EditorialPhinaea albolineata (White-lined niphaea, Niphaea albo-lineata), with flower, stem, leaf, rhizome and roots. Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Walter Fitch from Sir William Jackson Hooker's "Curtis's Botanical Magazine," Lon...
EditorialRobe, Medium: cotton Technique: supplementary weft pile (velveteen); lining printed by engraved roller; facings tied resist patterning in warp (ikat), Red and white striped velveteen robe with a full skirt pleated into a narrow waist and deep set sleev...
EditorialDesigns for Bedroom Alcoves, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 17461809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white lined paper, lined, A view into a rectangular room, with two posts supporting the drapery and curtains of the alcove. At right the tw...
EditorialFountain, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white lined paper, lined, A niche with pilasters framed a statue (Flora?) who stand upon a pedestal. Below, water flows from a mask, and two conch shells held by mermen. A basin supported by two ...
EditorialDesigns for Bedroom Alcoves, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 17461809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white lined paper, lined, Upper row: at left, behind the vaulted roof of a tent is a part of a frieze. Two parts are the supports. Center: ...
EditorialPurse, Medium: wool embroidery on linen canvas Technique: counted embroidery (bargello), Flat rectangular purse with curving design in wool flame stitch in black, tan, green, and white, lined with natural linen. With a dark green plaited cotton cord., ...
EditorialPainting removed from a wall of a room, possibly a triclinium or dining room, in a house in Pompeii in 1749. It shows a bacchant dancer striking a tympanum or tambourine with her hand. She wears a necklace and bracelets, and a fine robe in white lined ...
EditorialPainting removed from a wall of a room, possibly a triclinium or dining room, in a house in Pompeii in 1749. It shows a bacchant dancer striking a tympanum or tambourine with her hand. She wears a necklace and bracelets, and a fine robe in white lined ...
EditorialSachet of white silk embroidered on the front with flower sprays, lined, trimmed around with twisted white silk cord and gold thread, Sachet of white silk embroidered on the front with flower sprays including a large red and pink flower and some little...
EditorialLe Gentian blue. Blue gentian, Gentiana acaulis, with white-lined sphinx moth, Hyles lineata. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz' Collection precieuse et enluminee des fleurs les plus belles et les plus curieuses, qui se cultivent tant dans...
EditorialPainting removed from a wall of a room, possibly a triclinium or dining room, in a house in Pompeii in 1749. It shows a bacchant dancer striking a tympanum or tambourine with her hand. She wears a necklace and bracelets, and a fine robe in white lined ...
EditorialPainting removed from a wall of a room, possibly a triclinium or dining room, in a house in Pompeii in 1749. It shows a bacchant dancer striking a tympanum or tambourine with her hand. She wears a necklace and bracelets, and a fine robe in white lined ...
EditorialLe Gentian blue. Blue gentian, Gentiana acaulis, with white-lined sphinx moth, Hyles lineata. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz' Collection precieuse et enluminee des fleurs les plus belles et les plus curieuses, qui se cultivent tant dans...
EditorialOleander hawkmoth, Daphnis nerii, and hummingbird moth or white-lined sphinx, Hyles lineata. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis Nicolas Noel from Hippolyte Lucas' Natural History of European Butterflies...
EditorialBenjamin Butler, between 1860 and 1865, drawing on white lined paper pencil, 13.0 x 11.3 cm. (sheet), 1862-1865, by Alfred R Waud, 1828-1891, an american artist famous for his American Civil War sketches, America, US.
EditorialPhinaea albolineata (White-lined niphaea, Niphaea albo-lineata), with flower, stem, leaf, rhizome and roots. Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Walter Fitch from Sir William Jackson Hooker's "Curtis's Botanical Magazine," Lon...
EditorialWhite-lined sphinx moth, Hyles lineata, with caterpillar and pupa. Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's "The Naturalist's Miscellany," London, 1805.
EditorialPainting removed from a wall of a room, possibly a triclinium or dining room, in a house in Pompeii in 1749. It shows a bacchant dancer striking a tympanum or tambourine with her hand. She wears a necklace and bracelets, and a fine robe in white lined ...