Clans; Tartans; Highlands (Scotland); Clans -- Scotland -- History
Publication information based on title page of Volume 1. Volumes 1-4 continuously paged; Volumes 5-8 continuously paged. CAI copy has added engraved t.p. in v. 1: The Scottish Highlands, Highland clans and Highland regiments. CAI copy has t.p. and...
Through Shen-Kan is the account of a 1908-09 expedition to the Shensi and Kansu provinces of northern China. The expedition was funded by Robert Sterling Clark, one of the heirs to the Singer Sewing Machine fortune. Clark was joined by the...
Jacquard, Joseph-Marie, 1752-1834; Abbās I, Shah of Iran, 1571-1629; Rugs, Oriental
Author's armorial book-plate reproduced on t.-p. Ornamental lining-papers. Each colored plate accompanied by leaf with descriptive letterpress. Includes index. Bibliography: p. [387]-401. Allegory.--Contemporary arts.--Carpets, runners and...
Decoration and ornament, Primitive; Decoration and ornament -- United States; Decoration and ornament -- South America; Decoration and ornament -- Mexico
Silverwork -- England -- London -- 18th century;Tableware -- England -- London -- 18th century;Decorative arts -- England -- London -- 18th century;Creamers -- England -- London -- 18th century;Cream boats -- England -- London -- 18th century
Marks: Fully marked on underside: date letter k for 1745/46 lion passant maker's mark P.L in script, crown above, pellet below (Grimwade 2204) leopard's head
Heraldry: The crest is used by too many families to be identified on its...
Boulton, Matthew, 1728-1809;Silverwork -- England -- Birmingham -- 18th century;Candlesticks -- England -- Birmingham -- 18th century;Decorative arts -- England -- Birmingham -- 18th century;Crests;Devices (Heraldry)
Detail: Depicts two candlesticks
Marks: Fully marked on edge of base and bezel of nozzle: maker's mark MB (Jackson 1921, p. 408 1989, p. 353) sovereign's head lion passant anchor date letter P for 1787/88
World War, 1939-1945 -- Destruction and pillage -- Germany; World War, 1939-1945 -- Art and the war; Art treasures in war; Figures -- Female; Figures -- Male; Staircases ; Families ; Portraits
Destroyed February 13-14 during three allied bombing raids on Dresden or in subsequent fires
World War, 1939-1945 -- Destruction and pillage -- Germany; World War, 1939-1945 -- Art and the war; Art treasures in war; Families; Portraits; Art collectors and collecting; Jabach, Everhard, 1618-1695
One of around 417 works of art from the Kaiser Friedrich Museum deposited in the Friedrichshain flak tower, or Flakturm, for safekeeping. The painting is presumed to have been destroyed when the tower was burned in May of 1945.
World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage--Germany; World War, 1939-1945--Art and the War; Art treasures in war; Gemäldegalerie (Dresden, Germany); Babies; Fishing nets; Huts. Ocean; Figures -- Nude -- Female; Figures -- Nude -- Male;...
Destroyed February 13-14 during three allied bombing raids on Dresden or in subsequent fires.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Destruction and pillage; World War, 1939-1945 -- Art and the War; Art treasures in war; Gemäldegalerie (Dresden, Germany); Dogs; Figures -- Female; Portraits -- Female; Girls; Parks; Gardens; Benches (furniture); Daughters;...
Destroyed February 13-14 during three allied bombing raids on Dresden or in subsequent fires.
"1 Chromoxylograph by H & R Knofler, Vienna; 1 Collotype by Bemrose & Sons, Derby & London; 1 Chromotype by Angerer and Goeschl of Vienna in 5 plates; 1 Collotype by Martin Billing, Son & Co., Birmingham...The chromoxylograph (wood engraving) by...
China--Politics and government--1912-1928; Mammals -- China -- Classification; Clark, Robert Sterling, 1877-1956 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts; Sowerby, Arthur de Carle, 1885-1954 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts; Manchuria (China); Sichuan...
Letter from Arthur de Carle Sowerby in China to Robert Sterling Clark in which Sowerby apologizes for not writing in a while. He updates Clark on the political situation, noting that the Nationalists have been successful and the assassination of...
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute; Mercer Automobile Company; Vassar College; Williams College; Dearborn-Morgan School; Pine Manor Junior College; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.); Yale University; Firestone and Parson; Gebelein...
This series contains the records and papers of Elizabeth H. Burrows, a donor of silver and funds to the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute.