Images

Detail of a painting from the limestone walls of the Tomb of the Diver. The tomb and its artwork is associated with Classical Greek culture which flourished in Magna Graecia during antiquity. From the North Wall...

Detail of a red-figure cup by the painter Peithinos. The cup shows an array of couples, including this male couple. Made in Vulci, Italy c. 500 BCE. (Altes Museum)

Edith Wharton (l. 1862-1937) as a young woman, c. 1889, photo by Roseti, 297 Fifth Avenue, New York. Edith Wharton collection/Beinecke 10061396

A mid-16th century painting of Portuguese carrack ships. Carrack and caravel ships were the mainstay of the Portuguese Empire, permitting the Portuguese to dominate the seas and bring precious cargo like spices back to...

A 1635 map of Portuguese Cochin on the southwest coast of India. Cochin (modern Kochi) was a major hub of the spice trade and was colonised by Portugal in the early years of the 16th century. (Livro das Plantas de Todas as Fortalezas...

A pomegranate tree bearing fruits.

The Locusts-on-Hudson estate of Henry Brockholst Livingston (l. 1757-1823), built c. 1797. Image from a postcard of the 19th century.

The Point, home of Lydig Munson Hoyt (l. 1821-1868), designed by the architect Calvert Vaux (l. 1824-1895) and built between 1855-1857, taken from the Hoyt family under eminent domain in 1963. Image...

Wyndclyffe Estate, home of Elizabeth Schermerhorn Jones (l. 1810-1876), the New York socialite who commissioned the building in 1853 and is thought to have inspired the phrase "keeping up with the Joneses", a reference...

The south tower of the Wyndclyffe estate of Elizabeth Schermerhorn Jones (l. 1810-1876) built in 1853, abandoned in 1950, and now in ruins. Rhinecliff, NY, c. 2005.