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Leander's Tower on the Bosporus
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Department of American Paintings Sculpture & Decorative Arts
Purchased by William Hayes Fogg New York NY before 1877 bequest; to his wife Mrs. William Hayes Fogg 1884 bequest; to the Fogg Art Museum 1895.
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Bequest of Mrs. William Hayes Fogg
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Coin of Abydos under Caracalla
Coin of Abydos under Caracalla
Obv.: Bust of Caracalla, r., laureate and wearing paludamentum and cuirass.
Rev.: Representation of the myth of Hero and Leander: Hero stands facing l. on tower (lighthouse of Ses...
Untitled (view of Oxford Castle labeled "The tower is the most ancient* building in Oxford being at least as early as the reign of William Rufus. [*Not so, the Saxon tower of St. Michael's Church is older.]; verso: Martyr's Memorial, Oxford)
Untitled (view of Oxford Castle labeled "The tower is the most ancient* building in Oxford being at least as early as the reign of William Rufus. [*Not so, the Saxon tower of St. Michael's Church is older.]; verso: Martyr's Memorial, Oxford)
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View of Oxford Castle labeled "The tower is the most ancient* building in Oxford being at least as early as the reign of William Rufus. [*Not s...
Untitled (clockwise from top left, Broad Walk, Christ Church College; Addison's Walk, Magdalen College; Lime Walk, Trinity College; Magdalen College Tower; Oxford from Tower of St. Mary's; Interior of Hall, Christ Church College; Radcliffe; River from Fol
Untitled (clockwise from top left, Broad Walk, Christ Church College; Addison's Walk, Magdalen College; Lime Walk, Trinity College; Magdalen College Tower; Oxford from Tower of St. Mary's; Interior of Hall, Christ Church College; Radcliffe; River from Fol
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Broad Walk, Christ Church College
Addison's Walk, Magdalen College
Lime Walk, Trinity College
Magdalen Colle...
Emperor Charles VI. elevates Jacob Otto [Otto] to the Bohemian peerage, grants him the predicate von Ottlilienfeld and the coat of arms
Emperor Charles VI. elevates Jacob Otto [Otto] to the Bohemian peerage, grants him the predicate von Ottlilienfeld and the coat of arms
Character: description, miniature in the middle of the leaf, 99 x 119 mm.
Pollen shield. On the right there are six red hearts in silver 1). On the left is a blue oval green laurel...
Wedding procession on the Bosphorus
Wedding procession on the Bosphorus
A colourful procession along the Bosporus leads a bride to the house of her future husband. She is mounted on horseback under a baldachin carried by four men. Walking directly in f...
Císař František II. povyšuje sekretáře podkomořského úřadu v Praze Johanna Franze Heyßlera šlechtice von Adelshofen do rytířského stavu, polepšuje mu predikát na edler von Heyßler und Adelshofen a polepšuje mu erb
Císař František II. povyšuje sekretáře podkomořského úřadu v Praze Johanna Franze Heyßlera šlechtice von Adelshofen do rytířského stavu, polepšuje mu predikát na edler von Heyßler und Adelshofen a polepšuje mu erb
Character: description on folk. 5b, 6b, miniature on folk. 6a, 176 x 280 mm.
A fourth shield. 1. and 4. in gold is a black crowned eagle 1). 2. and 3. gold - red chess into sixteen...