EditorialThe Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 95, 'Ode for Music.', William Blake, 17571827, British, between 1797 and 1798, Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page, Sheet:...
EditorialThe Great Sea-Sarpint, Printed in black ink on paper, Center, giant sea-serpent, with tail extending into distance. Various fish and birds flying around; upper right, surprised sun., USA, 1878, albums (bound) & books, Ephemera, Ephemera.
EditorialDrawing of the 'Resolution', with its figurehead of a sea-serpent; made during Captain Cook's Third Voyage. Drawings executed by John Webber during the Third Voyage of Captain Cook, 1776-1780. Circa 1776-1780. Source: Add. 17277, No.2. Language: English.
EditorialCoffeepot, Doccia Porcelain Factory, Italian, established 1735, hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, Pear form with sea serpent form spout and C-scroll handle. In predominantly manganese palette with blue accents. One side with a landscape scene with...
EditorialRecto: Whale Hunt by the Emperor Claudius in the harbour at Ostia; Verso: inscription relating to Pliny the Elder's Natural History, Book 9, ch. 5, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 15231605, Pen and ink, brush and bistre wash on paper, Re...
EditorialThe Great Sea-Sarpint, Printed in black ink on paper, Center, giant sea-serpent, with tail extending into distance. Various fish and birds flying around; upper right, surprised sun., USA, 1878, albums (bound) & books, Ephemera, Ephemera.
EditorialBandbox, Block-printed on paper, pasteboard support, Blue field, printed in white, green and brown. On box, baskets of flowers and fruit, and groups of figures. On cover, portion of picture of Clayton's Ascent and portion of picture of a boat attacked ...
EditorialThe Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 77, 'The Descent of Odin.', William Blake, 17571827, British, between 1797 and 1798, Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page, ...
EditorialThe Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 95, 'Ode for Music.', William Blake, 17571827, British, between 1797 and 1798, Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page, Sheet:...
EditorialSteven Alonzo Schaff, American, 18181904, After Elihu Vedder, (American, 18361923), The Sea Serpent, after 1864, Etching on Japan-type filamented paper, image: 4 13/16 x 8 13/16 in. (12.2 x 22.4 cm).
EditorialDrawing of the 'Resolution', with its figurehead of a sea-serpent; made during Captain Cook's Third Voyage. Drawings executed by John Webber during the Third Voyage of Captain Cook, 1776-1780. Circa 1776-1780. Source: Add. 17277, No.2. Language: English.
EditorialVarious ships and boats. People swimming. A sea serpent. A manuscript of the romance in Persian ‘Karnama~i-ishq’ by Rai Anand Ram Mukhlis, written by the scribe Harkulall. c.1735. Source: J.38, f.42v. Language: Persian.
EditorialPortrait of Johannes Oporinus, c. 1580-1587, oil on panel, 65.5 x 52.5 cm, unsigned., Labeled top left: ANNO DOMINI 1567 MENSE SEPTEMBRI, ?TATIS SU? PROPE .60 ., in between the printer's signature (medallion with Arion with fiddle, which travels on a d...
Editorial"- It seems that the sea serpent has reappeared in the Indian Ocean!... - Oh, my God... is it possible!... - Of course it's possible if I tell you that it has been printed like that in the Constitutionnel!...," plate 20 from Les Bons Bourgeois. Honor? ...
Editorial"- It seems that the sea serpent has reappeared in the Indian Ocean!... - Oh, my God... is it possible!... - Of course it's possible if I tell you that it has been printed like that in the Constitutionnel!...," plate 20 from Les Bons Bourgeois. Honor? ...
EditorialGreat sea serpent seen off the coast of Greenland in 1734, Scoliophis atlanticus. From a description by Hans Egede. Steel engraving by W.H. Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from Robert Hamilton's Amphibious Carnivora, part of Sir William J...
EditorialGreat sea serpent shot at by the crew of Lawrence de Ferry in 1746. Described in Bishop Erik Pontoppidan's Natural History of Norway, 1752. Steel engraving by W.H. Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from Robert Hamilton's Amphibious Carnivor...
EditorialTHE SEA SERPENT IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, A SKETCH FROM H.M. YACHT "OSBORNE" OFF THE NORTH COAST OF SICILY ON THE SECOND OF JUNE; 1. The Row of Fins as seen at First; 2. The Head and Flappers; The head was bullet-shaped, and quite 6 feet thick, the neck na...
EditorialDrawing of the 'Resolution', with its figurehead of a sea-serpent; made during Captain Cook's Third Voyage. Drawings executed by John Webber during the Third Voyage of Captain Cook, 1776-1780. Circa 1776-1780. Source: Add. 17277, No.2. Language: English.
EditorialVarious ships and boats. People swimming. A sea serpent. A manuscript of the romance in Persian ‘Karnama~i-ishq’ by Rai Anand Ram Mukhlis, written by the scribe Harkulall. c.1735. Source: J.38, f.42v. Language: Persian.
EditorialA sea serpent . Petri Bellonii ... De aquatilibus, libri duo. Cum ει?conibus ad viuam ipsorum effigiem, quoad eius fieri potuit, expressis. Parisiis : Apud C. Stephanum, 1553. Source: 446.a.6, page 157.
EditorialA detail of a bird-headed sea monster and a human sea serpent . MAP of the world. 1582. Vellum roll, 7 ft. 3 in. x 3 ft. 7 in. Source: Add. 27470.
EditorialGreat sea serpent seen off the coast of Greenland in 1734, Scoliophis atlanticus. From a description by Hans Egede. Steel engraving by W.H. Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from Robert Hamilton's Amphibious Carnivora, part of Sir William J...
EditorialGreat sea serpent shot at by the crew of Lawrence de Ferry in 1746. Described in Bishop Erik Pontoppidan's Natural History of Norway, 1752. Steel engraving by W.H. Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from Robert Hamilton's Amphibious Carnivor...
EditorialTHE SEA SERPENT IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, A SKETCH FROM H.M. YACHT "OSBORNE" OFF THE NORTH COAST OF SICILY ON THE SECOND OF JUNE; 1. The Row of Fins as seen at First; 2. The Head and Flappers; The head was bullet-shaped, and quite 6 feet thick, the neck na...
EditorialAndromeda rescued by Perseus from the sea serpent. Perseus, mounted on Pegasus, the winged horse, and wearing full medieval armour, brandishes a scythe at the monster. Andromeda looks on from her rock. From a work by Christine de Pisan. Harl.4431.fol.98 v.