EditorialCostume de Yacht: veste de drap, jupe de toile, chapeau de cuir. A woman wearing a yacht costume: a red cloth jacket, stripey linen skirt, a leather hat and a blue scarf. She is using a telescope, pointing at the boat in the background. Costumes Parisi...
EditorialGrande robe du soir en brocart d'argent. Costumes Parisiens no.73. Perrugue bleue, aigrettes. Women depicted wearing evening dress with silver brocade, red slippers and a blue wig with silver headress, background shows a white peakcock on a tree branc...
EditorialTonosawa in Hakone Hakone Tonosawa (title on object), View of an inn on a river over which a bridge, mountains against a blue sky in the background. Tonosawa is traditionally a place that is visited because of the many hot water springs (onsen)., Hiros...
EditorialA colour wheel containing twelve colors: violet, blue, green, yellow, orange, scarlet, crimson, golden yellow, red, purple, sea green and yellow-green. Claude Boutet was a painter French of the eighteenth century. He is credited with drawing the oldest...
EditorialA colour wheel containing seven colors: violet, blue, green, yellow, orange, scarlet, and crimson. Claude Boutet was a painter French of the eighteenth century. He is credited with drawing the oldest chromatic circles. . Traitte? de mignature, pour a...
EditorialSignet Matrix, Seal Matrix, 1750- 1850, Possibly made in Birmingham, A 'signet' or 'seal matrix' is a small stamp used for impressing the mark of its owner in wax onto documents.In medieval times, many signets were made of metal. 18th and 19th century ...
EditorialSignet Matrix, Seal Matrix, 1750- 1850, Possibly made in Birmingham, A 'signet' or 'seal matrix' is a small stamp used for impressing the mark of its owner in wax onto documents.In medieval times, many signets were made of metal. 18th and 19th century ...
EditorialTeahouse waitress reading a letter, Woman sitting by wooden tea stand with blue-white tea cups, reading a letter, in cartouche at the top right an image of a hairdresser shaving the huge head of the god Fukurokuju (often a sexual reference)., Citadel o...
EditorialDurbar scene showing Wajid ‘Ali Shah (King of Oudh 1847-56) embracing the Governor-General, Lord Hardinge, on his visit to Lucknow in November 1847. British civil and military officers, as well as sepoys, are present, and the picture may depict the p...
EditorialIndigo factory, Bengal. In this view, the plants (Indigofera tinctoria) were soaked in large tanks or vats of water to releasing their blue colour, and would then float to the top to be retrieved and dried. India, ancient and modern : a series of illus...
EditorialAgricultural Hall, Islington. Great fair every afternoon & evening. Admission sixpence. Colour lithograph, printed in red, yellow, green, blue and black inks, illustrating the variety of events and shows on offer. A collection of pamphlets, handbills, ...
EditorialHalf-length portrait to left of Colonel William Hessing (1739-1803), wearing a uniform coat of red with blue collar and gold lace. He is balding with hair en queue, and has a small moustache. Probably by an Indian artist. c.1800. Water-colour on ivory;...