EditorialProclamation of the Homeland in Danger on July 22, 1792, Proclamation Fatherland in danger on July 22, 1792, signed: Prieur inv. Et del, Berthault sculp, Fig. 75, no. 65, after p. 260 (Soixante-cinqui?me tableau), Prieur, Jean-Louis (inv. et del.); Ber...
EditorialThomas Rowlandson, English, 1756-1827, Dr. Syntax in Danger, 1812/1821, Etching and aquatint printed in black, colored by hand on wove paper, image: 4 3/4 x 8 in.
EditorialRetraction - danger due to sulfur concentration, The miners pass through the shaft on ropes, ladders or on sprouts into the pit construction (retraction), with the fires the sulfur concentration is measured, woodcut, p. 178, (The sixth book), Manuel, H...
EditorialEgyptian: Relief or Votive Plaque of the God Bes, Unidentified artist, Egyptian, 664?30 B.C., Limestone with red and black pigment, This limestone plaque depicts Bes, an ancient Egyptian god believed to protect against evil. Bes is usually shown with a...
EditorialPhotograph - Man Standing Near Sign Warning of Tetanus Area, Egypt, World War I, 1914-1918, Photograph of a man standing near a sign inscribed 'DANGER TETNUS AREA OUT OF BOUNDS'. It appears to have been taken in an army camp in Egypt, support by the pr...
EditorialZeus faber, Print, John Dory, St Pierre or Peter's Fish, refers to fish of the genus Zeus, especially Zeus faber, of widespread distribution. It is an edible demersal coastal marine fish with a laterally compressed olive-yellow body which has a large d...
EditorialAphthona, Print, Aphthona is a genus of beetle, in the leaf beetle family Chrysomelidae, native to Europe and Asia. More specifically, Aphthona are flea beetles, meaning they have enlarged hind legs for jumping away from potential danger. There are 135...
EditorialWhite Anger, Red Danger, Yellow Peril, Black Death. Bruce Nauman; American, born 1941. Date: 1984. Dimensions: 80 7/8 x 85 1/2 in. Acrylic, pastel, pencil, and collage on paper. Origin: United States.
EditorialScholar with devils. Initial 'D', a scene representing the danger of magical divination. A scholar, seated at a lectern, points to a chart, with a devil framed within a circle at his feet, and another flying down towards him. Omne Bonum. England (Londo...
EditorialThe danger of wearing hoopskirts during a sudden spring storm, plate 26 from La Crinolomanie. Honor? Victorin Daumier; French, 1808-1879. Date: 1857. Dimensions: 209 ? 264 mm (image); 258 ? 345 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black on white wove paper. Origi...
EditorialThe Interior of a Family on January 2 - or the Danger of Consuming Immoderately Non-Hygienic Sweets, plate 62 from Actualit?s. Honor? Victorin Daumier; French, 1808-1879. Date: 1853. Dimensions: 214 ? 265 mm (image); 262 ? 352 mm (sheet). Lithograph in...
EditorialWhite Anger, Red Danger, Yellow Peril, Black Death. Bruce Nauman; American, born 1941. Date: 1984. Dimensions: 80 7/8 x 85 1/2 in. Acrylic, pastel, pencil, and collage on paper. Origin: United States.
EditorialA balloon in danger at sea. Major John Money, after taking off from Ranelagh, near Norwich, was blown out to over the North sea, and ditched at night. A collection of broadsides, cuttings from newspapers ... 1780?-1810?. The perilous situation of Major...
EditorialShip with sickle (escorpio). Manuscript B, sheet 90 v. Codex Ashburnham 2037, sheet 8 V. 1487-1492. Description: By means of a covering system, the ship can move and be manoeuvred without danger. The sickle is mounted on a wooden pole moved by a pinwhe...
EditorialThe Resolution beating through the Ice with Discovery in the most eminent danger in the distance. Captain Cook's ship, the Resolution, sailing free towards left through a narrow passage of ice floes, the Discovery sailing in the distance at right, walr...
EditorialA balloon in danger at sea. Major John Money, after taking off from Ranelagh, near Norwich, was blown out to over the North sea, and ditched at night. A collection of broadsides, cuttings from newspapers ... 1780?-1810?. The perilous situation of Major...
EditorialПодвиг Петра Щипки. Petr Shchipki’s heroic deed. Depicts Petr being attacked by Red Armymen. [Black and White]. The text reads: "Seeing that the enemy was near and that with every minute the bolsheviks, blind with terrible evil, mi...
EditorialScholar with devils. Initial 'D', a scene representing the danger of magical divination. A scholar, seated at a lectern, points to a chart, with a devil framed within a circle at his feet, and another flying down towards him. Omne Bonum. England (Londo...
EditorialSilverlocks in danger from the Three Bears. Walter Crane's Picture Books. Containing: The Three Bears. London : John Lane ; Chicago : Stone & Kimball, [1895-98]. Source: 12809.w.56, vol.2, pages 7-8.
EditorialThe Craft in Danger: caricature of the battle for the Professorship of Comparative Anatomy between Dr. John Barclay and Dr. Thomas Charles Hope over an elephant skeleton at the entrance to the Old College of Edinburgh. Copperplate engraving by John Kay...
EditorialMiss Pastel followed by her mother. A young beauty art student carries brushes, palette and canvas, while her mother in bonnet, shawl and gloves carries a heavy easel and stool. "Here is one danger for middle-class parents: Instead of giving her daught...
EditorialGDR. 20th C. "The Class swot". East Germans could travel to West Germany (artists, athletes) privileged. The danger of desertion was high. DDR Museum. Berlin. Germany.
EditorialShip with sickle (escorpio). Manuscript B, sheet 90 v. Codex Ashburnham 2037, sheet 8 V. 1487-1492. Description: By means of a covering system, the ship can move and be manoeuvred without danger. The sickle is mounted on a wooden pole moved by a pinwhe...
EditorialClay model of a sheep's liver (used by experts in divination). Old Babylonian, about 1900-1600 BCE Probably from Sippar, southern Iraq. Length: 14.6 cm Width: 14.6 cm ANE 92668 The Babylonians believed that the world was controlled by gods and that the...