EditorialItaly. Milan. Basilica of St. Ambrose. Consagred in 379. The edifice underwent several restorations, assuming the current appearance in the 12 century, when it was rebuilt in the Romanesque style. Porch.
EditorialTriumvirate Assuming Power in the Name of the Prince of Orange, 21 November 1813. Dating: c. 1828. Measurements: h 70 cm ? w 86.5 cm; d 11 cm.
EditorialAmalaric (502-531). King of the Visigoths from 511 to 531. He was son of king Alaric II. In 522 Amalaric was proclaimed king, assuming the royal power four years later because the death of Theodoric. Engraving, 1852. Later colouration.
EditorialPlan of the Tuileries Garden used as a scale of comparison with our planetary system, assuming the Sun represented by a globe 10 inches in diameter placed in the middle of the large basin, Projection of the relations of the solar system to the Tuilerie...
EditorialPax with the Death and the Assumption of the Virgin Pax table with the deathbed and the ascension of Mary, Pax table with ivory, carved in relief with the representation of Maria's Deathbed and Ascension. Mary is lying in a fifteenth century four-poste...
EditorialTriumvirate Assuming Power in the Name of the Prince of Orange, 21 November 1813. Dating: c. 1828. Measurements: h 70 cm ? w 86.5 cm; d 11 cm.
EditorialCanton. Visit of the Governor of Canton to Brigadier-General Crawford, on His Assuming Command of the Forces., Pierre Joseph Rossier (Swiss, 1829 - about 1883), Negretti & Zambra (British, active 1850 - 1899), 1858?1859, Albumen silver print.
EditorialPencil & watercolour illustration - Giant Gippsland Earthworm, Megascolides australis, Arthur Bartholomew, 1873, Illustration of a Giant Gippsland Earthworm, Megascolides australis, by Arthur Bartholomew, 1873, for Plate 7 in The Prodromus of the Zoolo...
EditorialTriumvirate Assuming Power in the Name of the Prince of Orange, 21 November 1813. Dating: c. 1828. Measurements: h 70 cm ? w 86.5 cm; d 11 cm.
EditorialPage from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Eleventh night: The king of the Ocean assuming human form betakes himself to the Brahman?s house to be taken to the Raja, c. 1560. India, Mughal, Reign of Akbar, 16th century. Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on ...
EditorialTriumvirate Assuming Power in the Name of the Prince of Orange, 21 November 1813. Dating: c. 1828. Measurements: h 70 cm ? w 86.5 cm; d 11 cm.
EditorialIn the 1530s, Henry VIII made, in his unmistakable hand, several significant revisions to the traditional coronation oath he had sworn in 1509, fundamentally changing its meaning. Instead of swearing to maintain the rights and liberties of ‘holy chur...
EditorialA lady assuming a position, one arm raised. The Rudiments of Genteel Behaviour. With twelve engraved plates by L. P. Boitard. [London], 1737. Source: 1812.a.28 opposite plate 5.
EditorialItaly. Milan. Basilica of St. Ambrose. Consagred in 379. The edifice underwent several restorations, assuming the current appearance in the 12 century, when it was rebuilt in the Romanesque style. Porch.