EditorialGrotesque dwarfs were a popular feature of baroque gardens. The earliest " dwarf-garden", the garden of Mirabell-Palace in Salzburg, was created by Fischer von Erlach around 1690 / 91. The gardener with his shovel stands for the month of March.
EditorialPlate Number 521. A: Walking. B: Ascending a step. C: Throwing the disk. D: Using a shovel. E, F: Using a pick. Dated: 1887. Dimensions: image: 28.6 ? 25.7 cm (11 1/4 ? 10 1/8 in.) sheet: 48.4 ? 61.2 cm (19 1/16 ? 24 1/8 in.). Medium: collotype.
EditorialZoar Fire Tongs, Poker and Shovel. Dated: 1937. Dimensions: overall: 69.9 x 41.1 cm (27 1/2 x 16 3/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard.
EditorialTongs and Shovel. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 27.7 x 20.9 cm (10 7/8 x 8 1/4 in.) Original IAD Object: 36 1/2" long. Medium: graphite and watercolor on paperboard.
EditorialThe Hedger and Ditcher, Thomas Rowlandson, 17561827, British, undated, Watercolor with pen and red-brown ink over graphite; verso: blue watercolor blot on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 6 1/2 x 4 9/16 inches (16.5 x 11.6 cm), gen...
EditorialThe Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 107, 'Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard.', William Blake, 17571827, British, between 1797 and 1798, Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlai...
EditorialWindmill, with miller. Luttrell Psalter. England [East Anglia]; circa 1325-1335. [Detail] Lower margin. The miller, with a wooden shovel in his belt, hands a large sack of flour to a woman, who takes it on her shoulders. A dog sits on the tailpole of t...
EditorialCart and horses, carryig a broom, a shovel, a poker, and tongues. Verse and illustrations from A Book of Nonsense by Lear. . A Book of Nonsense ... With all the original pictures and verses. George Routledge & Sons: London, England [1910.]. Source: 128...
EditorialBrick Wall with Open Door and Shovel. Elizabeth Murray; English, c. 1815-1882. Date: 1852. Dimensions: 254 mm ? 184 mm. Watercolor over traces of graphite on cream wove paper. Origin: England.
EditorialToy Shovel. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 35.2 x 24.6 cm (13 7/8 x 9 11/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 11 1/4" long; 2 1/2" wide. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper.
EditorialGrain Shovel. Dated: 1937. Dimensions: overall: 35.6 x 25.9 cm (14 x 10 3/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 52" long; 10 3/4" wide. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard.
EditorialWooden Shovel. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 38.7 x 24.8 cm (15 1/4 x 9 3/4 in.) Original IAD Object: 40" high. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper.