EditorialThe sultan shocked. Majalis al-'Ushshaq of Sultan Husayn Mirza. Shiraz, Iran, 1590-1600. The sultan, with a gesture of astonishment, enters a chamber where a bearded man and a youth are sleeping embraced (illustration to the biography of Sultan Muhamma...
EditorialLady observing a youth. Majalis al-'Ushshaq of Sultan Husayn Mirza. Shiraz, Iran, 1590-1600. A lady on the roof of a building making the gesture of astonishment, contemplates a youth asleep under a tree below (illustration to the biography of Shah Qays...
Editorial" She then told him what Mr Darcy had voluntarily done for Lydia. He heard her with astonishment'. Mr. Bennet is on the left, Elizabeth on the right. An 1833 engraving of a scene from Chapter 59 of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.This and another ar...
EditorialAdmiration with Astonishment (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions), January 21, 1800, Etching, printed in brown ink, sheet: 11 5/16 x 8 3/4 in. (28.8 x 22.3 cm), Prints, After George Moutard Woodward (British, ca. 1760?1809 London).
EditorialAdmiration with Astonishment (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions), January 21, 1800, Hand-colored etching, printed in brown ink, sheet: 11 9/16 x 8 3/4 in. (29.4 x 22.3 cm), Prints, After George Moutard Woodward (British, ca. 1760?1809 L...