Socks
Bear Brick Socks
$20
Description: A woman wearing a toga stands open-armed before the entrance of an antique building as rays of light radiate from her diadem. This illustration was published around 1829, in Paris France. and was created by Augueste, Souze. Read more about this artist at: http://pdtee.weebly.com/
Description: Illustration by Peter Charles Henderson from the book, "New illustration of the sexual system of Carolus von Linnaeus: and the temple of Flora, or garden of nature"
Carnations Socks
$20
Description: The artist who created this image entitled, "The Horn...Was blown with a loud twenty-trumpeter power," was English book illustrator Arthur Rackham, and is taken from the book entitled, The Ingoldsby Legends. Read about the artist who created this image by visiting: http://pdtee.weebly.com/horn-blower.html
Description: The beautiful illustration depicts Histioteuthis bonnellii, also known as the Umbrella Squid. The illustration was published in 1845 by Gide et Cie, in Paris. While the illustrator of this book is image is unknown, the metal engraving was done by Christophe Annedouche. To learn more visit: http://pdtee.weebly.com/umbrella-squid.html
Description: Illustration for the the book entitled, "The English dance of death, vol. 1" The illustration was created by Thomas Rowlandson and depicts one of the many ways that death can visit you. In this case falling asleep with a candle lit.
Last Will Socks
$20
Description: Illustration of a camel by Édouard Traviès from the book entitled, "Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle, atlas, vol. 1."
The Camel Socks
$20
Description: This wood engraving illustration comes from the book entitled Quarles' Emblems that was illustrated by Henry Rogers and Chalres Bennett. There is little information available on both artists. A snake is coiled around a large stylized heart and holds an apple in its mouth. Below the picture two separate scrolls bear the inscription Totus mundus in maligno/Mali ligno positus est, which stands for Totus mundus in maligno positus est (The whole world is established inside the Devil).
Temptation Socks
$20
Description: This metal engraged illustration of the Orbicular Batfish was done by Jacques Reyne Isidore Acarie-Baron, and comes from the book entitled, Le regene animal distribue apres son organisation, vol. 4 (atlas). There little information available on this artist.
Batfish Socks
$20
Description: This is an illustration is from the book entitled Mollusques Vivants et Fossiles. The beautiful illustration depicts Loligo vulgaris, also known as the European Squid. The book was published in 1845 by Gide et Cie, in Paris. Read more about this illustration at: http://pdtee.weebly.com/vulgaris.html
Vulgaris Socks
$20
Description: This illustration is from a book of English Fairy Tales. The illustration depicts a witch straddling her broom and questioning a tree with human-like face and arms, failing to notice the girl hiding in the blossoms. This image was specifically created by Arthur Rackham for “The Two Sisters” story.
Description: This illustration was done by Arthur Burdett Frost. He was born (January 17, 1851 – June 22, 1928), was an American illustrator, graphic artist and comics writer. He was also well known as a painter. paintings; in addition to his work in illustrations, he is renowned for realistic hunting and shooting prints. To read more about this artist visit: http://pdtee.weebly.com
