EditorialNuns practice kung fu with swords at Druk Amitabha Nunnery, on a hill overlooking Kathmandu, Nepal, Feb. 4, 2023. (Saumya Khandelwal/The New York Times)
EditorialNuns practice kung fu with swords at Druk Amitabha Nunnery, on a hill overlooking Kathmandu, Nepal, Feb. 4, 2023. (Saumya Khandelwal/The New York Times)
EditorialThe women of Scythia, 1275-1300. Women attacking soldiers in a tower with picks, axes and stones to avenge the slaughter of their men-folk. Mounted knights in armour wield swords and shields at right. From " Li Livre des Ansienes Estoires", a...
EditorialBronze swords topped in carp tongue. Late Bronze Age. 1000-850 BC. Ria of Huelva, province of Huelva, Andalusia. National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain.
EditorialScandinavia. Middle ages. Jewelery. Swords. From Vold, Grue k., Hedmark, 10th century and Kaupang, Larvik k., Vestfold, 9th century. Historical Museum. Oslo. Norway.
EditorialCurved swords sacrificed in a bog. C. 1550 BC. Bronze Age. Made in Scandinavia. From Rorby, western Zealand. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark.
EditorialGloucestershire. Before Shallow's house: 'Henry IV Part II,' Act III, Scene II, Print made by George Cruikshank, 17921878, British, Published by Longman & Co., active 18041914, British, after 1857, Etching on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper,...
EditorialOctober 1st: Yeomen Make Room (Vol. 2, p. 335) October 2nd: She Stood With One Foot Advanced (Vol. 3, p. 156), Thomas Stothard, 17551834, British, undated, Gray wash with pen and black ink on thin, smooth, cream wove paper, Sheet: 3 3/4 ? 4 1/2 inches ...
EditorialA Scene at Windsor, Sir James Thornhill, 16751734, British, undated, Graphite and brown wash with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 4 1/8 x 6 1/2 inches (10.5 x 16.5 cm) and Mount: 7 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches (19.1 x 24....
EditorialMilitary Costumes of the Reign of King Henry VI, 1447, Print made by John Augustus Atkinson, (etching), 17751831, British, after John Hill, (aquatint), 17701850, British, after Charles Hamilton Smith, 17761859, Belgian, Published by Colnaghi & Co., est...
EditorialMary, Queen of Scots, Edward Francis Burney, 17601848, British, formerly attributed to Richard Westall, 17651836, British, undated, Watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 10 1/8 x 18 3/8 inches...
EditorialA Mythological Battle, George C. Finden, 18111885, British, after Thomas Stothard, 17551834, British, Printed by George Virtue, ca. 18201908, British, 1853, Line engraving, stipple engraving and etching on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper wit...
EditorialTaming of the Shrew. Katharine and Petruchio - The Modern Quixotte, or, What You Will, Print made by James Gillray, 17571815, British, after Mrs. S Berwin, 1791, Etching with coloring on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Mount: 9 x 15 3/4 in...
EditorialA Perspective View of the Building for the Fireworks in the Green Park, Taken from the Reservoir, Print made by Paul Angier, active 1749, French (active in London), after P Brookes, active 1747, British, Published by Robert Sayer, 17251794, British, Pu...
EditorialNew Illustration of Hudibras, Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 17971868, Irish, 1851, Lithograph in tan and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper, Sheet: 11 3/4 x 17 1/4 inches (29.8 x 43.8 cm) and Image: 9 11/16 x 13 5/16 inches (2...
EditorialEquestrian Studies of an English Officer, George Chinnery, 17741852, British, undated, Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 7 x 9 5/8 inches (17.8 x 24.4 cm), cavalries, hats, horses (animals), men, plumes, soldiers,...
EditorialPresages of the Millenium, James Gillray, 17571815, British, after James Gillray, 17571815, British, Published by Hannah Humphrey, ca. 17451818, British, 1795, Etching and aquatint, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper,...
EditorialMedieval knights fighting a duel with swords. Sir Ethelbert fights Alan over the body of Adelaide. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from The Tournament, or Days of Chivalry, William Sams, London, 1823.