EditorialBehind the scenes with The Lulworth Players family 'Am Dram' group staging their annual winter 'Mother Goose' Pantomine, Lulworth, Dorset, UK - 03 Feb 2023
EditorialCase for an animal mummy topped by a falcon, Late Period?Ptolemaic Period, 664?30 B.C., From Egypt, Cupreous metal, H. 13.4 cm (5 1/4 in.); W. 4.9 cm (1 15/16 in.); L. 21.2 cm (8 3/8 in.), The falcon god Horus stands with his wings swept back. He has a...
EditorialManuel Osorio Manrique de Zu?iga (1784-1792). Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes). FRANCISCO GOYA Y LUCIENTES DE (1746-1828). Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes.
EditorialCollar with a Peacock and Floral Pattern Round collar of Brussels needle lace with a pattern of peacocks and flowers, Collar of natural colored needle lace: Brussels gauze lace. Round model. The repeating and symmetrical pattern consists of two male pe...
EditorialTwo-armed candlestick with a male and female figure, The candlestick is composed of the following eight parts, of which only the first two are removable: the base, the trunk, the two figures, the two fat traps and the two candle holders. The trunk scre...
EditorialCygnus olor, Print, The mute swan (Cygnus olor) is a species of swan and a member of the waterfowl family Anatidae. It is native to much of Eurasia, and (as a rare winter visitor) the far north of Africa. It is an introduced species in North America - ...
EditorialBelemnitella mucronata, Print, Belemnitella is a genus of belemnite from the Late Cretaceous of Europe and North America. Belemnitella was a squidlike animal, probably related to the ancestors of modern squids and cuttlefish. The shell was internal. Th...
EditorialCygnus olor, Print, The mute swan (Cygnus olor) is a species of swan and a member of the waterfowl family Anatidae. It is native to much of Eurasia, and (as a rare winter visitor) the far north of Africa. It is an introduced species in North America - ...
EditorialCygnus olor, Print, The mute swan (Cygnus olor) is a species of swan and a member of the waterfowl family Anatidae. It is native to much of Eurasia, and (as a rare winter visitor) the far north of Africa. It is an introduced species in North America - ...
EditorialIbis, the sacred bird of the Isis-cult, with lotus flowers on its head and ears of corn in its beak. From the Ekkleasiasterion, the Isis Temple at Pompeii.
EditorialFragments, Medium: silk and metallic yarns Technique: slit tapestry, Fragments of tapestry roundels and borders from a plain cloth garment, some of which is still visible at the edges of these decorations. The fragments show portions of birds, mytholog...
EditorialWhat a Golden Beak!, plate 53 from Los Caprichos. Francisco Jos? de Goya y Lucientes; Spanish, 1746-1828. Date: 1797-1799. Dimensions: 193 x 136 mm (image); 216 x 151 mm (plate); 301 x 207 mm (sheet). Etching and aquatint on ivory laid paper. Origin: S...
EditorialOksaal (choir separation), from the church in Helvoirt, Oksaal from oak. On a rack of heavy pillars and sills (ribwood) stands a double cove, on which the floor of the actual singer's stand rests. The latter is surrounded on all sides by a bulkhead. Th...
EditorialMedal on the occasion of the 25-year marriage of Laurens Pit and Elisabeth Vogels in 1658, Round cast silver medal, ex: inside, on the top two hands sticking out of clouds and touching each other under a heart with arrows, and at the bottom a coat of a...
EditorialPets, Printed in black ink on blue paper, Top; short story on the negative aspects of owning a pet. Bottom; center background, profile of woman facing left, sitting in a rocking chair holds pet alligator or crocodile, finger caresses chin. Center backg...
EditorialOvoid Ewer with Flaring, Beak-Shaped Spout, Floral Medallion, and Zipper-like Band with Palmette. China. Date: 700 AD-799 AD. Dimensions: H. 33.0 cm (13 in.); diam. 15.8 cm (6 1/4 in.). Stoneware with underglaze molded and applied decoration. Origin: C...
EditorialSir John Fielding (1721-1780). British magistrate and social reformer, nicknamed the Blind Beak. Fielding was blinded in a navy accident at the age of 19. Portrait by Nathaniel Hone (1718-1784). Oil on canvas (124,5x 100,3 cm), 1762. National Portrait ...
EditorialTable cover, Medium: linen, silk Technique: embroidered in satin and chain stitch, Cream-colored linen table cover, with wide border designs worked in polychrome silks of pale green, yellow, pale rose, light blue, dark blue and dark green. Edged with b...
EditorialQuarter of a Ceiling, Livre de Portion de Plafonds en Vousures (Book of Portions of Vaulted Ceilings), Fran?ois de Cuvilli?s the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768, Fran?ois de Cuvilli?s the younger, German, 1731 - 1777, Nicolas Jean-Baptiste ...
EditorialIberian art. Vessel with decanter beak. 3rd century BC. From Moli de l'Espigol site (Municipality of Tornabous). Catalonia. Spain. From Moli de l'Espigol site (Municipality of Tornabous). Province of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. Museu Comarcal de l'Urgell...