EditorialJar with Landscape Scenes, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), Kangxi period (1662?1722), late 17th?early 18th century, China, Porcelain covered with powdered blue glaze, painted with colored enamels over transparent glaze, and painted with gold (Jingdezhen ware...
EditorialCaricature of macaroni fashions of the late 18th century, men in long wigs powdered with pomatum. Copperplate engraving after a satirical illustration by Timothy Bobbin (John Collier) from Human Passions Delineated, John Haywood, Manchester, 1773.
EditorialA law clerk has his wig powdered by a hairdresser in a garret. He protect his face with a conical mask and holds a sheet over his shoulders. Lithograph after Carle Vernet from Paul Lacroix' The Eighteenth Century: Its Institutions, Customs, and Costume...
EditorialSawamura Sojuro no Ichihoshi Otomo Hitatinosuke Yamatogawa Tomigoro no Sukewaka Yonosuke, Sawamura Sojuro as Ichihoshi Otomo Hitachinosuke and Yamatogawa Tomigoro as Tsukewaka Yonosuke., Okumura, Toshinobu, active approximately 1717-1750, artist, Japan...
EditorialSawamura sojuro no soga no juro to ichimura takenojo no soga no goro, Sawamura Sojuro as Soga Juro and Ichimura Takenojo as Soga Goro., Nishimura, Shigenaga, 1697-1756, artist, Japan : Nakajimaya of Sakai-machi, [between 1726 and 1736], 1 print : woodc...
EditorialSawamura sojuro no soga no juro to ichimura takenojo no soga no goro, Sawamura Sojuro as Soga Juro and Ichimura Takenojo as Soga Goro., Nishimura, Shigenaga, 1697-1756, artist, Japan : Nakajimaya of Sakai-machi, [between 1726 and 1736], 1 print : woodc...
EditorialPortrait of a Young Man with Powdered Hair Possibly a self-portrait Signed, lower right: "TG" (G incomplete); on verso: "by T.Gainsborough his own portrait", Thomas Gainsborough, 1727-1788, British.
EditorialSawamura Sojuro no Ichihoshi Otomo Hitatinosuke Yamatogawa Tomigoro no Sukewaka Yonosuke, Sawamura Sojuro as Ichihoshi Otomo Hitachinosuke and Yamatogawa Tomigoro as Tsukewaka Yonosuke., Okumura, Toshinobu, active approximately 1717-1750, artist, Japan...
EditorialClose-up of the glass containers that were used in the old pharmacy of the monastery of SANTA MARIA DE VALLBONA to store the powdered product, 16-18th centuiesy. The furniture is called "CORDIALER". VALLBONA DE LES MONGES. District of l'Urgell. Provinc...
EditorialPowdered heliconia, Heliconia farinosa (Heliconia pulverulenta). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Watts after an illustration by Miss Drake from Sydenham Edwards' "The Botanical Register," London, Ridgway, 1833. Sarah Anne Drake (1803-1857) dre...
EditorialCaptain James Cook (1728-1779) Canvas; 1270 x 1016 mm Painted 1775-76 BHC2628 A three-quarter-length portrait of Captain Cook, seated to the left, facing the right. He is wearing captain's full-dress uniform, 1774-87, consisting of a navy bl...
EditorialKetubah (detail of upper half) from Istanbul, 1853 This Jewish marriage contract was written for the bride Kadan ben Nissim Avraham Alcolambri and the groom Shabtai Chayyim ben Yosef Chayyim. Ink, watercolour and powdered gold on paper,108,4 x 73,3 cm.
EditorialTea in the salon of the Prince de Conti in the Palais du Temple. Mozart at the piano, with green silk frock-coat and powdered hair, accompanies the singer Pierre Jelyotte. The Prince de Conti next to the singer, back to the viewer. Canvas, 53 x 68 cm.