EditorialA man kneels to court a woman, 1760. Indian courtship scene: a man kneels on a richly patterned carpet and pays court to a woman who coily turns away holding a veil to her face. A servant or chaperone stands on the left. ID: Add Or 7.
EditorialThe Chaperone. Dated: c. 1908. Dimensions: overall: 46.3 x 36.2 cm (18 1/4 x 14 1/4 in.) framed: 63.5 x 53.3 x 8.3 cm (25 x 21 x 3 1/4 in.). Medium: oil on canvas.
EditorialA photo provided by NASA shows the astronaut Peggy Whitson in the cupola of the International Space Station on Dec. 3, 2016. (NASA via The New York Times)
EditorialSatirical Print: The Suitor, Pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper, An old man with a staff standing at right looks through a lorgnon (monocle) at a young girl seated at left. She is accompanied by a sewing chaperone. A cat with a string lays on t...
EditorialBell-shaped cup with Eurpeans in a landscape in oval medallions, Bell-shaped porcelain cup painted on the glaze in blue, red, pink, yellow, black and gold. On the outside two oval medallions with Europeans in a landscape. One with a lady armed with a g...
EditorialThe informal umbrella. A gentleman grabs the hand of a young lady and kisses her, while using his umbrella to prevent her aunt and chaperone from seeing it. Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Mesangere's Le Bon Genre, Paris, 1817.
EditorialBell-shaped cup with Eurpeans in a landscape in oval medallions, Bell-shaped porcelain cup painted on the glaze in blue, red, pink, yellow, black and gold. On the outside two oval medallions with Europeans in a landscape. One with a lady armed with a g...
EditorialThe Chaperone. Dated: c. 1908. Dimensions: overall: 46.3 x 36.2 cm (18 1/4 x 14 1/4 in.) framed: 63.5 x 53.3 x 8.3 cm (25 x 21 x 3 1/4 in.). Medium: oil on canvas.
EditorialThe Chaperone. Dated: c. 1908. Dimensions: overall: 46.3 x 36.2 cm (18 1/4 x 14 1/4 in.) framed: 63.5 x 53.3 x 8.3 cm (25 x 21 x 3 1/4 in.). Medium: oil on canvas.
EditorialThe informal umbrella. A gentleman grabs the hand of a young lady and kisses her, while using his umbrella to prevent her aunt and chaperone from seeing it. Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Mesangere's Le Bon Genre, Paris, 1817.
EditorialA man kneels to court a woman, 1760. Indian courtship scene: a man kneels on a richly patterned carpet and pays court to a woman who coily turns away holding a veil to her face. A servant or chaperone stands on the left. ID: Add Or 7.