EditorialSioux chief Shoo-de-ga-cha, Smoke, in buffalo robe outside a teepee 87 and his wife or squaw Hee-la'h-dee, Pure Fountain 88. Her arms and neck are tattooed by pricking with gunpowder and vermilion. Handcoloured lithograph from George Catlin's Manners, ...
EditorialAncient Chinese weapons including shield 1, bow and arrow 2, axe 10, helmet 12, lance 8,9, quiver 4, and war engines, including mobile siege ladder 13, mobile moat bridge 15, fire starter engine 14, explosive gunpowder wagon 16, and wall-gouging spears...
EditorialModel of a petard, Model of a petarde, also referred to in the Netherlands by the term springbus. The petarde was used to blow up wooden doors of city gates and fortress walls. The petarde was secretly applied to the city gate after which the gunpowder...
EditorialInlaid Powder Horn, 18th century, Attributed to India, Kotah, Rajasthan, Wood overlaid with horn, mother-of-pearl and ivory; silver, Gr. W. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm), Arms and Armor, A powder horn, which typically was made of cow or buffalo horn, refers to a...
EditorialA gunpowder dosa and other dishes at Semma, a new outpost for South Indian cuisine in Manhattan, Dec. 22, 2021. (Karsten Moran/The New York Times)
EditorialCzech Republic. Prague. The Powder Tower or Powder Gate. Gothic style. Original city gate. It separates the Old Town from the New Town. Its construction began in 1475, during the reign of Vladislav II by Matej Rejsek (1445-1506). The gate was used to s...
EditorialPowder Flask, 17th century, Indian, possibly Deccan, Horn, lacquer, ivory, bone, gold, silver, copper alloy, iron, pigment, L. 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm); W. 7 7/8 in. (20 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 4 oz. (576 g), Firearms Accessories-Flasks & Primers, Designed to hold g...
Editorialengraving, Anonymous, after 1807, paper, ink, printed, Backing: 25.2 x 34.2cm 252 x 342mm, Daylight: 24.5 x 31cm 245 x 310mm, With passe-partout: 42.5 x 60cm 425 x 600mm , moat, explosion, cityscape, tower building, tree, bridge, Engraving on paper dep...
EditorialThe Invention of Gunpowder, design for 'Pulvis Pyrius,' pl. 3 in the Nova Reperta (New Inventions of Modern Times) print series, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 15231605, Pen and ink, brush and gray wash, bistre, on paper, Six men are ma...
EditorialThe Execution by Gunpowder of Hendrik Eemkens in 1562 in Utrecht, design for illustration in T.J. van Bragt, 'Het bloedig tooneel, of Martelaers spiegel der doopsgesinde of weereloose christenen (The Mirror of Martyrs), 1685., Jan Luyken, Dutch, 1649 -...