EditorialModel of an Optical Telegraph, Model of an optical telegraph on a floor board, incomplete. It consists of a propped mast with a short gallows on top. Sports are provided between two of the four braces to climb the mast. Two wooden wings are moved halfw...
EditorialNegative - Newbridge District, Victoria, circa 1900, Miners at Mason's Last Chance Mine. The name of the mine is written on a board propped on two buckets.
EditorialNegative - Goulburn Valley, Victoria, circa 1915, A man in front of a tent constructed of hessian. There are similar huts behind him. A spade, two shovels and a billy can are propped against the tent.
EditorialArmchair made of beech wood, upholstered and painted light green and gold. The S-shaped legs placed at an angle transcend to the scalloped seating lines. Several parts carry carved decorations. The struts and hollowed armrests are stretched S-shaped, t...
EditorialModel of an Optical Telegraph, Model of an optical telegraph on a floor board, incomplete. It consists of a propped mast with a short gallows on top. Sports are provided between two of the four braces to climb the mast. Two wooden wings are moved halfw...
EditorialArmchair, Armchair made of brown varnished beech wood, covered with reed. The S-shaped legs, connected by a thrown X-shaped cross, merge into the seating rules. Various parts carry carved decorations. The trapezoidal seat frame is sculpted on the front...
EditorialChair painted in white painted beech, covered with reed. The S-shaped legs placed at an angle end in an acanthus leaf and merge into the seating rules. Flower twigs are applied to the swellings of the front legs, the center of the front line and the up...
EditorialPendant Announcement, birth, adoration of the kings and crucifixion, interior of a pendant (jewelry), The pendant, a so-called 'lantern', consists of four rectangular sides, in which openwork representations are carved within a frame of pillars on whic...
EditorialArmchair, upholstered, in varnished beech wood. The S-shaped legs placed at an angle, ending in an acanthus leaf, merge with the scalloped chair lines. The trapezoidal seat is slightly curved on the front and curved on the sides. The armrests recede ou...
EditorialWall table with marble top and legs in the shape of winged caryatids with predator legs, Mahogany wall table with white marble top and gilt bronze fittings. The leaf is propped on the front by sculpted and polychromed winged caryatids with naturally di...
EditorialArmchair of ebony, inlaid with ivory and decorated with Nereids, flowers and birds, armrests are propped up by a figure of a European soldier, back with oval weapon: Child, Armchair of ebony with inlay of ivory. Richly decorated with Nereids, flowers a...
EditorialModel of a Batavian Coastal Telegraph, Model of an optical telegraph on a floorboard. It consists of a propped mast with a window and a flag stem. Sports are provided between two of the four braces to climb the mast. With hoists over blocks on the RA, ...
EditorialModel of a Batavian Coastal Telegraph, Model of an optical telegraph. It consists of a propped mast with a window and a flag stem. One of the four braces is equipped with rungs for climbing into the mast. With hoists over blocks on the RA, two fabric-c...
EditorialTerracotta statuette of a boy, Hellenistic, late 4th?early 3rd century B.C., Greek, perhaps Attic, Terracotta, H. 6 1/4 in. (15.8 cm), Terracottas, Youth stands frontally turning head to look back over left shoulder. Chlamys is wrapped around shoulders...
EditorialModel of an Optical Telegraph, Model of an optical telegraph, on a floorboard. The device consists of two propped posts with a control mechanism below and moving arms at the top. The main arm rotates around an axis between the posts and has two blades ...
EditorialAn Oil Painting Propped up in the Cloisters Courtyard at Lacock Abbey, William Henry Fox Talbot (English, 1800 - 1877), or Nikolaas Henneman (British, 1813 - 1893), 1839?1840, Salted paper print, 18.6 ? 23 cm (7 5/16 ? 9 1/16 in.).
EditorialNegative - Dog Seated on Decking of a Yacht Propped on Crates in a Backyard, Ballarat, Victoria, circa 1920, A dog seated on the decking of a small yacht. The yacht is propped up on crates in a backyard.
EditorialNegative - Fully Rigged Yacht Propped Up on Crates in the Backyard of a Factory (?), Ballarat, Victoria, circa 1920, A fully rigged yacht propped up on crates in the backyard of a factory (?).
EditorialAaron and Hur propped Moses' hands during the battle of the people of Israel against the Amalekites. Draughtsman: Jacob de Wit. Dating: c. 1705 - c. 1754. Measurements: h 228 mm ? w 254 mm.
EditorialMrs Louisa Brown holding the journal of her son Major Lewis Brown (5th Bombay N.I.). Her son won fame as defender of the fort at Kahan in Baluchistan in 1840. She is wearing a black satin dress, grey and black stole and white bonnet and is seated at a ...
EditorialHorace Bénédict de Saussure in conversation with one of his guides while traversing a glacier, both standing before a wooden ladder propped across a narrow precipice, with the other guides carrying walking sticks and equipment and the Alps in the bac...
EditorialLeft, the locusts, creatures with horses' bodies, men's faces women's hair and teeth of lions, with Apollyon riding on the first; John seated with his head propped on his hand. Right, a two-tier image with (above) the sixth angel blowing, and four arme...
EditorialThe ruins of the New Abbey or Abbey of the Sweethearts in Galloway, Scotland, covered in foliage; grass and trees throughout the scene; a ladder propped up against a building on the right-hand side. New Abbey in the Abbey of Sweethearts Galloway. aroun...
EditorialGroups of figures promenade under the destroyed pit of the Opera House in Lisbon on the left. A lady and her retinue enter the ruins from the right through a gateway secured by wooden struts propped against the walls, with the arch of the proscenium st...
EditorialInitial of Genesis. Initial 'I'; with foliage and interlace decoration and two roundels. The upper scene; the Creation of Light, Christ is blessing three winged angels with his right hand, and holding an inscribed roll [Genesis 1, 3] in his left. Lower...
EditorialThe body of Tee, a chief, as preserved after death, in Otaheite. Drawn by John Webber and engraved by W. Byrne. The scene shows the embalmed corpse of Tee propped up on a bed draped with cloth placed in front of a hut for viewing. The sides of the open...
EditorialGroups of figures, including beggars, men in Oriental costume and monks, promenade around the remains of the Church of St. Paul in Lisbon, with its lateral walls and apse still standing and rubble piled up in the nave. In the foreground, wooden struts ...
EditorialA detail and section of the east wall of Fort William and Mary, with the Piscataqua River on the left, a two-storey roofed guardhouse attached to the wall, a cannon propped up on a wooden platform beside and a large British flag flying above. The Profi...
EditorialMrs Louisa Brown holding the journal of her son Major Lewis Brown (5th Bombay N.I.). Her son won fame as defender of the fort at Kahan in Baluchistan in 1840. She is wearing a black satin dress, grey and black stole and white bonnet and is seated at a ...
EditorialTerracotta statuette of a seated woman playing a kithera, Late Hellenistic, 2nd?1st century B.C., Cypriot, Terracotta; mold-made and hand-made, h. 5 7/16 in. (13.8 cm), Terracottas, The figurine is mold-made and hollow. She sits with her legs nearly fr...
Editorial??/? ?? ????? ?, The Demon Queller Zhong Kui Giving His Sister Away in Marriage, Yuan dynasty (1271?1368), China, Handscroll; ink on silk, Image: 9 5/8 x 99 3/4 in. (24.4 x 253.4 cm), Paintings, Yan Geng (active late 13th century), Here, the legendary ...
EditorialTerracotta statuette of a boy, Hellenistic, late 4th?early 3rd century B.C., Greek, perhaps Attic, Terracotta, H. 6 1/4 in. (15.8 cm), Terracottas, Youth stands frontally turning head to look back over left shoulder. Chlamys is wrapped around shoulders...
EditorialPablo Picasso / 'Sculptor and Model Looking ar Herself in a Mirror Propped on a Sculpted Self Portrait', from The Vollard Suite, April 8, 1933, printed 1939, Etching, 36.8 x 29.7 cm.
Editorial'View from a Window, Genoa', c1911. This fresh, bright but uncharacteristically personal watercolour shows the view from Sargent's hotel in Genoa, Italy; with the artist's sketchbook and paintbox propped open by the window. PD, 1936-11-16-2.