EditorialKnock-down of the Fronde, counted token in honor of Louis XIV, King of France, Brass Medal. Front: man's chest piece with laurel wreath inside a circle, cut off: inscription. Reverse: monster lying on the ground, whose heads are chopped off in a circle...
EditorialVictories of Louis XIV, King of France, Silver Medal. Front: man's bust inside the inside. Reverse side: many-headed monster, some of which heads chopped off on the ground within a circle, cut off: inscription, Netherlands, Louis XIV (King of France), ...
EditorialLantern Slide - Ten Little Nigger Boys, 'Seven Little Nigger Boys Chopping Up Sticks', circa 1900s, Alternative Name(s); Children's Slide; Magic Lantern Slide Lantern slide 'Seven Little Nigger Boys Chopping Up Sticks', circa 1900s. It depicts one vers...
EditorialThe white open bill of the Indies, White chopped beak from India (silver-bellied bill, stork species), Signed: P. Sonnerat pinx, J.J. Avril sculp, Pl. 122, before 2. 219 (vol. 2), Sonnerat, Pierre M. (pinx.); Avril, J. J. (sculp.), 1782, Sonnerat, Pierre;.
EditorialDecapitation of two kings by order of a Roman emperor Debellare Superbos (title on object) Fundamental principle of Roman politics (series title), From his throne, a Roman emperor gives an executioner a blindfolded king to behead. The head of the secon...
EditorialVirgin and Child Tondo with Madonna with child Jesus and angel, Round relief with Mary standing behind a plinth, on which stands the child Jesus, which she presents to the viewer through the gesture of her right hand. Jesus holds his mother's left hand...
EditorialFigure of a woman carrying lumber, Image of porcelain, painted on the enamel in enamel colors and gold. The image represents a lumberjack woman carrying a pile of wood. Behind her is another pile of chopped wood. Marked on the bottom with the crowned d...
EditorialDecapitation of James, Duke of Monmouth, Bronze Medal. Front: man's bust inside the inside. Reverse: chopped head from mouth of which three jets of blood spout within a circle, cut: inscription, James Scott duke of Monmouth, Jan Schmeltzing (I), Leiden...
EditorialDecapitation of two kings by order of a Roman emperor Debellare Superbos (title on object) Fundamental principle of Roman politics (series title), From his throne, a Roman emperor orders an executioner to behead a blindfolded king. The head of the seco...
EditorialBust of biscuit, representing Napoleon Bonaparte, with accompanying column, Bust portrait in biscuit representing porcelaine Napoleon Bonaparte on a base of dark blue glazed porcelain with golden piping, in which the brand: manufacture Imperiale de Sev...
EditorialBas-de-page scene of the Virgin Mary healing and attaching the severed limb of a woodsman who had chopped off his own leg, with a caption reading, ‘Cy un laborer decoupa sa iaumbe et n[ost]re dame le ioint ense[m]ble’ . Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ...
EditorialPlate, XVII Century, Ceramic (decorated with metallic reflections and central shield inside crowned double-headed eagle, on a chopped background), of Barcelona, Diameter: 34 cm.
EditorialCradle, 1640?90, Made in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, American, White oak, 28 1/2 x 24 x 37 1/8 in. (72.4 x 61 x 94.3 cm), Furniture, This joined cradle exhibits a well-balanced arrangement of horizontal panels with mortise-and-tenon j...
EditorialThe Execution of Breaking on the Rack. A slave breaks the bones of another slave on the rack with an iron bar after having first chopped off one hand with an ax. Copperplate engraving after an original illustration by Captain John Gabriel Stedman from ...