EditorialTemptation of Chris. Bas-de-page scene of a devil gesturing to Christ who is seated on top of a building. Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Taymouth Hours'). England, S. E.? (London?). 2nd quarter of the 14th century. Source: Yates Thompson 13 f.112. L...
EditorialEmblem 2; traveller with Death. Notebook of William Blake. England; circa 1787-1818. [Whole folio] Two sketches of the mouth of a giant with a man in his mouth. Emblem drawing of the clothed traveller stepping into Death's doorway, gesturing bravely in...
EditorialA ruined abbey, with tall, vaulted arches and pointed windows with gothic tracery. Three men working to shore it up with brickwork on the right, one on the grass with cement to his right, gesturing to the others on a scaffold above. A man, woman and do...
EditorialGhiyath Shahi offered dishes. The Ni'matnama-i Nasir al-Din Shah. A manuscript o. 1495 - 1505. Cooking meat. Ghiyath Shahi is seated in a tiled garden pavilion with trees in the background and a round pool in the centre. A male cook attends to the stov...
EditorialA human sacrifice, in a morai, in Otaheite. Drawn by John Webber and engraved by W Woollett. The scene shows a bound and prostrate figure in centre foreground; two men beating drums at left; Cook and officers at right. The chief priest is seated near t...
EditorialBas-de-page scene of John the Evangelist gesturing towards St. Edward the Confessor on the facing verso, with a caption reading, 'Cy sein Johan le ewangelist vient a seint edward p[ur] demaund[er] acun bien pur lam[ur] de deu'. Book of Hours, Use of Sa...
EditorialPreparation of soup. The Ni'matnama-i Nasir al-Din Shah. A manuscript o. 1495 - 1505. Preparation of soup for the Sultan Ghiyath. The small inscription appears to be 'randhan', the preparation of food. Again Ghiyath Shahi is seated in a garden pavilion...
EditorialBas-de-page scene of a man gesturing at a beaver, lying prone nearby (presumably to indicate to the hunter that he has already been castrated (see f. 101v). The testicles of beavers were believed to have medicinal properties, and according to legend, t...
EditorialChrist aloft on a cloud, holding an open book in his left hand a sickle in his right hand. Two figures below: one holding a blank speech scroll; the other, St John, is gesturing to Christ and a grapevine. An angel to the right, harvesting grapes with a...
EditorialA bas-de-page scene of two kings on a bench, gesturing towards a woman, with another man on the left. Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals'). France, S. (Toulouse?); last quarter of the 13th century or 1st quarter of...
EditorialBas-de-page scene of Christ gesturing to the woman caught in adultery, who is held by two others, with a caption reading ‘Cy eminent les ieus la perscheresce devaut ih[es]u’ . Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Taymouth Hours'). England, S. E.? (Lon...
EditorialText; miniature of an armoured prince, seated on a throne, gesturing toward a merchant being escorted out a door by men-at-arms; at the beginning of part 4, which discusses whether a prince who has granted a safe-conduct for entering his court may arre...
EditorialA bas-de-page scene of a seated lady gesturing towards two knights, who blow horns. Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals'). France, S. (Toulouse?); last quarter of the 13th century or 1st quarter of the 14th century....
EditorialBas-de-page scene from the Devil in the Stocks, of a man taking another man (the woman’s husband) and gesturing, with a caption reading, ‘Cy sun barun un chev[a]l[er] ap[er]sut la p[ar]launte’ . Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Taymouth Hours')....
EditorialWoman with baby on her back gesturing to man who is carrying a child and leading a laden horse. A book illustrating the proverbs, and states of man. . Recueil des plus illustres proverbes. Paris, [1657-63.]. Recueil des plus illustres proverbes, divise...
EditorialA Standing Youth Gesturing to His Right. Dated: 1723. Dimensions: image: 15.4 ? 7.6 cm (6 1/16 ? 3 in.) sheet: 15.7 ? 7.7 cm (6 3/16 ? 3 1/16 in.). Medium: chiaroscuro woodcut printed from three blocks in deep purple, light brown, and pink on laid paper.
EditorialTwo Male Nudes Gesturing in a Landscape. Dated: c. 1537. Dimensions: overall: 27 x 17 cm (10 5/8 x 6 11/16 in.). Medium: engraving on laid paper.
EditorialThree Muses and a Gesturing Putto, from a series of eight compositions after Francesco Primaticcio's designs for the ceiling of the Ulysses Gallery (destroyed 1738-39) at Fontainebleau.
EditorialThe Virgin at top center in clouds with clasped hands and right foot raised, surrounded by cherubin; below, the twelve apostles stand together gesturing upwards.
EditorialThe Holy Spirit as a bird descending with spread wings at top center; the twelve Apostles standing below gesturing to it in front of an archway.
EditorialAn Old Market Woman Grinning and Gesturing with her Left Hand. Portrait. Watercolor, pen and brown ink on medium, beige, slightly textured laid paper. Height: 181 mm (7.12 in); Width: 117 mm (4.60 in).
EditorialStudies of a Sculpture of a Male Nude, Vertebrae, and Gesturing Figures. Dimensions: overall: 28.9 x 20 cm (11 3/8 x 7 7/8 in.). Medium: pen and iron gall ink on laid paper.
EditorialA Standing Youth Gesturing to His Right. Dated: 1723. Dimensions: image: 15.4 ? 7.6 cm (6 1/16 ? 3 in.) sheet: 15.7 ? 7.7 cm (6 3/16 ? 3 1/16 in.). Medium: chiaroscuro woodcut printed from three blocks in deep purple, light brown, and pink on laid paper.
EditorialTwo Male Nudes Gesturing in a Landscape. Dated: c. 1537. Dimensions: overall: 27 x 17 cm (10 5/8 x 6 11/16 in.). Medium: engraving on laid paper.
EditorialBronze figures of mimic buffoons from Pompeii, one naked with a huge penis obscenely gesturing ("making the fig") and the other wearing a shawl extending his index fingers like cuckold horns. Handcoloured lithograph from Cesar Famin's "Musee royal de N...
EditorialThree Muses and a Gesturing Putto, from a series of eight compositions after Francesco Primaticcio's designs for the ceiling of the Ulysses Gallery (destroyed 1738-39) at Fontainebleau.
EditorialThe Triubute Money: Christ at center right gesturing to man at his left with coins in his hand, other figures surrounding them; columns and drapery in the background.
EditorialThe Virgin at top center in clouds with clasped hands and right foot raised, surrounded by cherubin; below, the twelve apostles stand together gesturing upwards.
EditorialThe Holy Spirit as a bird descending with spread wings at top center; the twelve Apostles standing below gesturing to it in front of an archway.
EditorialTwo children playing with a goat in center, turned towards the right, a child satyr sitting atop the goat, the other child gesturing towards the right, a satyr and a woman watching their child ride a goat in the background, an oval composition.
EditorialThe Holy Family, the Christ Child reaching for a plate of fruit held by Joseph, an angel gesturing toward the fruit, published in 'Raccolta di alcuni disegni del Barbieri da Cento detto il Guernico,' Rome, 1764, 1764, Etching with red and black ink, Sh...
EditorialTerracotta oinochoe (jug), Classical, ca. 430 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; red-figure, H. 8 1/8 in. (20.7 cm), Vases, Wreathed figure riding mule. The primary figure is the wreathed and long-tressed youth seated on a high-backed traveling throne. Ge...
EditorialBronze figures of mimic buffoons from Pompeii, one naked with a huge penis obscenely gesturing ("making the fig") and the other wearing a shawl extending his index fingers like cuckold horns. Handcoloured lithograph from Cesar Famin's "Musee royal de N...