"Das brasilianische Ex-Kaiserpaar" (The Brazilian Imperial couple AFTER abdication)

Wood engraving. Published in a German publication. 1889
https://t.co/QGGiJ80zCT

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...another is the famous 'headless horseman' engraving c.1655 by Pierre Lombard, which is based heavily on a 1633 painting of Charles I by Van Dyck, with Cromwell’s head replacing that of the King! There's lots of recycled imagery and messaging (often royal) in these paintings.🙂

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The Good Samaritan
🎨Domenico Campagnola (c. 1500–1564, Italian painter and printmaker in engraving and woodcut of the Venetian Renaissance)

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This week for we bring you color wood-engraved illustrations by American printer, designer, and wood engraver Philip Reed for 'Mother Goose and Nursery Rhymes' published in New York by Atheneum in 1963. Learn more: https://t.co/7aJmLOAuHH

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Attempted Saito Soma portrait for an engraving assignment
Final result and the "sketch"

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The mythical griffin is portrayed with the head, wings and talons of an eagle and the body of a lion. It is associated with strength and courage.

engraving by Israhel van Meckenem (1445-1503)

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Deianeira receiving poisoned tunic from Nessus
wounded centaur falling to ground & taking off his cloak, while naked young woman steps off his back & takes over cloak from him
after Peter Paul Rubens Engraving, 1650-1699

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centaur Nessus, naked, stepping into water; on right, Hercules, naked, helping his wife, Deianeira, to mount Nessus; at feet of Hercules, a club & bow;
1762 Etching & engraving
Print made by: Francesco Bartolozzi
After: Laurent Pécheux

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Some lovely pictures from the very versatile Clifford Webb. I'll post some of his engravings later.

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Same place?

"Tipos Popularares Madrileños"
"El Aguacil de la Plaza de Toros"
Wood engraving made after a photograph. Published 1883.

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Check out these engravings from the 1836 Harpers Stereotype Edition of 'Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in the Polar Seas and Regions: with Illustrations of Their Climate, Geology, and Natural History; and an Account of the Whale-Fishery.' Learn more: https://t.co/kOpqt8bDoE

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Gustave Doré (1832-1883 Wood Engraving of two Owls. Beautiful piece of art.
I had a very old book with his Wood Engraving in that had loose pages We couldn’t sell it so we framed the prints that were loose . I wouldn’t do that now I’d have it rebound. This was a while ago

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"THIS goddess Fortune frustrates, single-handed, the plans of a hundred learned men." Author unknown, translated from Latin by Professor PRS Foley, author of Fortune Telling by Cards.

Fortuna, engraving by Hans Sebald Beham, 1541 via Nick Michael

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Guess who got access to This should take care of some of the shakes. Check it out "a victorian naturalist's illustration of the pokemon squirtle, engraving, high quality scan"

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A German engraving of Charles I & Henrietta Maria, c. 1640 -1649.
Andreas Kohl

(British Museum)

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Engraving including a wasp from Maria Merian's insects of Surinam, 1726. We will share more wasp pictures next week once we are open again & back on site, meanwhile do enjoy the rest of our tweets for

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The rough sketch and final engraving for 'The execution of Lady Jane Grey' engraved by French artist Achille Devéria (1800 - 1857). Beautiful image but Jane wasn't beheaded with a sword ⚔️ 🪓

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Just noticed is that a wasp in this engraving from Maria Merian's insects of Surinam?
Our copy was published in 1726.

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