EditorialMarble grave stele of a little girl, Classical, ca. 450?440 B.C., Greek, Marble, Parian, Height: 31 3/4 in. (80.6 cm), Stone Sculpture, The gentle gravity of this child is beautifully expressed through her sweet farewell to her pet doves. Her peplos is...
EditorialBronze statuette of a dog, Mid or Late Imperial, 2nd?3rd century A.D., Roman, Bronze, H. 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm), Bronzes, The Romans were ardent pet lovers. Dogs especially were great favorites and are frequently depicted in Roman art as either guard or hu...
EditorialRelief with pet gazelle (?), New Kingdom, Amarna Period, Dynasty 18, ca. 1353?1336 B.C., From Egypt; Probably originally from Amarna (Akhetaten); Probably from Middle Egypt, Hermopolis (Ashmunein; Khemenu), Limestone, paint (mostly modern), h. 23.5 cm ...
EditorialTiger, Edo period (1615?1868), late 18th century, Japan, Ivory, H. 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm); W. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm); D. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm), Netsuke, Raku, Tigers are not native to Japan. Their absence spurred fanciful ideas about their nature and physical for...
EditorialLouise Francoise de la Baume-le-Blanc, Duchess of La Valliere, mistress to King Louis XIV, 1644-1710. She wears her hair in ringlets, a pearl choker, a blue mantua dress decorated with lace collar and sleeves, gold embroidery, ribbon bows, and gold pet...
EditorialTHE ADVENTURES OF THE DOG "JIM", 1889: 1. Being promised a pet dog by some friends, who have come to live in town and are without a garden, I call, and am asked to leave the dog for a few days, as the family must have more time for the parting. 2. I ca...
EditorialMuscogee or Creek nation: chiefs Stee-cha-co-me-co, Great King or Ben Perryman 219, and Hol-te-mal-te-tez-te-neehk-ee, Sam Perryman 220. Choctaw chief Mo-sho-la-tub-bee, He Who Puts out and Kills 221, and chief Ha-tchoo-tuck-nee, Snapping Turtle or Pet...
EditorialRichard Dicky Dickinson, governor of Scarborough spa, with a pet monkey, 18th century. Engraving from James Caulfield's Portraits, Memoirs and Characters of Remarkable Persons, London, 1819.
EditorialPaul Gavarni (aka Hippolyte-Guillaume-Sulpice Chevalier, French, 1804 - 1866). My pet, you can never find anyone to scratch you as well as you can scratch yourself, 1853. From Les Partageuses, album 4; Masques et Visages. Lithograph.
EditorialTHE CART-HORSE SHOW AT THE AGRICULTURAL HALL, 1883: 1. "Fillies Under Four Years Old." 2. The Last Straw. 3. The Harness of Goliath. 4. Criticism. 5. A Lady's Pet.
EditorialBoys playing handstands (culbute) and fart-in-the-face (pet-en-gueule), after an engraving by Claudine Bouzonnet Stella, 17th century. Lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagne's Sports and Games of Skill (Sports et Jeux d'Adresse), Librairie Hachette, Pari...
EditorialTHE EASTER VOLUNTEER MANOEUVRES AT PORTSMOUTH, UK: 1. Signalling to the Front the Advance of No. 2 Marching Column on Saturday. 2. Alarm of the Natives. 3. A Letter Home from Eastney Barracks. 4. "Nell," the Pet Dog of the Royal Marine Artillery at Eas...
EditorialBucking Bronco. Ned Coy, a famous Dakota cowboy, starts out for the cattle round-up with his pet Boy Dick., John C. H. Grabill was an american photographer. In 1886 he opened his first photographic studio.
Editoriallove me, love my dog. 1873, happiness; garden; little girl; pet; affectionate, darling; dear; beloved; small dog; glint of light; fur; woodland;.
EditorialLYCOPERDON BOVISTA. Seta de la familia de las licoperd?ceas. Popularmente conocida por "PEDO DE LOBO". En Catalu?a se la conoce por "PET DE LLOP".
EditorialCharles Dickens, from a recent daguerreotype by Mayall, 1 December, 1855. . Memoir of Charles Dickens. . The lives of men of genius when happy, are ordinarily uneventful. It may, perhaps, be one of the reaspms for the paucity of materials available for...
EditorialThe Petö fi Cercle was a discussion forum of the Communist Youth League (DISZ). Named after the hero-poet Sandor Petö fi, the poet of the Revolution of 1848, it attracted intellectuals critical of the Communist party-line. The meeting of June...
EditorialIn 1497 Signorelli began painting the Vita of Saint Benedict da Nurcia as told by Saint Gegory. The work, 36 scenes in all, was completed 1505-1508 by Sodoma. Benedict mends a wooden trough (left), self-portrait Sodoma in elegant dress with pet badgers...
EditorialWomen sewing, Edo period, Japan, c1795-c1796. A group of respectable married women, surrounded by their children and even a pet cat are working together on a hot summer's day folding and mending obi sashes. On the right, two of them stretch and fold a ...
EditorialChildren with pet bird riding a camel. From the mosaics of the peristyle court and adjoining audience hall od Emperor Justinian's palace. Originally the mosaics covered an area of 1872 sq. meters. 530-540 CE.
EditorialThe durbar of December 1845; the Maharaja Dalip Singh is seated on a chair holding a gun, a pet lapdog at his feet and an attendant with a fly whisk behind him. On the Maharadsha's left is Diwan Dinah Nat and Fakir Nu ud-Din holding a book and prayer...