1. 13:43 9th Feb 2013

    Notes: 358

    Reblogged from lindahall

    Tags: Fabio ColonnaIllustration

    lindahall:

    A selection of botanical plates from Fabio Colonna, De Purpura ab Animali Testaceo Fusa, 1616.

     

    (Source: lhldigital.lindahall.org)

    I just printed the centre picture here to stick on my study wall and it had me marvelling. If only Colonna was alive to see such a thing.

    I don’t remember following the Linda Hall Library but I’m grateful for these lovely images today, and looking forward to exploring their digital archive another time. The quality of this image is terrific.

     

  2. 21:10 4th Feb 2013

    Notes: 128

    Reblogged from akira-kusaka-illustration

    Tags: Akira KusakaIllustration

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    akira-kusaka-illustration: (c) Akira Kusaka

    akira-kusaka-illustration:

    (c) Akira Kusaka

     

  3. 16:32 3rd Dec 2012

    Notes: 19

    Reblogged from mythologyofblue

    Tags: IllustrationRobert Louis StevensonEdinburgh

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    mythologyofblue: From Robert Louis Stevenson’s, Edinburgh: picturesque notes

    mythologyofblue:

    From Robert Louis Stevenson’s, Edinburgh: picturesque notes

     

  4. 10:48 14th Nov 2012

    Notes: 64

    Reblogged from 50watts

    Tags: IllustrationEdward GoreyM.R.JamesNYRB

    50watts: Edward Gorey illus. for “Casting the Runes” by M. R. James, one of my favorite ghost stories. Via nyrbclassics, who provided a free pdf of the story, also found in their book The Haunted Looking Glass.

    50watts:

    Edward Gorey illus. for “Casting the Runes” by M. R. James, one of my favorite ghost stories. Via nyrbclassics, who provided a free pdf of the story, also found in their book The Haunted Looking Glass.

     

  5. 21:56 7th Aug 2012

    Notes: 260

    Reblogged from coolchicksfromhistory

    Tags: IllustrationbookcoversLaura Ingalls Wilder

    coolchicksfromhistory:

    The first of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House books, Little House in the Big Woods, was copyrighted on August 6, 1932.  Written with the help of her daughter Rose, Little House in the Big Woods is the story of Laura’s early childhood in Pepin, Wisconsin.  For narrative reasons, Laura was made slightly older (five rather than three) but the events closely parallel her life at the time.  

    In 1932, Laura received her first royalty check of $500 (around $8,000 in today’s money) from Harper and Brothers.  By the mid-1930s, the Little House books were a steady source of income for Laura and Almanzo, allowing them to live in dependable comfort for the first time in their married lives.  

    Shown above are different editions of Little House in the Big Woods: a first US edition, a US edition with a cover by Garth Williams, a current Spanish edition, a current Greek edition, a 1974 French edition, a 1982 Hungarian edition, and a current Korean edition.  The Garth Williams covers and illustrations were created in 1953 for a unified set of the best selling Little House books.  Garth’s illustrations were very popular and many foreign editions use his covers and illustrations, only changing the text.

    Little House in the Big Woods on Amazon

     

  6. 14:13 6th Aug 2012

    Notes: 118

    Reblogged from explore-blog

    Tags: Illustration

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    explore-blog: A vintage visual guessing game from Martin and Alice Provensen’s The Animal Fair. Alice is 94 years old and continues to draw.

    explore-blog:

    A vintage visual guessing game from Martin and Alice Provensen’s The Animal Fair. Alice is 94 years old and continues to draw.

     

  7. 12:24 24th Jul 2012

    Tags: Illustration

    Infographic Directory looks...awesome. Check out that blogroll. Via things magazine, of course.

     

  8. 14:13 14th Jul 2012

    Tags: poetryartillustration

    Poetry of Charles D’Orleans illustrated by Matisse, courtesy of Photobucket. We have lived long enough to see such beautiful things

    To be reblogged at RW, when I’m back from my walk in the bitter air.

     

  9. 10:44 12th Apr 2012

    Notes: 1

    Tags: Illustration

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    Illustration from the 1926 children’s book King Ramu-ramu, by Takeo Takei - 50 Watts

    Illustration from the 1926 children’s book King Ramu-ramu, by Takeo Takei - 50 Watts

     

  10. 10:42

    Notes: 3

    Tags: IllustrationmanuscriptsIllumination

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     June - Harvest February - A typical winter’s day. From the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry: a very richly decorated Book of Hours containing over 200 folios, of which about half are full page illustrations. It was painted sometime between 1412 and 1416 by the Limbourg brothers for their patron Jean, Duc de Berry. They left it unfinished at their (and the Duc’s) death in 1416. Charles I, Duc de Savoie commissioned Jean Colombe to finish the paintings between 1485-1489. Collections at the Public Domain Review are now filtered into categories - there’s a pulldown from the Collections tab. Enjoy yourselves. Labors of the Months from the Très Riches Heures | The Public Domain Review

     June - Harvest


    February - Winter

    February - A typical winter’s day.

    From the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry:

    a very richly decorated Book of Hours containing over 200 folios, of which about half are full page illustrations. It was painted sometime between 1412 and 1416 by the Limbourg brothers for their patron Jean, Duc de Berry. They left it unfinished at their (and the Duc’s) death in 1416. Charles I, Duc de Savoie commissioned Jean Colombe to finish the paintings between 1485-1489.

    Collections at the Public Domain Review are now filtered into categories - there’s a pulldown from the Collections tab. Enjoy yourselves.

    Labors of the Months from the Très Riches Heures | The Public Domain Review