EditorialSide Chair. Attributed to R. J. Horner and Company; American, active 1886-c. 1915; New York, New York. Date: 1885-1895. Dimensions: 87.6 ? 46.4 ? 42.6 cm (34 1/2 ? 17 1/2 ? 16 in.). Maple and birds-eye maple. Origin: New York.
EditorialA drawing of the statue of Edward II on his tomb in Gloucester Cathedral. Birds-eye view of the statue of Edward II in his monument in Gloucester Cathedral. 1797. Pen and black ink with monochrome wash over pencil. Source: Maps K.Top.13.68.n. Language:...
EditorialBirds eye view of Niagara Falls, N.Y., Bierstadt Brothers, Bierstadt, Charles (1819-1903), New York (State), Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.), Niagara Falls.
EditorialSunrise on a Bridge, Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 17971858, Woodblock print in colored ink on paper, A birds-eye view of a bridge will only a few pedestrians crossing in either direction. This early morning scene captures the sunrise that is gently waking...
EditorialOcean View, Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 17971858, Woodblock print in colored ink on paper, This scene depicts a birds-eye view overlooking the ocean. Two pairs of people are enjoying the beautiful spring day. A couple of men are having a discussion and p...
EditorialFormer Hachiman Shrine, Sunamura (Sunamura Moto-Hachiman) From the Series One Hundred Famous views of Edo, Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 17971858, Woodblock print in colored ink on paper, This birds eye view looks out onto Edo Bay from the Moto-Hachiman Sh...
EditorialDesign for a Mantelpiece, Giuseppe Valadier, Italian, 17621839, Pen and ink on paper, A plan of the over mantel. At center top part of the framing of the fireplace and the over mantel: a pavilion in Pompeian style with thin columns, shown in perspectiv...
EditorialFurukawa River, Hiroo,( Furukawa Hiroo) From the Series One Hundred Famous views of Edo, Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 17971858, Woodblock print in colored ink on paper, This birds-eye view of the blue Furukawa River shows the ruggedness of the windy pathw...
EditorialYokkaichi: Nakio Bay and the Mie River (Yakkaichi, Nako no ura Miekawa) from the series 53 Stations of Tokaido, Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 17971858, Woodblock print in colored ink on paper, This scene of the Mie River looking out onto the Nakio Bay is a...
EditorialCity View, Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 17971858, Woodblock print in colored ink on paper, In the foreground are two samurai getting a beautiful womans attention. A young man is a few yards away who is hawking some wares hoping for passersby to buy some s...
EditorialPrimrose, Primula veris, birds eye, Primula farinosa, and oxlip, Primula inodora. Handcoloured botanical copperplate engraving by an unknown artist from "Culpeper's English Family Physician; or Medical Herbal Enlarged, with Several Hundred Additional P...
EditorialSide Chair. Attributed to R. J. Horner and Company; American, active 1886-c. 1915; New York, New York. Date: 1885-1895. Dimensions: 87.6 ? 46.4 ? 42.6 cm (34 1/2 ? 17 1/2 ? 16 in.). Maple and birds-eye maple. Origin: New York.
EditorialDuncannon Fort, County Wexford, Leinster, Ireland. This map shows Duncannon fort in County Wexford. It dates from around 1611 and is therefore contemporary with the English plantation scheme. This scheme aimed to establish an English colony in Ulster ...
EditorialA drawing of the statue of Edward II on his tomb in Gloucester Cathedral. Birds-eye view of the statue of Edward II in his monument in Gloucester Cathedral. 1797. Pen and black ink with monochrome wash over pencil. Source: Maps K.Top.13.68.n. Language:...
EditorialPrimrose, Primula veris, birds eye, Primula farinosa, and oxlip, Primula inodora. Handcoloured botanical copperplate engraving by an unknown artist from "Culpeper's English Family Physician; or Medical Herbal Enlarged, with Several Hundred Additional P...