EditorialArmchair made of ash wood, seat made of matt straw. The legs are connected at the top by four, at the bottom by three rungs, everything with twisted sections. The upper front apron is flat with a braided band, the under-anticipation closes recessed in ...
EditorialA Harlot's Progress, Plate 1, April 1732, Etching and engraving; fourth state of four, plate: 12 1/2 x 15 3/8 in. (31.8 x 39.1 cm), Prints, William Hogarth (British, London 1697?1764 London), Set outside the Bell Inn, London. Mary Hackabout, a country ...
EditorialThe birth of Dasaratha's sons. Ramayana, Bala Kanda. Udaipur, 1712. King Dasaratha is seen here on the right in the company of his wives, enquiring as to their welfare. On the left, he is depicted distributing alms to the people in his kingdom in antic...
EditorialBronze statuette of a standing male figure, Late Archaic?Early Classical, ca. 500?450 B.C., Campanian or South Italian Greek, Bronze, Overall: 9 3/4 x 2 3/8 x 2 3/8 in. (24.8 x 6 x 6 cm), Bronzes, The statuette is a rare and unusual sculpture best desc...
EditorialReliquary in the Shape of a Sarcophagus, 400?600, Byzantine, Marble, 5 5/8 x 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. (14.3 x 14.0 x 21.6 cm), Sculpture-Stone, The inscription on this reliquary suggests that it was given to a church or shrine in memory of a miracle, likely a...
EditorialA Harlot's Progress, Plate 1, April 1732, Etching and engraving; fourth state of four, plate: 12 1/2 x 15 3/8 in. (31.8 x 39.1 cm), Prints, William Hogarth (British, London 1697?1764 London), Set outside the Bell Inn, London. Mary Hackabout, a country ...
EditorialRichard Humphreys, the Boxer, Oil on canvas, 55 3/4 x 44 1/4 in. (141.6 x 112.4 cm), Paintings, John Hoppner (British, London 1758?1810 London), Boxing, well known in antiquity, was revived in England in the eighteenth century and afforded entertainmen...
Editorial[La Comtesse d?collet?e; Roses mousseuses], 1861?67, Salted paper print from glass negative, 44.8 x 29.2 cm (17 5/8 x 11 1/2 in.), Photographs, Pierre-Louis Pierson (French, 1822?1913), This enlargement, made from the same negative as , was printed lig...
EditorialBronze statuette of a standing male figure, Late Archaic?Early Classical, ca. 500?450 B.C., Campanian or South Italian Greek, Bronze, Overall: 9 3/4 x 2 3/8 x 2 3/8 in. (24.8 x 6 x 6 cm), Bronzes, The statuette is a rare and unusual sculpture best desc...
EditorialTurf Basket, round, slightly convex in anticipation of split wicker, the technique seemed fine work. Natural colored toes are interspersed with black-stained toes. On the edge two handles. The basket is filled with real turf. About 1676, wicker peat, h...
EditorialThe spirit of the book -or anticipation of the year 1813, a satire on the pending publication of The Book part of a campaign to attack the Regent through his wife, showing a figure, draped in white, supporting on outstretched arms the open pages of a h...
EditorialREPAVEMENT OF THE STRAND, LONDON, UK; The usually crowded roadways of Fleet Street and the Strand have just been in part re-laid with granite pavement, in well-timed anticipation of the additional amount of traffic to be expected during the approaching...
EditorialThe spirit of the book -or anticipation of the year 1813, a satire on the pending publication of The Book part of a campaign to attack the Regent through his wife, showing a figure, draped in white, supporting on outstretched arms the open pages of a h...
EditorialTo The Rescue; L. Passini; 1878; Children, children rescuing a doll from the water; crying; river bank; mother; anxiety; anticipation; tension.