EditorialThai landscape with figures Image of the clothing of the Siammers, View of a Thai landscape in which in the foreground a man with folded hands bows before a man with a top hat. On the left a woman with two naked children, on the right an elephant is ri...
Editorialgroup of musicians sit on the floor with their instruments. On the right is a cook. Behind them buildings and palm trees, Asiatic races and peoples, musician - CC - out of doors, cook, Makassar, Coenraad Ritsema (mentioned on object), Haarlem, 1860, pa...
EditorialArmenian child skinned alive by the Turks An Armenian Child felted by the Turks alive (title on object), Asiatic races and people: Turkish, child, violent death by flaying, Jan Luyken, Amsterdam, 1681, paper, etching, h 172 mm ? w 286 mm.
EditorialKorean men in an interior Merchants and ship people (title on object) Koorai (series title on object), Six men are sitting on the floor, one of them is seen on the back. Behind them, through an open sliding wall, a landscape is visible. The men wear li...
EditorialChristians nailed to a cross by the Turks, Top right print marked: Second part fol: 54, Christian Religion vs.. Islam, Asiatic races and peoples: Turkish, violent death by crucifixion, Jan Luyken, Amsterdam, 1684, paper, etching, h 166 mm ? w 285 mm.
EditorialSea and land attack on San Michele L'assalto per mare e per terra al Isola di S. Michele a di XV di luglio (title on object) The siege of Malta (series title), Turkish soldiers attack the island of San Michele near Malta by land and by sea. Italian tex...
EditorialAssault on Castiglia in Malta L'assalto g [...] alla posta di Castiglia on XXI di Agosto MDLXV (title on object) The siege of Malta (series title), Assault on Castiglia in Malta by Turkish troops. The Maltese soldiers defend themselves. Italian text an...
EditorialTapirus indicus, Print, The Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus), also called the Asian tapir, Asiatic tapir, Oriental tapir, Indian tapir, or piebald tapir, is the largest of the five species of tapir and the only one native to Asia. The scientific name re...
EditorialElephas maximus, Print, The Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), also called Asiatic elephant, is the only living species of the genus Elephas and is distributed throughout the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, from India in the west, Nepal in the n...
EditorialEquus hemionus, Print, The onager, also known as hemione or Asiatic wild ass, is a species of the family Equidae (horse family) native to Asia. A member of the subgenus Asinus, the onager was described and given its binomial name by German zoologist Pe...
EditorialEquus hemionus, Print, The onager, also known as hemione or Asiatic wild ass, is a species of the family Equidae (horse family) native to Asia. A member of the subgenus Asinus, the onager was described and given its binomial name by German zoologist Pe...
EditorialEquus hemionus, Print, The onager, also known as hemione or Asiatic wild ass, is a species of the family Equidae (horse family) native to Asia. A member of the subgenus Asinus, the onager was described and given its binomial name by German zoologist Pe...
EditorialElephas maximus, Print, The Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), also called Asiatic elephant, is the only living species of the genus Elephas and is distributed throughout the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, from India in the west, Nepal in the n...
EditorialUrsus thibetanus, Print, The Asian black bear (Ursus thibetanus, previously known as Selenarctos thibetanus), also known as the Asiatic black bear, moon bear and the white-chested bear, is a medium-sized bear species native to Asia and largely adapted ...
EditorialElephas maximus, Print, The Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), also called Asiatic elephant, is the only living species of the genus Elephas and is distributed throughout the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, from India in the west, Nepal in the n...
EditorialElephas maximus, Print, The Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), also called Asiatic elephant, is the only living species of the genus Elephas and is distributed throughout the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, from India in the west, Nepal in the n...
EditorialTestudo cartilaginea, Print, The Asiatic softshell turtle or black-rayed softshell turtle (Amyda cartilaginea) is a species of softshell turtle in the Trionychidae family. It is not the only softshell turtle in Asia (most trionychines are Asian)., 1700...
EditorialUrsus thibetanus, Print, The Asian black bear (Ursus thibetanus, previously known as Selenarctos thibetanus), also known as the Asiatic black bear, moon bear and the white-chested bear, is a medium-sized bear species native to Asia and largely adapted ...
EditorialAsiatic Elephant ‘Elephas maximus’ The elephant is shown emerging from its stable with a well-dressed native rider holding a goad, in a wooded landscape with a sepoy watching. Wellesley Albums. 1798 - 1805. Watercolour. Source: NHD 32/48.
EditorialChowringhee. Panoramic view of Calcutta, 1847. Calcutta : T. Black, Asiatic Lithographic Press, 1847. 1 sheet : ill. ; 24 x 210 cm. folded to 24 x 17 cm. Source: V12765 no.6.
EditorialAsiatic Elephant ‘Elephas maximus’ The elephant is shown emerging from its stable with a well-dressed native rider holding a goad, in a wooded landscape with a sepoy watching. Wellesley Albums. 1798 - 1805. Watercolour. Source: NHD 32/48.
EditorialChowringhee. Panoramic view of Calcutta, 1847. Calcutta : T. Black, Asiatic Lithographic Press, 1847. 1 sheet : ill. ; 24 x 210 cm. folded to 24 x 17 cm. Source: V12765 no.5.
EditorialEsplanade Row. Mosque. Panoramic view of Calcutta, 1847. Calcutta : T. Black, Asiatic Lithographic Press, 1847. 1 sheet : ill. ; 24 x 210 cm. folded to 24 x 17 cm. Source: V12765 no.4.
EditorialTown hall. Government house. Panoramic view of Calcutta, 1847. Calcutta : T. Black, Asiatic Lithographic Press, 1847. 1 sheet : ill. ; 24 x 210 cm. folded to 24 x 17 cm. Source: V12765 no.3.
EditorialConfucius the Second, or, a New Sun rising in the Asiatic World!. 1783. This engraving depicts Fox as the bright sun, rising over the River Ganges, while on the far bank, a fallen Hastings is in shackles. In the foreground stand some of the actors in t...
EditorialBronze toggle pin, Middle Bronze Age, ca. 1900?1600 B.C., Cypriot, Bronze, length 5 5/8in. (14.3cm), Bronzes, These pins, of Asiatic origin, were made in Cyprus throughout the Middle Bronze Age and into the Late Bronze Age. The eyelet was punched throu...
EditorialBronze toggle pin, Middle Bronze Age, ca. 1900?1600 B.C., Cypriot, Bronze, length 5 5/8in. (14.3cm), Bronzes, These pins, of Asiatic origin, were made in Cyprus throughout the Middle Bronze Age and into the Late Bronze Age. The eyelet was punched throu...
EditorialNative lady riding in her curtained palkee (palanquin), borne by two servants in loincloth and turban. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by an unknown artist from "Asiatic Costumes," Ackermann, London, 1828.
EditorialFakir or fukeer, begging friar, in muslin loincloth, under an umbrella next to a small shrine decorated with cowrie shells. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by an unknown artist from "Asiatic Costumes," Ackermann, London, 1828.
EditorialEuropean woman in a tonjon, or ladies carriage, carried by Indian bearers in loincloth, and attended by an umbrella carrier. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by an unknown artist from "Asiatic Costumes," Ackermann, London, 1828.
EditorialTextile, showing Artemis and Aktaion, from Akhmin, Egypt, Coptic Period, 4th. The use of lar-scale figures suggests that this was a wall-hanging rather than something to be worn. The pointed hat of the man is of Asiatic origin and denotes heroic or div...