EditorialCalyx-krater, Classical, ca. 440 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; red-figure, Other: 14 1/16 x 13 15/16 in. (35.7 x 35.4 cm), Vases, Above, athletes practicing with trainers, Below, obverse, Eos pursuing Tithonos, reverse, youth with two spears pursuing...
EditorialPharmaceutical advertising Decalton, calcium gluconate tablets, from Laboratorios Ibys. Young teenagers practicing the sport of basketball. 1950s.
EditorialAmerican, Pennsylvania German: Cover for a Book of Copy Models (Vorschriften-B?chlein), Johann Adam Eyer, American, Pennsylvania German, 1784, Watercolor, pen and iron gall ink, and pen and red watercolor on laid paper, This Pennsylvania German waterco...
EditorialAmerican, Pennsylvania German: Cover for a Book of Copy Models (Vorschriften-B?chlein), Johann Adam Eyer, American, Pennsylvania German, 1784, Watercolor, pen and iron gall ink, and pen and red watercolor on laid paper, This Pennsylvania German waterco...
EditorialRustic Genji and beauty, central sheet of the triptych Practicing Flower Arrangement on New Year's Morning. Date: 1849. Dimensions: 36 cm x 25 cm.
EditorialEnd of Psalm 78. Psalm 79 beginning with decorated initial 'Q', and border decoration. In the lower margin, archers practicing at the butts. Five longbowmen, the first two in the act of drawing the bow, stand behind the instructor, who, with bow and an...
EditorialWriting board of an apprentice scribe, First Intermediate Period, Dynasty 11 or earlier, ca. 2030 B.C., From Egypt, Wood, whitewash, ink, H. 22 cm (8 11/16 in); w. 8.5 cm (3 3/8 in), It is clear from the awkwardly formed hieroglyphs and their uneven sp...
Editorial?/?, ??, ??, ??, Letter, late Ming (1368?1644)?early Qing (1644?1911) dynasty, China, Album leaf; ink on gold-flecked paper, 10 3/4 x 6 in. (27.3 x 15.2 cm), Calligraphy, Wang Duo (Chinese, 1592?1652), This letter, written in Wang Duo's middle age, sho...
EditorialCalyx-krater, Classical, ca. 440 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; red-figure, Other: 14 1/16 x 13 15/16 in. (35.7 x 35.4 cm), Vases, Above, athletes practicing with trainers, Below, obverse, Eos pursuing Tithonos, reverse, youth with two spears pursuing...
EditorialMap sampler, late 18th?early 19th century, British, Silk embroidery on silk, H. 19 1/4 x W. 16 1/2 inches (48.9 x 41.9 cm), Textiles-Embroidered, Working an embroidered maps such as this sampler became part of a young girl?s education, starting in the ...
EditorialLittle Girl Practicing at the Bar, ca. 1878?80, Black chalk and graphite, heightened with white chalk on pink laid paper, Sheet: 12 3/16 x 11 9/16 in. (31 x 29.3cm), Drawings, Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834?1917 Paris).
Editorial? ?? ????? ?, Silent Angler in an Autumn Wood, Ming dynasty (1368?1644), dated 1475, China, Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, Image: 60 x 24 3/4 in. (152.4 x 62.9 cm), Paintings, Shen Zhou (Chinese, 1427?1509), Born to a family of scholars and ar...
EditorialPharmaceutical advertising Decalton, calcium gluconate tablets, from Laboratorios Ibys. Young teenagers practicing the sport of basketball. 1950s.
EditorialJames MacRae, the fortunate duelist. He was an excellent shot on account of his practicing with a barber's block. He was exiled from Scotland after killing Sir George Ramsay in a duel, after MacRae had thrashed one of Ramsay's footmen for insolence. Co...