EditorialA photo provided by Fadi Kheir of Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the New York Philharmonic at David Geffen Hall in New York on March 9, 2023. (Fadi Kheir via The New York Times)
EditorialOpening of Charles I's coffin. Meditations Amongst the Tombs. England (London, J. Johnston); 1813. (Whole folio) Coloured cartoon of the opening of Charles I's coffin, in the presence of the Prince Regent, following its discovery in the tomb of Henry V...
EditorialIllustrated prayer from 'The Weeping Lady: or London'. The Weeping Lady. London, 1625. The Weeping Lady: or London like Niniuie in Sack-Cloth. Describing the mappe of her owne miserie, in this time of her heauy visitation; with her hearty prayers, admo...
EditorialArtist: The Beardsley Limner, American (active ca. 1785ca.1800)Subject: Dr. Hezekiah Beardsley, American, 17481790, Dr. Hezekiah Beardsley?(17481790), ca.?178890, Oil on canvas, 45 1/2 ? 43 5/16 in. (115.6 ? 110 cm), In this portrait by an unknown arti...
EditorialArtist: The Beardsley Limner, American (active ca. 1785ca.1800)Subject: Elizabeth Davis Beardsley, American, 17491790, Mrs. Hezekiah Beardsley (n?e Elizabeth Davis,?1748/491790), ca.?178890, Oil on canvas, 45 5/16 ? 43 3/16 in. (115.1 ? 109.7 cm), In t...
Editorial"Incomprehensible men! Wrapped up in meditations of a kind which I cannot divine, they pass me by unnoticed." Illustration for the story 'Ms. in a bottle'. Tales of Mystery and Imagination ... Illustrated by Harry Clarke. London : G. G. Harrap ; New Yo...
EditorialTitle page of A Monument of Mortalitie. Illustration. Engraving. Motto. Tomb. Classical architecture. Funeral sermon and religious writing. . A Monument of Mortalitie. London, 1612. A Monument of Mortalitie. (A Wakening of Worldlings.-Meditations of Co...
EditorialVirgin of the Annunciation, ca. 1300?1310, Made in Paris, France, French, Limestone, traces of paint, Overall: 16 11/16 x 11 5/8 x 7 3/8 in. (42.4 x 29.6 x 18.8 cm), Sculpture-Stone, Interrupted in her spiritual meditations, the Virgin Mary modestly re...
EditorialMonsieur Pascall's thoughts, meditations, and prayers, touching matters moral and divine : as they were found in his papers after his death : together with a discourse upon Monsieur Pascall's, Thoughts ... as also another discourse on the proofs of the...
EditorialTitle page of A Monument of Mortalitie. Illustration. Engraving. Motto. Tomb. Classical architecture. Funeral sermon and religious writing. . A Monument of Mortalitie. London, 1612. A Monument of Mortalitie. (A Wakening of Worldlings.-Meditations of Co...
EditorialBoney's Meditations on the Island of St. Helena. George Cruikshank (English, 1792-1878); after George Humphrey (English, 1773-1831); published by Hannah Humphrey (English, c. 1745-1818). Date: 1815. Dimensions: 355 ? 257 mm (image); 362 ? 264 mm (plate...
EditorialAn embroidered binding, bearing on either cover a crest of a branch of the Gwynne-Vaughan family. Christian praiers and holy meditations ... gathered out of the most godly learned in our time, by H. B. [i.e. Henry Bull.] Now lately augmented and newly ...
EditorialOpening of Charles I's coffin. Meditations Amongst the Tombs. England (London, J. Johnston); 1813. (Whole folio) Coloured cartoon of the opening of Charles I's coffin, in the presence of the Prince Regent, following its discovery in the tomb of Henry V...
EditorialLondon's fier began September the second 1666. Image of the Great Fire of London. ????? ?? or; the Burning of London in the year 1666, commemorated, and improved in cx. Discourses, Meditations, and Contemplations, etc. By S. Rolle. London : R. I...
EditorialTitle page o a book on the subject of the Great Fire of London. ????? ?? or; the Burning of London in the year 1666, commemorated, and improved in cx. Discourses, Meditations, and Contemplations, etc. By S. Rolle. London : R. I. for T. Parkhurst...
EditorialAn ink diagram of a left hand, inscribed with suggestions for nightly meditations. Miscellany, including a calendar, Psalter with prayers and Hours of the Virgin, imperfect, Bestiaire d'amour; Rules, and the Chronicle of Turpin. England, S. W. (Ludlow,...
Editorial"Incomprehensible men! Wrapped up in meditations of a kind which I cannot divine, they pass me by unnoticed." Illustration for the story 'Ms. in a bottle'. Tales of Mystery and Imagination ... Illustrated by Harry Clarke. London : G. G. Harrap ; New Yo...
EditorialTitle page of A Monument of Mortalitie. Illustration. Engraving. Motto. Tomb. Classical architecture. Funeral sermon and religious writing. . A Monument of Mortalitie. London, 1612. A Monument of Mortalitie. (A Wakening of Worldlings.-Meditations of Co...
EditorialEmbroidered back cover. Prayers and Meditations of Queen Katherine Parr. England; 1545. [Whole cover] Crimson silk binding, embroidered with gold and silver thread and coloured silks, with a monogram on the name Katharina, and initial H' above, the Lio...
EditorialIllustrated prayer from 'The Weeping Lady: or London'. The Weeping Lady. London, 1625. The Weeping Lady: or London like Niniuie in Sack-Cloth. Describing the mappe of her owne miserie, in this time of her heauy visitation; with her hearty prayers, admo...
EditorialVirgin of the Annunciation, ca. 1300?1310, Made in Paris, France, French, Limestone, traces of paint, Overall: 16 11/16 x 11 5/8 x 7 3/8 in. (42.4 x 29.6 x 18.8 cm), Sculpture-Stone, Interrupted in her spiritual meditations, the Virgin Mary modestly re...
EditorialMeditations, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), China, Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, Image: 34 x 14 1/2 in. (86.4 x 36.8 cm), Paintings, Unidentified Artist, Formerly attributed to Zhao Lingrang (Chinese, active ca. 1070? after 1100).