Italy, Ferdinando Fuga, Italian, 1699 - 1781, Pen and ink, brush and gray wash on paper, Elevation view of a design for niches for Egyptian statues in the Palazzo Nuovo al Campidoglio in Rome, Italy. A...
EditorialDesign for a Baptismal Font, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 17461809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper, Below are two plinths and a moulding with leaves. The circular bowl is decorated with festoons, supported by bowkno...
EditorialSurtout de Table (Centerpiece) with the Temple of Isis in Pompeii, Pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper, Drawing of a surtout de table or deser (table centerpiece) whose theme is the ruins of Pompeii. The tables legs are straight with fluting and...
EditorialBaptismal Font, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, red ink on cream laid paper, The bowl is supported by two plinths. The central part is shaped like a tablet, framed laterally by two gaines, and bearing an inscription in a wreath, formed by two ...
EditorialDesign for a Chimneypiece, Graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper, The inner frame consists of moldings and outside, of a frieze whose back is suggested white, at left, of colored marble, at right. It is decorated by a band of palmettes a...
EditorialDesign for a Baptismal Font, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 17461809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper, The bowl is supported at the ends by four revered consoles upon two octangonal plinths. The lower part of the bowl ...
EditorialTwo Heads in a Roundel, attributed to John Hamilton Mortimer, 17401779, British, undated, Pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 4 7/8 x 4 3/4 inches (12.4 x 12.1 cm), buckets (vessels), chains, children, columns (arch...
EditorialCobham Hall, Kent: Elevations of Stables, James Wyatt, 17461813, British, 1789, Graphite, pen and black and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 13 1/8 x 21 3/8 inches (33.3 x 54.3 cm), architectural subject, coa...
EditorialViews in the Levant: Temple of Pergamon (?) with Statues of Horsemen on Plinths at Each Side of the Steps, unknown artist, ca. 1785, Pen in gray ink, over graphite with gray wash on medium, moderately textured, cream, laid paper, mounted on moderately ...
EditorialCobham Hall, Kent: Elevations of Stables, James Wyatt, 17461813, British, 1789, Graphite, pen and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper with three fold marks, Sheet: 21 3/8 ? 25 1/2 inches (54.3 ? 64.8 cm), architectural ...
EditorialHeadfort House: Moldings in the Hall, Robert Adam, 17281792, British, 1772, Pen and black and brown ink, graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 20 7/8 x 12 15/16 inches (53.1 x 32.8 cm), architectural subject, archi...
EditorialThe Singing of Love, 1870 Artist: Simeon Solomon, Roman mythology. The plinths are inscribed: Somnus, Memoria, Morpheus, Amor, Voluptas, Libido and Mors. The haloed figure in the centre is Love (Amor) and appears to be singing. The figures wear or hold...
EditorialEgyptian architecture: columns, plinths, pyramids and obelisks. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrario's Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples (Il Costume Antico e Moderno di Tutti i Popoli), Florence, 1843.
EditorialPhotograph, Exhibition Stand, 'Australian Made', Chamber of Manufactures Exhibition, Geelong, 1938, Black and white photograph of a Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd 'Australian Made' exhibition stand / trade show booth at the Chamber of Manufactures Exhibitio...
EditorialPhotograph, Exhibition Stand, Medical Imaging, Sydney, circa 1940s, Black and white photograph of a Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd exhibition display stand themed around medical imaging (radiography and x-ray film). The L-shaped display features a chequerbo...
EditorialPhotograph, Exhibition Stand, 'Australian Made', Chamber of Manufactures Exhibition, Geelong, 1938, Black and white photograph of a Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd 'Australian Made' exhibition stand at the Chamber of Manufactures Exhibition held in 1938 as p...
EditorialCabinet Gole cabinet, Cabinet, glued with marquetry of various types of wood and partly green ivory on a turtle fond. The cabinet with drawers rests on six legs. The fronts of the drawers and the sides and the top of the cabinet show flower sprays, on ...
EditorialBas-de-page scene showing a woman and man, seated on plinths, playing chess or draughts. Queen Mary Psalter. England (London?); circa 1310-1320. Source: Royal 2 B. VII, f.198v. Language: Latin.
EditorialIllustration of private gallery interior. A large room with rows of sculptures and busts on plinths displayed. Art and culture. . Household furniture and interior decoration executed from designs by Thomas Hope. London, 1807. Source: 1261.f.23 1. Langu...
EditorialFigure of lion mounted as lamp, probably 19th century, Chinese, Porcelain with colored glazes., Height: 26.6 cm., Ceramics, This Buddhist lion mounted as a lamp forms a pair with another. The lions sit on high plinths, which have a removable drawer. Th...
EditorialEgyptian architecture: columns, plinths, pyramids and obelisks. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrario's Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples (Il Costume Antico e Moderno di Tutti i Popoli), Florence, 1843.
EditorialPlinths and columns from Chinese architecture. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrario's Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples (Il Costume Antico e Moderno di Tutti i Popoli), Florence, 1842.