EditorialDesk Desk Desk, desk on S-shaped legs, decorated with marquetry in multiple materials. The scalloped front and sides of the chassis bear figurative marquetry panels, as well as the sides of the chassis and the fields of the central attachment. The writ...
EditorialSymptoms: of None of Your Stuff, of a Declaration, of a Meltonian, of Is that a Writ I See Before Me, of a Love Feast, of a Buck, Henry Thomas Alken, 17851851, British, between 1818 and 1822, Graphite and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, blued w...
EditorialMart?n de Cavalar with Mar?a Pita on the ordinary writ concerning the place of Ledo?o (Lendoiro), 1616. Mayor Fern?ndez Pita claimed some properties that Mart?n de Cavalar had acquired from Francisco Gonz?lez de Lesta. Mayor Fern?ndez Pita claimed that...
EditorialA professional criminal. Mina, a Hindu caste of professional criminals, represented by a man cutting through the wall of a building at night. Tashrih al-aqvam, an account of origins and occupations of some of the sects, castes and tribes of India. Writ...
EditorialThe Map of Human Life with passages in Sacred Writ. An allegorical mapping of life and the events thereof. . An Illustrative Map of Human Life, deduced from passages in Sacred Writ. New York, America. An Illustrative Map of Human Life, deduced from pas...
EditorialAn Artist Drawing by Lamplight, Felice Giani, Italian, 17581823, Black chalk on heavy wove paper, A heavily draped figure, seated, facing left draws upon a slanted surface resting in his lap. At left, a long pole supports the lamp illuminating the writ...
EditorialBank Note Design, Walter Shirlaw, American, b. Scotland, 18381909, Brush and grey and white gouache, black crayon, red pastel on brown paper (separate strip below), A winged woman is in the center over a protractor, beside which a man sits at left writ...
EditorialDesign for a Frieze with the Allegory of Literature, Piat Joseph Sauvage, French, 1744 - 1818, Pen and ink, brush and sepia wash on paper, A putto wearing a helmet and shouldering a lance speaks to another one who, crowned with a wreath, pauses in writ...
EditorialSections of a roof; plan of a winding stair, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 17461809, Pen and brown ink on off-white laid paper, A few figures are written over a part of the design, top left. The plan is at the top right. On verso, left top corner, is writ...
EditorialDesign for a clock, Lefebvre Manufactory, Tournai, Brush and yellow, red watercolor, black wash, graphite, on cream laid paper, Clock sits on footed base. At center, an oblong clock easel decorated with leaves, rosettes, wreath. 'HOMERE / VIRGILE' writ...
EditorialSymptoms: of None of Your Stuff, of a Declaration, of a Meltonian, of Is that a Writ I See Before Me, of a Love Feast, of a Buck, Henry Thomas Alken, 17851851, British, between 1818 and 1822, Graphite and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, blued w...
EditorialChatterton (The Death of Chatterton), 1856 Artist: Henry Wallis Thomas Chatterton (1752-1770) was an unsuccessful poet whose suicide became a symbol of blighted artistic genius. Wallis used his friend George Meredith (1828-1909), also a struggling writ...
EditorialDesk Desk Desk, desk on S-shaped legs, decorated with marquetry in multiple materials. The scalloped front and sides of the chassis bear figurative marquetry panels, as well as the sides of the chassis and the fields of the central attachment. The writ...
Editorialtile fragment with deer among floral scrolls, Square tile fragment of quartz-frit ware decorated with two deer among flower vines in a star-shaped cartouche in brown luster and blue on a white background of enamel. Around this a band with (psuedo) writ...
EditorialStrip of bobbin lace with standing ears of corn or 'st?ende ax', Strip of natural-colored bobbin lace, Swedish lace. The strip is attached to pins on a light blue cardboard with four other strips. At the top of the cardboard is' Wadstena. Sweden. 'writ...
EditorialDesk Desk Desk, desk on S-shaped legs, decorated with marquetry in multiple materials. The scalloped front and sides of the chassis bear figurative marquetry panels, as well as the sides of the chassis and the fields of the central attachment. The writ...
EditorialThe map is a religious allegory of the human condition from infancy to the grave, dominated by the large cross on 'Mount Calvery.'. An Illustrative Map of Human Life, deduced from passages in Sacred Writ, etc. (Drawn & engraved by J. Ping.). London : J...
EditorialA professional criminal. Mina, a Hindu caste of professional criminals, represented by a man cutting through the wall of a building at night. Tashrih al-aqvam, an account of origins and occupations of some of the sects, castes and tribes of India. Writ...
EditorialManuscript illustration of battle/tournament scene, with row of spectators in raised gallery, outside a castle. Le, Roman du Roi Meliadus de Leonnoys. Italy, 1352-1362. Le, Roman du Roi Meliadus de Leonnoys, par Helie de Borron. Writ- ten for Louis II....
EditorialA professional criminal. Mina, a Hindu caste of professional criminals, represented by a man cutting through the wall of a building at night. Tashrih al-aqvam, an account of origins and occupations of some of the sects, castes and tribes of India. Writ...
EditorialThe jurors who refused to convict William Penn in 1670 were fined and imprisoned for contempt of court because they returned a verdict with which the judge disagreed. One juror, Edward Bushell, refused to pay the fine and instead sued for a writ of hab...
EditorialThe map is a religious allegory of the human condition from infancy to the grave, dominated by the large cross on 'Mount Calvery.'. An Illustrative Map of Human Life, deduced from passages in Sacred Writ, etc. (Drawn & engraved by J. Ping.). London : J...
EditorialMahmut the famous Turkish spy. The Fifth Volume of Letters writ by a Turkish Spy Translated into Italian [or rather, written in Italian by G. P. Marana?], and from thence into English, by the translator of the first volume [i.e. William Bradshaw?].. Pr...
EditorialThe Map of Human Life with passages in Sacred Writ. An allegorical mapping of life and the events thereof. . An Illustrative Map of Human Life, deduced from passages in Sacred Writ. New York, America. An Illustrative Map of Human Life, deduced from pas...
Editorial"Here'sh a copy of a writ, and here'sh te original.", IMAGE ACCOMPANYING "THE FEAR OF THE WORLD; OR, LIVING FOR APPEARANCES" BY THE BROTHERS MAYHEW.
EditorialSummer Retreat in the Eastern Grove, ? ??? ????? ?, Ming dynasty (1368?1644), datable to before 1515, China, Handscroll; ink on paper, Image (painting): 12 1/2 x 42 1/2 in. (31.8 x 108 cm), Paintings, Wen Zhengming (Chinese, 1470?1559), This poem, writ...
Editorial"Here'sh a copy of a writ, and here'sh te original.", IMAGE ACCOMPANYING "THE FEAR OF THE WORLD; OR, LIVING FOR APPEARANCES" BY THE BROTHERS MAYHEW.
EditorialHobby, Falco subbuteo, with one foot on a dead bird. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his own "Natural History of British Birds," London, 1794-1819. Edward Donovan (1768-1837) was an Anglo-Irish amateur zoologist, writ...