EditorialAn Anxious Mother, Percival de Luce (American, 1847-1914), before 1883, oil on canvas, 15-7/8 x 12-1/8 in. (canvas) 25-3/8 x 21-1/4 x 3-1/4 in. (framed), Unsigned, American Painting and Sculpture to 1945.
EditorialUnknown (Indian), Illustrations to Life of Dhurva Maharaj: #14 Indra, King of Heaven is very anxious and afraid that Dhurva may win his throne by power. He consults the other Dev Kings, ca. 1800, Gouache and gold, Sheet: 10 11/16 ? 12 inches (27.1 ? 30...
EditorialRoundel with Netting Quail, 16th century, German, Colorless glass, vitreous paint, silver stain and cold enamel, Overall: 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm), Glass-Stained, After a design by Augustin Hirschvogel (German, Nuremberg 1503?1553 Vienna), Hiding behind a l...
EditorialNeptune and Caenis, late 16th?early 17th century, probably Netherlandish, Bronze, with dark brown lacquer patina, Height: 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm), Sculpture-Bronze, Based on an engraving by Johann Sadeler I (Netherlandish, Brussels 1550?1600/1601 Venice),...
EditorialNeptune and Caenis, late 16th?early 17th century, probably Netherlandish, Bronze, with dark brown lacquer patina, Height: 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm), Sculpture-Bronze, Based on an engraving by Johann Sadeler I (Netherlandish, Brussels 1550?1600/1601 Venice),...
EditorialPredica del arte del bene morire (sermon on the art of dying well), ca. 1502, Printed book with 4 woodcut illustrations, Overall: 7 7/8 x 5 1/2 x 1/4 in. (20 x 14 x 0.7 cm), Books, The sermon of the influential Dominican preacher Savonarola on the art ...
EditorialRoundel with Netting Quail, 16th century, German, Colorless glass, vitreous paint, silver stain and cold enamel, Overall: 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm), Glass-Stained, After a design by Augustin Hirschvogel (German, Nuremberg 1503?1553 Vienna), Hiding behind a l...
EditorialAn Irish union, Cruikshank, Isaac, 1756?-1811?, artist, engraving 1799, William Pitt joining the hands of Paddy, an Irish farmer, and John Bull, neither of whom seem anxious for the union, while Lord Dundas, on the left, reading from a History of Scotl...
EditorialAn Irish union, Cruikshank, Isaac, 1756?-1811?, artist, engraving 1799, William Pitt joining the hands of Paddy, an Irish farmer, and John Bull, neither of whom seem anxious for the union, while Lord Dundas, on the left, reading from a History of Scotl...
EditorialTHE REBELLION IN THE SOUDAN (SUDAN), THE MATERIAL WITH WHICH BAKER PASHA WAS EXPECTED TO DEFEAT THE REBELS: 2. The Correct Position. 3. An Anxious Moment.
EditorialTHE LABOUR MARKET IN AUSTRALIA: THE UNEMPLOYED WHO ARE NOT ANXIOUS FOR EMPLOYMENT, A SKETCH IN THE TREASURY GARDENS, MELBOURNE, 1892 engraving.
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...