EditorialThe Thatch-Roofed Farmhouse, from Revue Fantaisiste. Rodolphe Bresdin; French, 1825-1885. Date: 1861. Dimensions: 108 ? 90 mm (plate); 201 ? 149 mm (sheet). Etching on cream China paper laid down on white wove paper. Origin: France.
EditorialElysium Hill, Simla, and the Government House of Former Years, &c. Sunrise. The view for the frontispiece was sketched by Mrs. Scott at sunrise in front of Ballyhack, just above the Church of Simla. The snowy ranges of the Himalayas are in the far dist...
EditorialHouse of Mr. Demonville, Plate 90 from 'Vues Pittoresques des Principaux ?difices de Paris', Les Campion Fr?res, Paris, France, Laurent Guyot, French, 1756 - 1808, Antoine-Louis-Fran?ois Sergent-Marceau, French, 1751 - 1847, Engraving and brush and wat...
EditorialInterior of the Small Theatre or Odeon, Pompeii VIII.7.19. The audience in the roofed theater watches a performance by actors, chorus, musicians and dancers. Chromolithograph by Dietrich after an illustration by C. Gel from Antonio Niccolini?s Pompeii:...
EditorialDruidic Awenydd (Bardic disciple) and novice, from the pre-Roman era. In the background are British straw-roofed wooden cabins. The disciple carries a cup and a dove, bird of good omen. Handcoloured aquatint by R. Havell from an illustration by Charles...
EditorialInterior of the Small Theatre or Odeon, Pompeii VIII.7.19. The audience in the roofed theater watches a performance by actors, chorus, musicians and dancers. Chromolithograph by Dietrich after an illustration by C. Gel from Antonio Niccolini?s Pompeii:...
EditorialItaly. Pompeii. Ancient Roman city destroyed by the eruption of the Vesuvius in 79 AD. Small Theatre or odeon. Roofed theatre "teatrum tectum" which sat 1500 spectators, built in 80 BC. View of the "cavea", the seating sections organised in three sect...
EditorialCovered punch mechanism, For protection against snow, ice or storm, the Punching unit and the water wheel are roofed over, woodcut, p. 222, (Liber octavus), Manuel, Hans Rudolf (graveur sur bois), 1556, Georgius Agricola: De re metallica libri XII: qui...
EditorialKatada no rakugan, Descending geese at Katada., Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849, artist, [between 1804 and 1810], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 23.1 x 17.3 cm., Print shows a bird's-eye view of a coastline with a thatch-roofed structure at the end of a lon...
EditorialKatada no rakugan, Descending geese at Katada., Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849, artist, [between 1804 and 1810], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 23.1 x 17.3 cm., Print shows a bird's-eye view of a coastline with a thatch-roofed structure at the end of a lon...
EditorialPloceus nelicourvi, Print, The nelicourvi weaver (Ploceus nelicourvi) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Together with its closest relative, the sakalava weaver, it is sometimes placed in a separate genus Nelicur...
EditorialThe Thatch-Roofed Farmhouse, from Revue Fantaisiste. Rodolphe Bresdin; French, 1825-1885. Date: 1861. Dimensions: 108 ? 90 mm (plate); 201 ? 149 mm (sheet). Etching on cream China paper laid down on white wove paper. Origin: France.
EditorialInterior of the Small Theatre or Odeon, Pompeii VIII.7.19. The audience in the roofed theater watches a performance by actors, chorus, musicians and dancers. Chromolithograph by Dietrich after an illustration by C. Gel from Antonio Niccolini?s Pompeii:...
EditorialElysium Hill, Simla, and the Government House of Former Years, &c. Sunrise. The view for the frontispiece was sketched by Mrs. Scott at sunrise in front of Ballyhack, just above the Church of Simla. The snowy ranges of the Himalayas are in the far dist...
Editorial[Lower scene] In centre, a oval roofed oven with two openings containing pans for melting. One glassblower dips his long pipe into the molten mass, and the other is blowing. On the left is an extension for cooling the glass, and on the other side an as...
EditorialThe Evening Chime of the Clock, Edo period (1615?1868), ca. 1766, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; chuban; ink and color on paper, H. 11 1/8 in. (28.3 cm); W. 7 1/16 in. (17.9 cm), Prints, Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725?1770), The orderly compositio...
EditorialInterior of the Small Theatre or Odeon, Pompeii VIII.7.19. The audience in the roofed theater watches a performance by actors, chorus, musicians and dancers. Chromolithograph by Dietrich after an illustration by C. Gel from Antonio Niccolini?s Pompeii:...
EditorialKatada no rakugan, Descending geese at Katada., Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849, artist, [between 1804 and 1810], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 23.1 x 17.3 cm., Print shows a bird's-eye view of a coastline with a thatch-roofed structure at the end of a lon...
EditorialKatada no rakugan, Descending geese at Katada., Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849, artist, [between 1804 and 1810], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 23.1 x 17.3 cm., Print shows a bird's-eye view of a coastline with a thatch-roofed structure at the end of a lon...
EditorialDruidic Awenydd (Bardic disciple) and novice, from the pre-Roman era. In the background are British straw-roofed wooden cabins. The disciple carries a cup and a dove, bird of good omen. Handcoloured aquatint by R. Havell from an illustration by Charles...
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