EditorialLouis-Etienne Félicité de Salomon jeune. Lysius Salomon ca. 1843 before he became president. Louis étienne Félicité Lysius Salomon (June 30, 1815 – October 19, 1888) was the President of Haiti from 1879 to 1888. Salomon is best remembered for in...
Editorial[Self-Portrait with Christine and Yvonne Lerolle], probably 1895?96, Gelatin silver print, Image: 37.1 x 29.3 cm (14 5/8 x 11 9/16 in.), Photographs, Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834?1917 Paris), While Degas was aware of photography from the beginning o...
EditorialThe Virgin of the Immaculate Conception, 18th century, Hispano-Philippine, Ivory, partly gilded and polychromed; Halo: silver; Eyes: glass, H. 10 in. (25.4 cm), Sculpture-Miniature, The pose indicates the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception. A fuller r...
EditorialLiterary critic and satirist Karl Kraus during a lecture. His main work, " The ultimate days of mankind" is a bitter spoof of Austrian chauvinism and the general enthusiasm at the beginning of the First World War. Watercolour by Alfred Hegel.