Catalogue of the exhibit of spectacles by M. W. Dunscombe, F.B.O.A., at
the Victorian Era Exhibition, Earl’s Court, London, in 1897 the year of
the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Victoria and the Centenary of the
establishment of the business Dunscombe late Braham, A.D. 1797 – A.D.
1897, M.W. Dunscombe (late Braham), Spectacle Specialist. |
A miniature painting in a manuscript containing the so called "Kriegsbuch"
(book of war) of Philipp Mönch, Cod. Pal. germ. 126. The picture of the
author, a gunsmith is on folio 1 verso, 1496. From the
Universitatsbibliothek, Heidelberg, Germany.
http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/cpg126 |
Simon Bening, 1483-1561, Self-portrait, Dated 1558, Watercolor on vellum,
stuck to an oak panel. Inscribed below the portrait in Latin 'Simon Bening.
Son of Alexander/ Painted by himself in his 75 year/1558' , Museum no.
P.159-1910, Salting Bequest, Victoria & Albert Museum, (Simon Bening,
Netherlandish miniature painter, trained in his father's workshop in
Ghent. On his easel is a picture of the Virgin and Child.) (Click on image
to go to the museum's site) |
Thorowgood Smith, anonymous, painting, circa 1808, City of Baltimore |
