EditorialSyria. Halaf Culture (6100-5100 BC). Neolithic. Settlement of Tell Halaf. Relief of a lion, guarding the temple of Tell Halaf, at the entrance of the National Museum of Aleppo. (Photo taken before the Syrian Civil War).
EditorialGuarding sacred Ypres, where British heroism shone through the war's darkest hours, private soldier, ruin of a building, architecture, Cloth Hall, Realistic Travels (mentioned on object), Ieper, c. 1918, cardboard, photographic paper, gelatin silver pr...
EditorialCapsule portrait of Hieronymus Froben, with lid, 1557 (1558), oil on pear wood, diameter: 10 cm |, Diameter: 13.5 cm (Portrait, H 2.5, inscription Diameter 12.7, H 2.4), Not signed, but dated above the inscription on the cover: 15 57, EST HAEC FAMIGERJ...
EditorialThe Splendid Naval Triumph on the Mississippi, April 24th, 1862: Destruction of the Rebel Gunboats, Rams, and Iron Clad Batteries by the Union Fleet under Flag Officer Farragut.
EditorialThe Splendid Naval Triumph on the Mississippi, April 24th, 1862: Destruction of the Rebel Gunboats, Rams, and Iron Clad Batteries by the Union Fleet under Flag Officer Farragut.
EditorialVzdorozhanie muzhskoi? obuvi v Sovdepii (Series of four drawings [colour], accompanied by text. Picture 1 is labelled '1915'. It depicts a number of well-dressed men trying on shoes. There is plenty of stock and plenty of busy assistants. A sign reads...
EditorialThe two fire-breathing bulls yoked to the plough; Jason slaying his rival; the dragon guarding the Golden Fleece has been slain; Jason carries off the Golden Fleece. Les Livres des Histoires. France; 15th century. Source: Stowe 54, f.38v. Language: French.
EditorialAn armed crowd. Illustrated London News. London, February 11th, 1888. The state of Ireland: Armed peasants guarding the house of Father Stephens at Falcarragh, Donegal'. Image taken from Illustrated London News. Originally published/produced in Londo...
EditorialThe walls of the fortress Lachish, Israel, important royal city, guarding the road from the coast to Jerusa-lem. Lachisch was taken and destroyed by Assyrian King Sennacherib in 701 BCE and again destroyed by Nebu-chadnezzar II, King of Babylon, in 598 BCE.
EditorialThe Splendid Naval Triumph on the Mississippi, April 24th, 1862: Destruction of the Rebel Gunboats, Rams, and Iron Clad Batteries by the Union Fleet under Flag Officer Farragut.
EditorialJason confronting the dragon guarding the Golden Fleece, from: Histoire de Jason et de la conqu?te de la toison d'or, 1563, Engraving, Plate: 6 1/8 x 9 in. (15.5 x 22.8 cm), Ren? Boyvin (French, Angers ca. 1525?ca. 1625 Angers (?)), After Leonard Thiry...
EditorialDog Guarding Dead Game, 1753, Oil on canvas, 25 1/2 x 31 3/4 in. (64.8 x 80.6 cm), Paintings, Jean-Baptiste Oudry (French, Paris 1686?1755 Beauvais), Oudry made his reputation painting hunting scenes and royal animals for Louis XV and various wealthy P...
EditorialTerracotta plaque, Augustan or Julio-Claudian, 27 B.C.?A.D. 68, Roman, Terracotta, Overall: 18 1/4 x 14 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (46.4 x 36.8 x 6.4 cm), Terracottas, Relief with a griffin and an arimasp. Arimasps were mythical one-eyed men who dwelt with gold-g...
EditorialThird Carlist War (1872-1876). Navarre. Banks of the river Arga. Soldiers guarding the military administration's cattle. Engraving by Carretero. The Spanish and American Illustration, 1875. Colored.
EditorialThird Carlist War (1872-1876). Navarre. Banks of the river Arga. Soldiers guarding the military administration's cattle. Engraving by Carretero. The Spanish and American Illustration, 1875.
EditorialBentley Old Hall in Fenny Bentley, Now named Cherry Orchard Farm, this dwelling retains a gatehouse which would have acted as a defensive barrier guarding the original Manor House, UK, art, art Britain, Artist: Sarah Smith.
EditorialEASTERN MEDITERRANEAN CIVILIZATIONS. SYRIA. CULTURE OF HALAF (-5300-h. -4300). Extendeding from Samarra to Lake Van and from the Zagros Mountains to the Tauros. Basalt relief of a lion guarding TEMPLE OF TELL HALAF, country northeast site. Entrance of ...
EditorialSphinx and a lion in relief. Basalt. Guarding the temple of Tell Halaf. From about 6100 to 5400 b.C.. Currently located at the entrance to the National Museum of Aleppo. Syria.
EditorialFashionable couple running in the rain. The gallant Mr de Boissec gives his coat and top hat to his lady, and carries her hat in his kerchief and her dog under his arm. "An older dandy and young elegant were surprised in the park by a terrible storm. T...
EditorialSphinx and a lion in relief. Basalt. Guarding the temple of Tell Halaf. From about 6100 to 5400 b.C.. Currently located at the entrance to the National Museum of Aleppo. Syria.
EditorialThe walls of the fortress Lachish, Israel, important royal city, guarding the road from the coast to Jerusa-lem. Lachisch was taken and destroyed by Assyrian King Sennacherib in 701 BCE and again destroyed by Nebu-chadnezzar II, King of Babylon, in 598 BCE.