Anthropomorphized comet, from Un Autre Monde, J.J. Grandville, 1844.
Anthropomorphized comet, from Un Autre Monde, J.J. Grandville,…
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Early pro-suffrage sheet music, 1872.
Phases of Saturn, engraving, 1851.
A steam-driven artificial man, crowned by London University,…
A steam-driven artificial man, crowned by London University, sweeps up the rubbish of society. One of William Heath’s March of the Intellect series, 1825-1829.
Frontispiece for the Penny magazine of the society for the…
Frontispiece for the Penny magazine of the society for the diffusion of useful knowledge; 1830’s; British Museum.
The dance of death: the masquerade Aquatint by English…
The dance of death: the masquerade
Aquatint by English illustrator and caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson, 1816.
(via Wellcome Images’ Dance of Death album on Flickr)
“Le Sortie de l’opéra en l’an 2000” (“Leaving…
“Le Sortie de l’opéra en l’an 2000” (“Leaving the opera in the year 2,000) ca. 1882; hand-coloured lithograph by Albert Robida.
Top: A bronze zodiacal sphere upon an ornate dragon…
Top: A bronze zodiacal sphere upon an ornate dragon stand.
Bottom: An Azimuthal Horizon, Sextant and Zodiacal Sphere.
At the Ancient Observatory, Peking. Photographs ca. 1860, now available online as part of Wellcome Images.
Illustrations of early diving apparatus from Abraham Rees…
Illustrations of early diving apparatus from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia, 1816.
The suit pictured in the bottom-left corner is a very early diving suit made by Karl Heinrich Klingert around 1797. The diving bell shown in the top-left corner was created by Dr. Edmond Halley of comet fame, around 1680.
A Spanish naval ensign, captured from the 74-gun warship…
A Spanish naval ensign, captured from the 74-gun warship ‘San Ildefonso’ by the British warship ‘Defence’ during the Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October, 1805. The ensign was displayed at Nelson’s funeral service in St. Paul’s Cathedral; it is currently housed at the National Maritime Museum.