EditorialA Woman and a Cat, Edo period (1615?1868), ca. 1793?94, Japan, One sheet of a triptych of polychrome woodblock prints; ink and color on paper, H. 15 1/8 in. (38.4 cm); W. 10 3/16 in. (25.9 cm), Prints, Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753??1806), In this d...
EditorialAn act to prevent the importation of slaves, by any of His Majesty's subjects, into any islands, colonies, plantations, or territories belonging to any foreign sovereign, state, or power; and also to render more effectual a certain order, made by His M...
EditorialRaven double to break the effort of the belier, Wooden cheeks hung on two ropes, lowered onto the ram to render it useless, signed: A. De Putter fecit, Pl. XXV, Tom., I, Pag., 76, after p. 76, Putter, A. de (fec.), 1774, Polybius; Vincent Thuillier; Je...
EditorialCutting crow that served to prick the Beliers, Zangenrabe, big tongs, which are used to grab rams and thus render harmless, signed: A. De Putter fecit, Pl. XXIV, Tom., I, Pag., 75, after p. 75, Putter, A. de (fec.), 1774, Polybius; Vincent Thuillier; J...
EditorialHans Baldung Grien (Hans Baldung): Madonna and Child, Hans Baldung Grien (Hans Baldung), 1539, Oil and tempera on panel, Hans Baldung Grien was a German painter and printmaker who studied under Albrecht D?rer. Baldung distinguished himself as one of th...
EditorialHans Baldung Grien (Hans Baldung): Madonna and Child, Hans Baldung Grien (Hans Baldung), 1539, Oil and tempera on panel, Hans Baldung Grien was a German painter and printmaker who studied under Albrecht D?rer. Baldung distinguished himself as one of th...
EditorialHans Baldung Grien (Hans Baldung): Madonna and Child, Hans Baldung Grien (Hans Baldung), 1539, Oil and tempera on panel, Hans Baldung Grien was a German painter and printmaker who studied under Albrecht D?rer. Baldung distinguished himself as one of th...
Editorial???? ????, Rooster in a Storm, Edo period (1615?1868), 1783, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk, 38 7/8 x 17 1/4 in. (98.7 x 43.8 cm), Paintings, So Shizan (Japanese, 1733?1805), This scroll portrays a rooster in a rainstorm. The artis...
EditorialA Woman and a Cat, Edo period (1615?1868), ca. 1793?94, Japan, One sheet of a triptych of polychrome woodblock prints; ink and color on paper, H. 15 1/8 in. (38.4 cm); W. 10 3/16 in. (25.9 cm), Prints, Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753??1806), In this d...