- Feast of the Ascension
Feast of the Ascension - Feast of Pentecost
Feast of Pentecost - Feast of Corpus Christi
Feast of Corpus Christi - Feast of all saints (November 1)
Feast of all saints (November 1) - Fashions for 1836 and 1837
Fashions for 1836 and 1837 - Fairchild PT-19
Fairchild PT-19 Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Exaltation of the cross (September 14)
Exaltation of the cross (September 14) - Every good mother should be the honored queen of a happy family
The group of bees represents the attitude in which the bees surround their Queen or Mother as she rests upon the comb. - Evening dress of Directoire and early first Empire 1798 - 1804
Evening dress of Directoire and early first Empire 1798 - 1804 - Enamelled Chinese Vase
Enamelled Chinese Vase with animals - Empress Woo
Empress Woo - Elizabethan or Marie Stuart Period - 1558 - 1600
Elizabethan or Marie Stuart Period - 1558 - 1600 - Elizabethan or Henry III Period - showing Medicis Collar
Elizabethan or Henry III Period - showing Medicis Collar - Elizabethan or Henry III - 1570
Elizabethan or Henry III - 1570 - Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary time
Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary time - Elephants attacking a granary
A True Anecdote. A traveller, who was making a tour in India some years back, tells us that in his wanderings he arrived at a village on the north border of the British dominions; near this stood a granary, in which was stored a large quantity of rice. The people of the place described to him how the granary had been attacked by a party of elephants which had somehow found out that this granary was full of rice. Early in the morning an elephant appeared at the granary, acting evidently as a scout or spy. When he found that the place was unprotected, he returned to the herd, which was waiting no great distance off. Two men happened to be close by, and they watched the herd approach in almost military order. Getting near the granary, the elephants stopped to examine it. Its walls were of solid brickwork; the entry was in the centre of the terraced roof, which could only be mounted by a ladder. To climb this was not possible, so they stood to consider. The alarmed spectators speedily climbed a banyan-tree, hiding themselves among its leafy branches, thus being out of view while they could watch the doings of the elephants. These animals surveyed the building all round; its thick walls were formidable, but the strength and sagacity of the elephants defied the obstacles. One of the largest of the herd took up a position at a corner of the granary, and pounded upon the wall with his tusks. When he began to feel tired, another took turn at the work, then another, till several of the bricks gave way. An opening once made was soon enlarged. Space being made for an elephant to enter, the herd divided into parties of three or four, since only a few could find room inside. When one party had eaten all they could, their place was taken by another. One of the elephants stood at a distance as sentinel. After all had eaten enough, by a shrill noise he gave the signal to retire, and the herd, flourishing their trunks, rushed off to the jungle. - Egyptian treatment of birds. from hieroglyphics of the 18th Dynasty
- Edward Lytton Bulwer
Edward Lytton Bulwer - Eating berries in the garden
- Eastern Asses
The Ass is mentioned upwards of fifty times in the Bible, and from its having been selected as the animal on which it pleased our Saviour to enter Jerusalem, it carries with it in some respects a higher degree of interest than any other. References to the ass may be grouped under five heads, according to the Hebrew names for the different sorts in the original. These are (1) CHAMOR, which is the ordinary name for the domestic ass, whether male or female, but more properly the male ; (2) ATON, also a domestic ass, but rendered always a she-ass ; (3) AYIR, a colt or young ass ; (4) PERE, wild ass, and (5) AROD, another term for wild ass. In Eastern countries, as Egypt and Syria, the ass is a far more valuable animal, well cared for and fed, and considerably larger in size than in this country. It is capable of a good day's journey at a moderate pace either an easy canter or a less agreeable trot—with a man on its back, and it has a spirited demeanour and wide-awake manner which render it a pleasant quadruped to deal with. The breed is carefully selected, and a well-bred Syrian ass will fetch forty pounds. Their average height is perhaps two to three hands above that in this country. The Palestine asses are the finest in the world. Their colour and markings are much the same everywhere, and no animal has changed so slightly under domestication as the ass. - Easter Vigil
Easter Vigil - Easter
Easter - Early days of the crinoline - 1855
Early days of the crinoline - 1855 - Eagle Hunting
Eagle Hunting - Eagle Head
Eagle Head - Eagle
Eagle - eagle
Eagle - Drinking tea at the table
- Dragons
Dragons - Douglas XB-19
Douglas XB-19 Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Douglas O-46A
Douglas O-46A Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Douglas C-54A
Douglas C-54A Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Douglas C-47
Douglas C-47 Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Douglas C-39
Douglas C-39 Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Douglas B-23
Douglas B-23 Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Douglas B-18A
Douglas B-18A Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Douglas B-18
Douglas B-18 Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Douglas A-24
Douglas A-24 Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Douglas A-20B & C
Douglas A-20B & C Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Donkey
Donkey - Dog chasing a rabbit
Dog chasing a rabbit - Dog and Shoe
Dog and Shoe - Divining rod
There are many great contentions between miners concerning the forked twig, for some say that it is of the greatest use in discovering veins, and others deny it. Some of those who manipulate and use the twig, first cut a fork from a hazel bush with a knife, for this bush they consider more efficacious than any other for revealing the veins, especially if the hazel bush grows above a vein. Others use a different kind of twig for each metal, when they are seeking to discover the veins, for they employ hazel twigs for veins of silver; ash twigs for copper; pitch pine for lead and especially tin, and rods made of iron and steel for gold. All alike grasp the forks of the twig with their hands, clenching their fists, it being necessary that the clenched fingers should be held toward the sky in order that the twig should be raised at that end where the two branches meet. Then they wander hither and thither at random through mountainous regions. It is said that the moment they place their feet on a vein the twig immediately turns and twists, and so by its action discloses the vein; when they move their feet again and go away from that spot the twig becomes once more immobile. - Divider
Divider - Deer
Deer - December
December - Days of the pannier
Days of the pannier - Cutting out the material using a pattern
Cutting out the material using a pattern - Cutting off faded flowers
- Curtiss P-40E
Curtiss P-40E Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Curtiss C-46
Curtiss C-46 Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Curtiss AT-9
Curtiss AT-9 Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Curtis P-36C
Curtis P-36C Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Curtis O-52
Curtis O-52 Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Cumberland Hay-market
Cumberland Hay-market - Cuckoo Clock
Cuckoo Clock - Crow following a boy
- Crossbow and Arrows used for Sport
Another name for the crossbow was 'arbalist,' and its arrows were called quarils, or bolts. These were made of various sorts of wood; about a dozen trees were used for the purpose, but ash-wood was thought to be the best. Generally the arrows had a tip of iron, shaped like a pyramid, pointed, though for shooting at birds the top was sometimes blunt, so that a bird might be struck down without being badly wounded. One old writer says that a great difference between the long-bow and the crossbow was, that success did not depend upon who pulled the lock—a child might do this as well as a man—but with the long-bow strength was everything. In fact, during the Tudor times, the kings specially encouraged the archers to practise shooting with the long-bow, and people were even forbidden to keep crossbows. The crossbow, however, when it had reached perfection, carried much further than the ordinary long-bow. - Crab Fishing
Crab Fishing - Court Dress of tudor or Louis XI Period
Court Dress of tudor or Louis XI Period