EditorialArmor worn at the funeral of Michiel de Ruyter ?, equestrian harness, composed of parts that originally did not belong together. The various parts are connected to each other with leather straps. The entire armor is blackened., Amsterdam, Michiel Adria...
EditorialTitle print with Ferdinand of Austria as Mars Glad entry of the Cardinal Infant in Ghent, 1635 (series title) Sereniss. Ferdinandi Cardinalis Infantis Trivmphal is introitvs in Flandriae (...) (title on object), Cardinal Infant Ferdinand as Mars, stand...
EditorialChinese temple at Lhasa. Inscribed: ‘This is a drawing of the Chinese Temple at Lassa, and is interesting as tending to show the powerful control which that nation exercises over the Tibetans at Lassa, who are of a different religion: still here is t...
EditorialThe Squire was glad of any argument to defend his clipped yew-trees - A man and woman in a garden. Christmas Day. (Christmas Eve.) [From the Sketch Book.] ... Pictured in colour by Cecil Aldin. London : Hodder & Stoughton, [1910]. From 'Christmas Eve'....
Editorial"Oh Mr Bhaer, i am so glad to see you!" cried Jo ... Jo March greeting Professor Bhaer. . Little Women and Good Wives: being stories for girls. By the author of “An Old Fashioned Girl,” etc. [L. M. Alcott. With coloured plates.]. London, 1878. Sou...
EditorialChinese temple at Lhasa. Inscribed: ‘This is a drawing of the Chinese Temple at Lassa, and is interesting as tending to show the powerful control which that nation exercises over the Tibetans at Lassa, who are of a different religion: still here is t...
Editorial'Albion Rose', c1796. Also known as 'Glad Day' or 'The Dance of Albion', in which the figure of Albion, a personification of humanity and of Britain, is freeing himself from the shackles of materialism. This plate was once part of the " Large Book...
EditorialThe Dance of Albion (Glad Day). Dated: c. 1803/1810. Dimensions: image: 27 x 19.4 cm (10 5/8 x 7 5/8 in.) sheet: 30.8 x 23.2 cm (12 1/8 x 9 1/8 in.). Medium: engraving.
EditorialTHE "GALUMBO," A POPULAR SPORT IN SPAIN; And the sport is started in the principal square, a long rope attached to the Bull's horns, to which men tail on, keeps him (in a degree) under control; A young Bull, escorted by a couple of trained "Cabestros" ...
EditorialO fair as Hope was the New Year's morn, That broke through the night, o'er a world forlorn! The glad bells toll'd for the Old Year gone, And rang for the New, a merry sweet song.New years day, New years morning.
EditorialCharles Dickens, from a recent daguerreotype by Mayall, 1 December, 1855. . Memoir of Charles Dickens. . The lives of men of genius when happy, are ordinarily uneventful. It may, perhaps, be one of the reaspms for the paucity of materials available for...
Editorial'Albion Rose', c1796. Also known as 'Glad Day' or 'The Dance of Albion', in which the figure of Albion, a personification of humanity and of Britain, is freeing himself from the shackles of materialism. This plate was once part of the " Large Book...