EditorialConsole tables, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 17461809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on off-white laid paper, Lower row: two left halves of projects. Frame and top have the shape of cornices of an entablature, the leg has the shape of...
EditorialDragons, Mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu), and silk threads (itoire), Japanese dragons (ryu) originate from Chinese dragons and represent a wingless serpent with three-clawed feet. Each part of the body is...
EditorialTables, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 17461809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined, Left row: a plan of a round table, designs for two console tables. The upper one supported by two wingless chimerae, connected above by...
EditorialThe Wingless Chimera, Sir David Young Cameron, 18651945, British, 1911, Etching and drypoint on laid paper, Plate: 7 5/8 x 9 3/8in. (19.4 x 23.8cm) and Sheet: 9 1/4 x 13 1/4in. (23.5 x 33.7cm).
EditorialThe Wingless Chimera, Sir David Young Cameron, 18651945, British, 1911, Etching and drypoint, Plate: 7 5/8 x 9 3/8in. (19.4 x 23.8cm) and Sheet: 8 1/4 x 13 1/4in. (21 x 33.7cm).
EditorialGeorge Wilson Bridges, Basso Relievo--of Wingless Victory--lately found, George Wilson Bridges (British, 17881864), 1848, Paper negative, 20.6 x 15.2 cm (8 1/8 x 6 in. ), Negatives.
EditorialAngel, ca. 1460?80, Made in Rhine Valley, German, Wood, gilded and painted, Overall: 16 1/4 x 8 1/2 x 5 in. (41.3 x 21.6 x 12.7 cm), Sculpture-Wood, This wingless angel playing a dulcimer probably accompanied an angelic orchestra in a scene such as the...
EditorialCarabus, Print, Carabus is a genus of beetle in family Carabidae. The genus is highly diverse with 91 subgenera and more than 1000 recognised species and thus is the largest genus in the subfamily Carabinae. The vast majority are native to the Palearct...
EditorialMachilis, Print, The Machilidae are a family of insects belonging to the order Archaeognatha (the bristletails). There are around 250 described species worldwide. These insects are wingless, elongated and more or less cylindrical with a distinctive hum...
EditorialMachilis, Print, The Machilidae are a family of insects belonging to the order Archaeognatha (the bristletails). There are around 250 described species worldwide. These insects are wingless, elongated and more or less cylindrical with a distinctive hum...
EditorialCarabus, Print, Carabus is a genus of beetle in family Carabidae. The genus is highly diverse with 91 subgenera and more than 1000 recognised species and thus is the largest genus in the subfamily Carabinae. The vast majority are native to the Palearct...
EditorialAnisomorpha, Print, Anisomorpha is a genus of walking stick insect capable of secreting a substance from glands on the metathorax that can cause an intense burning irritation of the eyes and mouth of potential predators on contact. In some cases, this ...
EditorialBas-de-page scene of the Baptism of Christ by John the Baptist, while a wingless angel at right holds Christ’s garment, with a caption reading, ‘Cy seint iohan Baptist douz ihesu crist’ . Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Taymouth Hours'). Englan...
EditorialThe monkeys have resolved to die by starving themselves to death on the shores of the southern ocean rather than return to face their king’s wrath. They are seen by the wingless vulture Sa?pāti, brother of the vulture king Ja?āyu, who had died ...
EditorialThe monkeys have resolved to die by starving themselves to death on the shores of the southern ocean rather than return to face their king’s wrath. They are seen by the wingless vulture Sa?pāti, brother of the vulture king Ja?āyu, who had died ...
EditorialPsalm 103; grotesques. Luttrell Psalter. England [East Anglia]; circa 1325-1335. [Whole folio] Psalm 103. Marginal decoration with three grotesques; at the top, a grotesque with bird's bill and tusks. Right, a monster with two human heads and long legs...
EditorialBas-de-page scene of the Baptism of Christ by John the Baptist, while a wingless angel at right holds Christ’s garment, with a caption reading, ‘Cy seint iohan Baptist douz ihesu crist’ . Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Taymouth Hours'). Englan...
EditorialThe monkeys have resolved to die by starving themselves to death on the shores of the southern ocean rather than return to face their king’s wrath. They are seen by the wingless vulture Sa?pāti, brother of the vulture king Ja?āyu, who had died ...
EditorialAngel, ca. 1460?80, Made in Rhine Valley, German, Wood, gilded and painted, Overall: 16 1/4 x 8 1/2 x 5 in. (41.3 x 21.6 x 12.7 cm), Sculpture-Wood, This wingless angel playing a dulcimer probably accompanied an angelic orchestra in a scene such as the...
EditorialTemple of Wingless Victory, Lately Restored, 1848, Paper negative, Image: 16.7 x 20.6 cm (6 9/16 x 8 1/8 in.), Negatives, George Wilson Bridges (British, 1788?1864), An Oxford-educated Englishman, the Reverend George Bridges lived comfortably in Jamaic...