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Blackboard sketch by Whitney
Émile-Antoine Bayard’s Illustrations for Around the Moon by Jules Verne (1870)
Erste Kataracte. A. Ansicht des Hafens von Suan, des Anfangs der Kataracte und der Insel Elephantine; B. Ansicht des inneren der Kataracte.
Plate 18, Volume 1 – Source
W. E. B. Du Bois’ Hand-Drawn Infographics of African-American Life (1900)
illustration of Japanese firework
Michelangelo Caetani, Veduta Interna Dell'Inferno (Cross Section of Hell), 1855. – Source
Bouquet with Tulips, from Collection of Different Bouquets of Flowers, Invented and Drawn by Jean Pillement and Engraved by P. C. Canot
Siliceo-calcareous Oxide of Titanium (Titanium oxygenizatum siliceocalcareum)
Snuffbox with scene of peasants picnicking on a riverbank near a village
Fig. 1. Systema Ptolemaecum, Fig. 2. Systema Platonicum, Fig. 3. Systema Aegyptiacum, Fig. 4. Systema Tychonicum, Fig. 5. Systema Semi-Tychonicum, Fig. 6. Systema Copernicanum
Illustration from a Victorian book on Magic
Two plates from, the wonderfully titled, The Principles of Light and Color: including among other things the harmonic laws of the universe, the etherio-atomic philosophy of force, chromo chemistry, chromo therapeutics, and the general philosophy of the fine forces, together with numerous discoveries and practical applications (1878) - Source.
playing card image
Illustration of diatom from Schmidt's *Atlas*
Nebuleuse de la Lyre
Albumen silver print of ornamental lathe turning
Attack of the Turks
A chart from 1746 by Jacques-Fabien Gautier illustrating his theory that the primary colours are black and white, with red, yellow, and blue being secondary. Colours were thought to be drawn out of the shadows by the presence of light - Source.
At the Moor
Symptoms of Distress, from The Grand Steeplechase Over Leicestershire
A French Farrier, plate 12 from Various Subjects Drawn from Life on Stone
Karl Blossfeldt’s Urformen der Kunst (1928)
Study for a plate from The Task
Blackboard sketch by Whitney
“The Body of the Earth and Moon, with their common Center of Gravity.”
Feldspar and Petuntse (Silex Petuntse)
Costume Design for "Andrey" [a]; Descriptive sheet of Accessories [b]
Émile-Antoine Bayard’s Illustrations for Around the Moon by Jules Verne (1870)
Erste Kataracte. A. Ansicht des Hafens von Suan, des Anfangs der Kataracte und der Insel Elephantine; B. Ansicht des inneren der Kataracte.
Karl Blossfeldt’s Urformen der Kunst (1928)
Plate 18, Volume 1 – Source
Crystallized Oxide of Zinc (Zincum oxygenizatum)
Plate 3 — Views of specimen no. 1: j, after three days on background figured; k, after fourteen days on white marble bottom (the fish was in reality much paler than the photograph would seem to indicate); l, after three days on the background figured; m, after six days on the background figured.
W. E. B. Du Bois’ Hand-Drawn Infographics of African-American Life (1900)
illustration of Japanese firework
Max Brückner’s Collection of Polyhedral Models (1900)
We Will Civilize those Fellows... with Time
Michelangelo Caetani, Veduta Interna Dell'Inferno (Cross Section of Hell), 1855. – Source
Bouquet with Tulips, from Collection of Different Bouquets of Flowers, Invented and Drawn by Jean Pillement and Engraved by P. C. Canot
Lion Devouring a Horse
Classical design
Fishing Fleet, from the seventh album of L'Estampe originale
Siliceo-calcareous Oxide of Titanium (Titanium oxygenizatum siliceocalcareum)
Snuffbox with scene of peasants picnicking on a riverbank near a village
Fig. 1. Systema Ptolemaecum, Fig. 2. Systema Platonicum, Fig. 3. Systema Aegyptiacum, Fig. 4. Systema Tychonicum, Fig. 5. Systema Semi-Tychonicum, Fig. 6. Systema Copernicanum
Pieces of volcanic minerals from Solfatara
The climax of Hubert Airy's image of his scintillating scotomata, reproduced in P. W. Latham's On Nervous or Sick-Headache (1873) — Source
“A proportional Drawing of all the primary and secondary Planets together, distinguished by their Characters.”
Illustration from a Victorian book on Magic
Two plates from, the wonderfully titled, The Principles of Light and Color: including among other things the harmonic laws of the universe, the etherio-atomic philosophy of force, chromo chemistry, chromo therapeutics, and the general philosophy of the fine forces, together with numerous discoveries and practical applications (1878) - Source.
Karl Blossfeldt’s Urformen der Kunst (1928)
Hamonshu: A Japanese Book of Wave and Ripple Designs (1903)
“- I would have bet on it… instead of taking him to see Séraphin you take him to a drama.... it's bad enough for adults already, poor little thing!... - Don't worry Madame, this is the way children are enjoying themselves,” plate 34 from Moeurs Conjugales
playing card image
Illustration of diatom from Schmidt's *Atlas*
Camphor (Vol. 1)
Nebuleuse de la Lyre
Excised Knee Joint. A Round Musket Ball in the Inner Condyle of the Right Femur [Gardiner Lewis, Company B, Nineteenth Indiana Volunteers]
W. E. B. Du Bois’ Hand-Drawn Infographics of African-American Life (1900)
Albumen silver print of ornamental lathe turning
Karl Blossfeldt’s Urformen der Kunst (1928)
Attack of the Turks
Karl Blossfeldt’s Urformen der Kunst (1928)
A chart from 1746 by Jacques-Fabien Gautier illustrating his theory that the primary colours are black and white, with red, yellow, and blue being secondary. Colours were thought to be drawn out of the shadows by the presence of light - Source.
Purple Gallinule, from the Game Birds series (N13) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands
At the Moor
Symptoms of Distress, from The Grand Steeplechase Over Leicestershire
A French Farrier, plate 12 from Various Subjects Drawn from Life on Stone
Leicester Castle, from Picturesque Selections
Dappled Horse
watercolor geometrical illustration
Karl Blossfeldt’s Urformen der Kunst (1928)
Study for a plate from The Task
Image from Professor Worthington's The Splash of a Drop
Karl Blossfeldt’s Urformen der Kunst (1928)
“The Body of the Earth and Moon, with their common Center of Gravity.”
Feldspar and Petuntse (Silex Petuntse)
Costume Design for "Andrey" [a]; Descriptive sheet of Accessories [b]
Karl Blossfeldt’s Urformen der Kunst (1928)
Crystallized Oxide of Zinc (Zincum oxygenizatum)
Plate 3 — Views of specimen no. 1: j, after three days on background figured; k, after fourteen days on white marble bottom (the fish was in reality much paler than the photograph would seem to indicate); l, after three days on the background figured; m, after six days on the background figured.
Max Brückner’s Collection of Polyhedral Models (1900)
We Will Civilize those Fellows... with Time
Lion Devouring a Horse
Classical design
Fishing Fleet, from the seventh album of L'Estampe originale
Pieces of volcanic minerals from Solfatara
The climax of Hubert Airy's image of his scintillating scotomata, reproduced in P. W. Latham's On Nervous or Sick-Headache (1873) — Source
“A proportional Drawing of all the primary and secondary Planets together, distinguished by their Characters.”
Karl Blossfeldt’s Urformen der Kunst (1928)
Hamonshu: A Japanese Book of Wave and Ripple Designs (1903)
“- I would have bet on it… instead of taking him to see Séraphin you take him to a drama.... it's bad enough for adults already, poor little thing!... - Don't worry Madame, this is the way children are enjoying themselves,” plate 34 from Moeurs Conjugales
Camphor (Vol. 1)
Excised Knee Joint. A Round Musket Ball in the Inner Condyle of the Right Femur [Gardiner Lewis, Company B, Nineteenth Indiana Volunteers]
W. E. B. Du Bois’ Hand-Drawn Infographics of African-American Life (1900)
Karl Blossfeldt’s Urformen der Kunst (1928)
Karl Blossfeldt’s Urformen der Kunst (1928)
Purple Gallinule, from the Game Birds series (N13) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands
Leicester Castle, from Picturesque Selections
Dappled Horse
watercolor geometrical illustration
Image from Professor Worthington's The Splash of a Drop
Karl Blossfeldt’s Urformen der Kunst (1928)