Editorial'A cheiff ladye of Pomeiooc'. 'A noble married woman of Pomeiooc'. Engraving of a woman wearing an apron-skirt of fringed skin edged with a single row of beads. She has painted or tattooed decoration on her face, upper arms, and calves, and holds a la...
EditorialWollaton Hall and Park, Nottinghamshire, Jan Siberechts, 1627ca. 1703, Flemish, active in Britain (from 1672), 1697, Oil on canvas, Support (PTG): 75 1/2 x 54 1/2 inches (191.8 x 138.4 cm), architectural subject, carriage, coach, country house, Elizabe...
EditorialThe Benchers and students of a society of lawyers dining at Middle Temple Hall. Elizabethan carved wood screen, stained glass windows, and heraldic shields. Steel engraving by Henry Melville after an illustration by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd from London I...
EditorialThomas Coryat (also Coryate) (c. 1577 – 1617) was an English traveller and writer of the late Elizabethan and early Jacobean age. He is depiected in the woodcut, riding a camel. Mr Thomas Coriat to his Friends in England sendeth Greeting: from Agra ...
EditorialRussia, Saint Petersburg. Bell tower of St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral (1753-1762). It was designed by the architect Savva Chevakinsky in the style of Elizabethan Baroque. Engraving by Lemaitre and Lalaisse. History of Russia by Jean Marie Chopin (1796-1...
EditorialThe Elizabethan Court. Views of the Crystal Palace and Park, Sydenham. Fr. London, 1854. The Elizabethan Court. Image taken from Views of the Crystal Palace and Park, Sydenham. From drawings by eminent artists, and photographs by P. H. Delamotte. With...
EditorialSpain. First Carlist War (1833-1840). Civil war that confronted Carlists, supporters of the Infante Carlos Mar?a Isidro de Borb?n, against the Isabelinos (Elizabethans), defenders of Isabel II and the regent Mar?a Cristina de Borb?n. Action at Vargas (...
Editorial'Le Vampire', Medium: cotton Technique: printed on plain weave, Four vignettes with figures in Elizabethan costume. Are scenes from an opera, popular in the 19th century, known as Le Vampire. In one of the vignettes is a tablet with these words imprint...
EditorialRussia, Saint Petersburg. Bell tower of St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral (1753-1762). It was designed by the architect Savva Chevakinsky in the style of Elizabethan Baroque. Engraving by Lemaitre and Lalaisse. History of Russia by Jean Marie Chopin (1796-1...