EditorialBell-shaped cup with Eurpeans in a landscape in oval medallions, Bell-shaped porcelain cup painted on the glaze in blue, red, pink, yellow, black and gold. On the outside two oval medallions with Europeans in a landscape. One with a lady armed with a g...
EditorialThe Chaperone. Dated: c. 1908. Dimensions: overall: 46.3 x 36.2 cm (18 1/4 x 14 1/4 in.) framed: 63.5 x 53.3 x 8.3 cm (25 x 21 x 3 1/4 in.). Medium: oil on canvas.
EditorialThe Chaperone. Dated: c. 1908. Dimensions: overall: 46.3 x 36.2 cm (18 1/4 x 14 1/4 in.) framed: 63.5 x 53.3 x 8.3 cm (25 x 21 x 3 1/4 in.). Medium: oil on canvas.
EditorialThe informal umbrella. A gentleman grabs the hand of a young lady and kisses her, while using his umbrella to prevent her aunt and chaperone from seeing it. Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Mesangere's Le Bon Genre, Paris, 1817.
EditorialA man kneels to court a woman, 1760. Indian courtship scene: a man kneels on a richly patterned carpet and pays court to a woman who coily turns away holding a veil to her face. A servant or chaperone stands on the left. ID: Add Or 7.