EditorialEXCLUSIVE: 'I rent mansions to the rich and famous like David Beckham, Megan Thee Stallion and the 1% ? THESE are the extreme things clients ask for and the ONE thing I won't do'
EditorialTerracotta kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup), Archaic, ca. 530 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-figure, H. 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm), Vases, Interior, gorgoneion (Gorgon's face), Exterior, obverse, between eyes, Dionysos, the god of wine, with satyrs and ma...
EditorialPhotograph - Mr. Thomas Baker, 1926, Photograph of Mr. Thomas Baker in 1926. This photograph was taken only 2 years before his sudden death at age 78. He was still actively involved as Managing Director at this time. Thomas Baker was an Australian entr...
EditorialFerdinand, Vicomte de Lesseps. The International Portrait Gallery. [With coloured. London, [1878-81.]. Ferdinand, Vicomte de Lesseps (1805-1894). French diplomat and entrepreneur. Portrait. Campaigner for the construction of the Suez canal. Image take...
EditorialJava Deer (second version), modeled ca. 1838, cast unknown, French, Bronze, 5 1/4 x 6 5/8 x 2 in. (13.3 x 16.8 x 5.1 cm), Sculpture-Bronze, In 1838 Barye obtained a commercial patent for casting small bronzes, and by 1845 he had formed a partnership wi...
EditorialJava Deer (second version), modeled ca. 1838, cast unknown, French, Bronze, 5 1/4 x 6 5/8 x 2 in. (13.3 x 16.8 x 5.1 cm), Sculpture-Bronze, In 1838 Barye obtained a commercial patent for casting small bronzes, and by 1845 he had formed a partnership wi...
EditorialHarlequin Dressed as Columbine, ca. 1770?80, Russian, Verbilki, Hard-paste porcelain, Height: 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm), Ceramics-Porcelain, In 1766, the English entrepreneur Francis Gardner, with the permission of Catherine the Great, established the first ...
EditorialJewel cabinet with watch, probably ca. 1765?70, British, London, Case: agate, mounted in gilded copper and gilded brass and set with painted enamel on copper plaques, and fruitwood; Dial: white enamel, Overall: 13 1/2 ? 9 3/4 ? 7 1/2 in. (34.3 ? 24.8 ?...
EditorialHarlequin, ca. 1770?80, Russian, Verbilki, Hard-paste porcelain, Height: 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm), Ceramics-Porcelain, In 1766, the English entrepreneur Francis Gardner, with the permission of Catherine the Great, established the first great porcelain facto...
EditorialTerracotta kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup), Archaic, ca. 530 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-figure, H. 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm), Vases, Interior, gorgoneion (Gorgon's face), Exterior, obverse, between eyes, Dionysos, the god of wine, with satyrs and ma...
EditorialFerdinand de Lesseps (1805-1894). French diplomat and entrepreneur. Panama. Members of the study committee, chaired by Mr. de Lesseps, for opening the canal. Almanac of The Illustration, 1881. Colored.
EditorialFerdinand de Lesseps (1805-1894). French diplomat and entrepreneur. Lesseps and his retinue visiting the works of Panama Canal. Engraving by Rico. Almanac of the Illustration, 1887. Colored.
EditorialFerdinand de Lesseps (1805-1894). French diplomat and entrepreneur. Lesseps with his family. Engraving in The Artistic Illustration, 1886. Colored.