Journal of Art in Societyさんのイラストまとめ

In 19C, teeth collected by pliers-wielding scavengers from dead soldiers on battlefields were used in the making of dentures. Dentures of teeth from the Battle of Waterloo (L) were proudly advertised as “Waterloo Teeth” (at R) taken from healthy young men https://t.co/uMQwbY0F9q

Invented in 1772 & described by poet Robert Southey as “a wonder-working gas of delight”, laughing gas (nitrous oxide) was used as popular entertainment at parties ~ as here depicted by Thomas Rowlandson ~ until its use as a surgical anaesthetic was recognised in 1840s

Raphael’s Sistine Madonna (1512) is famous for its impish cherubs at the base of the painting, watching the action above. But they’re not the only witnesses ~ you can see many angels’ faces hidden in the cloudy background to the Madonna herself

Just admiring these watercolour-&-gouache works by Georg Dionysus Ehret, one of the greatest 18C botanical illustrators ~ Magnolia grandiflora ■ Cereus Cactus (detail) ■ Christmas Rose https://t.co/IllZSLOTqe

From 2,000 years ago ~ remarkably-preserved frescoes from the Villa of Livia, wife of the Emperor Augustus. The villa was rediscovered in 16C just outside Rome & was probably part of the dowry Livia brought to her marriage in 39 BC (Palazzo Massimo Museum)

Interesting to compare these depictions of clouds, a century & three cultures apart ~ John Constable (England, 1822) ■ Charles Curran (US, Fox at Sunset 1930) ■ Hiroshi Yoshida (Japan, View from Mt Komagatake 1928)

Just watch as the monkeys swing, zebras leap and tree leaves wave in breeze. More on this 19thC early-animation ‘phenakistiscope’ toy at https://t.co/kc5RqrbOkw

#OTD 1890, Vincent van Gogh died from a gunshot wound, presumably self-inflicted, in Auvers. Here are some paintings from his last weeks, his final testament ~ Daubigny’s Garden / Wheatfields at Auvers / Wheatfields under Thunder Clouds (July 1890)

Have your future travel plans been upset by certain current events? Here, from 1807, is a reminder by satirist Thomas Rowlandson that maybe you should count your blessings you’re not going (‘Miseries of Travelling’)

William Blake’s scenes from Shakespeare ~ Oberon, Titania & Puck with Fairies Dancing (A Midsummer Night's Dream) ■ “Pity, like a naked new-born babe / Striding the blast, or heaven's cherubim, hors'd / Upon the sightless couriers of the air” (Macbeth) ■ King Lear & Cordelia