EditorialThe Grandchildren of Sir William Heathcote, 3rd Baronet, Oil on canvas, 55 1/4 x 67 1/2 in. (140.3 x 171.5 cm), Paintings, William Owen (British, Ludlow 1769?1825 London), Owen was a contemporary and rival of Sir Thomas Lawrence. The Heathcote portrait...
EditorialTerracotta 'basket vase', Late Helladic IIIA, ca. 1400?1300 B.C., Helladic, Mycenaean, Terracotta, total H. 10 5/8 in. (27 cm), Vases, The conceit of having the lid of a vase attached to the body so that the two parts remain together recurs in antiquity.
EditorialTerracotta kylix (drinking cup), Archaic, ca. 500 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; red-figure, Overall: 5 x 16 in. (12.7 x 40.6cm), Vases, Interior, warrior testing his trumpet, Exterior, obverse and reverse, symposium (drinking party). The conceit of a...
EditorialTitle page of the play by William Shakespeare, 'the history of Henry the fourth'. The History of Henry the fourth, With the battell at Shrewseburie, betweene the King, and Lord Henry Percy, surnamed Henry Hotspur of the North. With the humorous conceit...
EditorialPoem of Sir Thomas Wyatt. Poems of Sir Thomas Wyatt. England; before 1542. [Whole folio] Autograph copy of poem which finds a neat conceit for the irrepressible course of love. It is surrounded by later writings and mathematical workings by various mem...
EditorialArmchair (part of a set), ca. 1780, Italian, Venice, Walnut, polychromed; velvet, Overall: 35 5/8 ? 24 1/2 in. (90.5 ? 62.2 cm), Woodwork-Furniture, These chairs are from a large set comprising at least two settees and twelve armchairs. The conceit of ...
EditorialPair of armchairs (part of a set), ca. 1780, Italian, Naples, Carved and polychromed walnut; received upholstered in beige silk brocade, currently upholstered with modern cotton and linen velvet (INST.1970.8.1, .2), Overall: 35 3/4 x 24 1/2 in. (90.8 x...
EditorialTerracotta kylix (drinking cup), Archaic, ca. 500 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; red-figure, Overall: 5 x 16 in. (12.7 x 40.6cm), Vases, Interior, warrior testing his trumpet, Exterior, obverse and reverse, symposium (drinking party). The conceit of a...
EditorialThe Grandchildren of Sir William Heathcote, 3rd Baronet, Oil on canvas, 55 1/4 x 67 1/2 in. (140.3 x 171.5 cm), Paintings, William Owen (British, Ludlow 1769?1825 London), Owen was a contemporary and rival of Sir Thomas Lawrence. The Heathcote portrait...
EditorialTerracotta 'basket vase', Late Helladic IIIA, ca. 1400?1300 B.C., Helladic, Mycenaean, Terracotta, total H. 10 5/8 in. (27 cm), Vases, The conceit of having the lid of a vase attached to the body so that the two parts remain together recurs in antiquity.