Search Results : Unseen creatures

This toy set, made in what is now Germany in the second half of the 19th century, features several buildings that house a variety of exotic animals. The largest building measures only 6 inches tall. Each piece is carved from wood and hand-painted.

Conservators in Colonial Williamsburg’s Wooden Artifacts Conservation Lab undertook framing of the newly acquired ca. 1695 portrait of British King William III (1650-1702, reigned 1689-1702), attributed to the leading English portrait painter of that...