EditorialFrederick Christian Lewis, English, 1779-1856, after John Varley, English, 1778-1842, Principles of Skies in Fine and Stormy Weather, 1817, aquatint printed in brown ink on wove paper, Image (each): 6 3/8 ? 9 1/8 inches (16.2 ? 23.2 cm).
EditorialView of the city of Paramaribo, Houses on the water under large cloudy skies. Many ships on the road for a city (Paramaribo). Left for a boat under sail with Dutch flag, sailing-ship, sailing-boat, harbor, prospect or city, town panorama, silhouette of...
EditorialCoffin decorated with pen and thick ink with mythological figures, signs of the zodiac and seated female figures. Round lid, Casket made of yew, decorated with representations with the pen and thick ink drawn, the skies deepened and covered with diamon...
EditorialAwazu no seiran, Night storm at Awazu., Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849, artist, [between 1804 and 1810], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 23.1 x 17.3 cm., Print shows people walking along coastline under clearing skies outside a walled city.
EditorialAwazu no seiran, Night storm at Awazu., Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849, artist, [between 1804 and 1810], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 23.1 x 17.3 cm., Print shows people walking along coastline under clearing skies outside a walled city.
EditorialPulling Oars under Clearing Autumn Skies (Distant Mountains), Ming dynasty (1368?1644), c. 1545, Lu Zhi, Chinese, 1496-1576, China, Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper, 105.8 ? 31.1 cm (41 5/8 ? 12 1/ 4 in.).
EditorialFigures by rocks in the foreground; boats and huts on the beach; a ruined castle and rocks behind; stormy skies above. BOW AND ARROW CASTLE IN PORTLAND, : Humbly Dedicated by Permission to her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta by her most devoted & o...
EditorialThe praying cylinders of Thibet. Buddhist prayer-wheels are rotating cylinders of varying size containing pieces of paper with prayers ('mantras') written or printed on them. The cylinders revolve clockwise, the direction of the sun's movement around t...
EditorialA River Landscape, Oil on wood, 16 3/8 x 24 7/8 in. (41.6 x 63.2 cm), Paintings, Th?odore Rousseau (French, Paris 1812?1867 Barbizon), In 1844, Rousseau visited the Landes region of southwestern France, which probably served as inspiration for the coun...
EditorialSunset, ca. 1850, Pastel on blue laid paper, mounted on paper board, Overall: 8 1/16 x 10 3/16 in. (20.4 x 25.9 cm), Drawings, Eug?ne Delacroix (French, Charenton-Saint-Maurice 1798?1863 Paris), Although he is best known as a painter of complex and oft...
EditorialAwazu no seiran, Night storm at Awazu., Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849, artist, [between 1804 and 1810], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 23.1 x 17.3 cm., Print shows people walking along coastline under clearing skies outside a walled city.
EditorialAwazu no seiran, Night storm at Awazu., Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849, artist, [between 1804 and 1810], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 23.1 x 17.3 cm., Print shows people walking along coastline under clearing skies outside a walled city.