EditorialNegative - Woman Observing a Man Sparring With a Small Boy, Victoria (?), circa 1930, A man sparring with a small boy. A woman watches, laughing. There is an outside toilet in the background.
EditorialA belfry to the coronation of the Moors, Cornice decorating the walls, observing the five different orders, Tab. 46, p. 127, Sturm, Leonhard Christian, 1725, Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola: Ausf?hrliche Anleitung zu der gantzen Civil-Bau-Kunst: worinnen ne...
EditorialOniwakamaru Observing the Great Carp in the Pond, from the series "New Forms of Thirty-Six Ghosts". Tsukioka Yoshitoshi; Japanese, 1839-1892. Date: 1889. Dimensions: . Color woodblock print. Origin: Japan.
EditorialJAMES WATT (1736/1819) Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist who improved on Thomas Newcomen's 1712 Newcomen steam engine with his Watt steam engine in 1781. James Watt observing the effects of steam. Engraving, 1869.
EditorialChildren in a backyard swimming pool, group of mothers at edge of pool observing, area enclosed with fence and banana trees, Wilson & Havens, about 1865, Albumen silver print.
EditorialOniwakamaru Observing the Great Carp in the Pond, from the series "New Forms of Thirty-Six Ghosts". Tsukioka Yoshitoshi; Japanese, 1839-1892. Date: 1889. Dimensions: . Color woodblock print. Origin: Japan.
EditorialInferno, Canto XXX. Miniature shows Dante and Virgil observing the falsifiers; Dante and Virgil observe Master Adam and Simon of Troy fighting; Potiphar's wife, and another Falsifier. Divine Comedy. Italy [Tuscany]; 1442-1450. Source: Yates Thompson 36...
EditorialInferno, Canto V. Miniature shows Dante and Virgil observing the Carnal Sinners driven by the wind; Dante in a faint; Virgil with Paolo and Francesca. Divine Comedy. Italy [Tuscany]; 1442-1450. Source: Yates Thompson 36, f.10. Language: Italian.
EditorialInferno, Canto XXI. Miniature shows Dante and Virgil observing a devil carrying the ancient of Lucca, one of the Barrators; Dante hiding; Virgil observes devils prodding the ancient of Lucca; Dante and Virgil met by devils. Divine Comedy. Italy [Tuscan...
EditorialInferno, Canto VIII. Miniature shows Dante and Virgil observing the Wrathful and the Sullen in Styx; Phlegyas ferries Dante and Virgil who pushes Filippo Argenti away from the boat. Dante and Virgil before the closed gates of Dis; devils inside the cit...
EditorialOniwakamaru Observing the Great Carp in the Pond, from the series "New Forms of Thirty-Six Ghosts". Tsukioka Yoshitoshi; Japanese, 1839-1892. Date: 1889. Dimensions: . Color woodblock print. Origin: Japan.
EditorialIskandar and an angel observing Khizr and Ilyas putting the dried fish into the Water of Life. Nizami's Khamsa ('Five Poems'). Isfahan, Iran, 1665-1667. Source: Add. 6613, f.261v. Language: Persian.
EditorialGalileo Galilei (1564-1642) observing the oscillation of the hanging lamp. In 1583 Galilei conceived the idea of pendulous motion while looking at this chandelier in the Cathedral in Pisa, Italy. Fresco.
EditorialWoman Observing Women Changing, right sheet of the triptych Illustration of the Amusement at the Hot Springs of Mitsuuji. Date: fourth month 1861. Dimensions: 38 cm x 25 cm.
EditorialInferno, Canto XXX. Miniature shows Dante and Virgil observing the falsifiers; Dante and Virgil observe Master Adam and Simon of Troy fighting; Potiphar's wife, and another Falsifier. Divine Comedy. Italy [Tuscany]; 1442-1450. Source: Yates Thompson 36...
EditorialInferno, Canto V. Miniature shows Dante and Virgil observing the Carnal Sinners driven by the wind; Dante in a faint; Virgil with Paolo and Francesca. Divine Comedy. Italy [Tuscany]; 1442-1450. Source: Yates Thompson 36, f.10. Language: Italian.
EditorialIllustration to a story of the first world war, showing a soldier of the allies observing some German soldiers. The Strand magazine : an illustrated monthly / edited by G. Newnes. London : George Newnes. 1916. Source: P.P.6004.glk volume LI, no.306. pa...
EditorialIskandar and an angel observing Khizr and Ilyas putting the dried fish into the Water of Life. Nizami's Khamsa ('Five Poems'). Isfahan, Iran, 1665-1667. Source: Add. 6613, f.261v. Language: Persian.
EditorialLady observing a youth. Majalis al-'Ushshaq of Sultan Husayn Mirza. Shiraz, Iran, 1590-1600. A lady on the roof of a building making the gesture of astonishment, contemplates a youth asleep under a tree below (illustration to the biography of Shah Qays...
EditorialInferno, Canto XXI. Miniature shows Dante and Virgil observing a devil carrying the ancient of Lucca, one of the Barrators; Dante hiding; Virgil observes devils prodding the ancient of Lucca; Dante and Virgil met by devils. Divine Comedy. Italy [Tuscan...
EditorialInferno, Canto VIII. Miniature shows Dante and Virgil observing the Wrathful and the Sullen in Styx; Phlegyas ferries Dante and Virgil who pushes Filippo Argenti away from the boat. Dante and Virgil before the closed gates of Dis; devils inside the cit...
EditorialFarud on the mountain. Shahnama of Firdawsi, with 24 miniatures. 1600. Farud on the mountain observing the approach of the Persian army. 14 by 15 cm. Opaque watercolour. Bukhara style. Image taken from Shahnama of Firdawsi, with 24 miniatures.. Origi...
EditorialFour children and the Quaggle-Waggle observing a row of large bottles Verse and illustrations from A Book of Nonsense by Lear. . A Book of Nonsense ... With all the original pictures and verses. George Routledge & Sons: London, England [1910.]. Source:...
EditorialFire screen (?cran), Georges Jacob (French, 1739?1814), Fabric panel in the style of Philippe de Lasalle (French, 1723?1804), ca. 1786, French, Paris, Carved, gilded and silvered beech; 18th-century silk brocade (not original to frame), H. 42 x W. 26-3...
Editorial'Rustam Avenges his Own Impending Death', Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings), ca. 1330?40, Attributed to Iran, probably Isfahan, Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper, Page: 8 x 5 1/4 in. (20.3 x 13.3 cm), Codices, Rustam's half-brother ...
EditorialI.K. Brunel and Others Observing the "Great Eastern" Launch Attempt; Robert Howlett, British, 1831 - 1858; London, England, Europe; November 1857; Albumen silver print; Image (arched top): 24.8 x 21.4 cm (9 3/4 x 8 7/16 in.), Mount: 56.9 x 38.1 cm (22 ...
EditorialJAMES WATT (1736/1819) Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist who improved on Thomas Newcomen's 1712 Newcomen steam engine with his Watt steam engine in 1781. James Watt observing the effects of steam. Engraving, 1869.
EditorialGalileo Galilei (1564-1642) observing the oscillation of the hanging lamp. In 1583 Galilei conceived the idea of pendulous motion while looking at this chandelier in the Cathedral in Pisa, Italy. Fresco.