EditorialMarguerite daisy flower fairy, Argyranthemum frutescens, plucking petals from a flower. Handcoloured lithograph by Louis Lassalle from Louise Leneveux' Les Fleurs Parlantes (The Talking Flowers), Louis Janet, Paris, 1848.
EditorialOxeye daisy flower fairies wearing flower hats, plucking petals from flowers. Leucanthemum vulgare. Handcoloured steel engraving by C. Geoffrois after an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Grandville from "Les Fleurs Animees," Paris, Gabriel de Gonet,...
EditorialOld Woman Plucking a Fowl. Dated: 1650/1655. Dimensions: overall: 133 x 104.7 cm (52 3/8 x 41 1/4 in.) framed: 162.6 x 136.2 cm (64 x 53 5/8 in.). Medium: oil on canvas.
EditorialPurse, Medium: silk and metallic embroidery, silk foundation and lining, linen backing Technique: embroidered on satin weave Label: silk satin, embroidered in silk and metallic yarns, linen backing, Flat rectangular bag of heavy green satin, embroidere...
EditorialThe Garland Weavers, Drapery Study of a Girl plucking Flowers, 1866-1867 Artist: Edward Burne-Jones, Girl, Art Movement, Pre-Raphaelite, Drawing, Pencil, Flower, Works on Paper.
EditorialOld Woman Plucking a Fowl. Dated: 1650/1655. Dimensions: overall: 133 x 104.7 cm (52 3/8 x 41 1/4 in.) framed: 162.6 x 136.2 cm (64 x 53 5/8 in.). Medium: oil on canvas.
EditorialUnknown, Clavicytherium, Italian, Unknown, early 17th century, Italy, Italian, Wood and various materials, D. 32.5 cm, W. 70.5 cm, H. 170.0 plus stand (73.0) = 243.0 cm, 3-octave span 49.9 cm, Sounding lengths (plucking points: C/E 131.8 (11.7), c2 29....
EditorialGriffin with accompanying velvet pedestal, On a rectangular skirting board is the griffin, formed from an elongated dog body with wings on the shoulders and an eagle's head with a comb on the neck, the front of the neck is covered with plucking hair. I...
EditorialOstracon, showing monkeys plucking dates from a palmtree, 19th-20th-dynasty, 1295-1069 BCE, from Deir el-Medina. Limestone, H: 8,6 cm Inv.14298.
Editorialattributed to Gaspero Bruschi, Italian, 1701-1780, after a model by Massimiliano Soldani, Italian, 1656-1740, Venus Plucking the Wings of Cupid, 1745/1746, Hard-paste porcelain on original gilt wood base, Overall: 14 5/8 ? 13 1/2 ? 9 inches (37.1 ? 34....
EditorialSatyr sitting on a tortoise shell, inkwell. He is sitting with his left leg raised and his right leg stretched backwards on a tortoise shell. He holds the right hand on the shell in front of him, the left rests on the head of a dolphin. A grin lies on ...
EditorialGriffin with accompanying velvet pedestal, On a rectangular skirting board is the griffin, formed from an elongated dog body with wings on the shoulders and an eagle's head with a comb on the neck, the front of the neck is covered with plucking hair. I...
EditorialA Lady Plucking Flowers with Peacocks, Gunakali Ragini of Malkos, from the ?Chawand Ragamala?, 1605. Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar, Chawand. Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper; 20.6 x 18.1 cm (8 1/8 x 7 1/8 in.).
EditorialPage from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): First night: The merchant hears of his wife?s unfaithfulness (above); the unfaithful wife performs penance by plucking her hair (below), c. 1560. India, Mughal, Reign of Akbar, 16th century. Opaque watercolor an...
EditorialA Virtuous Woman Placates the King by Plucking Out Her Eyes. Date/Period: 1597-1598 (Mughal). Illuminated manuscripts; folios (leaves). Ink and pigments on laid paper ink and pigments on laid paper. Height: 28.50 mm (1.12 in); Width: 19 mm (0.74 in).
EditorialOld Woman Plucking a Fowl. Dated: 1650/1655. Dimensions: overall: 133 x 104.7 cm (52 3/8 x 41 1/4 in.) framed: 162.6 x 136.2 cm (64 x 53 5/8 in.). Medium: oil on canvas.
Editorial?, ???, ???, ?, Plucking Chrysanthemums, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), dated 1658, China, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, Image: 32 1/2 x 12 in. (82.6 x 30.5 cm), Paintings, After Zhang Feng (Chinese, active ca. 1628?1662), This painting is a copy of a work ...
Editorial?, ???, ???, ?, Plucking Chrysanthemums, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), dated 1658, China, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, Image: 32 1/2 x 12 in. (82.6 x 30.5 cm), Paintings, After Zhang Feng (Chinese, active ca. 1628?1662), This painting is a copy of a work ...
EditorialAdam plucking an apple and Eve tasting the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden, encouraged by a serpent with a human head. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Wenceslaus Hollar from The Dance of Death by Hans Holbein, Coxhead, London, 1816.
EditorialTEA CULTIVATION IN BRITISH INDIA, 1876: 1. Ging Tea Plantation, Darjeeling. 2. Weighing the Leaf. 3. Plucking the Leaf. 4. Rolling by Hand. 5. Withering in the Sun. 6. Rolling by Machinery. 7. Withering in the Factory. 8. Sorting by Machinery.
EditorialMarguerite daisy flower fairy, Argyranthemum frutescens, plucking petals from a flower. Handcoloured lithograph by Louis Lassalle from Louise Leneveux' Les Fleurs Parlantes (The Talking Flowers), Louis Janet, Paris, 1848.
EditorialOxeye daisy flower fairies wearing flower hats, plucking petals from flowers. Leucanthemum vulgare. Handcoloured steel engraving by C. Geoffrois after an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Grandville from "Les Fleurs Animees," Paris, Gabriel de Gonet,...
EditorialOstracon, showing monkeys plucking dates from a palmtree, 19th-20th-dynasty, 1295-1069 BCE, from Deir el-Medina. Limestone, H: 8,6 cm Inv.14298.