EditorialModel of a Round-Headed Rudder, Model of the upper part of a rudder with stern and wulf construction, in poor condition. The helm head jumps forward and is round. The rudder's brass is rounded, the stern's brass is sharp at the bottom, but becomes holl...
EditorialThe Adoration of the Magi, ca. 1460, Tempera and gold on wood, 10 5/8 x 9 1/8 in. (27 x 23.2 cm), Paintings, Giovanni di Paolo (Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia) (Italian, Siena 1398?1482 Siena), Giovanni di Paolo?s talents as a miniaturist are seen to adva...
EditorialProposals for raising a colledge of industry of all useful trades an husbandry, with profit for the rich, a plentiful living for the poor, and a good education for youth : Which will be advantage to the government, by the increase of the people, and th...
EditorialAthene cunicularia, Print, The burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) is a small, long-legged owl found throughout open landscapes of North and South America. Burrowing owls can be found in grasslands, rangelands, agricultural areas, deserts, or any other ...
EditorialAthene cunicularia, Print, The burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) is a small, long-legged owl found throughout open landscapes of North and South America. Burrowing owls can be found in grasslands, rangelands, agricultural areas, deserts, or any other ...
EditorialAgapito VALLMITJANA (1833-1905). "AFRICAN WHO TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THE PUPPIES OF A LION, FEAR OF BEING SURPRISED BY THE MOTHER". Sculpture located in the PARC DE LA CIUTADELLA. BARCELONA. Catalonia.
EditorialThe Advantage of Sharing the Fresh Air on an Italian Terrace Together with a Great Number of Insects, plate 42 from Pastorales. Honor? Victorin Daumier; French, 1808-1879. Date: 1846. Dimensions: 250 ? 225 mm (image); 358 ? 275 mm (sheet). Lithograph i...
EditorialAbove, Nathan reproving David. Below, Amnon takes advantage of his sister,Tamar, when she comes to visit him whilst he is lying ill in bed. Queen Mary Psalter. England (London?); circa 1310-1320. Source: Royal 2 B. VII, f.58. Language: French.
EditorialCandlestick, 15th or 16th century, Made in Dinant or Lower Rhineland, South Netherlandish or German, Copper alloy, Overall: 16 5/8, with pricket 20 5/8 x Diam. of base 7 3/8 in. (42.2 x 18.7 cm), Metalwork-Copper alloy, Medieval man took advantage of t...
EditorialBroadsheet relating to profiteers who exploit rural farmworkers and take advantage of the government, showing a ladder on which sit profiteers.
EditorialThe Adoration of the Magi, ca. 1460, Tempera and gold on wood, 10 5/8 x 9 1/8 in. (27 x 23.2 cm), Paintings, Giovanni di Paolo (Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia) (Italian, Siena 1398?1482 Siena), Giovanni di Paolo?s talents as a miniaturist are seen to adva...
EditorialOscar Wilde, 1882, Albumen silver print, Image: 30.5 x 18.4 cm (12 x 7 1/4 in.), Photographs, Napoleon Sarony (American (born Canada), Quebec 1821?1896 New York), Napoleon Sarony, an acknowledged master of celebrity photographs, succeeded Mathew Brady ...
EditorialThe Outer Robe, Edo period (1615?1868), ca. 1795, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 15 x 9 3/4 in. (38.1 x 24.8 cm), Prints, Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753??1806), Seated figures were displayed to particular advantage in the ...
EditorialCandlestick, 15th or 16th century, Made in Dinant or Lower Rhineland, South Netherlandish or German, Copper alloy, Overall: 16 5/8, with pricket 20 5/8 x Diam. of base 7 3/8 in. (42.2 x 18.7 cm), Metalwork-Copper alloy, Medieval man took advantage of t...
EditorialAgapito VALLMITJANA (1833-1905). "AFRICAN WHO TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THE PUPPIES OF A LION, FEAR OF BEING SURPRISED BY THE MOTHER". Sculpture located in the PARC DE LA CIUTADELLA. BARCELONA. Catalonia.
EditorialThe ancient reservoir of Sephoris, capital of Roman Galilee. The reservoir is carved out of the soft chalk, taking advantage of a natural fault line. It is 260 m long up to 10 m deep and has a storage capacity of 4.300 cubic meters.