EditorialCrossbow Brooch, early 400s, Late Roman or Byzantine, Cast copper alloy with silver inlay, Overall: 3 11/16 x 2 1/8 x 1 1/4 in. (9.4 x 5.4 x 3.1 cm), Metalwork-Copper alloy, A crossbow brooch of the type worn by civil servants in fifth-century Pannonia...
EditorialKick Up at a Hazard Table, ca. 1787?90, Hand-colored etching and aquatint, sheet: 16 1/8 x 21 7/16 in. (40.9 x 54.4 cm), Prints, Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757?1827 London), Men from a range of social classes gather to play Hazard, an old Engl...
EditorialDavid Roentgen and Company in Saint Petersburg, ca. 1784?86, Cut paper with ink wash and watercolor, Sheet: 17 13/16 x 23 7/8 in. (45.3 x 60.6 cm), Cut Paper, Johann Friedrich Anthing (German, Gotha 1753?1805 St. Petersburg), David Roentgen (second fro...
EditorialCarved Stucco Panel from Between Two Arches, 10th century, Excavated in Iran, Nishapur, Stucco; molded and carved, H. 31 1/2 in. (80 cm), Sculpture, This large fragment was found in the rubble of a structure excavated at Nishapur in the mound known as ...
EditorialEnpo no kihan, Returning sails from distant shores., Sekkyo, Sawa, active 1790-1818, artist, [between 1804 and 1818], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 17.1 x 23 cm., Print shows a cluster of thatch-roofed and more substantial buildings in a coastal village, ...
EditorialEnpo no kihan, Returning sails from distant shores., Sekkyo, Sawa, active 1790-1818, artist, [between 1804 and 1818], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 17.1 x 23 cm., Print shows a cluster of thatch-roofed and more substantial buildings in a coastal village, ...
EditorialCHIPCHASE CASTLE, is a 17th-century Jacobean mansion incorporating a substantial 14th-century pele tower which stands north of Hadrian's Wall, near Wark on Tyne, between Bellingham and Hexham in Northumberland, England. UK.
EditorialHAUGHTON CASTLE, UK. It was built originally in the 13th century as a tower house and enlarged and fortified in the 14th century. By the 16th century the castle fell into disrepair and ruin and it was attacked by Border reivers. A survey of 1541 report...
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...