The Hen That Hatched This Egg (Henry L. Stephens), Title Page, from "The Comic Natural History of the Human Race"

Ledged rim with two pairs of perforations; roughly semiglobular body; ring base. Reddish yellow clay; matt, black paint diluted to brown or maroon at places. Rim encircled by three...

During the 16th century portraiture was the leading genre in England and almost the only one to which artists could devote themselves following the events of the early 1530s, the c...

H.C. Andersen as the Little Mermaid and Anders Duck at hatched eggs. H. C. Andersen is sitting on a hatched egg, like the little mermaid, while Anders And gets out of the egg....