EditorialBrentford Sweepstakes. All coursers the first heat with Vigour Run. But 'tis with whip & spur the race is won, England, 1769, four horses running towards St. Stepn's Chapel, a building with open sides, and containing a party of men seated at a long table.
EditorialBrentford Sweepstakes. All coursers the first heat with Vigour Run. But 'tis with whip & spur the race is won, England, 1769, four horses running towards St. Stepn's Chapel, a building with open sides, and containing a party of men seated at a long table.
EditorialSampler, Mary Ann Howard, Medium: silk on wool Technique: cross, stem and satin stitches on plain weave foundation. Counted stitches., Memorial verse with a curving floral border. Verse reads:, 'Take holy Earth:, All that my soul holds dear:, Take that...
EditorialBrentford Sweepstakes. All coursers the first heat with Vigour Run. But 'tis with whip & spur the race is won, England, 1769, four horses running towards St. Stepn's Chapel, a building with open sides, and containing a party of men seated at a long table.
EditorialBrentford Sweepstakes. All coursers the first heat with Vigour Run. But 'tis with whip & spur the race is won, England, 1769, four horses running towards St. Stepn's Chapel, a building with open sides, and containing a party of men seated at a long table.
EditorialThe set-too between Old Price and Spangle Jack the Shewman - fought with unabated vigour for nine rounds & yet undecided, engraving 1809, A pugilistic encounter, over new theater prices, between John Philip Kemble, tall and muscular, and Old Price, a m...
EditorialBrentford Sweepstakes. All coursers the first heat with Vigour Run. But 'tis with whip & spur the race is won, England, 1769, four horses running towards St. Stepn's Chapel, a building with open sides, and containing a party of men seated at a long table.
EditorialBrentford Sweepstakes. All coursers the first heat with Vigour Run. But 'tis with whip & spur the race is won, England, 1769, four horses running towards St. Stepn's Chapel, a building with open sides, and containing a party of men seated at a long table.
EditorialThe set-too between Old Price and Spangle Jack the Shewman - fought with unabated vigour for nine rounds & yet undecided, engraving 1809, A pugilistic encounter, over new theater prices, between John Philip Kemble, tall and muscular, and Old Price, a m...
EditorialShishi mask, Japanese, Kamakura period, 13th century. This rare early surviving example of a lion mask is from the Kamakura period. The vigour of the chisel-work and symmetry of the curled hair are characteristic of sculpture of the period. Depictions ...