King George V in procession with Queen Mary during the 1911 Durbar by Fortunino Matania.
Matania was a member of the press and knew that he would not get anywhere near the Imperial couple during their procession. He got his hands on an Army uniform and, in disguise, stood at attention and watched as George and Mary passed by in front of him. Later, he painted this picture entirely from memory.
Victualling of the Ship
Launching of the Ship
The Arrival on Mars
In the Fairy City
A few of the 48 colour illustrations from “The Ship That Sailed to Mars” by William Timlin, 1923.
Timlin’s calligraphic text, seen on the Table of Contents above, delighted his publishers so much that the book was printed without typesetting. Only 2,000 copies of the book were printed.
Marble bust of Francesco I d’Este, Duke of Modena, by Bernini, 1652.
The bust is the beneficiary of a crowdfunding campaign which is raising funds to build a “bespoke seismic pedestal” which will allow the sculpture to be once again put on public display.
La Porte Monumentale designed by René Binet, eastern entrance to the Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900.
Bausch & Lomb Balopticon ad, 1915.
“The balopticon is an evil, inartistic, habit-forming, lazy and vicious machine! It also is a useful, time-saving, practical and helpful one. I use one often—and am thoroughly ashamed of it. I hide it whenever I hear people coming.”
- Norman Rockwell
Raven, early 18th century, fashioned of hammered and embossed steel by master metalsmith Myōchin Munesuke.
Part of the Metropolitan Museum’s “Birds in the Art of Japan” exhibition.
