Editorial" Courtesans as Three sake Drinkers", Edo period, 1710. From the album " Yuekun sennin" - (courtesans-immortals). A bikuni (female entertainer dressed as a travelling nun), a high-ranked courtesan and a male apprentice Kabuki actor ...
EditorialWinter's Enjoyment in Central Park, George Blair, active United States, 19th c., Chromolithograph on heavy white paper, People sledding and skating on ice; bridge left, with observers, building beyond. Foreground left, man kneeling to fix his partner's...
EditorialFritz Behnke, Graphische Kunstanstalt Gebr. S?lter, Unser guter Gefrierfleischbraten!, paper, offset lithography, total: height: 68 cm; width: 98 cm, signed: recto u. r. in print: F. Behnke, product and business advertising (posters), food and drink, s...
EditorialLouis Held, funfair, Staatliche Landesbildstelle Hamburg, collection on the history of photography, silver gelatin paper, cardboard, black and white positive process, image size: height: 18.00 cm; width: 23.50 cm, inscribed: verso and on the cardboard:...
EditorialLouis Held, funfair, Staatliche Landesbildstelle Hamburg, collection on the history of photography, silver gelatin paper, cardboard, black and white positive process, image size: height: 11.70 cm; width: 16.90 cm, inscribed: verso and on the cardboard:...
EditorialHachette & Cie, Hugues Krafft, Dujardin, Divertissement de batcha (danseurs) dans le vestibule d'une maison particui?re, from the book A travers le Turkestan Russe, paper, heliogravure, Image size: Height: 11.9 cm; Width: 17.1 cm, Travel photography, p...
EditorialVirgo - Unmatched Enjoyment, Print made by George Cruikshank, 17921878, British, undated, Etching on moderately thick, smooth, beige laid paper, Sheet: 4 3/8 x 6 5/8 inches (11.1 x 16.8 cm) and Image: 3 1/4 x 5 7/16 inches (8.2 x 13.8 cm), birds, bonne...
EditorialHonor? Daumier, To imagine that there are people who even travel in winter for fun and enjoyment!, from 'Winter sketches,' published in Le Petit Journal pour Rire, December 3, 1864, 'Winter sketches' (Croquis d'hiver), Honor? Daumier (French, Marseille...
EditorialLADIES' VISIT TO AN IRONCLAD, 1889: THEIR ARRIVAL, THE GUNNERY LIEUTENANT SHOWS THAT THE MECHANISM OF A BREECH-LOADING GUN IS SO PERFECT THAT A CHILD COULD OPEN THE BREECH, THE MARINE OFFICER JAMS HIS FINGER IN EXPLAINING THE ACTION OF THE QUICK-FIRING...