Editorial"Mu": Clapping the Hands to Effect a Curse, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)". Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1767-1778. Dimensions: 22.8 x 15.8 cm (8 15/16 x 6 3/16 in....
Editorial"Mu": Clapping the Hands to Effect a Curse, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)". Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1767-1778. Dimensions: 22.8 x 15.8 cm (8 15/16 x 6 3/16 in....
EditorialThyridia, Print, Thyridia is a monotypic genus of clearwing (ithomiine) butterflies, named by Jacob H?bner in 1816. Its only species is Thyridia psidii, the Melantho tigerwing or clapping ticlear. It is in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae...
EditorialAprotopos, Print, Thyridia is a monotypic genus of clearwing (ithomiine) butterflies, named by Jacob H?bner in 1816. Its only species is Thyridia psidii, the Melantho tigerwing or clapping ticlear. It is in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalida...
Editorial"Mu": Clapping the Hands to Effect a Curse, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)". Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1767-1778. Dimensions: 22.8 x 15.8 cm (8 15/16 x 6 3/16 in....
EditorialEncampment at Ghertope, Tibet. Snow in the background, two tents, goats and two yaks in the middle distance. Three musicians seated in the foreground, one playing a hautboy, one on tablas and the third singing and clapping his hands. 1812. Watercolour....
EditorialPreparation of food. The Ni'matnama-i Nasir al-Din Shah. A manuscript o. 1495 - 1505. Musicians entertaining the Sultan Ghiyath Shahi (damaged). Small inscription 'asmari', an entertainment. Ghiyath Shahi is seated on a stool listening to musicians pla...
EditorialA dance in Otaheite. Drawn by John Webber and engraved by J. K. Sherwin. A scene in Tahiti, in 1777, with two men and two women dancing before a hut, spectators on either side. Three drummers are in the background under the shelter of the hut, with a f...
EditorialEncampment at Ghertope, Tibet. Snow in the background, two tents, goats and two yaks in the middle distance. Three musicians seated in the foreground, one playing a hautboy, one on tablas and the third singing and clapping his hands. 1812. Watercolour....