EditorialScenic, Hand painted on handmade paper, a) Small brown heron with white undersides alighting amidst blue and pink blossoms; b) Two pink-flecked white, six-petal lilies with leaf spray; c) Three blue water Iris at pond's edge. Blue-gray leaves at base o...
EditorialFlowers and insects. Dara Shikoh. 1630-1640. Exotic flowers with insects alighting upon them; gold clouds at top. Opaque watercolour with gold background not coloured. Image taken from Dara Shikoh Originally published/produced in 1630-1640. . Source:...
EditorialFigure of Iris from the west pediment od the parthenon, Acropolis, Athens. She is shown as if just alighting on the Acropolis; her drapaery is pressed flat against her body and flutters out at the edges. It was held at the waist by a bronze girdle, now...
EditorialButterflies and plants. Dara Shikoh. 1630-1640. Two flowering plants with a pair of large butterflies alighting from above. Opaque watercolour, background not coloured. Image taken from Dara Shikoh. Originally published/produced in 1630-1640. . Sourc...
EditorialPospischil Kaira's "Lilliput Dogs", c. 1875. Pospischil Kaira's new & original combination of Albion's 'liliput dogs'. 5 ft. dive alighting on front legs. Dogs walking across ladder & down steps. Somersault. Revolving machine. Passage of Brooklyn Bridg...
EditorialFlowers and insects. Dara Shikoh. 1630-1640. Exotic flowers with insects alighting upon them; gold clouds at top. Opaque watercolour with gold background not coloured. Image taken from Dara Shikoh Originally published/produced in 1630-1640. . Source:...
EditorialIris & butterfly. Dara Shikoh. 1630-1640. A blue iris plant with a butterfly alighting. Gouache with gold; background not entirely coloured. Image taken from Dara Shikoh. Originally published/produced in 1630-1640. . Source: Add.Or.3129, f.41v.
EditorialFigure of Iris from the west pediment od the parthenon, Acropolis, Athens. She is shown as if just alighting on the Acropolis; her drapaery is pressed flat against her body and flutters out at the edges. It was held at the waist by a bronze girdle, now...
EditorialGeorge Scharf after John Flaxman (German, 1788 - 1860), Bearing a Weight; Preparing to Jump, and Alighting, published 1829, lithograph [proof before letters].
EditorialFigure of Iris from the west pediment od the parthenon, Acropolis, Athens. She is shown as if just alighting on the Acropolis; her drapaery is pressed flat against her body and flutters out at the edges. It was held at the waist by a bronze girdle, now...