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Anna Roemers Visscher (1583-1651)was a Dutch artist, poet, and translator, particularly regarded for her diamond-point glass engraving.

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2021-06-04

Miriam Macgregor is an Indian-born British wood engraver and type compositor. Since 1977, she has worked the Whittington Press. Today we present her wood engravings for P.J. Kavanagh’s Real Sky, printed in 1980 by Macgregor herself. https://t.co/onqLeIt99B

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2021-06-03

"That night I couldn’t sleep. Toward sunrise I dreamed of an engraving in the style of Piranesi, one I’d never seen before or perhaps seen and forgotten—an engraving of a kind of labyrinth" (Jorge Luis Borges)

Piranesi's kafkaesque carceri d'invenzione for

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2021-06-02

Month of June most likely is named after Roman goddess Juno, wife of Jupiter, protectress of marriage & childbirth (equivalent to Greek Hera, queen of the gods). Depicted in 1698 engraving with attributes peacock & sceptre; associated with zodiacal sign Cancer.

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2021-06-01

Four copperplate engravings by Albert Decaris for "Tamburlaine the Great," published in "Christopher Marlowe: Four Plays" (NY: The Heritage Press, 1966):

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2021-05-30

Fans of film and the wonderful creatures should keep an eye out for this beautiful new deck from Will sit well next to his set.

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2021-05-28

This Roman cornelian gemstone depicting the goddess Venus and Anchises, the father of Aeneas, is our

Produced c. 25 BCE, this superb engraving is set in a gold and enamel 18th century frame.

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2021-05-28

And also this... might be my favorite detailed She Ra armor I've seen in a looong time. the way you detailed the overlap of her mantle over the pauldrons, and the engraving of her armor is such an awesome detail... and I am literally in awe of the perfection of the Heart+stone!!!

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2021-05-26

An omrah of state; a dancing girl; and a lady of the harem; all belonging to the Palace of Delhi
engraving print by John Chapman 1809

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2021-05-25

women with huqqa
titled as "a smoking party in the province of Bhengal"
Bengal
engraving by John Chapman 1809

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2021-05-25

Kali Visarjan
in English they wrote "Ceremony of washing the Goddess Cali & idol Jagan-Nath" ??? that happens in translation, total character changes
Engraving Print drawing? by Jhon Chapman 1809 NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b13976376
painting? most probably from Bengal

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2021-05-25

Inspired by seeing all the fantastic art and minis unleashed upon the world (and to see if a Texturelabs engraving tutorial would work with a drawing).

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2021-05-25

"The Invasion"
Die Schlacht am kalten Büffet
The battle at the cold buffet

Wood engraving in original hand coloring.
Artist: Hablot K. Browne (Pseudonym: "PHIZ")
Published in "Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds"
London, ca. 1860/70

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2021-05-25

Najah Albukai was arrested & tortured between 2012 – 2015 in Damascus in Branch 227 detention center by the Syrian intelligence services. His drawings and engravings illustrate the torture & torment he experienced



https://t.co/pKfh6w6IYx

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2021-05-23

Democritus and Protagoras
Isaac Taylor, Salvator Rosa
Prints, Engraving
British, 18th-19th century

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2021-05-22

Upper image: "Kopf des Llama (Auchenia Lama)"
Lower image: "Alpaca (Auchenia Alpaco)"

Wood engraving on a page of text partially about llamas and alpacas.
On the reverse side is unrelated text. Published ca 1875.
https://t.co/698DYXpee7

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2021-05-22

honestly it reminds me of the beautiful old engravings by artists like Albrecht Dürer (seen below), and really captures the medieval/historic feel of the series (speaking as an outsider)

never got too into it was the art was always good

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2021-05-21

🌲 Coloured engravings of heaths:
London: Published by the Author. Printed by T. Bensley, 1802-09 [1830?]
https://t.co/bZwZs03qeD

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2021-05-20

What even is modernity, really? Asking for a friend aka the discipline of art history.

Façon moderne d'une Porte de Jardin (A Garden Door in the Modern Style)
Johann Esaias Nilson
Augsburg, 1755-1760
Etching and engraving

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2021-05-20

Full engraving with strange image of an escaping from a or desk at night. Don't let enter your or https://t.co/aNGiqdvAkO 2/3

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2021-05-18