#bookillustration — Public Fediverse posts

Common bronzewing (1811) by Pauline Knip, from Les Pigeons.

Source: New York Public Library

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/b591e2d2-8c1f-4d99-9ac8-a54f7de69f59

#fraud #naturalhistory #birds #pigeons #napoleon #plagiarism #paris #bookillustration #engraving #art #publicdomain

Common bronzewing (1811) by Pauline Knip, from Les Pigeons.

Source: New York Public Library

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/b591e2d2-8c1f-4d99-9ac8-a54f7de69f59

#fraud #naturalhistory #birds #pigeons #napoleon #plagiarism #paris #bookillustration #engraving #art #publicdomain

Common bronzewing (1811) by Pauline Knip, from Les Pigeons.

Source: New York Public Library

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/b591e2d2-8c1f-4d99-9ac8-a54f7de69f59

#fraud #naturalhistory #birds #pigeons #napoleon #plagiarism #paris #bookillustration #engraving #art #publicdomain

Common bronzewing (1811) by Pauline Knip, from Les Pigeons.

Source: New York Public Library

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/b591e2d2-8c1f-4d99-9ac8-a54f7de69f59

#fraud #naturalhistory #birds #pigeons #napoleon #plagiarism #paris #bookillustration #engraving #art #publicdomain

Common bronzewing (1811) by Pauline Knip, from Les Pigeons.

Source: New York Public Library

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/b591e2d2-8c1f-4d99-9ac8-a54f7de69f59

#fraud #naturalhistory #birds #pigeons #napoleon #plagiarism #paris #bookillustration #engraving #art #publicdomain

Filamentose Oxide of Copper (*Cuprum oxygenizatum*) (1802–17) by James Sowerby, from British Mineralogy.

Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/26493534-e867-4ff8-ac91-f7dcd4b17414

#minerals #geology #rocks #mineralogy #bookillustration #engraving #art #publicdomain

Filamentose Oxide of Copper (*Cuprum oxygenizatum*) (1802–17) by James Sowerby, from British Mineralogy.

Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/26493534-e867-4ff8-ac91-f7dcd4b17414

#minerals #geology #rocks #mineralogy #bookillustration #engraving #art #publicdomain

Filamentose Oxide of Copper (*Cuprum oxygenizatum*) (1802–17) by James Sowerby, from British Mineralogy.

Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/26493534-e867-4ff8-ac91-f7dcd4b17414

#minerals #geology #rocks #mineralogy #bookillustration #engraving #art #publicdomain

Filamentose Oxide of Copper (*Cuprum oxygenizatum*) (1802–17) by James Sowerby, from British Mineralogy.

Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/26493534-e867-4ff8-ac91-f7dcd4b17414

#minerals #geology #rocks #mineralogy #bookillustration #engraving #art #publicdomain

Filamentose Oxide of Copper (*Cuprum oxygenizatum*) (1802–17) by James Sowerby, from British Mineralogy.

Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/26493534-e867-4ff8-ac91-f7dcd4b17414

#minerals #geology #rocks #mineralogy #bookillustration #engraving #art #publicdomain

Cover for A Book of Images (1898) by W. T. Horton.

Source: California Digital Library / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/e04ff46e-8cfb-40a8-b71b-0bd4eb94a44a

#moon #printing #night #books #stars #architecture #bookillustration #design #art #publicdomain

Cover for A Book of Images (1898) by W. T. Horton.

Source: California Digital Library / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/e04ff46e-8cfb-40a8-b71b-0bd4eb94a44a

#moon #printing #night #books #stars #architecture #bookillustration #design #art #publicdomain

Cover for A Book of Images (1898) by W. T. Horton.

Source: California Digital Library / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/e04ff46e-8cfb-40a8-b71b-0bd4eb94a44a

#moon #printing #night #books #stars #architecture #bookillustration #design #art #publicdomain

Cover for A Book of Images (1898) by W. T. Horton.

Source: California Digital Library / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/e04ff46e-8cfb-40a8-b71b-0bd4eb94a44a

#moon #printing #night #books #stars #architecture #bookillustration #design #art #publicdomain

Cover for A Book of Images (1898) by W. T. Horton.

Source: California Digital Library / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/e04ff46e-8cfb-40a8-b71b-0bd4eb94a44a

#moon #printing #night #books #stars #architecture #bookillustration #design #art #publicdomain

The Wave (1898) by W. T. Horton, from A Book of Images.

Source: University of Toronto Libraries / Internet Archive

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/24945a15-b064-4d97-9326-d34997f34b53

#moon #night #buildings #crescents #bookillustration #art #publicdomain

The Wave (1898) by W. T. Horton, from A Book of Images.

Source: University of Toronto Libraries / Internet Archive

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/24945a15-b064-4d97-9326-d34997f34b53

#moon #night #buildings #crescents #bookillustration #art #publicdomain

The Wave (1898) by W. T. Horton, from A Book of Images.

Source: University of Toronto Libraries / Internet Archive

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/24945a15-b064-4d97-9326-d34997f34b53

#moon #night #buildings #crescents #bookillustration #art #publicdomain

The Wave (1898) by W. T. Horton, from A Book of Images.

Source: University of Toronto Libraries / Internet Archive

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/24945a15-b064-4d97-9326-d34997f34b53

#moon #night #buildings #crescents #bookillustration #art #publicdomain

The Wave (1898) by W. T. Horton, from A Book of Images.

Source: University of Toronto Libraries / Internet Archive

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/24945a15-b064-4d97-9326-d34997f34b53

#moon #night #buildings #crescents #bookillustration #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Raoul-Auger Feuillet, from Choregraphie (1701).

Source: Boston Public Library / Internet Archive

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/1f4825b2-0e1f-4cad-b0b2-9f5146acb2f3

#music #notation #dance #calligraphy #choreography #ballet #dancing #movement #bookillustration #art #publicdomain

Crater of Brown Sponge Spring. (1883) by Thomas Sinclair and Son, from Twelfth Annual Report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of The Territories: Part II. Yellowstone National Park.

Source: The Field Museum Library / Biodiversity Heritage Library

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/f1194e86-bc62-40de-ade8-8d66b6d126a4

#geothermal #america #surveying #geology #bookillustration #lithography #photography #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Paul Franck, from The Proper Art of Writing (1655).

Source: The Getty / Internet Archive

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/bc3f8ce8-d665-447a-8be4-ed4294f784be

#alphabets #letters #calligraphy #typography #orthography #design #writing #lettering #bookillustration #woodcut #art #publicdomain

Attitudes of the Head (1886), from Delsarte System of Dramatic Expression.

Source: University of Toronto Libraries / Internet Archive

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/8892660b-866d-44f9-9101-2d10bffdd0cd

#charts #posture #diagrams #drama #acting #man #notation #gesture #faces #theatre #dramaticpose #expression #facialexpressions #woman #bookillustration #printmaking #line #art #publicdomain

Blemmyes and other “monsters” (1696), from Specula physico-mathematico-historica (A physico-mathematical-historical mirror).

Source: Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University / Internet Archive

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/09a721de-b54d-4191-a5d8-b8236f0a9b61

#hairy #exploration #ears #clubs #bestiary #humananimalhybrid #faces #deformity #monsters #tails #bookillustration #engraving #art #publicdomain

Medusae of the World: Plate 12, Volume 1 (1910) by A. G. Mayer, from Medusae of the World.

Source: MBLWHOI Library / Biodiversity Heritage Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/b2af53fc-5e63-4a30-b6ed-e595434ef37d

#anatomy #zoology #jellyfish #marine #medusae #bookillustration #lithography #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Paul Franck, from The Proper Art of Writing (1655).

Source: The Getty / Internet Archive

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/8647488f-dc91-4b3c-88c4-f28a67090e20

#alphabets #letters #calligraphy #typography #orthography #design #writing #lettering #bookillustration #woodcut #art #publicdomain

Boiling Sulphur Spring. Crater Hills. (1883) by Thomas Sinclair and Son, from Twelfth Annual Report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of The Territories: Part II. Yellowstone National Park.

Source: The Field Museum Library / Biodiversity Heritage Library

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/42582b5d-5579-4ec5-bf5f-198d39dd2600

#geothermal #america #surveying #geology #landscapes #bookillustration #lithography #photography #art #publicdomain

"The Scarecrow Sat on the Big Throne." (1900) by W. W. Denslow, from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

Source: Library of Congress

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/d44df661-9c83-42a2-86a5-4e1c6227c7e2

#dogs #lions #thrones #bookillustration #lithography #art #publicdomain

Lamia (1658) by Edward Topsell, from The History of Four-Footed Beasts and Serpents.

Source: University of Houston Digital Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/5dd2c625-ce43-497a-b42c-feea4c8b728e

#lions #animals #woodcuts #claws #serpents #manes #bookillustration #woodcut #art #publicdomain

Edible Mushrooms (1827) by A. Cornillon, from Atlas des Champignons.

Source: Lloyd Library and Museum / Biodiversity Heritage Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/f5faed1e-1dd3-4370-a2a9-3c3f6dbfe3e4

#nature #food #botanical #mycology #mushrooms #bookillustration #lithography #art #publicdomain

The Angel Took the Form of a Beggar (1921) by Jay Van Everen, from The Laughing Prince: A Book of Jugoslav Fairy Tales and Folk Tales.

Source: New York Public Library / Internet Archive

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/fea7cd96-8c5b-476f-ba3b-dc9529c53a0e

#abstract #folklore #folktales #bookillustration #art #publicdomain

The 265 surviving folios of the #AugustineGospels include 2 pages with lively illustrations: #StLuke at the beginning of his #Gospel, & 12 scenes depicting the #PassionOfChrist.
Higher-resolution images of the whole #manuscript may be seen at https://parker.stanford.edu/parker/catalog/mk707wk3350
#medieval #manuscript #6thCentury #digitised #book #OpenAccess #StAugustineOfCanterbury #PopeGregoryTheGreat #medievodon #histodon #bookstodon #StAugustine #BookIllustration #GraphicNovel @medievodons @histodons @bookstodon

※ The "#Bellman" from the front cover of #HenryHoliday's illustration to #LewisCarroll’s "#TheHuntingOfTheSnark" (1876).
※ #FatherTime from an English School painting (by an unknown artist, ca. 1610) of "Queen Elizabeth I at old age".

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#スナーク | #スナーク狩り | #Snark | #Snarkology | #Victodon | #Victodons | #VictorianLit | #VictorianLiterature | #VictorianStudies | #Literature #Litstudies | #EnglishLit | #EnglishLiterature | #BritishLiterature | #BookIllustration

There are letter-like patterns in #HenryHoliday's back cover illustration to #LewisCarroll's tragicomedy "#TheHuntingOfTheSnark" (https://snrk.de/snarkhunt/#BackCover). Is this #asemic art? Or are these just some lines used by Henry Holiday to draw the foam on the waves?

See also: https://snrk.de/page_letters-in-the-waves

#BookIllustration