"The Room of the Throne as finally restored by [Sir Arthur] Evans (and re-restored by the Knossos Conservation Office). The great stone basin was not found here but rather in a corridor to the north. The wall-paintings depict griffins placed...
From Gizeh, Egypt, Dynasty IV. "The seated statue of Khafre is one of a series of similar statues carved for the pharaoh's valley temple near the Great Sphinx. The stone is diorite, an exceptionally hard dark stone brought some 400 miles down...
1. West porch 2. Corridor of the procession 3. South propylon 4. Central court 5. "Theater area" 6. North-south corridor 7. Pillar hall 8. Magazines 9. Throne room 10. Palace shrine and lower verandas 11. Stepped porch 12. Grand staircase...
1. West porch 2. Corridor of the procession 3. South propylon 4. Central court 5. "Theater area" 6. North-south corridor 7. Pillar hall 8. Magazines 9. Throne room 10. Palace shrine and lower verandas 11. Stepped porch 12. Grand staircase...
Full-length character portrait of actor, composer, and writer Harry Bulger in costume for the role of King Bardout in the musical extravaganza "Sleeping Beauty and the Beast," which was performed at Macauley's Theatre in January 1905. He...
Full-length character portrait of actor Robert McWade in costume for the role of Simonides in "Ben Hur," which was produced at Macauley's Theater in March 1905. He is seated on a wooden throne, wearing patterned robes with fringed ends....
Color lithograph of American actress and director Minnie Maddern Fiske in the role of Mary of Magdala. She wears regal robes of gold with a crown, and sits on a throne holding a scepter. The background of the drawing is of blue tile with various...
Three-quarter length character portrait of renowned French actress, producer, and writer Sarah Bernhardt seated on a throne, wearing a regal gown and crown. Born Henriette-Rosine Bernard (or Bernardt) in Paris, France on October 23, 1844, Sarah...
Three-quarter length character portrait of unidentified woman seated on wooden throne, with her head resting on her right hand, wearing a dress, a long strand of pearls, and with a fur stole draped around her. Title supplied by cataloger.
Children; Play (Recreation); Toys; Animals; Women; Men; Steamboats
Woodblock prints of, from top to bottom starting at left: two girls walking outdoors, one holding a basket and the other holding a parasol; boy and girl sharing swing (hanging from tree branches), with dog running underfoot; sheep; girl playing...
Woodblock prints of, from top to bottom starting at left (all images signed "Hartwell" unless otherwise noted): Sardanapalus (Assyrian king) seated on throne holding a goblet aloft, with men and women in attendance; scene in city square;...
Woodblock prints of, from left to right starting at top left (all images signed "Hartwell" unless otherwise noted): "Abyssinia" [now Ethiopia/Eritrea], with three people, stringed instrument, and spear and shield; procession...
This set of woodblock prints was reprinted in the 1980s. With the exception of the grapevine, the large cat jumping to the ground, the porcelain bowl, the black-and-white dog, and the log cabin with smoke coming from chimney, the images duplicate...
"The obverse of the coin shows a portrait of Nero [...]. The reverse side depicts the helmeted goddess Roma seated on a captured throne; the figure of Victory rises from her right hand, while her left hand, resting on a shield, holds a short...
“Moreau has rendered Salome as an enchantress, the archetypal femme fatale who seduces Herod into performing her will. Moreau was very careful to avoid endowing the figure of Herod with any magisterial dignity but rather shows him as an old man,...
