EditorialSpain. Barcelona. Festivity of The Merce (Virgin of Mercy). Lighting the Rambla. Engraving by Rico in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1877.
EditorialComus, Themis and Momus, Greek gods of festivity, divine law and satire. Handcoloured copperplate engraving engraved by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf after illustrations by Leonard Defraine from "La Mythologie en Estampes" (Mythology in Prints, or Figu...
EditorialComus, Greek god of festivity and excess, with torch, wreath and staff. Handcoloured copperplate engraving engraved by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf after illustrations by Leonard Defraine from "La Mythologie en Estampes" (Mythology in Prints, or Figur...
EditorialEls Ports (comarca): Forcall, la "Santantonada" festivity (Els Ports - Maestrat / Maestrazgo region); raising up the pine at the Sant Antonio Abad festivity.
EditorialTournament on the Occasion of the Festivity of the Marriage. Dated: 1514/1516. Dimensions: sheet (trimmed to image): 21.9 x 19.6 cm (8 5/8 x 7 11/16 in.). Medium: woodcut.
EditorialDECEMBER was called "Aerra Geola," because the sun then "turns his glorious course;" and after the introduction of Christianity, "Heilig-monath," or holy-month. December was, among the English, above all things, a month of festivity. Before the introdu...
EditorialFestivity on the Place de l'Orme, Paris. Even today, a tree still stands in the centre of the square, now called Place Saint Gervais. Formerly, Parisians used to pay their debts under that tree.
EditorialLe sacre, couronnement, triomphe et entree de la reine Madame Claude de France. On May 12,1517 Queen Claude de France,daughter of Louis XII and wife of his cousin Francois I,made her entry into Paris. Her family tree figured in the festivity. folio 45,...
EditorialTournament on the Occasion of the Festivity of the Marriage. Dated: 1514/1516. Dimensions: sheet (trimmed to image): 21.9 x 19.6 cm (8 5/8 x 7 11/16 in.). Medium: woodcut.
EditorialCostume Armor in the Classical Style, ca. 1788?90, Paris, French, Paris, Linen, papier-m?ch?, bole, gold leaf, graphite (helmet); silk, cotton, metal coils and spangles, metallic yarn (tunic), armor: H. 26 3/4 (68 cm); W. 22 7/16 (57 cm); D. 11 in. (28...
EditorialComus, Themis and Momus, Greek gods of festivity, divine law and satire. Handcoloured copperplate engraving engraved by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf after illustrations by Leonard Defraine from "La Mythologie en Estampes" (Mythology in Prints, or Figu...
EditorialComus, Greek god of festivity and excess, with torch, wreath and staff. Handcoloured copperplate engraving engraved by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf after illustrations by Leonard Defraine from "La Mythologie en Estampes" (Mythology in Prints, or Figur...
EditorialDECEMBER was called "Aerra Geola," because the sun then "turns his glorious course;" and after the introduction of Christianity, "Heilig-monath," or holy-month. December was, among the English, above all things, a month of festivity. Before the introdu...
EditorialSpain. Barcelona. Festivity of The Merce (Virgin of Mercy). Lighting the Rambla. Engraving by Rico in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1877.
EditorialFestivity on the Place de l'Orme, Paris. Even today, a tree still stands in the centre of the square, now called Place Saint Gervais. Formerly, Parisians used to pay their debts under that tree.
EditorialLe sacre, couronnement, triomphe et entree de la reine Madame Claude de France. On May 12,1517 Queen Claude de France,daughter of Louis XII and wife of his cousin Francois I,made her entry into Paris. Her family tree figured in the festivity. folio 45,...