EditorialMan looks over a curtain, Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danj?r? VII (1791-1859) dressed for his 'Shibaraku' role, looks over a curtain with three ropes at the top. Scene from the play 'Shitenn?', performed several times in the 1820s in the Tamagawa theater in ...
EditorialEnglish and American works; probably American case: Tall Case Clock, English and American works; probably American case, c. 1890?1910, Wood and brass, The clock's mechanical works were made in England, most likely in the late 1800s, and its oak case pr...
EditorialThe Tune and Also the Words. Ren? Magritte; Belgian, 1898-1967. Date: 1964. Dimensions: 362 ? 548 mm. Gouache over traces of graphite on cream wove paper. Origin: Belgium.
EditorialThe Tune and Also the Words. Ren? Magritte; Belgian, 1898-1967. Date: 1964. Dimensions: 362 ? 548 mm. Gouache over traces of graphite on cream wove paper. Origin: Belgium.
Editorial'Beating rubber and beating time - to the tune of an old love-sing'. 'The rubber industry in the Belgian Congo: Thumping rubber to remove particles of wood and fibre'. The Illustrated London News. London, October 2, 1905. Source: Colindale, 465. Langua...
EditorialA music score, and the directions for a dance. [The Dancing Master; or, Plain and easie rules for the dancing of country dances, with the tune to each dance to be played on the treble violin. The second edition, enlarged and corrected, etc. [With a pre...
Editorial'Old gaffer Grey and the tail of is "order" retiring * from place to to the tune of more "paupers on the pension list." A queue of politicians carrying money bags and paper rolls representing various bills going down into a cave; A man pulling a reluct...
EditorialA Newe Ballade of a Louer- music score. Alas my harte doth boyle. A Newe Ballade of a Louer, Extollinge his Ladye. To the tune of Damon and Pithias. [The text signed: M. Osb., i.e. M. Osborne? The music by Richard Edwards?]. London : Imprinted by Wylli...
EditorialThe English Dancing Master. The English Dancing Master; or, plaine and easie R. John Playford; London, [March 19,] 1651. A lady and gentleman about to dance. A child musician stands between them. Image taken from The English Dancing Master; or, plaine...
EditorialA music score, and the directions for a dance. [The Dancing Master; or, Plain and easie rules for the dancing of country dances, with the tune to each dance to be played on the treble violin. The second edition, enlarged and corrected, etc. [With a pre...
EditorialСс Слыхали мы твою погудку. Пляши, буржуй, под нашу дудку! We heard your tune. Now dance, bourgeois, to ours! A peasant and worker play a tune while a bourgeois dances. . Азбука красноар?...
EditorialNancy Dawson (1730?-1767). Dancer. She was so popular that 'The Ballad of Nancy Dawson' was published, and sung to the tune of 'Here we go round the Mulberry Bush'. Nancy Dawson's Cabinet of Choice Songs, being a collection of some of the most superlat...
EditorialMusicians. Miftah al-Fuzala. Mandu (Shadiabad), India, 15th century. Musicians playing a tune (nava). An illiustration to a glossary of rare words and proper nouns occurring in Persian poetry. Image taken from Miftah al-Fuzala. Originally published/p...
EditorialMusic cover illustration. A lawn tennis game. Music Score of a waltz tune. . Lawn Tennis. London 1886. Source: H.975.Z.36 frontispiece. Language: English.
EditorialHall of the Conspirators: The Huguenots met here during the Wars of Religion. Members of the court of Catherine de Medici are shown here as Greek gods: Coligny as Nep-tune, Henri II as Mars, Charles IX as double-headed Janus, Queen Margot (la reine Mar...
EditorialMan with a Tune Book: Possibly Mr. Cook. Dated: c. 1838. Dimensions: overall: 89.1 x 73.8 cm (35 1/16 x 29 1/16 in.) framed: 97.1 x 81.6 x 4.7 cm (38 1/4 x 32 1/8 x 1 7/8 in.). Medium: oil on canvas.
EditorialShepherd and Shepherdess Making Music, ca. 1500?1530, South Netherlandish, Wool warp; wool and silk wefts, Overall: 92 1/2 x 115in. (234.9 x 292.1cm), Textiles-Tapestries, This tapestry fragment depicts a shepherd couple entertaining themselves with mu...
EditorialStill Life (The Tobacco Pouch), Beaulieu (present-day Beaulieu-les-Loches), 1918, Graphite on off-white laid paper, 12 ? 18 1/2 in. (30.5 ? 47 cm), Drawings, Juan Gris (Spanish, Madrid 1887?1927 Boulogne-sur-Seine), Although these still-life objects ar...
EditorialHall of the Conspirators: The Huguenots met here during the Wars of Religion. Members of the court of Catherine de Medici are shown here as Greek gods: Coligny as Nep-tune, Henri II as Mars, Charles IX as double-headed Janus, Queen Margot (la reine Mar...
EditorialRoman d'Athis et Prophilias ou Le Siege d'Athenes, early 15th. French, parchment, 29 x 21 cm, 133 pages. The Romans celebrate before the Rape of the Sabinian Women. They dance on a meadow to the tune of a lute. Fol.17 verso.