EditorialOnline retailer JD Williams reveals its first inspirational leisurewear collaboration with womankind brand ambassador Davina McCall for January 2022
EditorialNotepaper - Arcadia, P&O Lines, circa 1950s, Ten sheets of notepaper provided for passengers correspondence on board the Arcadia. It was collected by Margaret Wood during her own leisure travelling, not as part of her work for the Department of Immigra...
EditorialNotepaper - Orient Line, circa 1960s, Twelve sheets of onboard letterhead provided for passengers correspondence on the Orient Line, circa 1960s. They were collected by Margaret Wood during her own leisure travelling. They relate to a larger collection...
EditorialNotepaper - SS Orontes, Orient Line, circa 1950s, Notepaper provided for passengers correspondence on board the SS Orontes. It was collected by Margaret Wood during her own leisure travelling, not as part of her work for the Department of Immigration. ...
EditorialNotepaper - SS Himalaya, P&O Lines, circa 1950s, Notepaper provided for passengers correspondence on board the SS Himalaya. It was collected by Margaret Wood during her own leisure travelling, not as part of her work for the Department of Immigration. ...
EditorialNotepaper - SS Mooltan, P&O Lines, circa 1950s, Thirty-six sheets of notepaper provided for passengers correspondence on board the SS Himalaya. It was collected by Margaret Wood during her own leisure travelling, not as part of her work for the Departm...
EditorialPrince and Ladies in a Garden, mid-18th century, Made in India, Lucknow, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, 10 5/8 x 7 3/8in. (27 x 18.7cm), Codices, Nidha Mal, This scene of leisure typifies the gracious style of later Mughal painting practice...
EditorialWilliam James Glackens: The Bathing Hour, Chester, Nova Scotia, William James Glackens, 1910, Oil on canvas, William Glackens spent the summer of 1910 in Chester, Nova Scotia, painting the scenery and daily life around him. Here he captures the pleasur...
EditorialPierre-Auguste Renoir: Henriot Family (La Famille Henriot), Pierre-Auguste Renoir, c. 1875, Oil on canvas, Daytrips to the countryside around Paris became a popular form of leisure during the late nineteenth century. Renoir alludes to this kind of acti...
EditorialWilliam James Glackens: The Bathing Hour, Chester, Nova Scotia, William James Glackens, 1910, Oil on canvas, William Glackens spent the summer of 1910 in Chester, Nova Scotia, painting the scenery and daily life around him. Here he captures the pleasur...
EditorialNotepaper - SS Orcades, Orient Line, circa 1950s, Twelve sheets of notepaper provided for passengers correspondence on board the SS Orcades. It was collected by Margaret Wood during her own leisure travelling, not as part of her work for the Department...
EditorialNotepaper - RMS Otranto, Orient Line, circa 1950s, Four sheets of notepaper provided for passengers correspondence on board the RMS Otranto. It was collected by Margaret Wood during her own leisure travelling, not as part of her work for the Department...
EditorialNotepaper - SS Orsova, Orient Line, circa 1950s, Notepaper provided for passengers correspondence on board the SS Orsova. It was collected by Margaret Wood during her own leisure travelling, not as part of her work for the Department of Immigration. It...
EditorialNotepaper - SS Strathaird, P&O Line, circa 1950s, Notepaper provided for passengers correspondence on board the SS Strathaird. It was collected by Margaret Wood during her own leisure travelling, not as part of her work for the Department of Immigratio...
EditorialNotepaper - SS Strathnaver, P&O Lines, circa 1950s, Notepaper provided for passengers correspondence on board the SS Strathnaver. It was collected by Margaret Wood during her own leisure travelling, not as part of her work for the Department of Immigra...
EditorialNotepaper - SS Orion, Orient Line, circa 1950s, Notepaper provided for passengers correspondence on board the SS Orion. It was collected by Margaret Wood during her own leisure travelling, not as part of her work for the Department of Immigration. It i...
EditorialNotepaper - SS Oronsay, Orient Line, circa 1950s, Notepaper provided for passengers correspondence on board the SS Oronsay. It was collected by Margaret Wood during her own leisure travelling, not as part of her work for the Department of Immigration. ...
EditorialWest-Berliners, cooped up in their city surrounded by East-German territory, spent their leisure in the lake area within city limits. Two old ladies enjoy the fresh air in a beach-chair. Wannsee-Lake,1958.
EditorialCourtesans at Leisure (from the series The Six Immortal Poets), c. early 1780s. Katsukawa Shunzan (Japanese). Color woodblock print; sheet: 25.4 x 18.8 cm (10 x 7 3/8 in.).
EditorialOctagonal plate and oval tureen from the table set for the pavillion on " Pfaueninsel", the Peacock Island, where Friedrich Wilhelm II, successor of King Friedrich II of Prussia, used to spend his leisure. Exotic birds and butterflies. KPM, 1795.
EditorialHow I swam the channel.' By Capt.Webb. Captain Matthew Webb (19 January 1848 – 24 July 1883) was the first recorded person to swim the English Channel without the use of artificial aids for sport purpose. On 25 August 1875, Webb swam from Dover to C...
Editorial18th and 19th century erotic books owned by author and art collector Roger Peyrefitte, were auctioned off and dispersed in 1981. Engravings from " Mes Loisirs" (My leisure hours),1764. The original drawings are said to be by Mme. de Pompadour...
EditorialJames-Jacques-Joseph Tissot (1836?1902), ca. 1867?68, Oil on canvas, 59 5/8 x 44 in. (151.4 x 111.8 cm), Paintings, Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834?1917 Paris), The fashionable painter James Tissot was Degas?s friend and mentor in the 1860s and early 1...
EditorialMirror Handle with a Woman Playing the Lute, 6th?7th century, India (Jammu and Kashmir, ancient kingdom of Kashmir), Chlorite schist, H. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm), Sculpture, This figurine belongs to a group of objects depicting ladies at leisure; here, the w...
EditorialSeated Woman Holding a Fan, ca7, Red, black, and white chalk, 8 3/8 x 8 1/8 in. (21.3 x 20.6 cm), Drawings, Antoine Watteau (French, Valenciennes 1684?1721 Nogent-sur-Marne), Watteau was most famous for his f?tes galantes?scenes of aristocratic and the...
EditorialPrince and Ladies in a Garden, mid-18th century, Made in India, Lucknow, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, 10 5/8 x 7 3/8in. (27 x 18.7cm), Codices, Nidha Mal, This scene of leisure typifies the gracious style of later Mughal painting practice...
EditorialWoman and Small Boy, Edo period (1615?1868), Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 25 3/8 ? 4 1/2 in. (64.5 ? 11.4 cm), Prints, Katsukawa Shuncho (Japanese, active ca. 1783?95), In this print the artist employs seasonal clues to su...
EditorialMounted Hunter with Cheetah, 12th?early 13th century, Attributed to Jazira (or Iran?), Stonepaste; molded in sections, glazed in transparent turquoise, underglaze- painted in black, H. 10 7/8 in. (27.6 cm), Ceramics, Specialized cheetah-keepers tamed a...
EditorialJar with Women at Leisure, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), Shunzhi period (1644?61), mid-17th century, China, Porcelain painted with colored enamels over transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware), H. with cover 19 7/8 in. (50.5 cm); Diam. at mouth 7 5/8 in. (19.4 ...
EditorialWest-Berliners, cooped up in their city surrounded by East-German territory, spent their leisure in the lake area within city limits. Two old ladies enjoy the fresh air in a beach-chair. Wannsee-Lake,1958.
EditorialWest-Berliners, cooped up in their city surrounded by East-German territory, spent their leisure at the lakes within city limits. Young people at the beach of Wannsee Lake. Berlin 1958.
Editorial18th and 19th century erotic books owned by author and art collector Roger Peyrefitte, were auctioned off and dispersed in 1981. Engravings from " Mes Loisirs" (My leisure hours),1764. The original drawings are said to be by Mme. de Pompadour...
EditorialOctagonal plate and oval tureen from the table set for the pavillion on " Pfaueninsel", the Peacock Island, where Friedrich Wilhelm II, successor of King Friedrich II of Prussia, used to spend his leisure. Exotic birds and butterflies. KPM, 1795.