EditorialGeography, Geometric Construction of Globes, Construction of a globe, Signed: Benard Direx, Pl. 1, after p. 14, Benard (dir.), Denis Diderot; M. d'Alembert: Encyclop?die, ou dictionnaire raisonn? des sciences, des arts et des m?tierss, des arts et des ...
EditorialVincent van Gogh: The Factory, Vincent van Gogh, July?September 1887, Oil on canvas, In the late nineteenth century, the French landscape outside of Paris was becoming increasingly marked by signs of industry. Here Van Gogh depicts a glass factory in A...
EditorialVincent van Gogh: The Factory, Vincent van Gogh, July?September 1887, Oil on canvas, In the late nineteenth century, the French landscape outside of Paris was becoming increasingly marked by signs of industry. Here Van Gogh depicts a glass factory in A...
EditorialPhotograph - H.V. McKay Massey Harris, Factory Clock Tower, Sunshine, Victoria, 1953, Photograph of the crown atop the Sunshine factory clock tower celebrating the royal visit. The Crown was designed and made by a team of factory workers and contained ...
EditorialGeography, Mechanical Construction of Globes, Construction of a globe, Signed: Benard Direx, Pl. 2, after p. 14, Benard (dir.), Denis Diderot; M. d'Alembert: Encyclop?die, ou dictionnaire raisonn? des sciences, des arts et des m?tierss, des arts et des...
EditorialAbove, miniature showing Christ on a donkey, accompanied by two apostles, entering Jerusalem, with Zacchaeus casting branches down from the top of a palm tree and others casting palms and cloaks before Jesus. Below, historiated initial 'D' beginning te...
EditorialPaper globe, 1780. [A terrestrial globe] Miss Cowley inv[enti]t. London : John Marshall & Comp[an]y, Aldermary Church Yard in Bow Lane, October 1st 1785. "Paper globes, 1780s These paper globes were made in the 1780s by a Miss Cowley as educational too...
EditorialM. Evanion, the royal conjuror, will give his new and original entertainment ... Astounding feats in natural magic … The grand feat of the globes of fire, fish and birds. With engraved illustrations showing Evanion's acts e.g. a tree changed into a p...
EditorialPair of Globes; Globes designed and assembled by Jean-Antoine Nollet, French, 1700 - 1770, The terrestrial map engraved by Louis Borde, French, active 1730 - 1740, and celestial map engraved by Nicolas Bailleul le jeune, French, active 1740s, lacquer d...
EditorialChandelier, ca. 1900?1910, Made in New York, New York, United States, American, Leaded opalescent glass, metal, H. 19 1/8 in. (48.6 cm); Diam. 20 1/2 in. (52.1 cm), Glass, Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company (American, 1892?1902), This delicate and gr...
EditorialPair of Globes; Globes designed and assembled by Jean-Antoine Nollet, French, 1700 - 1770, The terrestrial map engraved by Louis Borde, French, active 1730 - 1740, and celestial map engraved by Nicolas Bailleul le jeune, French, active 1740s, lacquer d...
EditorialBrass celestial globe from Maragha, Iran, around 1275-1276. Made by Muhammad ibn Hibal. Celestial globes were first produced by Greek astronomers and later in the Islamic world, where the earliest known globes date from the 11th ct. OA 1871.3-1.1.a, b.