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Illustrator unknown from "Almanach comique, pittoresque, drolatique, critique et charivarique pour l'année 1887". Restored by Rich La Bonté (2023).
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author, book lover, funny, graham greene, literature
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Illustration by Hermann Freihold Plüddemann. Wood engraving by F. Reusche from Deutsches Balladenbuch by Georg Wigand's Verlag (1852). Collage by Rich La Bonté (2023).
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anti war, drummers, halloween, old book illustrations, save the planet
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Illustration by Alfred Rethel. Woodcut by August Gaber from "Alfred Rethel; 16 Zeichnungen und Entwürfe" by Walther Friedrich (1907). Restored and colorized by Rich La Bonté (2023).
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1900s, anti war, halloween, horse, old book illustrations
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Illustration by Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc. Wood Engraving by Eugène Mouard from "Dictionnaire raisonné du mobilier français de l'époque carlovingienne à la Renaissance, vol. 3" by Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (1874). Restored and colorized by Rich La Bonté (2023).
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1800s, art nouveau, classic illustration, old book illustrations, retro
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Probably the god Chaac appearing in the LP Logo for my antique 1981 electronic music album Mayan Canals, now available from Dark Entries at many obscure record outlets.
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Boa constrictor, artist unknown, from "Bilder-Atlas zur wissenschaftlich-populären Naturgeschichte der Wirbelthiere" by Leopold Joseph Franz Johann Fitzinger (1867)
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"And flapped his black wings at the carriage till it was out of sight." By William Heath Robinson, from "Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales" by Hans Christian Andersen (1917). Restored and colorized by Rich La Bonté (2023).