EditorialOrange startled by horrific acts of the cavalry, 1685 Orangen was horribly acted by the Dragonders (title on object), Print on the top right: Third Volume Fol. 502, persecuted believers (hiding), e.g. Huguenots, Pilgrim Fathers, soldiers taking revenge...
EditorialFive scenes from classical mythology, Five glasses with scenes from classical mythology in a wooden setting. The glass on the far left: Orpheus plays on a Renaissance violin, around him are a deer and two dogs listening. The glass to the right of it: m...
EditorialA Pilgrim Praying through the Night to the Buddha (kannenbutsu) is Startled by a Ghostly Head Lying on the Snow-Covered Ground. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1763-1773. Dimensions: 33.1 x 16.2 cm (13 x 6 3/8 in.). Color woodblock ...
EditorialMan Falling Backward, Startled by a Woman's Ghost over a River. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1777-1787. Dimensions: Right: 31.5 x 14.2 cm (12 3/8 x 5 9/16 in.); left: 31.7 x 14.2 cm (12 1/2 x 5 9/16 in.). Color woodblock print; h...
EditorialDeath of Napoleon Bonaparte, Duke of Reichstadt, Bronze Medal. Obverse: man's bust piece with closed eyes within a ring. Reverse: Napoleon I, sitting on a cloud, greets his son, while startled eagle drops crown and broken sword within a wrap, Napoleon ...
EditorialHungarian in a study room CXVII. Van zeekeren Student, who had killed himself (title on object), A man hung himself in a room with a reading table with books. A figure comes in on the left and is startled. Pent from a book in which 36 prints with phras...
EditorialHenri Rousseau: Woman Walking in an Exotic Forest (Femme se promenant dans une for?t exotique), Henri Rousseau, 1905, Oil on canvas, Henri Rousseau, a self-taught painter, became the unlikely hero of the Parisian avant-garde for his 'na?ve' style and e...
EditorialA Pilgrim Praying through the Night to the Buddha (kannenbutsu) is Startled by a Ghostly Head Lying on the Snow-Covered Ground. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1763-1773. Dimensions: 33.1 x 16.2 cm (13 x 6 3/8 in.). Color woodblock ...
EditorialMan Falling Backward, Startled by a Woman's Ghost over a River. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1777-1787. Dimensions: Right: 31.5 x 14.2 cm (12 3/8 x 5 9/16 in.); left: 31.7 x 14.2 cm (12 1/2 x 5 9/16 in.). Color woodblock print; h...
EditorialAn engraving of an old man, possible a priest at his prayers. Being startled by a demon or devil. . The Life of John Hieron, with the characters and memorials of ten other worthy Ministers of Jesus Christ Published by D Burgess. London : T. Parkhurst,...
EditorialA Pilgrim Praying through the Night to the Buddha (kannenbutsu) is Startled by a Ghostly Head Lying on the Snow-Covered Ground. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1763-1773. Dimensions: 33.1 x 16.2 cm (13 x 6 3/8 in.). Color woodblock ...
EditorialA Pilgrim Praying through the Night to the Buddha (kannenbutsu) is Startled by a Ghostly Head Lying on the Snow-Covered Ground. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1763-1773. Dimensions: 33.1 x 16.2 cm (13 x 6 3/8 in.). Color woodblock ...
EditorialMan Falling Backward, Startled by a Woman's Ghost over a River. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1777-1787. Dimensions: Right: 31.5 x 14.2 cm (12 3/8 x 5 9/16 in.); left: 31.7 x 14.2 cm (12 1/2 x 5 9/16 in.). Color woodblock print; h...
EditorialEmblem 61; hesitant suicide. Notebook of William Blake. England; circa 1787-1818. [Whole folio] Emblem drawing of hesitant suicide, startled at what he sees below him; his reflection in water. Below is an inscription from 'Hamlet' 1. ii. 131-132. The e...
EditorialAn engraving of an old man, possible a priest at his prayers. Being startled by a demon or devil. . The Life of John Hieron, with the characters and memorials of ten other worthy Ministers of Jesus Christ Published by D Burgess. London : T. Parkhurst,...
EditorialStudy for a painting of the " Supper at Emmaus", around 1524-1525. In front, an older monk looks out directly to the artist; he gestures with both hands. The younger monk behind him is startled and turns his head. The " Supper at Emmaus&...
EditorialTapestry with the Annunciation, ca. 1410?20, South Netherlandish, Wool warp, wool with a few metallic wefts, Overall: 138 x 117in. (350.5 x 297.2cm), Textiles-Tapestries, Seated within an elaborate room, the Virgin Mary looks away from her book on the ...
EditorialStartled Figure of a Soldier Seated on a Block, 17th century, Pen and light brown ink with brush and light brown wash over black chalk underdrawing. On off-white paper, 4-3/4 x 3-9/16 in. (12.1 x 9.0 cm), Drawings, Anonymous, Spanish, School of Seville...
EditorialMedieval man riding a wooden velocipede on a cobbled street in front of startled bystanders. (This early bicycle was invented in the late 19th century.) Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by J. E. Rogers from Francis Cowley Burnand's "Presen...
EditorialStudy for a painting of the " Supper at Emmaus", around 1524-1525. In front, an older monk looks out directly to the artist; he gestures with both hands. The younger monk behind him is startled and turns his head. The " Supper at Emmaus&...