EditorialThe Tories and the Whigs pulling for a crown, London, 1789, George, Prince of Wales, seated on a throne in the background waiting the results of a tug-of-war over the crown (and regency for the Prince) between the Tories represented by Edward Thurlow a...
EditorialThe Tories and the Whigs pulling for a crown, London, 1789, George, Prince of Wales, seated on a throne in the background waiting the results of a tug-of-war over the crown (and regency for the Prince) between the Tories represented by Edward Thurlow a...
EditorialCast members, including Hudson Williams-Eynon, center, in white, face off in a tug-of-war during “Dream of the Farm,” a work created and performed by an arts collective at Willow Wisp Organic Farm in Damascus, Pa., Aug. 7, 2021. (Michelle V. Agins/The New York Times)
EditorialThe European Solidarity Center, left, on the grounds of the the now derelict shipyards in Gdansk, and a monument to workers killed during Poland’s revolt against Communism, on June 30, 2021. (Maciek Nabrdalik/The New York Times)
EditorialOptical Toy: 'The Rival Heros' (Spooner's Transformations, no. 7), William Spooner, England, active 1830 1854, Lithograph, brush and watercolor on paper, mounted, Two fighting cocks in an arena - when held to the light they become Napoleon and Wellingt...
EditorialHeinrich Hamann, Atelier J. Hamann, Johann Hinrich W. Hamann, Tug of War of the Boys, collodion paper, black and white positive process, sheet size: height: 8.40 cm; width: 11.20 cm, inscribed: recto on the cardboard: in lead: 18th Tauziehen d. Knaben,...
EditorialTombboard of Laurentius de Blau, diamond-shaped weaponboard hung on one corner, black frame with golden edge. Presentation: on a black background an olive-green shield with a golden cow's head and two golden acorns. Above the shield a crown with a pear...
EditorialCalendar scene for December: Preparing food for the winter; making bread and killing a pig. (Below) a tug-of-war with sledges. The Golf Book. S. Netherlands (Bruges), 1520-1530. Source: Add. 24098, f.29v. Language: Latin / Gothic Roun.