EditorialThe Queen's Royal Cookery. The queen's royal cookery: or, Expert and ready wa. London: S. Bates; A. Bettesworth, 1729. In the preface to the Queen's Royal cookery, the author distinguishes the book from others of its kind, emphasising its lack of 'supe...
EditorialFront cover of the book, in blue and gold. 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. Source: 012706.f.56 front cover. Language: English.
Editorial"Which is which?" and Laurie bent like a well-sweep to examine the prodigies. A group of people standing around a woman holding two baby twins. Little Women and Good Wives: being stories for girls. By the author of “An Old Fashioned Girl,” etc. [L....
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...
EditorialAn old-fashioned winter. Photographs of the Year ... Descriptive notes and. London, [1891, 92]. Two women on an iced over pond or lake, wearing ice-skates pushing a sled on which a dog is sitting. Image taken from Photographs of the Year Descriptive n...
EditorialOld-fashioned flowers. Colour illustration and text from 'At Home'. At Home. Marcus & Ward Co. London, 1881. Image taken from At Home by J G Sowerby and Thos. Crane. Source: 12805.k.41, page 52. Language: English.
Editorial'Now come and hear the letter." A mother and four daughters. 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. Source: 012706.f.56 frontispiece ...
Editorial'The old-fashioned romantic idea of what the poles ought to look like. The Sphere. London, 23/12/1911. An imagined view. Polar region. Illustration. Source: The Sphere, page 284. Language: English.
EditorialWinged nautilus shell with a woman's figure fashioned by a goldsmith, 16th century. The shell is polished to reveal the rainbow sheen of mother of pearl, and decorated with gold and silver. The pregnant woman wears a large hat, transparent smock and ho...
EditorialTweezers, 9th?10th century, Attributed to Iran, Nishapur. Excavated in Iran, Nishapur, Bronze; cast, L. 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm), Metal, Tweezers were widely used in the ancient Near Eastern and Roman worlds and were commonly fashioned out of single piece of...
EditorialOsakazu Byobu (Osakajo-zu byobu) - Japanese eight-panel folding screen depicting the city of Osaka during the Toyotomi Era (1583-1615) in the Momoyama Period. Housed in Schloss Eggenberg (Eggenberg Castle Museum) Graz, Austria. Panel 8 - Boats on the...
EditorialOsakazu Byobu (Osakajo-zu byobu) - Japanese eight-panel folding screen showing the city of Osaka during the Toyotomi Era (1583-1615),Momoyama Period. Schloss Eggenberg (Eggenberg Castle Museum) Graz, Austria. Panel 4 - A boat with an "old-fashioned"s...