Bombardment of Island 'Number Ten' in the Mississippi River By the Gunboat and Mortar fleet, under the command of Flag Officer A.H. Foote

Willem van de Velde II was one of the leading 17th-century Dutch marine painters. Trained by his father, Willem van de Velde I, with whom he later worked, he continued his studies ...

On 7 October 1571, 132,000 men on 490 ships faced each other on two sides of the Gulf of Patras, near Lepanto, in modern-day Greece. It was the last major battle in history fought ...

Henry Lewis was one of the first explorers who began to travel the upper Mississippi River in the mid-nineteenth century to admire the exuberance of its cataracts. In summer 1847 t...

A men's cloth (hinggi), consisting of two weaves sewn together. On the cloth are Queen Wilhelmina, the Dutch lion and the Dutch flag. The cloth is finished on the short sides with ...

Engesle textThis powder bag; 1860-1870Hide, wool, glass, cow horn, wood; bag: h. 20.5 cm., w. 18 cm.\nRMV 710-7; Herman Ten Kate collection; purchased from Niagara Falls trader, 18...

BARRELS. Around, bowl-shaped, with slightly swung edge and on a foot edge. Decor in Famille verte (“green family”) with five figures in a landscape. In the middle a beach, on the r...