Rich La Bonté

Description: Château Dangereux! by Rich La Bonté (2024).

Description: "Lad and lass, to-night beware! There is magic in the air!" Tonight Beware by Arthur Boyd Houghton, wood engraving by Daziel. From "North coast, and other poems" by Robert Williams Buchanan (1868)

Description: Brazilian Tanager by Rich La Bonté (2024).

Description: Illustration by Randolph Caldecott. Wood engraving by James Davis Cooper. From "Old Christmas" by Washington Irving (1886). Restored and colorized by Rich La Bonté (2023).

Description: Carnations by Rich La Bonté (2024).

Description: Made to Gallop. They were made to gallop, to canter, to trot. By Cecil Aldin from "Cecil Aldin's Merry Party" (1913)

Description: Leg Up. '“Give me a leg up, Forager,” said Rags, “I want to see.”' By Cecil Aldin from "Cecil Aldin's Merry Party" (1913)

Description: The Black Opal (1937) by Rich La Bonté. Note to film fans: this is a "fake" movie poster done for fun. There is no such film, (but the famous opal was real), and it was fun to create!

Description: The Dodo (Raphus cucullatus). The dodo is a flightless bird once found on the island of Mauritius. It became extinct in the 17th century. From "Bilder-atlas zur Wissenschaftlich-populären Naturgeschichte der Vögel in ihren sämmtlichen Hauptformen" by Leopold Joseph Franz Johann Fitzinger (1864).

Description: Woodchat Shrike (Lanius senator) by Rich La Bonté (2024).

Description: Little John by Louis Rhead from "Bold Robin Hood and His Outlaw Band" by Louis Rhead (1912)

Description: Friar Tuck by Louis Rhead from "Bold Robin Hood and His Outlaw Band" by Louis Rhead (1912)

Description: Alan-a-Dale by Louis Rhead from "Bold Robin Hood and His Outlaw Band" by Louis Rhead (1912)

Description: Maid Marion by Louis Rhead from "Bold Robin Hood and His Outlaw Band" by Louis Rhead (1912)

Description: Robin Hood by Louis Rhead from "Bold Robin Hood and His Outlaw Band" by Louis Rhead (1912)

Description: White-thighed Colobus monkey (Colobus vellerosus) by Rich La Bonté (2024).

Description: American Bats. The velvety free-tailed bat (Molossus molossus) by Alcide Dessalines d'Orbigny and red myotis (Myotis ruber) by Jean Charles Werner. Metal engraving by A. Duménil. From "Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale, Vol. 9" by Alcide Dessalines d'Orbigny (1847)

Description: Gibson Girl's Portrait by Charles Dana Gibson (1902). From the 1890s through WW I, the Gibson girl image was considered an ideal composite of "thousands of American girls".

Description: Great Grey Shrike by Rich La Bonté (2024).

Description: The Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus) by Rich La Bonté (2024).

Description: Anuket by Rich La Bonté (2024). The Egyptian goddess of the Nile, originally the daughter or "Eye of Ra", who became a goddess of lust in later years.

Description: Nekhbet by Rich La Bonte (2023). Egyptian animal deity goddess, associated with vultures.

Description: Nu by Rich La Bonté (2024). The Egyptian God of the primordial watery abyss which existed at the time of creation and from which the creator sun god Ra arose.

Description: Khonsu by Rich La Bonté (2024). The ancient Egyptian god of the Moon. Khonsu was instrumental in the creation of new life in all living creatures.

Description: Shesmetet by Rich La Bonté (2023). A lesser-known Egyptian goddess, Shesmetet played a significant role in matters related to fertility, childbirth, and protection, particularly concerning women’s health and newborns.

Description: Tatenen by Rich La Bonté (2024) - Egyptian god who represented the Earth and was born in the moment it rose from the watery chaos.

Description: Ma'at by Rich La Bonté (2023). Egyptian goddess of truth, balance, order, harmony, law, morality and justice. Ma'at regulated the stars, seasons, and the actions of mortals and the deities who had brought order from chaos at the moment of creation.

Description: Author Quote: Graham Greene, The Invisible Japanese Gentlemen (1965) - Illustration by Emil Orlik from "Kokoro" by Lafcadio Hearn (1905)

Description: Trois têtes sous un même bonnet by J.J. Grandville from "Cent Proverbes" Paris: Henri Fournier (1845)

Description: Školj Castle near the the Škocjan caves by Louis Francois Cassas. Etching by Joseph C. Maillet and Chenu from "Voyage pittoresque et historique de l'Istrie et de la Dalmatie" by Joseph Lavallée (1802 - in what is now the Republic of Slovenia.)

Description: From my 2023 LP, now available on Bandcamp (see link in bio). Illustration: "Le violon brisé" (the Broken Violin) by Gernier. Metal engraving by Louis-Auguste Darodes from "Œuvres complètes de Béranger, vol. 2" by Pierre-Jean de Béranger (1847)

Description: High temperature!

Description: Summertime! Open up the city hydrants for the neighborhood kids and cool off!

Description: Illustration by Howard Pyle. Wood engraving by A.E. Anderson from "Buccaneers and Marooners of the Spanish Main" By Howard Pyle (1887). Restored and colorized by Rich La Bonté (2023).

Description: Illustration by Byam Shaw from "The Garden of Kama" by Adela Florence Nicolson under the pseudonym Laurence Hope (1901).

Description: Invented by B.B. Bellgrave in 1748, a year before a game of "base-ball" was played in Surrey with the Prince of Wales as a player. Probably based on a game popular with ancient tribes using human heads for balls, possibly still played in some places.