EditorialDogger Bank Ribbon, Dogger Bank Ribbon with Zoutman. White ribbon on which seven ships each with a Dutch flag painted. The ships are seen in a line behind each other on the mirror. Smoke clouds on the starboard side of every ship. Rounds (= bullets) ar...
EditorialHalf Model of a Screw Steamer, Stack Model ( starboard) of a three-mast propeller steamship. Closed deck with behind a small upper campan, Midships are indicated with cages. Klippersteven, elliptical gate, screw window and rudder with rounded rudder bl...
EditorialMurder of the de Witt brothers, Silver Medal. Front: two facing breasts above banderole with inscription including family crest, inside inscription. The other side: the bodies of the de Witt brothers are torn apart by inscriptions and within a crown of...
EditorialHook sleeve, Hook sleeve with octagonal loop that rounds to the mouth. Curved bar with knob, tap with fork, sun hole on top. The original hook has been broken off and the bush is now fitted with a forged ring with horizontal taps and fork. On top of th...
EditorialMitaine of white lace knitwear, with cut-off thumb, Left mitaine of white cotton lace knitwear. Three-quarters of the arm length with the thumb cut off. from top to bottom with different rounds of open knitting stitches, wide lanes with zigzag lines, h...
EditorialHalf model of an Instruction Vessel, Polychromed block model (starboard) of a three-master. Four gun gates on the main deck, behind a small campaign deck. Sharp fore ship with curl as figurehead, elliptical fence with central coat of arms in gilded dec...
EditorialBicentenary of the foundation of the Franeker academy, Silver Medal. Front: Minerva with shield, spear and an opened book is under a tree with a coat of arms hanging, it leans on a pedestal with inscription, on which owl sits and a column rests, adorne...
EditorialAquitaine with white lace knitted fabric, with cut-off thumb, Left mitaine with white cotton lace knitted fabric. Three-quarters of the arm length with the thumb cut off. from top to bottom with different rounds of open knitting stitches, wide lanes wi...
EditorialThe Actor Segawa Kikunojo III and his attendant making cermonial rounds at New Year's. Torii Kiyonaga; Japanese, 1752-1815. Date: 1778-1788. Dimensions: 33.2 x 14.5 cm. Color woodblock print; hosoban. Origin: Japan.
EditorialMurder of the de Witt brothers, Silver Medal. Front: two facing breast pieces above pennant with inscription and inside inscription. The other side: the bodies of the de Witt brothers are torn apart by inscriptions and within a crown of thorns and roun...
EditorialThe Actor Segawa Kikunojo III and his attendant making cermonial rounds at New Year's. Torii Kiyonaga; Japanese, 1752-1815. Date: 1778-1788. Dimensions: 33.2 x 14.5 cm. Color woodblock print; hosoban. Origin: Japan.
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 Actor Segawa Kikunojo III and his attendant making cermonial rounds at New Year's. Torii Kiyonaga; Japanese, 1752-1815. Date: 1778-1788. Dimensions: 33.2 x 14.5 cm. Color woodblock print; hosoban. Origin: Japan.
EditorialThe Actor Segawa Kikunojo III and his attendant making cermonial rounds at New Year's. Torii Kiyonaga; Japanese, 1752-1815. Date: 1778-1788. Dimensions: 33.2 x 14.5 cm. Color woodblock print; hosoban. Origin: Japan.
EditorialThe second contest between Cribb & Molineux, September 28, 1811. Tom Molineaux (1784 – 1818) was an African-American bare-knuckle boxer. Tom Cribb (8 July 1781 – 11 May 1848) was an English bare-knuckle boxer. In 1810 Cribb was awarded the Briti...
EditorialThe set-too between Old Price and Spangle Jack the Shewman - fought with unabated vigour for nine rounds & yet undecided, engraving 1809, A pugilistic encounter, over new theater prices, between John Philip Kemble, tall and muscular, and Old Price, a m...
EditorialThe set-too between Old Price and Spangle Jack the Shewman - fought with unabated vigour for nine rounds & yet undecided, engraving 1809, A pugilistic encounter, over new theater prices, between John Philip Kemble, tall and muscular, and Old Price, a m...