Tapestries
Description: Although the artist for this illustration is unknown, the picture comes from the book entitled, "Under the Waves; or, diving in deep waters: a tale," written by Scottish author Robert Michael Ballantyne, and published by James Nisbet and Co., in 1887, in London, England. More about this book and it's author can be found here: http://pdtee.weebly.com/a-diving-tale.html
Description: Illustration found in the book entitled "The English Dance of Death." After the period of the stylish baroque Dance of Death, the late 18th and 19th Centuries. The artist of this piece, Thomas Rowlandson, imagines the death waiting for one of the many vices/modern tools of destruction at the time to take hold and be perpetuated throughout the English Empire. This piece is a satiric commentary on the influence English culture during the time.
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: 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: 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).
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 Tapestry
$30
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
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
