Spectropia; or Surprising Spectral Illusions Showing

[Brown, J.H.] Spectropia; or Surprising Spectral Illusions Showing Ghosts Everywhere and of Any Colour. New York: James G. Gregory, 1864. Publisher’s pictorial cloth-backed boards. Sixteen illustrat

[Brown, J.H.] Spectropia; or Surprising Spectral Illusions Showing Ghosts Everywhere and of Any Colour. New York: James G. Gregory, 1864. Publisher’s pictorial cloth-backed boards. Illustrated, incl

Joseffy (Joseph Freud). An Enigmatic Cube. A Fantastic Illusion. August, 1907. Halftone print, showing the magician alongside a Mephistophelean character, watching as a cube grows nearer and larger. S

Robline. Pair of Playbills. Cuba, 1931/1930s. Two playbills, the first showing a grisly decapitation illusion, the second a woman restrained to a torture device. 12 ¾ x 9 ½" and 19 ½ x 9" respectiv

Navy silk gown with pleated and gathered bodice, the mesh illusion yoke beaded and embroidered with coral motifs. Size US 6. Condition: Showing very few signs of wear; some flattening to pleats, very

[CIVIL WAR]. Half plate tintype showing Company D, 2nd Tennessee Cavalry Regiment.  Half plate hand-colored tintype (some darkening at perimeter). Inscription on green paper housed with plate rea

A VERY FINE ICON SHOWING THE MOTHER OF GOD OF THE PASSION Veneto-Cretan, circa 1500 Tempera on wood panel. Finely executed on a gold ground. The Mother of God portrayed half-length, looking at the beh

A VERY FINE AND LARGE ICON SHOWING CHRIST AS HIGH PRIEST Cretan, 16th century Tempera on wood panel. Finely executed in great detail on a gold ground. Christ bearing a mitre with perpendulia, in combi

A VERY FINE ICON SHOWING THE VLADIMIRSKAYA MOTHER OF GOD WITH EMBROIDERED SILVER-GILT AND CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL OKLAD Zentralrussland, 19. Jh. (Ikone), Russland, Moskau, Jakob Fedorowtisch Mischukow, R

A LARGE ICON SHOWING CHRIST'S DESCENT INTO HELL Greek, circa 1600 Tempera on wood panel. Executed on a gold ground. The panel depicts the Descent into Hell, showing Christ holding the cross symbolizin

A VERY RARE AND DATED ICON SHOWING STS. CONSTANTINE AND HELENA Greek, dated 1785 Tempera on wood panel. The image finely rendered in bright colours and great detail with gold highlights. Greek inscrip

A FINE AND RARE ICON SHOWING THE INCREDULITY OF ST. THOMAS Greek, 17th century Tempera on wood panel. Christ standing in the center surrounded by the Apostles. St. Thomas to the left. Against an archi

AN ICON SHOWING THE MONASTIC SAINTS ZOSIMA AND SAVATII, FOUNDERS OF THE SOLOVETSKI MONASTERY WITH SILVER RIZA Russland, 17. Jh. Russian, 17th century Holztafel mit einer Rückseiten-Querleiste, vers

AN ICON SHOWING THE BREAST-FEEDING MOTHER OF GOD WITH SILVER AND CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL OKLAD Russian, 2nd half 19th century (icon), Russian, Moscow, Pavel Ovchinnikov, 1892 (oklad) Oil on wood panel. Two

VERY LARGE AND RARE PORCELAIN PAINTING SHOWING THE PSYCHE AFTER W. KRAY (1828-1889) Impressed KPM-sceptre mark, around 1890 39 x 33,5 cm, frame: 73 x 58 cm

A VERY FINE ICON SHOWING THE DEISIS AND THE SYNAXIS OF THE ARCHANGELS Russian, Palech, 19th century Tempera on wood panel with kovcheg. Finely executed in great detail on a gold ground. The icon showi

A RARE AND MONUMENTAL ICON SHOWING ST. SIMEON THE STYLITE Russian, circa 1600 Tempera on wood panel with kovcheg. The saint is portrayed frontally half-length. The facial features are executed in grea

A SMALL ICON SHOWING THE KAZANSKAYA MOTHER OF GOD WITH SILVER AND CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL RIZARussian, Moscow, Dmitri Lukitch Smirnov, 1896-1908 Oil on metal on wood with velvet backing. Traditionally paint

A LARGE ICON SHOWING THE ENTHRONED MOTHER OF GOD AND TWO WARRIOR SAINTS Greek, last third 18th century Tempera on wood panel. The Mother of God sitting on a throne with suppedaneum, presenting Christ.

A RARE ICON SHOWING THE ARCHANGEL MICHAEL WITH SCENES FROM HIS LIFE Russian, 18th century Tempera on wood panel. The icon is centred with the triumph over the Power of Darkness flanked by two scenes f

A FINE ICON SHOWING THE ARCHANGEL GABRIEL WITH SILVER OKLAD AND KYOT Russian, late 19th century (icon), Russian, St. Petersburg, Aleksiy Ivanovitch Nasedkin, late 19th century (oklad) Oil on wood pane

A LARGE ICON SHOWING ST. NICHOLAS OF MOZHAISK WITH SILVER-GILT OKLAD Russian, 18th century (icon), Russian, St. Petersburg, Fedor Andreev, 1826 (oklad) Tempera on wood panel. Overlaid with the pierced

A MONUMENTAL ICON SHOWING ST. GEORGE FROM AN ICONOSTASIS Balkan, 18th century Tempera on wood panel. The youthful saint shown frontal, holding a sword and his shield. Attired in a Roman military unifo

A FINE AND LARGE ICON SHOWING THE OLD TESTAMENT TRINITY Russian, 17th century Tempera on wood panel with kovcheg. The angels seated around a table under the oak of Mamre, to the left the Temple, to th