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1945 wood engraving by John O'Connor. Lots of interest in this scene, including some milk churns I think, and sculptural steam/smoke. From: The Golden Cockerel Press. @oneortwothings
#otd 1826, The Menai Suspension Bridge designed and built by Thomas Telford was opened. The world's first modern suspension bridge - and Grade I listed building - links North Wales to the island of Anglesey. Hand-coloured engraving, Grosvenor Prints @Mary_Evans
#MondayMotivation comes easier with a perky cockerel to get you moving! From a collection of wood engravings in books published by The Golden Cockerel Press: John O'Connor, 1937. @ZwartblesIE @deborahjvass @celiahart
New hand-coloured #etchings by #PabloBronstein inspired by 18th century engravings, includes 'Tea Urn on Legs I'. Now on show until 10 Feb in our group exhibition #HistoryintheMaking https://t.co/0vo4sjSXt2 #teaurn
Elizabeth I was crowned #OnThisDay in 1559 and reigned for 44 years. This 17th century engraving by William Faithorne shows her with Lord Burghley and Sir Francis Walsingham. [Prints 014/004]
#Gryllus. Four heads conjoined. Sardonyx #cameo, 16th century. British Museum.
#Gryllus. #GiovanniAndreaMaglioli (?). Engraving, c.1580-1610. Colección Mariano Moret.
Painted at age 12-13. Michelangelo's "The Torment of Saint Anthony" (1488) showed precocious talent. Based on a monochrome engraving by 15th-century German artist Martin Schongauer (second image), Michelangelo dramatically altered the image adding landscape, colour & fish scales.
Happy #FloraFriday! Though unsigned, the majority of the engravings in "Fragmenta Botanica" (1809) (depicting recent arrivals to the Schönbrunn gardens) are likely the work of J. Scharf, M. Sedelmayer & J. Knapp. View it in #BHLib via @mobotgarden: https://t.co/R41wgHR1Zk
Roses (Moss, Damask, Red & White).
Engraving taken from ‘Flora’s Interpreter’ by Mrs. S. J. Hale.
Published 1832 by Marsh, Capen & Lyon.
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Paul Gustave Louis Christophe Doré (6 January 1832 – 23 January 1883) was a French artist, printmaker, illustrator, comics artist, caricaturist and sculptor who worked primarily with wood engraving🎂❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️🌟
Paul Gustave Louis Christophe Doré (6 January 1832 – 23 January 1883) was a French artist, printmaker, illustrator, comics artist, caricaturist and sculptor who worked primarily with wood engraving🎂❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️🌟
Siamese Cat and Butterfly #woodengraving by Agnes Miller Parker 1939 @NatGalleriesSco https://t.co/8mHGg2u0LU
The Shrimp Girl painting by #williamhogarth in 1750 is held in the National Gallery. The engraving was commissioned by his widow, Jane Hogarth and engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi in 1982 using a stippling method which creates strong tonal values and delicate flesh hues.
It's a new year and we have new #WeeklySpecials available!
Pierre-Joseph Redouté, Pl. 210 Orange Lily, Les Liliacées, 1802–1816, stipple engraving finished by hand
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Without Ceres and Bacchus, Venus would freeze. But - is this a painting? A drawing? An engraving? Brilliantly crossing media boundaries, it's Hendrick Goltzius in 1603. Today is his day.
Allegory of Astronomy (17thC), from the set of seven engravings, The Seven Liberal Arts (Artes Liberales) by Gilles Rousselet (French, 1610–1686); Davison Art Center @wesleyan_u https://t.co/EcdEVapoob
Today's image from @stbridelibrary is a late nineteenth century wood engraving (ca. 1880)
‘Cup and Sun’, one of my limited edition wood engravings https://t.co/PHYMhtLuCT
We love #Paisley and its rich, historic past as seen in this 17th century engraving by John Slezer #Paisley2021 #UKcityofCulture2021 https://t.co/4zamb90hY1