EditorialOn the Beach at Trouville, 1863, Oil on wood, 10 x 18 in. (25.4 x 45.7 cm), Paintings, Eug?ne Boudin (French, Honfleur 1824?1898 Deauville), Boudin, a native of Honfleur, began painting scenes of fashionable beach resorts along the Normandy coast in th...
EditorialJar, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6-8, ca. 2323?2150 B.C., From Egypt, Travertine (Egyptian alabaster), H. 9.2 cm (3 5/8 in.), This bag-shaped jar owes more to vessel shapes in pottery than to the older tradition of stone vessels. Note how the artisan has skil...
EditorialFace attributed to Ptolemy II Philadelphos or a contemporary, Ptolemaic Period, Ptolemaic Dynasty, 285?246 B.C., From Egypt, Memphite Region, Heliopolis (Iunu; On), Near the obelisk, BSAE excavations 1912, Graywacke, H. 16.2 cm (6 3/8 in.); W. 10.8 cm ...
Editorial?, ???, ??????, ?, Landscape after Wu Zhen, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), dated 1695, China, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, Image: 42 3/4 x 20 1/4 in. (108.6 x 51.4 cm), Paintings, Wang Yuanqi (Chinese, 1642?1715), According to his inscription, Wang Yuanqi ...
EditorialChilins (Chinese Chimerical Creatures) Fighting with a Dragon, 16th century, Attributed to Turkey, Istanbul, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, Painting: H. 6 1/16 in. (15.4 cm), While the creatures seen here are of Chinese origin, combat scene...
EditorialRed vein Indian mallow, Abutilon pictum (Striated abutilon, Abutilon striatum). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Nevitt after a botanical illustration by Miss Jane Taylor from Benjamin Maund and the Rev. John Stevens Henslow's The Botanist, Lon...
EditorialGentlemen and lady playing cards in a parlour, while others dance in the next room. He says, You've hit a vein. I congratulate you Madame! He thinks, The devil take you! Handcoloured lithograph by the Gihaut brothers after an illustration by Swiss arti...