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These two engravings after Pieter Bruegel the Elder are titled ‘The Thin Kitchen & The Fat Kitchen’ which, with the festive season kicking off, we think would be better titled ‘Before & After Christmas!’ Sold today for £9,000 inc buyer’s premium

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2019-12-04

Lucille~
Worked on coloring her all night. There are so many shades of lilac that I know now XD
She has vine like engravings on her, a ball jointed doll who is deaths angel. uwu she collects and protects innocent souls who are lost or have passed so they don’t get eaten by demons

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2019-11-26

To celebrate the day with .🦊

Some superb fox (1941) & cubs (1936) wood engravings by Agnes Miller Parker 🦊

"Fox Cubs" was one of 73 wood engravings used in H.E. Bates’ "Through The Woods: The English Woodland – April to April" (1936).

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2019-11-23

Hand-printed cards, (printed on acid-free stock from my wood engravings), hand-printed (no punk ones for this), limited edition miniatures and small prints, and limited edition books, all under £100

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2019-11-15

For the month of November, we present wood engravings, photogravures, and chromolithographs from the November 1905 issue of the early 20th-century periodical 'Flora and Sylva, A Monthly Review.' Learn more abt the publication & see more illustrations here: https://t.co/ZdgKFy4lVu

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2019-11-14

It’s Fine Press Friday! This week we present 'An Almanac for Moderns' by Donald Culross Peattie, with wood engravings by Asa Cheffetz. Printed by Judd and Detweiler, Inc. for the members of the Limited Editions Club in 1938. Learn more here: https://t.co/WhFjudhfEk

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2019-11-09

Me: I just wanna find someone in Austin’s cool flash sheet and get something that fits me

Also me: what if I get a tattoo that’s a section of one of Albrecht Dürer’s engravings or inspired by them because I love the style

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2019-11-08

"Tiger posts a bad opinion online"
-Samuel Howett & Edward Orme, Hand Coloured, Aquatint Engravings, 1807

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2019-10-22

This image is from Lusus Poeticus Poetis, a book of poetry by 17thC poet Edward Bendlowes. Born to a wealthy Catholic family, Bendlowes made a name for himself as an arts patron & poet. He drew on his resources to commission engravings (like this one) illustrating his poems.

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2019-10-16

Hogarth: Place and Progress - like meeting up with some old friends. A Rake’s Progress (1734), Four Times of Day (1736-7), The Humours of an Election (1754-5). Exhibition brings all his series paintings and engravings together for the first time.

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2019-10-09

16th century Dutch engravings of an owl dressed as a pilgrim and another as a soldier.

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2019-10-08

For the month of October, we present wood engravings, photogravures, and chromolithographs from the October 1905 issue of the early 20th-century periodical 'Flora and Sylva, A Monthly Review for Lovers of Gardens, Woodland, Tree or Flower.' View more here: https://t.co/zJxlusRoro

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2019-10-03

Illustrations and scratch engravings are my thing. :D

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2019-09-23

19th century
Two marsupials pause on the spidery roots of a pandanus tree to watch ichthyosaur and plesiosaur prepare for battle. The scene, an for The Popular Encyclopedia (1888), features elements from several engravings by Riou.

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2019-08-30

This week's staff pick comes from Max, our Head of Special Collections. He's chosen 'Wrenching Times, Poems from Drum-Taps by Walt Whiman,' with original color wood engravings by Gaylord Schanilec & printed by the iconic Welsh press Gwasg Gregynog in 1991. https://t.co/1lVj0UXHOS

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2019-08-16

For we're showing wood engravings from Augustus A. Gould's 'The Naturalist’s Library' (1850s). Learn more in our Tumblr post: https://t.co/qkM98pjlqs
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2019-08-13

Illustrator Nicolas Delort uses a scratchboard in a manner which evokes the engravings of Here's his take on the classic Éowyn vs Witch-king encounter - A Woman's Courage. Yes, there are uncanonical details, but look at that dismount from the Witch-king...

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2019-08-01

Today is the anniversary of the birth of Emily Brontë, author of 'Wuthering Heights.' This edition was published in 1931 by Random House and features 12 wood engravings by Clare Leighton.

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2019-07-31