EditorialPhoturis, Print, Photuris is a genus of fireflies (beetles of the family Lampyridae). These are the femme fatale lightning bugs of North America. This common name refers to a behavior of the adult females of these predatory beetles; they engage in aggr...
EditorialPleated fan, Paper leaf with hand-colored etching, bone sticks, mother-of-pearl washer at the rivet, Pleated fan. Front and back leaves of hand-colored etching on paper. Obverse: a satirical depiction American separation from England, and the 1778 trea...
EditorialPleated fan, Paper leaf with hand-colored etching, bone sticks, mother-of-pearl washer at the rivet, Pleated fan. Front and back leaves of hand-colored etching on paper. Obverse: a satirical depiction American separation from England, and the 1778 trea...
EditorialPhoturis, Print, Photuris is a genus of fireflies (beetles of the family Lampyridae). These are the femme fatale lightning bugs of North America. This common name refers to a behavior of the adult females of these predatory beetles; they engage in aggr...
EditorialReproduction of the painting, 'the vampire', by Sir Philip Burne-Jones. A portrait of a femme fatale vampire leaning over her male victim. The model for Philip’s vampire was Mrs. Patrick Campbell, an actress. In 1897, he displayed the painting at an ...
EditorialReproduction of the painting, 'the vampire', by Sir Philip Burne-Jones. A portrait of a femme fatale vampire leaning over her male victim. The model for Philip’s vampire was Mrs. Patrick Campbell, an actress. In 1897, he displayed the painting at an ...
EditorialLady Lilith, 1867, Watercolor and gouache on paper, 20 3/16 X 17 5/16 in. (51.3 x 44 cm), Drawings, Dante Gabriel Rossetti (British, London 1828?1882 Birchington-on-Sea), Henry Treffry Dunn (British, Truro 1838?1899 London), Fascinated by women?s physi...
EditorialTete de martyr sur une coupe-head of a martyr in a bowl. Saint John Baptist, the pure hero ruined by the whims of a femme fatale, was a favourite topic among Symbolists. Charcoal and chalk on paper, 37 x 36 cm.