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December 7, 2025 at 12:27 AM
William Heath Robinson, 1909. From: “A Song for the English,” by Rudyard Kipling.

#illustration #1900s #WilliamHeathRobinson #RudyardKipling
December 6, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Léonard Misonne, 1930. “Melancholy”

#photography #1930s #winter #LéonardMisonne
December 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
December 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
December 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Israel Hiebner, 1735. “Mysterium Sigillorum”

#illustration #engraving #1730s #esoterica #alchemy #IsraelHiebner
December 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM
December 5, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Ed Emsh, From: “The Lords of Quarmall”

#illustration #EdEmsh #Fantasy
December 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
December 3, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance.
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
December 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
December 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Harry Gruyaert, 1988. “County Kerry, Ireland”

#photography #1980s #Ireland #HarryGruyaert
December 3, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Louis Joseph Reckelbus, “Winter in Bruges.”

#painting #LouisJosephReckelbus #winter
December 2, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The Moon, Tarot Minchiate, 18th Century, Florence, Italy.

#illustration #ephemera #esoterica #tarot #18thcentury
December 2, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Your annual reminder that the most revealing difference between Irish and Scottish Gaelic is definitely in the words for December: Mí na Nollag (Month of Christmas) in Ireland, and An Dubhlachd (the Blackness) in Scotland. So once again may I wish you all a lovely Blackness.
December 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
December 1, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Peter Birkhäuser, “The Observer.”

#illustration #PeterBirkhäuser
December 1, 2025 at 4:49 PM
“The coffin containing the remains of Gilles van Ledenberg hanging from the gallows in the dunes outside The Hague, May 15, 1619.” (Gilles committed suicide before his trial for treason, so they sentenced him to death posthumously.)

#illustration #woodengraving #17thcentury #GillesvanLedenberg.
December 1, 2025 at 12:57 PM
German edition of Faust, 1900.

#bookcover #coverart #1900s #Faust #pentacle
November 30, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Master of the Amsterdam Cabinet, 1470s. “Wild Man Riding on a Unicorn”

#illustration #woodcut #medieval #1470s #MasteroftheAmsterdamCabinet #Unicorn
November 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Mark Rothko, 1969. Acrylic on woven paper mounted on linen.

#painting #1960s #MarkRothko #HaraMuseum
November 30, 2025 at 1:57 PM
November 29, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Clearly, she’s never seen the film ‘Magic.’

#illustration #comics
November 28, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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“A truth that's told with bad intent
Beats all the lies you can invent.”

Happy Birthday #WilliamBlake
November 28, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Louis Icart, 1945. “Destin De Femm”

#illustration #1940s #LouisIcart
November 27, 2025 at 7:27 PM