EditorialA plan of the isthmus, city and fortifications of Gibraltar. A colored "plan of the isthmus, city, and fortifications of Gibraltar, shewing elevations and sections of the principal public buildings, profiles through the two extremities of the rock, and...
EditorialRising Sun, Cut paper on wood frame, Magic lantern slide, optical toy. On black field, white disk at center, surrounded by ring of pierced stars. Radiating toward circumference of the pattern are thirty-two white rays, alternating with thirty-two pierc...
EditorialWall Fountain Elevation, Pellegrino Sabbatelli, Italian, Pen and brown ink, brush and gray and black wash, graphite on cream paper, A wall fountain elevation composed of three parts. A central fountain is set between paired columns with a sculptured en...
Editorial'Ornamental Design with Cross at Center,' Plate 2 from 'Goldsmith Ornament Designs', Heinrich Raab, German, active Nuremberg 1640 1650, Paul Furst, German, ca. 1605 1666, Engraving on off-white laid paper, Five separate white on black designs: two rect...
EditorialDesign for a Frontispiece, Allegory of America, Graphite, pen and brown ink, red chalk, brush and gray wash on white paper lined with heavy laid paper, Reclining figures, symbolizing American Indians, flank a bison head, forming adjuncts to a cartouche...
EditorialCharakpuja, the Hook-swinging Festival, 1831 In the centre stands a pole with two cross-pieces, from the extremities of which three devotees are suspended by ropes. A fourth stands in the foreground on the right with hooks fixed in his back ready to ta...
EditorialEben-ezer, or, A small monument of great mercy [electronic resource] : appearing in the miraculous deliverance of William Okeley, William Adams, John Anthony, John Jephs, John -- Carpenter from the miserable slavery of Algiers : with the wonderful mean...
EditorialCharakpuja, the Hook-swinging Festival, 1831 In the centre stands a pole with two cross-pieces, from the extremities of which three devotees are suspended by ropes. A fourth stands in the foreground on the right with hooks fixed in his back ready to ta...
EditorialCharakpuja, the Hook-swinging Festival, 1831 In the centre stands a pole with two cross-pieces, from the extremities of which three devotees are suspended by ropes. A fourth stands in the foreground on the right with hooks fixed in his back ready to ta...
EditorialA diagram of Mr. McIntyre of Newcastle's splint for fractures of the lower extremities. Description of a Splint ... invented for the treatment of fractured limbs. Newcastle : T. & J. Hodgson, [1825]. Source: 7306.df.21.(5), frontispiece. Language: English.
EditorialA plan of the isthmus, city and fortifications of Gibraltar. A colored "plan of the isthmus, city, and fortifications of Gibraltar, shewing elevations and sections of the principal public buildings, profiles through the two extremities of the rock, and...
EditorialCharakpuja, the Hook-swinging Festival, 1831 In the centre stands a pole with two cross-pieces, from the extremities of which three devotees are suspended by ropes. A fourth stands in the foreground on the right with hooks fixed in his back ready to ta...
EditorialAmbassades envoy?es des extr?mit?s de la Terre (Embassies Sent from the Extremities of the Globe) [pl. 15]. Dated: published 1752. Dimensions: sheet: 64 ? 45.8 cm (25 3/16 ? 18 1/16 in.) plate: 48.4 ? 30.2 cm (19 1/16 ? 11 7/8 in.). Medium: engraving ...
EditorialAmbassades envoy?es des extr?mit?s de la Terre (Embassies Sent from the Extremities of the Globe) [pl. 15]. Dated: published 1752. Dimensions: sheet: 64 ? 45.8 cm (25 3/16 ? 18 1/16 in.) plate: 48.4 ? 30.2 cm (19 1/16 ? 11 7/8 in.). Medium: engraving ...
EditorialMustard pot, ca. 1744?45, German, Meissen, Hard-paste porcelain, H. 8 in. (20.3 cm.), Ceramics-Porcelain, This mustard pot comes from the so-called Anreevsky Service given by August III of Saxony, king of Poland (1734?1763), to Empress Elizabeth. The i...
EditorialHand and Foot Amulets, Old Kingdom?First Intermediate Period, Dynasty 5?8, ca. 2465?2100 B.C., From Egypt, Carnelian, Hand: L. 1.6 cm (5/8 in.), During the Old Kingdom and First Intermediate Period, small amulets of hands and feet were commonly include...
EditorialStamp, Birds, 14th?early 16th century, Mexico, Mesoamerica, Aztec, Ceramic, Overall: 1 9/16 x 2 1/16 in. (3.99 x 5.16 cm), Ceramics-Implements, This ceramic stamp features a schematic depiction of a bird with outstretched wings and tail. A thin coiling...