On a very chilly day, here are two visions of summer: Howard Phipps engravings illustrating Roland Gant's work, printed by https://t.co/9e1y1RaNn7

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Compare the the wood engraving from our collection, dated 1860, to the Rembrandt original (Wikipedia): The anatomy of Dr. Tulp https://t.co/VvyahS2kZN

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in 1508, Maximilian I was proclaimed Holy Roman Emperor - the 1st in centuries not to be crowned by the Pope as the journey to Rome was deemed too dangerous.
The collection houses a set of engravings of the 28 statues placed around Maximillian's tomb in Innsbruck in 1519

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"A conjurer casting spells with his wand and fire surrounded by a kneeling man and demons within the magic circle. Engraving by J. Brown after W.M. Craig, 1813." Wellcome Collection.

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The next mug of the project. Here is Cassandra of the Storm Legion and her quality armor with the new addition of an engraving that is totally not fish bones.
You see, there is nothing out there can beat lady with armor, redhead, or braids, so I combined all of those.

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His landscapes are a harmonious marriage of wondrous skies & carefully observed trees & fields. Sunset (Engraving, 1850), Harvesting (1851) & Landscape with Watermill (c1855)

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🦑The open book lay flat between us, with the picture staring repulsively upward. On the butcher’s shop of the Anzique cannibals a small red spattering glistened picturesquely, lending vividness to the horror of the engraving🎨SANTIAGO CARUSO🦑#Lovecraftian

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Eileen Mayo. "New Year" wood engraving, 1949.

Nature was the predominant theme in Eileen Mayo’s work throughout her distinguished career as a printmaker, painter and designer. She was fascinated by the variety of forms and shapes of plants.

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The Death of Priam. 1820. engraving after the painting by Pietro Benvenuti. Italian

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Yeah mondays are bad but hopefully yours won't be as bad at this woman, who apparently had to fight a devil with a literal penis of iron and then drag it home for dinner or something

(these are french engravings called "pranks of the devil")

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Raymond Poisson as Crispin
Gérard Edelinck, Theodorus Netscher
Prints, Engraving
Flemish, 1682

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A Jewish cotton-cleaner
Separating seeds from cotton by the ancient process of bowing it. The labour-intensive process used before the advent of the cotton gin

A wood engraving by the Dalziel Bros. from an original sketch or watercolor by Harry Fenn, 1881

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Terry Allen's new album is out Jan 24. Stream all 5 singles, including new tunes "Abandonitis" & "All That's Left Is Fare-Thee-Well," & preorder—check out the gorgeous tip-on gatefold 2xLP edition with vinyl whale engraving by Terry—here. https://t.co/86NdU6egzY

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From ‘Hortus Eystettensis’, earliest-known large folio botanical book, hand-coloured engravings by German botanist Basilius Besler, who spent 16 years on the project ~ Melocactos (‘Mother-in-law’s Cushion’) / Vegetable Artichoke / Sunflower (1613)
https://t.co/3GpdPAGUIw

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Birds in Flight, a wood-engraving by Eric Ravilious, 1938. In the collection of .

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Maria Aegyptiaca
Adriaen Collaert, Maerten de Vos
Prints, Engraving
Netherlandish, 16th-17th century

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I can finally share the cover art I made for a fanfiction!
It was a lot of fun to make all the engravings!

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