Editorialneedlework mourning picture, Rebecca Bell (American), about 1790, silk threads, embroidered, H: 29-1/2', W: 34-1/2', To the memory of James and Mary Bell this work is respectfully dedicated by their affectionate daughters Ann Finley and Rebecca Bell., ...
EditorialTwo Princesses, New Kingdom, Amarna Period, Dynasty 18, ca. 1353?1336 B.C., From Egypt, Middle Egypt, Hermopolis (Ashmunein; Khemenu), Pylon of Ramesses II, Foundations, Deutsche Hermopolis Expedition 1939; Probably originally from Amarna (Akhetaten), ...
EditorialAn affectionate remembrance. The Sporting Times. London, September 2nd 1882. Detail from a page of the issue dated September 2nd, referring to the 'death' of English cricket as a result of the match between England and Australia at the Oval on the 29th...
EditorialFigures with guns in the foreground; a loch in the Trossachs in the middle ground; mountains in the distance; trees and rocks throughout the scene. GLEN OF THE TROSSACHS : To William Donglas of Almerness & Younger of Orchardson, Esq MP FRSL &c &c This ...
EditorialMrs Piercey and her mother. A most affectionate meeting in Holloway jail. I am innocent mother. I am innocent'. Mary Pearcey (1866 – 23 December 1890) was an English woman who was convicted of murdering her lover's wife, Mrs. Phoebe Hogg, and child, ...
EditorialAn affectionate remembrance. The Sporting Times. London, September 2nd 1882. Detail from a page of the issue dated September 2nd, referring to the 'death' of English cricket as a result of the match between England and Australia at the Oval on the 29th...
EditorialLetter of Sir Edward Dering sending Magna Carta to Sir Robert Cotton (Dover Castle, 10 May 1630.) Very few people can claim to have been sent a copy of Magna Carta, but that is exactly what happened to Sir Robert Cotton on 10 May 1630, when he receive...
EditorialTwo Princesses, New Kingdom, Amarna Period, Dynasty 18, ca. 1353?1336 B.C., From Egypt, Middle Egypt, Hermopolis (Ashmunein; Khemenu), Pylon of Ramesses II, Foundations, Deutsche Hermopolis Expedition 1939; Probably originally from Amarna (Akhetaten), ...