EditorialUnknown (Indian), Illustrations to Life of Dhurva Maharaj: #3 Rejoicing and Dancing in Palace, ca. 1800, Gouache and gold, Sheet: 10 11/16 ? 12 inches (27.1 ? 30.5 cm).
EditorialThe Unburied Bodies of the Two Witnesses and the Rejoicing People; Unknown; London (probably), England, Europe; about 1255 - 1260; Tempera colors, gold leaf, colored washes, pen and ink on parchment; Leaf: 31.9 x 22.5 cm (12 9/16 x 8 7/8 in.).
EditorialEgypt, Alexandria. Popular rejoicing during the Greater Bayram festival (Feast of the Sacrifice). The celebrations include sharing meat with family and poor people, sacrifice of an animal, wearing new clothes, gifts for children, having fun on merry-go...
EditorialThe Feast of the Rejoicing of the Law at the Synagogue in Leghorn, Italy. Date/Period: 1850. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 1,413 mm (55.62 in); Width: 1,746 mm (68.74 in).
EditorialOn the right, Da?aratha again tells Rāma he will make him king, with Vasi??ha, Lak?ma?a, another Brahmin and ministers in attendance. Rāma and Lak?ma?a then leave the king to call on Kausalyā on the left, who, dressed in white, is worsh...
EditorialSītā casts herself into the great fire to the horror of all. But Agni, the golden god of Fire himself, rises from the flames attesting to Sītā’s purity and presents her to her husband. The gods, headed by Brahmā on his ha?sa bird, Indra on his...
EditorialThe Feast of the Rejoicing of the Law at the Synagogue in Leghorn, Italy. Date/Period: 1850. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 1,413 mm (55.62 in); Width: 1,746 mm (68.74 in).
EditorialWoman Lighting a Rocket, also called Peace Gets Me Going, from Communia Gaudia (The Wide-Spread Rejoicing at the Siege of Namur). Cornelis Dusart (Dutch, 1660-1704); published by Jacob Gole (Dutch, 1660-1737). Date: 1695. Dimensions: 247 x 180 mm (plat...
EditorialPublic Rejoicing. Charles ?tienne Pierre Motte (French, 1785-1836); after Monogrammist P.M. (possibly French, 18th-19th century); published by Chez Babeuf (French, 19th century). Date: 1805-1836. Dimensions: 182 ? 139 mm (image); 245 ? 183 mm (sheet). ...
EditorialWoman Lighting a Rocket, also called Peace Gets Me Going, from Communia Gaudia (The Wide-Spread Rejoicing at the Siege of Namur). Cornelis Dusart (Dutch, 1660-1704); published by Jacob Gole (Dutch, 1660-1737). Date: 1695. Dimensions: 247 x 180 mm (plat...
EditorialPublic Rejoicing. Charles ?tienne Pierre Motte (French, 1785-1836); after Monogrammist P.M. (possibly French, 18th-19th century); published by Chez Babeuf (French, 19th century). Date: 1805-1836. Dimensions: 182 ? 139 mm (image); 245 ? 183 mm (sheet). ...
EditorialThe Atlantic Telegraph Cable Fleet Assembled at Berehaven (Southwest Coast of Ireland): Ships, the Great Eastern, H. M. S. Terrible, the Alby, the Medway and the William Cory.
EditorialOn the right, Da?aratha again tells Rāma he will make him king, with Vasi??ha, Lak?ma?a, another Brahmin and ministers in attendance. Rāma and Lak?ma?a then leave the king to call on Kausalyā on the left, who, dressed in white, is worsh...
EditorialView of the fair. An Historical Memento, representing the different. Edward Orme: London, 1814. The view of the fair in Hyde Park, Augt. 1st 1814'. A moonlight scene. Image taken from An Historical Memento, representing the different scenes of public ...
EditorialSītā casts herself into the great fire to the horror of all. But Agni, the golden god of Fire himself, rises from the flames attesting to Sītā’s purity and presents her to her husband. The gods, headed by Brahmā on his ha?sa bird, Indra on his...
EditorialThe Chinese Bridge. An Historical Memento, representing the different. Edward Orme: London, 1814. The Chinese Bridge illuminated, on the night of the celebration of the peace, 1814'. In St. James Park. The Pagoda which was illuminated with gas lights, ...
EditorialThe Temple of Concord. An Historical Memento, representing the different. Edward Orme: London, 1814. The Revolving Temple of Concord illuminated, as erected in the park in celebration of the glorious peace of 1814'. A firework display. Image taken fro...
EditorialThe Serpentine, Hyde Park. An Historical Memento, representing the different. Edward Orme: London, 1814. The fleet on the Serpentine river, commemorative of the Battle of the Nile, Aust. 1st, 1814'. A mock naval battle between the English and French fl...
EditorialChinese bridge. An Historical Memento, representing the different. Edward Orme: London, 1814. The Chinese bridge & pagoda, erected in the Park, in commemoration of the Glorious Peace of 1814'. The Pagoda which was illuminated withgas lights, caught fir...
EditorialWindsor Castle from Datchet Lane on a rejoicing night, 1768. Date/Period: 1768. Painting. Gouache and touches of gold paint on paper. Height: 309 mm (12.16 in); Width: 459 mm (18.07 in).
EditorialThe Feast of the Rejoicing of the Law at the Synagogue in Leghorn, Italy. Date/Period: 1850. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 1,413 mm (55.62 in); Width: 1,746 mm (68.74 in).
EditorialThe Atlantic Telegraph Cable Fleet Assembled at Berehaven (Southwest Coast of Ireland): Ships, the Great Eastern, H. M. S. Terrible, the Alby, the Medway and the William Cory.
EditorialThe Unburied Bodies of the Two Witnesses and the Rejoicing People; Unknown; London (probably), England, Europe; about 1255 - 1260; Tempera colors, gold leaf, colored washes, pen and ink on parchment; Leaf: 31.9 x 22.5 cm (12 9/16 x 8 7/8 in.).
EditorialFrench liberty British slavery, Gillray, James, 1756-1815, engraving 1792, A design in two compartments. On the left is a lean and ragged sansculotte, seated on a stool before an open hearth ravenously eating raw onions, while he warms his bare toes at...
EditorialFrench liberty British slavery, Gillray, James, 1756-1815, engraving 1792, A design in two compartments. On the left is a lean and ragged sansculotte, seated on a stool before an open hearth ravenously eating raw onions, while he warms his bare toes at...
EditorialMAY was called "Trimilki," because then they began to milk the kine three times in the day. In this woodcut shepherds are watching over the ewes and lambs. May-day was the great rural festival of the English, and was celebrated with pomp and rejoicing.