EditorialPhotograph - West Nave & Grand Organ Court, Melbourne International Exhibition, 1880, View of the western nave of the Exhibition Building, showing the organ, temporary dais and choir stalls erected for the official opening of the Melbourne Internationa...
EditorialTicket - Opening Ceremony, 1 Aug 1888, Ticket, addressed to T F De Courcy Browne Esq, MP, for the opening ceremony of the Melbourne Centennial International Exhibition which was held on 1 August 1888. A seating plan is printed on the reverse of the tic...
EditorialNegative - Geelong, Victoria, 1931, A Guide and Scout gathering at the West Geelong Oval. A procession lead by massed Union Jack flags is lined up before an official dais.
EditorialPhotograph - Opening Ceremony, Great Hall, Exhibition Building, 1 Oct 1880, View from the northern balcony in the western nave looking west towards the Grand Organ and the orchestra and choir arranged on the temporary dais erected in front of it during...
EditorialLeaders of the Pacification of the Kagoshima Rebels Celebrating with Cups of Wine from the Emperor (Kagoshima zokuto chinsei ni yotte shosho tenhai chodai no zu).
EditorialTicket - Opening Ceremony Centennial International Exhibition, Issued to Mrs T F De Courcy Browne, 1 Aug 1888, Ticket, addressed to Mrs T F De Courcy Browne for the opening ceremony of the Melbourne Centennial International Exhibition which was held on...
EditorialNew morality; or The promis'd installment of the high-priest of the Theophilanthropes, with the homage of Leviathan and his suite, Gillray, James, 1756-1815, engraving 1798, french politician and Theophilanthropist Louis Marie standing on a three-legge...
EditorialNew morality; or The promis'd installment of the high-priest of the Theophilanthropes, with the homage of Leviathan and his suite, Gillray, James, 1756-1815, engraving 1798, french politician and Theophilanthropist Louis Marie standing on a three-legge...
EditorialBabur crossing the Jumna seated on an ornate dais on a boat accompanied by other boats carrying musicians and horses. (Khem). Vaki'at-i Baburi, the Memoirs of Babur, translated from the Turki original by Mirza 'Abd al-Rahim, Khan-i khanan. One hundred ...
EditorialBalarama is embraced. 1598. Balarama, dressed in a blue 'dhoti', holds his plough over his shoulder. Yudhishthira rises from his throne, which is set on a dais before a pavilion, as courtiers stand in a semi-circle and the Pandu brothers watch from the...
EditorialA Javanese prince with his wife and a Dutch officer sitting on a dais. Album of 116 drawings made under the supervision of MacKenzie; ff. 1-74 depict 'antiquities' and ff. 75-105 costume, customs, life and scenes in Java. 1811 - 1813. Source: WD 953, f...
EditorialDistribution of alms in a piazza by an elderly official, [Zane?]; behind, clerks with bags at a table, and on a dais above, St Mark, with lion, and Adria. Dogal Commission of Hieronymus Zane. Italy [Venice];1568. Source: Kings 156, f.11v. Language: Ita...
EditorialBabur crossing the Jumna seated on an ornate dais on a boat accompanied by other boats carrying musicians and horses. (Khem). Vaki'at-i Baburi, the Memoirs of Babur, translated from the Turki original by Mirza 'Abd al-Rahim, Khan-i khanan. One hundred ...
EditorialThe dais and amphitheatre at the Imperial Assemblage, Delhi. View looking towards the central dais and amphitheatre, with crowds in the foreground. Photographed during the course of the durbar. 1 Jan 1877. Albumen print, 317x185mm. Source: Photo 430/89...
EditorialThe Delhi Durbar: The Viceroy's speech (the King's Message). Lord Curzon reading the King's Message to his Indian subjects during his speech. Head-on view of the viceregal dais, taken from the platform at the base of the central flagstaff. 01-Jan-03. P...
EditorialPortrait of the Emperor Jahangir with three female attendants, two behind him hold a fly-whisk and a wrapped sword, the third in front offers him a flower. He is seated on a dais in ‘ardha-paryā?kāsana,’ his right foot on a low stool, and holds o...
EditorialTop centre, Cleriadus and Meliadice seated on a dais; in front, dancers; top right, minstrels playing in a gallery. Le rommant de Cleriadus et de Meliadice. N. France or S. Netherlands; second half 15th cent. (Miniature only) Top centre, Cleriadus and ...
EditorialTimur enthroned at Balkh, 1550. Timur (Tamerlane) is enthroned at Balkh,Afghanistan. Timur sits on a raised dais; people are visible through an arch, those inside sit cross-legged. The interior is decorated in the Islamic style, with floral patterns an...
EditorialLeaders of the Pacification of the Kagoshima Rebels Celebrating with Cups of Wine from the Emperor (Kagoshima zokuto chinsei ni yotte shosho tenhai chodai no zu).
EditorialRelief from Platform of Dais, New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19, ca. 1279?1213 B.C., From Egypt, Eastern Delta, Qantir (Piramesse), Palace of Ramesses II, Faience, L. 36 cm (14 3/16 in.), W. 34 cm (13 3/8 in.), D. 6 cm (2 3/8 in.), This tiles once dec...
EditorialTile from Side of Stairway to Dais, New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19, ca. 1279?1213 B.C., From Egypt, Eastern Delta, Qantir (Piramesse), Palace of Ramesses II, Faience, pigment, L. 32 cm (12 5/8 in.), W. 20.5 cm (8 1/16 in.), D. 4 cm (1 9/16 in.), Th...
EditorialTiles from the railing of a throne dais of Ramesses II, New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19, ca. 1279?1213 B.C., From Egypt, Eastern Delta, Qantir (Piramesse), Palace of Ramesses II, Faience, paint, L. 21.9 cm (8 5/8 in.), W. 18.9 cm (7 7/16 in.), D. 10...
EditorialPendant with Seated Lord, 7th?8th century, Guatemala or Mexico, Mesoamerica, Maya, Jadeite, H. 2 5/8 x W. 1 7/8 x D. 3/8 in. ( 6.7 x 4.8 x 1 cm), Stone-Ornaments, On this jadeite pendant, a man sits on a low dais in one of the cross-legged postures of ...
EditorialHanging, 16th?17th century, Attributed to India, Silk; plain-weave, embroidered, 131 in. high 92.00 in. wide (332.7 cm high 233.7 cm wide), Textiles-Embroidered, Embroidered textiles with central medallions surrounded by flowers and vines were produced...
EditorialThe spirit of the book -or anticipation of the year 1813, a satire on the pending publication of The Book part of a campaign to attack the Regent through his wife, showing a figure, draped in white, supporting on outstretched arms the open pages of a h...
EditorialNew morality; or The promis'd installment of the high-priest of the Theophilanthropes, with the homage of Leviathan and his suite, Gillray, James, 1756-1815, engraving 1798, french politician and Theophilanthropist Louis Marie standing on a three-legge...
EditorialTourney challenge etiquette, 15th century. A seated prince hands a sword to the kneeling king of arms, accompanied by two heralds, to present to his opponent. The prince wears a scarlet hood, doublet, stockings, and cracows. The king of arms wears a co...
EditorialPompom tree, Dais cotinifolia, with lilac flowers. Handcoloured stipple copperplate engraving by Barrois from a botanical illustration by Pancrace Bessa from Mordant de Launay's "Herbier General de l'Amateur," Audot, Paris, 1820. The Herbier was publis...
EditorialTHE STATE CONCERT AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL: THE DAIS, LONDON, UK. DUKE OF EDINBURGH, THE CESAREWITCH, PRINCESS OF WALES, THE SHAH, THE CESAREVNA, PRINCE OF WALES, PRINCE ARTHUR, LONDON, UK, 1873 engraving.
EditorialNew morality; or The promis'd installment of the high-priest of the Theophilanthropes, with the homage of Leviathan and his suite, Gillray, James, 1756-1815, engraving 1798, french politician and Theophilanthropist Louis Marie standing on a three-legge...
EditorialThe spirit of the book -or anticipation of the year 1813, a satire on the pending publication of The Book part of a campaign to attack the Regent through his wife, showing a figure, draped in white, supporting on outstretched arms the open pages of a h...
EditorialPompom tree, Dais cotinifolia, native to South Africa. Handcoloured stipple engraving on copper by Barrois from a botanical illustration by Pancrace Bessa from Mordant de Launay's "Herbier General de l'Amateur," Audot, Paris, 1820. The Herbier was publ...
EditorialRoyal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso. 18th century. Throne Room with royal dais flanked by four lions. Segovia province. Castilla-Leon. Spain.
EditorialThe provisional Austrian cabinet sitting at the first meeting of the first elected parliament of the Second Republic. At the top centre of the dais is Karl Seitz, former mayor of Vienna, in the centre of the bottom row is Karl Renner, 75-year old chanc...
EditorialVaux-le-Vicomte, " Salon des Muses", trompe-l'oeil ceiling with murals of the muses and a raised dais. Moliere's " Ecole des Maris" was performed here for the guests of Nicolas Fouquet on July 12, 1661. For Vaux-le-Vicomte see 14-01...
EditorialTimur enthroned at Balkh, 1550. Timur (Tamerlane) is enthroned at Balkh,Afghanistan. Timur sits on a raised dais; people are visible through an arch, those inside sit cross-legged. The interior is decorated in the Islamic style, with floral patterns an...