"Old woman and a boy with candles; he leans over her shoulder from the right to light his candle; she holds a basket and shields the flame with her hand."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Quis vetet apposito, lumen de lumine tolli, mille licet capiant, deperit inde nihil
Description:
Title devised by curator; alternative title from text below image.
Manuscript journal of a London wine merchant's travels in France, Germany, Switzerland and the Low Countries during the summer and fall of 1835, accompanied as far as Switzerland by a boy, Alfonzo Pipon. The diary documents travel and hotel conditions...
Description:
Inscribed "To Mrs. Collins, Bramford" (his mother) with a letter dated "25th December 1835."
Subject (Geographic):
Europe., Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Germany., France., Netherlands, and Switzerland
Subject (Name):
Fieschi, Giuseppe Marco, 1790-1836. and Louis Philippe, King of the French, 1773-1850.
Subject (Topic):
Tourism, Travelers' writings, English, Wine and wine making, Description and travel, Politics and government, Commerce, and Views
"Portrait of Jerome du Quesnoy, half-length directed to left, looking towards the viewer, pointing with left hand across breast to a sculpted bust in front of him, wearing a dark suit with cloak and plain white collar, with shoulder-length dark wavy h...
Alternative Title:
Hanc veram effigiem Hieronimi du Quenoÿ sculptoris egregii ad imitationem fabulae A. Van Dyck ad vivum depictae R. Brookshaw fet. Bruxellis anno salutis 1779 and Hic ille est quondam fratri vix dispar in arte ...
