Tagged: illustration
“The Air Ship: A Musical Farce Comedy”, ca….
A few of the 48 colour illustrations from “The Ship That…
Victualling of the Ship
Launching of the Ship
The Arrival on Mars
In the Fairy City
A few of the 48 colour illustrations from “The Ship That Sailed to Mars” by William Timlin, 1923.
Timlin’s calligraphic text, seen on the Table of Contents above, delighted his publishers so much that the book was printed without typesetting. Only 2,000 copies of the book were printed.
“The Voyage of the Pequod”, literary map produced in…
“The Voyage of the Pequod”, literary map produced in 1956 by illustrator Everett Henry for the Harris-Seybold company. Currently in the Library of Congress.
Bausch & Lomb Balopticon ad, 1915. “The balopticon is…
Bausch & Lomb Balopticon ad, 1915.
“The balopticon is an evil, inartistic, habit-forming, lazy and vicious machine! It also is a useful, time-saving, practical and helpful one. I use one often—and am thoroughly ashamed of it. I hide it whenever I hear people coming.”
- Norman Rockwell
Illustrations, mostly by Frank R. Paul, for the second issue of…
Illustrations, mostly by Frank R. Paul, for the second issue of Amazing Stories, May 1926. Authors include Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, and Edgar Allan Poe,
“That Liberty Shall Not Perish from the Earth”,…
“That Liberty Shall Not Perish from the Earth”, American war bonds poster depicting New York, by Joseph Pennell, 1918.
Study by Adolph Menzel of General Moltke’s coat, 1871.
Panik! Panik! Jugend magazine, issue 8, illustration by Arpad…
Illustrations from “Les Songes drôlatiques de Pantagruel,…
Illustrations from “Les Songes drôlatiques de Pantagruel, où sont contenues plusieurs figures de l’invention de maistre François Rabelais, et dernière oeuvre d’iceluy, pour la récréation des bons esprits”.
Attributed to French engraver François Desprez, 1565.
Viewable online on the BNF’s website.