EditorialThe Two Turkeys, Printed in black ink on paper, Top, short story about turkey trying to deceive his way into not being eaten. Bottom left, farmer with skinned turkey carcass, stuffing it with a rock. Right, two turkeys, left turkey, facing front, scrag...
EditorialThe Two Turkeys, Printed in black ink on paper, Top, short story about turkey trying to deceive his way into not being eaten. Bottom left, farmer with skinned turkey carcass, stuffing it with a rock. Right, two turkeys, left turkey, facing front, scrag...
EditorialJean Louis Forain, French, 18521931, You Mustn't Deceive me, 18621931, Pencil and brush and black ink on paper, Overall: 13 5/16 x 9 1/2 in. (33.8 x 24.1 cm).
EditorialFolding fan, consisting of a single sheet of thin leather on which with a gouache a Gods meal (?) Surrounded by a border with red, blue and gold quinoiser motifs, on a frame of ivory ajour and carved in relief, In a garden with many water features, nin...
EditorialRāma, Lak?ma?a and their allies remain in council on the left, while on the right Rāva?a listens as his spies tell him of their adventures. Rāva?a then goes to the a?oka grove with the magician Vidyujjihva carrying a false head of Rāma to ...
EditorialFolding fan, consisting of a single sheet of thin leather on which with a gouache a Gods meal (?) Surrounded by a border with red, blue and gold quinoiser motifs, on a frame of ivory ajour and carved in relief, In a garden with many water features, nin...
EditorialRāma, Lak?ma?a and their allies remain in council on the left, while on the right Rāva?a listens as his spies tell him of their adventures. Rāva?a then goes to the a?oka grove with the magician Vidyujjihva carrying a false head of Rāma to ...
EditorialPage from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Eighth night: A woman asks her lover to leave her house, brandishing his sword and feigning rage in order to deceive her husband who has just arrived, c. 1560. India, Mughal, Reign of Akbar, 16th century. Opaque...
EditorialDarab capturing the town of 'Amuriya where Faylaqus lived. Faylaqus is shown on the roof which had been decorated with arms and standards to deceive Darab into thinking the fortress was heavily defended. Darabnama. India, c.1580-1585. Source: Or. 4615,...
EditorialMr. B. J. T. Bosanquet, Middlesex. Bernard James Tindal Bosanquet (1877-1936) was an English cricketer best known for inventing the googly, a delivery designed to deceive the batsman. The Empire's Cricketers. From original drawings by A. Chevallier Tay...
EditorialDarab capturing the town of 'Amuriya where Faylaqus lived. Faylaqus is shown on the roof which had been decorated with arms and standards to deceive Darab into thinking the fortress was heavily defended. Darabnama. India, c.1580-1585. Source: Or. 4615,...
EditorialThe fortress of Yamama. Javami' al-hikayat. 1438-1439. Majja ibn Murara, the Musaylimite, with the women dressed as men on the roof of the fortress of Yamama. He was trying to deceive Khalid ibn Walid (who is shown below) into thinking that the fortres...
EditorialRāma, Lak?ma?a and their allies remain in council on the left, while on the right Rāva?a listens as his spies tell him of their adventures. Rāva?a then goes to the a?oka grove with the magician Vidyujjihva carrying a false head of Rāma to ...