Maori village New Zealand. From the book: Picturesque New Zealand (1913) by Paul Gooding. Photography by Muir & Moodie; and Josiah Martin.
Tag: Architecture
The Inside of A Winter Habitation in Kamtchatka.
The Inside of A Winter Habitation in Kamtchatka. Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, undertaken by the Command of His Majesty, for making discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. Performed under the… Read More
Gyan Bapi Temple, Benaras, Varanasi, India 1895.
Gyan Bapi Temple. Le Gayan Bapi. Auteur du Monde. Souvenirs de Voyages
Empress Josephine At Château de Malmaison 1804.
The Malmaison Castle (Château de Malmaison) in Rueil-Malmaison west of Paris was the residence of Emperor Napoleon and his wife Josephine.
Palais Stourdza. Palace of the rich Fairy of Luxury.
1920 opened the Berlin interior appointments company Friedmann & Weber an exhibition branch under the name Gallery for Art and Antiques, Fashion and Crafts, in the Palais. It became known as – Palace of the rich Fairy of Luxury.
Last days of Madam Roland in the prison Sainte-Pélagie.
Madame Roland was on 1 June arrested. She came into the prison of the Abbaye, then to Sainte-Pélagie and finally to the Conciergerie.
Ancient Egyptian Art. Brockhaus encyclopedia. 14th Edition.
Wooden statue of a man (around 2600 BC). Sphinx of red granite (XIII dynasty). Family Group (XIX to XX. Dynasty. 1450-1150 BC).
Ancient Egyptian culture. Costumes, Weapons, Instruments.
TO judge from the most ancient representation that we possess, the Egyptians of the Old Kingdom (c. 3000 B.C.) wore a loincloth made of woven material.
Persia. Persepolis, Isfahan. Ruins. Tomb.
Persia. Palace of Isfahan (Meidun-e Emam). Ruins of Persepolis. Kuh-i-Rahmat. Tomb of Cyrus the Great Persia. Sultan Mosque.
Limonadiere before triumphal arch of the Place du Carrousel. Paris, 1821.
No vender of any article in the world makes a greater display than the Limonadiere of Paris.