EditorialSiege of Amsterdam by Willem II, Silver Medal. Front: view of Amsterdam and ships on the Amstel, above it two hands from clouds with a bundle of arrows, olive branch, palm branch and banner under a coat of arms within an inscription. Reverse: Peace wit...
EditorialSiege of Amsterdam by Willem II, Silver Medal. Front: view of Amsterdam and ships on the Amstel, above it two hands from clouds with a bundle of arrows, olive branch, palm branch and banner under a coat of arms within an inscription. Reverse: Peace wit...
EditorialFifty-year marriage of Gilles Groenevelt and Kornelia Petronella de Bok, Silver Medal. Front: coat of arms lying between two water jugs at the base of Mercury staff, banner and oar within a circle, cut-off: date. Reverse: lighted veiled woman with flam...
EditorialEconomy, Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, artist, London, engraving 1816, Brougham, in the guise of John Bull, appears to the Regent, holding up a broom which points towards a small scene surrounded by clouds. The Regent, who has been revelling over a la...
EditorialThe Bay of Bull Arms, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, Bonfires Lighted on the Hills to Notify of the Arrival of the Cable Fleet on August 5th, 1858.
EditorialAbove left, Penitence; a nun kneels before a priest, who blesses her; an angel with a scroll, and above the priest, the Hand of God. Above right, Devotion; a nun kneels with clasped hands, with angel above holding a candlestick with lighted candle. On ...
EditorialA Sati or Widow-burning, 1831. A night scene with a full moon and dark trees in the background. The corpse is lying on the lighted funeral pyre with one wife stretched beside, while another is seen approaching. A trumpet is sounding and a number of spe...
EditorialTemporale. Pentecost. Text with initial 'S', descent of Holy Spirit upon the Virgin and apostles. Initial 'D', St. John before tower and six smaller churches, with angels. Initial 'I', St. Paul with upright sword and two books. In niches; God the Fathe...
EditorialChinese temple at Lhasa. Inscribed: ‘This is a drawing of the Chinese Temple at Lassa, and is interesting as tending to show the powerful control which that nation exercises over the Tibetans at Lassa, who are of a different religion: still here is t...
EditorialThe Bay of Bull Arms, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, Bonfires Lighted on the Hills to Notify of the Arrival of the Cable Fleet on August 5th, 1858.
EditorialThe Bay of Bull Arms, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, Bonfires Lighted on the Hills to Notify of the Arrival of the Cable Fleet on August 5th, 1858.
EditorialRowing boats on a river approaching a castle at night. Grimm's Fairy Tales. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London : William Heinemann, [1925]. 'On the opposite side of the lake stood a splendid brightly-lighted castle.'. Source: 12410.r.7. page 46.
EditorialA Sati or Widow-burning, 1831. A night scene with a full moon and dark trees in the background. The corpse is lying on the lighted funeral pyre with one wife stretched beside, while another is seen approaching. A trumpet is sounding and a number of spe...
EditorialTHE BURNING WELL NEAR THE FEATHERSTONE STATION IN THE VICINITY OF PONTEFRACT. In boring for coal, the sinkers penetrated a bed of shale at a depth of about 120 feet, upon which the water previously rising through the borehole was suddenly ejected like ...
EditorialAbove left, Penitence; a nun kneels before a priest, who blesses her; an angel with a scroll, and above the priest, the Hand of God. Above right, Devotion; a nun kneels with clasped hands, with angel above holding a candlestick with lighted candle. On ...
EditorialInterior of a Kafir Fort, Upsai. September 1885. View of interior court. Unsharp. 'Central Court, Apsai.' 'The villages Shui, Apsai, and Shidgol resemble forts rather than villages. Their plan is an irregular four-sided figure, the houses being built c...
EditorialRowing boats on a river approaching a castle at night. Grimm's Fairy Tales. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London : William Heinemann, [1925]. 'On the opposite side of the lake stood a splendid brightly-lighted castle.'. Source: 12410.r.7. page 46.
EditorialA Sati or Widow-burning, 1831. A night scene with a full moon and dark trees in the background. The corpse is lying on the lighted funeral pyre with one wife stretched beside, while another is seen approaching. A trumpet is sounding and a number of spe...
EditorialTemporale. Pentecost. Text with initial 'S', descent of Holy Spirit upon the Virgin and apostles. Initial 'D', St. John before tower and six smaller churches, with angels. Initial 'I', St. Paul with upright sword and two books. In niches; God the Fathe...
EditorialChapter XX. '... the old kingfisher lighted, and seizing our captain, who had been active in breaking the egg, in one of her claws, flew with him above a mile high, ...'. The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen. Illustrated by William Strang, R.A...
EditorialChinese temple at Lhasa. Inscribed: ‘This is a drawing of the Chinese Temple at Lassa, and is interesting as tending to show the powerful control which that nation exercises over the Tibetans at Lassa, who are of a different religion: still here is t...
EditorialA funeral procession. The Costume of China. Illustrated in forty-eight c. William Miller: London, 1805. The leader of the procession is a priest, who carries a lighted match, with tin-foil and crackers, to which he sets fire when passing a temple or ot...
EditorialThe Bay of Bull Arms, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, Bonfires Lighted on the Hills to Notify of the Arrival of the Cable Fleet on August 5th, 1858.
EditorialCandlestick with Lighted Candle from: Insigne Ac Plane Novum Opus Cratero graphicum; Ein new kunnstbuch (...) von allerley trinnckgeschiren Credenntzen unnd Bechernn (...), 1551, Engraving, Sheet: 11 x 6 1/8 in. (28 x 15.5 cm), Matthias Z?ndt (German, ...
Editorial? ??? ???? ??, Squirrel and Grape, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), dated 1868, China, Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on alum paper, 6 15/16 x 20 1/16 in. (17.6 x 51 cm), Paintings, Liu Deliu (Chinese, 1806?1875), Liu Deliu's fan painted ...
EditorialEconomy, Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, artist, London, engraving 1816, Brougham, in the guise of John Bull, appears to the Regent, holding up a broom which points towards a small scene surrounded by clouds. The Regent, who has been revelling over a la...
EditorialTHE WRECK OF THE THREE-MASTED SHIP "BENVENUE" AT SANDGATE: When night came on a bonfire was lighted on the beach by the crowds who were watching the wreck, to cheer those of the unfortunate crew who were still clinging to the rigging.
EditorialEconomy, Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, artist, London, engraving 1816, Brougham, in the guise of John Bull, appears to the Regent, holding up a broom which points towards a small scene surrounded by clouds. The Regent, who has been revelling over a la...
EditorialTHE BURNING WELL NEAR THE FEATHERSTONE STATION IN THE VICINITY OF PONTEFRACT. In boring for coal, the sinkers penetrated a bed of shale at a depth of about 120 feet, upon which the water previously rising through the borehole was suddenly ejected like ...