EditorialU.S. President Obama hosts intelligence meeting in Cabinet Room of the White House, Washington, District of Columbia, United States - 28 Oct 2009
EditorialFriar Antonio de Villacast?n (1512-1603). Spanish religious of the Order of Saint Jerome and quantity surveyor. Director of the works of the Monastery of El Escorial. Portrait. Illustration by Llanta. Lithography. Cr?nica General de Espa?a, Historia Il...
EditorialStanding Male?Figure, 900400 B.C., Jadeite with pigment, 8.9 ? 3.6 ? 1.5 cm (3 1/2 ? 1 7/16 ? 9/16?in.), Despite its small size, this standing male figurine carved of jadeite embodies many of the qualities of Olmec monumental art, in which hard stone i...
EditorialA clay tablet with a cuneiform inscription. The text is an acknowledgment of receipt for a residual quantity of barley as rental income for farmers., Inscription, pottery, clay, L 3.8 cm, B 3.6 cm, H 1.7 cm, Ur III Period 2112-2004 BC, Iraq.
EditorialPair of Figures, 1st century B.C.?A.D. 2nd century, Mexico, Mesoamerica, Nayarit, Iztlan del R?o, Iztlan del R?o, Ceramic, H. 16 1/4 x W. 12 1/4 x D. 5 1/2 in. (41.3 x 31.1 x 14 cm), Ceramics-Sculpture, Paired male and female figures are common subject...
EditorialBottle, New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19?20, ca. 1295?1070 B.C., From Egypt, Glass, H. 12 cm (4 3/4 in.), Egyptian glassmaking, which had reached a high level of virtuosity in late Dynasty 18, continued to be practiced in the Ramesside Period; howeve...
EditorialVase, New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19?20, ca. 1295?1070 B.C., From Egypt, Glass, H. 9.3 cm (3 11/16 in.), Egyptian glassmaking, which had reached a high level of virtuosity in late Dynasty 18, continued to be practiced in the Ramesside Period; howev...
EditorialKohl Tube, New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19?20, ca. 1295?1070 B.C., From Egypt, Glass, H. 10.2 cm (4 in.), Diam. 2.1 cm (13/16 in.), Egyptian glassmaking, which had reached a high level of virtuosity in late Dynasty 18, continued to be practiced in t...
EditorialBottle, New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19?20, ca. 1295?1070 B.C., From Egypt, Glass, H. 10.6 cm (4 3/16 in.), Egyptian glassmaking, which had reached a high level of virtuosity in late Dynasty 18, continued to be practiced in the Ramesside Period; how...
EditorialTankard, 1763, Made in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, American, Silver, Overall: 8 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. (21 x 18.4 cm); 29 oz. 9 oz. (915.2 g), Silver, Benjamin Burt (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1729?1805 Boston, Massachusetts), Early American ta...
Editorial[Whole drawing] The woman of Tahiti is dressed in the manner called 'Atee'; her body is wrapped in a large quantity of cloth, and decorated with two 'Taames' or breastplates. The cloth and breastplates are to be offered a gifts. Cook records in his jou...
EditorialSIR CHARLES EUAN-SMITH'S MISSION TO THE COURT OF MOROCCO: THE RUINS OF VOLUBILIS, NEAR FEZ; These ruins are about 20 miles from Fez, and consist of the remains of a large Triumphal Arch, the Forum, and quantity of walls. Between the remaining portions ...
EditorialWholesale Discoids Mushroom, Class I, Pl. WE., Fig. 32: Grand Agaric discoide, c?t? sup?rieur & convexe, ? quantit? de zones concentriques, form?es par une prodigieuse infinit? de petits filamens pierreux d'une structure admirable, Fig. 33: C?te concav...
EditorialFragment of musket size for musketeer, Musketeer for musketeer, fragment consisting of brass sleeve, loose bottom and one ear. Leather upholstery is missing. Standard description of musket size: brass covered with leather. Equipped with two eyelets on ...
EditorialModel of a stone mortar Model of a stone mortar on a chair, Model of a stone mortar on a chair, marked on both cheeks: M. St. n Mr a 15 Dm 't 1/6. Hereby a basket with stones. Mirror, bomb tube, wooden bomb and three hand suits are missing. A stone mor...
EditorialFragment of a musket size, Musket size, fragment consisting of brass bottom with ears and cord. The cap is missing. Standard description of musket size: brass covered with leather. Equipped with two eyelets on the side to put a cord through which the l...
EditorialFragment of a musket size, Musket size, fragment consisting of leather bottom glued on. The cap is missing and the leather is cracked. Standard description of musket size: brass covered with leather. Equipped with two eyelets on the side to put a cord ...
EditorialFragment of musket size, Musket size, fragment consisting of brass and leather sleeve with leather ears. The bottom is missing and the leather is strongly dried out and no longer fits over brass. Standard description of musket size: brass covered with ...
EditorialVirgin Suckling the Child, Tempera and gold on linen, 15 5/8 x 11 7/8 in. (39.7 x 30.2 cm), Paintings, Netherlandish (Antwerp) Painter (ca. 1520), Although originally produced in great quantity, paintings in tempera on linen from this period are quite ...
EditorialStele, 3rd?12th century, Found Egypt, Aswan (Assouan), Sandstone; inscribed, H. 11 7/8 in. (30.2 cm), Sculpture, Funerary stelae from the Byzantine period in Egypt are thought to have been produced in quantity, then modified for individual use. Inscrip...
EditorialFragment of a musket size, Musket size, fragment consisting of brass and leather sleeve with ear pieces, without bottom and with deformed top. Standard description of musket size: brass covered with leather. Equipped with two eyelets on the side to put...