EditorialRelief showing horsemen. Pentelic marble; West frieze from the Parthenon, Athens, Greece; 447-33 BCE. The frieze represents the Panathenaic procession. Only two slabs of the West Frieze were removed by Lord Elgin and the rest of the West Frieze remaine...
EditorialCostume of a French Turco, Graphite, brush and watercolor on paper, He sounds a signal and holds the gun in the right hand., France, ca. 1880, Drawing, Drawing.
EditorialCurrier & Ives, American, 18341907, After John Cameron, (American, 18301876), Ready for the Signal, 1872, Lithograph, partly hand-colored, on paper, image: 17 3/16 x 26 in. (43.7 x 66 cm).
EditorialUnknown Artist, Assyrian Relief: Winged Spirit or Apkallu Anointing Ashurnasirpal II from Kalhu (Nimrud), Iraq, ca. 875860 B.C.E., gypsum (Mosul alabaster), 65 11/16 in. x 78 1/8 in. x 6 3/8 in. (166.8 cm. x 198.5 cm. x 16.2 cm.), This relief shows the...
EditorialModel of an Optical Telegraph, Model of an optical telegraph on octagonal base. The telegraaf consists of a mast with three rotating arms, these consist of a trellis to keep their weight low, and are black on the one hand, white and cut-away on the oth...
EditorialModel of an Axiometer, Model of a steering signal and axiometer. The steering wheel is attached to an alarm clock-shaped cabinet on four small wheels. An internal lamp is fitted in the cabinet just below the steering wheel. On the other hand, the case ...
EditorialVirgin and Child, 1516, Oil on spruce, 11 x 7 3/8 in. (27.9 x 18.7 cm); set in panel 11 x 8 1/4 in. (27.9 x 22.2 cm), Paintings, Albrecht D?rer (German, Nuremberg 1471?1528 Nuremberg), At first glance, this small painting seems to represent simply the ...
EditorialBinoculars of the signal post of the optical telegraph on the Weesperpoort in Amsterdam, Binoculars of wood with copper sections at the ends. The extendable eye part consists of five pieces and three lenses. Off is screwed to the copper end of the wood...
EditorialA demonstrator gives a hand signal — meaning "five demands, not one less," one of the Hong Kong protesters' main slogans — amid a sea of marchers in the Causeway Bay district on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020. (Matthew Abbott/The New York Times)
EditorialModel of an Optical Telegraph, Model of an optical telegraph on octagonal base. The telegraaf consists of a mast with three rotating arms, these consist of a trellis to keep their weight low, and are black on the one hand, white and cut-away on the oth...
EditorialModel of an Axiometer, Model of a steering signal and axiometer. The steering wheel is attached to an alarm clock-shaped cabinet on four small wheels. An internal lamp is fitted in the cabinet just below the steering wheel. On the other hand, the case ...
EditorialRelief showing horsemen. Pentelic marble; West frieze from the Parthenon, Athens, Greece; 447-33 BCE. The frieze represents the Panathenaic procession. Only two slabs of the West Frieze were removed by Lord Elgin and the rest of the West Frieze remaine...
EditorialAt this signal the other ^Esir threw the chain round the monster's neck.' Tyr pledges his hand to chain the Fenrir the Wolf. The Heroes of Asgard ... Illustrated ... by C. E. Brock. London : Macmillan & Co., 1930. Source: 012403.g.7 opposite page 198.
EditorialAn illustration on the subject of hand signalling. The Homograph, or every man a signal tower. London, [1808]. Source: 534.c.29, plate before page 13.
EditorialVirgin and Child, 1516, Oil on spruce, 11 x 7 3/8 in. (27.9 x 18.7 cm); set in panel 11 x 8 1/4 in. (27.9 x 22.2 cm), Paintings, Albrecht D?rer (German, Nuremberg 1471?1528 Nuremberg), At first glance, this small painting seems to represent simply the ...
EditorialRelief showing horsemen. Pentelic marble; West frieze from the Parthenon, Athens, Greece; 447-33 BCE. The frieze represents the Panathenaic procession. Only two slabs of the West Frieze were removed by Lord Elgin and the rest of the West Frieze remaine...