EditorialWojciech Gerson (1831-1901). Polish painter. The Lamentable Apostolic Mission, 1866. This painting depicts a scene from a period of conquering pagan Polabian Slavs by Christian Germanic tribes, who justified their violence and plunder on the grounds of...
Editorial1876 United States presidential election. Held on November 7, 1876. One of the most contentious and controversal presidential elections in American history. Republican candidate Rutherford B. Hayes faced Democrat Samuel J. Tilden. Hayes was the winner....
EditorialStudy sheet with several scenes of violence, 1864/67, pencil on thick paper, verso: pencil and quill, leaf: 22.8 x 35 cm, not marked, Paul C?zanne, Aix-en-Provence 1839?1906 Aix-en-Provence.
Editorial'Fearful quarrels, and brutal violence, are the natural consequences of the frequent use of the bottle'. A scene of domestic violence. The Bottle, and the Drunkard's Children. In sixteen plates designed and etched by G. Cruikshank.. London, 1905. Sourc...
EditorialFrance. French Wars of Religion. St. Batholomew's Day massacre, 1572. Assassinations of Catholic violence against the Huguenots, the French Calvinist Protestants. Engraving. 19th century.
EditorialFrance. French Wars of Religion. St. Batholomew's Day massacre, 1572. Assassinations of Catholic violence against the Huguenots, the French Calvinist Protestants. Engraving. 19th century. Colored.
EditorialRecruits Going to Join the Regiment, ca. 1715?16, Etching with drypoint, 8 7/8 x 13 7/16 in. (22.6 x 34.2 cm), Prints, Antoine Watteau (French, Valenciennes 1684?1721 Nogent-sur-Marne), Recruits Going to Join the Regiment is part of a group of works de...
EditorialDrawings and Prints, Print, Tom Jones Rescues Mrs Waters from the Violence of Northerton, from The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Artist, Thomas Rowlandson, British, London 1757?1827 London, ...
EditorialKick Up at a Hazard Table, ca. 1787?90, Hand-colored etching and aquatint, sheet: 16 1/8 x 21 7/16 in. (40.9 x 54.4 cm), Prints, Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757?1827 London), Men from a range of social classes gather to play Hazard, an old Engl...
EditorialFrance. French Wars of Religion. St. Batholomew's Day massacre, 1572. Assassinations of Catholic violence against the Huguenots, the French Calvinist Protestants. Engraving. 19th century. Colored.
EditorialFrance. French Wars of Religion. St. Batholomew's Day massacre, 1572. Assassinations of Catholic violence against the Huguenots, the French Calvinist Protestants. Engraving. 19th century.