EditorialUse of Russians after marriage, and before n?ce, According to Russian tradition, after the wedding, women examine the linen cloth to convince themselves of the virginity of the bride. Signed: J. B. le Prince (del.), Aug. de St. Aubin (sculp.), Copperpl...
EditorialCup with a cupid and a woman and the inscription: OFIE DOES NOT GO OF SHIT IN MYN KRANSIE KOMIE, arched foot. Faceted baluster stem with button and air bubble. Bell-shaped chalice with faceted, solid bottom. On the chalice the engraved representation o...
EditorialA diagram in the shape of a plant showing the relative merits of virginity, chastity and conjugality. Adam and Eve are at the base. Speculum Virginum. Germany (Hirsau or Freising); 1140-1145. Source: Arundel 44, f.70. Language: Latin.
EditorialSketches of a tiger. Notebook of William Blake. England; circa 1787-1818. [Whole folio] Sketches for an engraving illustrating William Hayley's ballad 'The Elephant' [1802]. A naked man placed in a window above a gateway escapes the crouching tiger. Be...
EditorialTemptation of Adam and Eve. Holkham Bible Picture Book. England; circa 1320-1330. [Whole folio] Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, which is surrounded by battlements, a symbol of virginity. They stand before God, who has his fingers raised in admoniti...
EditorialThe Holy Family in an Enclosed Garden, 1512, Pen and reddish brown ink., 10 9/16 x 7 7/8 in. (26.8 x 19.8 cm), Drawings, Albrecht D?rer (German, Nuremberg 1471?1528 Nuremberg), This drawing is a variation on a popular fifteenth-century theme in which t...