Essential Pre-Raphaelites by Lucinda Hawksley

Essential Impressionists by Antonia Cunningham. Hardcover book with dustjacket. Published in 2003 by Parragon Publishing of Bath, England. 256 pages, illustrated.

Essential Michelangelo by Kirsten Bradbury. First edition, published in 200 by Parragon Publishing of Bath, England. Hardcover with dustjacket, 256 pages.

Essential History of Art hardcover book with dustjacket. Published in 2002 by Parragon Publishing of Bath, England. Illustrated, 256 pages.  

Essential Van Gogh by Josephine Cutts and James Smith. First edition. Bath, England: Dempsey Parr, 2000. Hardcover book, 256 pages.  

The Pre-Raphaelites by Sandra Forty Hardcover Book. Title: The Pre-Raphaelites Publisher: Barnes & Noble Books, U.S.A. Publication Date: 1997 Binding: Hardcover Condition: Near Fine ...

Seamlessly mixing influences from around the world, Werner works with oft-overlooked materials--including her signature black iron--to create bold pieces of striking beauty. "I am am...

Seamlessly mixing influences from around the world, Werner works with oft-overlooked materials--including her signature black iron--to create bold pieces of striking beauty. "I am am...

Pre World War I Nautical Compass by E.S.Ritchie Nautical compass mounted by a brass gimbal into a copper brass bound case with sloping glazed aperture with heavily bevelled glass. Flat brass bezel with five holding screws signed ‘E.S.Ritchie’ and numbered 5779. Side opening compartment for a lighted wick with drawer beneath. The compass is mounted in a heavy painted brass bowl with very fine copper pivot supporting the floating direction card. A diaphragm is located in the base of the bowl for temperature compensation. c.1910 E.S.Ritchie founded the business in 1850 to manufacture mechanical, electrical and scientific instruments. In 1857 he turned his attention to navigational instruments and begun making marine bearing compasses for the U.S.Navy before the American civil war. At the time the British admiralty dry mounted nautical compasses were considered by all navies and commercial shipping companies as the highest technological standard of the day, however, in 1860 Ritchie had received a US patent for the first successful and practical liquid-filled marine compass for general use. A major step forward in the technology of the compass. With the damping provided by the liquid, together with gimbal mounting, the floating card of the Ritchie compass...