EditorialCeratina, Print, The cosmopolitan bee genus Ceratina, often referred to as small carpenter bees, is the sole lineage of the tribe Ceratinini, and closely related to the more familiar carpenter bees. They make nests in dead wood, stems, or pith, and whi...
EditorialHouseboat on a river. A floating boat with a covered section. Birds. In Canton style. The Hastings Albums. Chinese school 1840-1860. Houseboat on a river with ducks. Collection: Hastings Albums Medium: gouache; paper, pith Style: Chinese schoo...
EditorialCaptain Anstruther. Album containing 12 paintings illustrating Chinese. 1840 - 1860. Capt. Anstruther. Transporting from and to prison'. In a wooden cage. Capt. Philip Anstruther (1807-84) was in charge of a detachment of Madras Artillery in the Anglo-...
EditorialTaking criminal to Prison. Album containing 12 paintings illustrating Chinese. 1840 - 1860. Taking criminal to Prison. Gouache on pith paper. China/Canton style. Image taken from Album containing 12 paintings illustrating Chinese punishments. Hastings...
EditorialIn prison. Album containing 12 paintings illustrating Chinese. 1840-1860. In prison. Two men chained to heavy weights. Gouache on pith paper. China/Canton style. Image taken from Album containing 12 paintings illustrating Chinese punishments. Hastings...
EditorialPunishing a Bad Wife. Album containing 12 paintings illustrating Chinese. 1840-1860. Punishing a Bad Wife. Gouache on pith paper. China/Canton style Image taken from Album containing 12 paintings illustrating Chinese punishments. Hastings Albums. Ori...
EditorialCriminal brought to Justice. Album containing 12 paintings illustrating Chinese. 1840 - 1860. Criminal brought to Justice. Gouache on pith paper. China/Canton style. Image taken from Album containing 12 paintings illustrating Chinese punishments. Hast...
EditorialBeheading. Album containing 12 paintings illustrating Chinese. 1840 - 1860. Beheading. Gouache on pith paper. China/Canton style. Image taken from Album containing 12 paintings illustrating Chinese punishments. Hastings Albums. Originally published/p...
EditorialStrangulation. Album containing 12 paintings illustrating Chinese. 1840-1860. Strangulation. Gouache on pith paper. China/Canton style Image taken from Album containing 12 paintings illustrating Chinese punishments. Hastings Albums. Originally publis...
EditorialExtracting the sinews. Album containing 12 paintings illustrating Chinese. 1840-1860. Extracting the sinews. Punishment for Offence. Gouache on pith paper. China/Canton style. Image taken from Album containing 12 paintings illustrating Chinese punishm...
EditorialTortures. Album containing 12 paintings illustrating Chinese. 1840 - 1860. Tortures. Method of extracting the truth. Two people bound and hanging from a wooden frame. Gouache on pith paper. China/Canton style. Image taken from Album containing 12 pain...
EditorialExtracting the truth. Album containing 12 paintings illustrating Chinese. 1840-1860. Torture. Extracting the truth. Gouache on pith paper. China/Canton style Image taken from Album containing 12 paintings illustrating Chinese punishments. Hastings Alb...
EditorialHouseboat on a river. A floating boat with a covered section. Birds. In Canton style. The Hastings Albums. Chinese school 1840-1860. Houseboat on a river with ducks. Collection: Hastings Albums Medium: gouache; paper, pith Style: Chinese schoo...
EditorialAlbum Containing Twelve Paintings of Birds, Ming (1368?1644) or Qing dynasty (1644?1911), 19th century, China, Album of twelve leaves; color on pith paper, Image (each): 8 3/4 ? 13 1/4 in. (22.2 ? 33.7 cm), Paintings, Unidentified Artist.
EditorialAlbum Containing Twelve Paintings of People Making Silk, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), 19th century, China, Album of twelve leaves; color on pith paper, Image (each): 8 3/4 ? 13 1/4 in. (22.2 ? 33.7 cm), Paintings, Unidentified Artist.
EditorialAlbum Containing Twelve Paintings of Insects, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), 19th century, China, Album of twelve leaves; color on pith paper, Image (each): 8 3/4 ? 13 1/4 in. (22.2 ? 33.7 cm), Paintings, Unidentified Artist.
EditorialAlbum Containing Twelve Paintings of Flowers, 19th century, China, Album of twelve leaves; color on pith paper, Image (each): 8 3/4 ? 13 1/4 in. (22.2 ? 33.7 cm), Paintings, Unidentified Artist.
EditorialRice-paper or pith-paper plant, Tetrapanax papyrifer (Aralia papyrifera). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaire's Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, Ghent, Belgium, 1857.