EditorialFort Edward (No. 10 of The Hudson River Portfolio), 1822?23, Aquatint printed in color with hand-coloring; first state of three (Koke), Image: 14 1/16 x 20 3/16 in. (35.7 x 51.3 cm), Prints, after William Guy Wall (Irish, Dublin 1792?after 1864 Ireland...
EditorialIn 1670 the Quaker and future founder of Pennsylvania, William Penn (d. 1718), was arrested on a charge of being part of an ‘unlawful and tumultuous’ assembly in London. Having been tried at the Old Bailey, Penn was initially acquitted by the jury,...
EditorialIn 1670 the Quaker and future founder of Pennsylvania, William Penn (d. 1718), was arrested on a charge of being part of an ‘unlawful and tumultuous’ assembly in London. Having been tried at the Old Bailey, Penn was initially acquitted by the jury,...
EditorialDisegni Varii di Polifilo Zancarli, 1628 before, Etching, Plate: 9 1/16 x 5 9/16 in. (23 x 14.1 cm), Polifilo Giancarli (active in Venice ca. 1600?1625), Odoardo Fialetti (Italian, Bologna 1573?1637/38 Venice), Vertical panel design with an acanthus sc...
EditorialFort Edward (No. 10 of The Hudson River Portfolio), 1822?23, Aquatint printed in color with hand-coloring; first state of three (Koke), Image: 14 1/16 x 20 3/16 in. (35.7 x 51.3 cm), Prints, after William Guy Wall (Irish, Dublin 1792?after 1864 Ireland...
EditorialJar, Five Dynasties (907?960), 10th century, China, Porcelain with incised decoration under transparent glaze (Xing ware), H. 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm), Ceramics, The inscription reading xin guan, or ?new official ware,? carved into the bottom of this small j...