Editorial[Chatham Square, New York], 1853?55, Daguerreotype, Image: 8.9 x 12.2 cm (3 1/2 x 4 13/16 in.), irregular, Photographs, Unknown (American), This chaotic street scene shows Chatham Street, now Park Row, from below its intersection with Pearl Street, nor...
EditorialView on the Columbia, Cascades, 1867, Albumen silver print from glass negative, 40.0 x 52.4 cm (15 3/4 x 20 5/8 in.), Photographs, Carleton E. Watkins (American, 1829?1916), Beginning in the 1850s, photographers found a way to achieve the clarity of da...
EditorialMoon and Autumn Grasses, ???????, Edo period (1615?1868), mid- to late 17th century, Japan, Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, silver, and gold flecks on paper, Overall (each screen): 59 7/16 in. x 11 ft. 10 3/8 in. (151 x 361.6 cm), Screen...
EditorialModel for a medal of Francesco Redi; a Ship at Sea, 1677, Wax on slate., Diam. 6.7 cm., Medals, Massimiliano Soldani (Italian, Montevarchi 1656?1740 Montevarchi), This rare wax model conveys the extraordinary refinement of Soldani?s art. It illuminates...
EditorialModel for a portrait medal of Francesco Redi, 1677, Wax on slate., *(a): Diam. 6.6 cm; (b): Diam. 6.7 cm., Medals, Massimiliano Soldani (Italian, Montevarchi 1656?1740 Montevarchi), This rare wax model conveys the extraordinary refinement of Soldani?s ...
Editorial[Chatham Square, New York], 1853?55, Daguerreotype, Image: 8.9 x 12.2 cm (3 1/2 x 4 13/16 in.), irregular, Photographs, Unknown (American), This chaotic street scene shows Chatham Street, now Park Row, from below its intersection with Pearl Street, nor...
EditorialA Prince Hunting Boars with His Retinue, late 18th?early 19th century, Western India, Rajasthan, Jhilai, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, 11 3/8 x 15 7/8 in. (28.9 x 40.3 cm), Paintings, The distinctive style of painting that emerged in the l...