Antique Records

Beyond their equestrian subject matter, these prints provide fascinating visual records of 17th- and 18th-century dress, architecture, gardens, estates, and the highly disciplined ar...

Closely associated with the celebrated periodical La Lidia, he recorded the leading matadors, dramatic encounters and ceremonial traditions of the Spanish arena with remarkable preci...

Commissioned after his extensive travels through Russia in 1837, the series documents the diverse regiments of the Imperial Army and remains one of the most comprehensive artistic re...

Remarkably after Ruskin was closed in the 1930s, William Howson Taylor destroyed his glaze records so that pieces could not be replicated. A really gorgeous example of late Arts &...

the clock is sold 'as is' : as a decorative piece only with the original mechanism and pendulum but not guaranteed to be in working order - If you want it working we can fit a profes...

The saturated reds and yellows of the costume are set against the pale, broadly brushed masonry, and the fall of light is recorded across the folds of the robe and the textures of cl...

Initiated by the botanist Georg Christian Oeder and issued in fascicles from 1761, the atlas set out to record the wild plants of the lands under the Danish crown, and its engravings...

This substantial single-volume octavo traces the establishment and growth of the Catholic Church across the Carolinas and Georgia from 1820 to 1878, offered as a first-hand account w...

A comparable pair of seated calico cats with black and ochre decoration of the mid-19th century is recorded in the trade. Historical Context Sponged and spattered decoration of thi...

In 1881, Richard Whitty was recorded as a piscator, or angler/fisherman, with his sister listed as his assistant.

Louis Valtat (French, 1869–1952), Fruits on a table, oil on canvas, signed lower right, painted circa 1920 — a still life by one of the founding figures of Fauvism. Recorded in the a...

Beyond their equestrian subject matter, these prints provide fascinating visual records of 17th- and 18th-century dress, architecture, gardens, estates, and the highly disciplined ar...

Beyond their equestrian subject matter, these prints provide fascinating visual records of 17th- and 18th-century dress, architecture, gardens, estates, and the highly disciplined ar...

Beyond their equestrian subject matter, these prints provide fascinating visual records of 17th- and 18th-century dress, architecture, gardens, estates, and the highly disciplined ar...

Beyond their equestrian subject matter, these prints provide fascinating visual records of 17th- and 18th-century dress, architecture, gardens, estates, and the highly disciplined ar...

Beyond their equestrian subject matter, these prints provide fascinating visual records of 17th- and 18th-century dress, architecture, gardens, estates, and the highly disciplined ar...

Beyond their equestrian subject matter, these prints provide fascinating visual records of 17th- and 18th-century dress, architecture, gardens, estates, and the highly disciplined ar...

The historical event is dated to May 1703 in the Versailles and Louvre records. The engraving is particularly atmospheric, showing the engagement beneath a crescent moon and dark, ...

Historical documentation concerning the foundry records a specifically greenish “Pompeian” patination (alla pompeiana) among the finishes offered by Chiurazzi.

His work associated with the Tiber dates to the 1740s, and he later created his monumental ten-volume Delle Magnificenze di Roma antica e moderna, an extraordinary visual record comp...

The book was first entered for copyright in 1811 by the Philadelphia firm of Birch and Small, and the copyright notice recorded by D. Caldwell, Clerk of the District of Pennsylvania,...

He was buried 16 November 1779, according to the records of St Martin-in-the-Fields, in the cemetery since built upon by the National Gallery.

Without corroborating civil, census, or correspondence records, a more specific identification would be speculative.

Its inclusion forms a charming record of personal history set within a design that looked back to antiquity for inspiration.

The Disappointed Lover is a finely composed late Victorian genre painting by John Evans Eccles, a British artist recorded as active in the 1880s and represented in the Bury Art Museu...

Published together by De Rossi in 1691, the complete project comprised more than one hundred plates and became an important visual record of Baroque Rome. These detailed Italian arch...

Published together by De Rossi in 1691, the complete project comprised more than one hundred plates and became an important visual record of Baroque Rome. These detailed Italian arch...

Published together by De Rossi in 1691, the complete project comprised more than one hundred plates and became an important visual record of Baroque Rome. These detailed Italian arch...

Published together by De Rossi in 1691, the complete project comprised more than one hundred plates and became an important visual record of Baroque Rome. These detailed Italian arch...

Published together by De Rossi in 1691, the complete project comprised more than one hundred plates and became an important visual record of Baroque Rome. These detailed Italian arch...

Published together by De Rossi in 1691, the complete project comprised more than one hundred plates and became an important visual record of Baroque Rome. These detailed Italian arch...

Published together by De Rossi in 1691, the complete project comprised more than one hundred plates and became an important visual record of Baroque Rome. These detailed Italian arch...

Published together by De Rossi in 1691, the complete project comprised more than one hundred plates and became an important visual record of Baroque Rome. These detailed Italian arch...

Published together by De Rossi in 1691, the complete project comprised more than one hundred plates and became an important visual record of Baroque Rome. These detailed Italian arch...

The honest surface wear, minor losses to the paint and gilding, and subtle exposure of the historic wood and bole underlayers beautifully record its centuries of sacred use. It is a ...

Swedish-born American artist Knut Heldner, whose name is also commonly recorded as Knute Heldner, is particularly associated with the artistic life of New Orleans and the landscapes ...

His work continues to appear on the international art market, and examples remain represented in public auction records. The painting is presented in a later giltwood frame with cl...

Mocha referred strictly to the dendritic decoration, which enters the factory record in the 1790s and takes its name from mocha stone, the moss agate imported through the Yemeni port...

Working from direct observation, technical information, and carefully maintained sketchbooks, he recorded the distinctive construction, rigging, colors, and identifying flags of each...

Armorial and crested tea and breakfast services were a specialty of the Chamberlain factory, which kept the pattern books and order records that allow a pattern such as this to be id...

The image is therefore less a record of a particular hour than an evocation of withdrawal and repose.

Beyond, open green fields lead towards farm buildings and distant trees, creating an evocative record of the rural landscape around Nottingham before much of the area's later develop...

The face has some enamel lifting and inclusions which will be restored prior to shipping the clock is sold 'as is' : as a decorative piece only with the original mechanism and pendu...

the clock is sold 'as is' : as a decorative piece only with the original mechanism and pendulum but not guaranteed to be in working order - If you want it working we can fit a profes...

The document concerns a royal protection decree relating to the community of Tavanasco, providing a fascinating surviving record of European governmental and aristocratic administrat...

The natural wear found on surviving 19th-century harvest tables provides a visual record of generations of use and is one of the reasons authentic examples remain especially desirabl...

This Dutch Art Deco ceramic tray by Zuid-Holland, made in Gouda in 1927 and attributed to Jaap Gidding, is distinguished by an expressive geometric composition and unusually sculptur...

The business declined, with financial distress recorded by 1819 and bankruptcy by 1822; the final recorded entry for William McLean is in 1825.

Redmond's contemporaries recorded him sketching directly on site with fellow Tonalist Gottardo Piazzoni.

The historical Versailles catalogue records the subject as “Combat livré par le chevalier des Augers contre les Hollandais” and dates the action to 13 April 1706.

Henri-Camille Danger's work has been auctioned several times, with realized prices ranging from $ 737 USD to $ 136,685 USD, depending on the size and medium of the work. Since 2000, ...

The design was formally registered by Liberty and Company on 15 May 1894, as recorded by The National Archives under Registered Design No. 232372, providing an unusually precise docu...

Published by Paris Illustré, the image records the Tower during the Exposition Universelle, when it was introduced to an international public as an extraordinary achievement of moder...

Selected museum holdings Impressions are held by: Cincinnati Art Museum, accession 1913.863: first state, etching in brown, gift of the artist; plate 7¹¹⁄₁₆ × 13⁷⁄₁₆ inches. The mu...

At this point she seemed set for a career as a concert pianist but following a trip to Arizona in 1900, became fascinated by the study of Native American music and determined to reco...

The scratches and wear are not merely imperfections, but visible records of the long life of the piece. Its beautifully aged surface embodies the Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi—an ...

Fitzwilliam catalogue record. Biography Gerald Leslie Brockhurst was born in Birmingham on October 31, 1890.

The Encyclopédie plates are among the most important visual records of European craftsmanship, technology and manufacturing during the Age of Enlightenment.

Bertuch described these filaments as resembling tangled threads and recorded the species as occurring in the China Sea.

Museum and auction comparables record Qing peach-form cups and saucers in jade, porcelain, and painted enamel, including Canton enamel examples decorated with bats and fruiting branc...