EditorialThe Pool (Memory of the Forest of Chambord), 1839, Oil on wood, 12 3/4 x 16 in. (32.4 x 40.6 cm), Paintings, Th?odore Rousseau (French, Paris 1812?1867 Barbizon), This quiet landscape is set in the forest of Chambord in northern France. Although the fo...
EditorialRepresentation...des Chateaux de Weissenstein ...Pommersfeld und Geibach, 1728, Engraving; hand-colored, Overall: 13 3/8 x 20 1/2 x 5/8 in. (34 x 52 x 1.6 cm), Books.
EditorialGouget as Raymond in the fairy spectacle Les Sept Chateaux du Diable by Charles Clairville and Adolphe Dennery, Theatre de la Gaite, 1844. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Alexandre Lacauchie from Victor Dollet's Galerie Dramatique: Cos...
Editorial68-69 was the year of four emperors: Galba, Otho, Vitellius and Vespasian. Galba was killed by the pretorians, Otho and Vitellius committed suicide and the senate conferred the imperial authority upon Vespasian (reigned 69-79 CE) Porphyry, Sicilian jas...