EditorialProkne and Itys. Prokne, the daughter of the king of Athens Pandion, is shown preparing to kill her young son, Itys. With this act she aims to take revenge on her husband Tereus, king of Thrace, who dishonored her sister Philomena. Sculpture by Alkamen...
EditorialTwo Riders, from Das Bossenb?chlein, ca. 1582, Engraving, Sheet: 2 3/8 ? 3 7/16 in. (6.1 ? 8.8 cm), Mathais Beitler (German, Ansbach, active ca. 1582?1616), A rider, at left, faces right and aims his gun at a second rider, at right, who is shown from b...
EditorialUnder a beech a hunter aims his rifle at a duck, in the background a farm on the water, print maker: Gerardus Emaus de Micault (mentioned on object), Dating 1863.
EditorialFrench crossbowman, 14th century. He wears a helmet, cuirass, skirt of tasses, belt, stockings and knee pieces, and aims his crossbow at a target. From a print in the Gaignieres collection at the Bibliotheque du Roi. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and ...
EditorialPrimrose Waltz composed by A.G. Tarbet showing the portrait of Benjamin Disraeli, Lord Beaconsfield (1804-1881), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Upon his death on 19 April 1881, Primrose Day was instituted in his honor, as the English primrose wa...
EditorialAinu men seal catching, from 'Scenes of Daily Life of the Ezo', early Meiji era, Japan, c1870. Two men row the boat while a third aims a harpoon at the seal. Ezo was the pre-modern Japanese name for what is now called Hokkaid?, the northernmost of the ...