February 1st, 2013
(via The Uncertain Promise of Freedom’s Light: Black Soldiers in The Civil War | Around The Mall) Martin Robinson Delany worked to recruit soldiers for black Union regiments and met with Lincoln to allow these units to be led by black officers. He approved the plan and Delany became the first black major to receive a field command. Hand-colored lithograph, 1865. Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery

(via The Uncertain Promise of Freedom’s Light: Black Soldiers in The Civil War | Around The Mall)

Martin Robinson Delany worked to recruit soldiers for black Union regiments and met with Lincoln to allow these units to be led by black officers. He approved the plan and Delany became the first black major to receive a field command. Hand-colored lithograph, 1865. Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery

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November 22nd, 2012
oldbookillustrations: Little Owl. John Gerrard Keulemans, from Coloured figures of the birds of the British Islands vol. 1, by Thomas Littleton Powys (Lord Lilford), London, 1885. (Source: archive.org)

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Little Owl.

John Gerrard Keulemans, from Coloured figures of the birds of the British Islands vol. 1, by Thomas Littleton Powys (Lord Lilford), London, 1885.

(Source: archive.org)

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November 13th, 2012
frenchtwist: via regardintemporel: Rodolfo Abularach - City of the Eyes, 1966

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Rodolfo Abularach - City of the Eyes, 1966

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October 2nd, 2012
stilllifequickheart: Louis van Houtte Grapes: Prolific Muscat 1877

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Louis van Houtte

Grapes: Prolific Muscat

1877

(via scientificillustration)

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September 29th, 2012
Woman Reclining (Liggende Vrouw) by Roger Wittevrongel, 1988

Woman Reclining (Liggende Vrouw) by Roger Wittevrongel, 1988

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September 28th, 2012
drunkcle: Two Nude Bathers Under a Tree at the Water’s Edge (Deux baigneuses nues sous un arbre au bord de l’eau) (1895) by Aristide Maillol (French, 1861–1944)

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Two Nude Bathers Under a Tree at the Water’s Edge (Deux baigneuses nues sous un arbre au bord de l’eau) (1895) by Aristide Maillol (French, 1861–1944)

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September 24th, 2012
(via National Portrait Gallery | Face to Face blog: Pop Quiz: Magical Mystery Tour) Claude Alexander Conlin / Unidentified artist / Color lithographic poster, c. 1920 / National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

(via National Portrait Gallery | Face to Face blog: Pop Quiz: Magical Mystery Tour)

Claude Alexander Conlin / Unidentified artist / Color lithographic poster, c. 1920 / National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

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September 17th, 2012
oldbookillustrations: Paradise fish (Macropodus opercularis). From Brehms Tierleben (Brehm’s animal life) vol. 8, under the direction of Alfred Edmund Brehm, Leipzig & Vienna, 1900. (Source: archive.org)

oldbookillustrations:

Paradise fish (Macropodus opercularis).

From Brehms Tierleben (Brehm’s animal life) vol. 8, under the direction of Alfred Edmund Brehm, Leipzig & Vienna, 1900.

(Source: archive.org)

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September 2nd, 2012
oldbookillustrations: Flying gurnard (Dactylopterus volitans). From Brehms Tierleben (Brehm’s animal life) vol. 8, under the direction of Alfred Edmund Brehm, Leipzig & Vienna, 1900. (Source: archive.org)

oldbookillustrations:

Flying gurnard (Dactylopterus volitans).

From Brehms Tierleben (Brehm’s animal life) vol. 8, under the direction of Alfred Edmund Brehm, Leipzig & Vienna, 1900.

(Source: archive.org)

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September 2nd, 2012
oldbookillustrations: European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa). From Brehms Tierleben (Brehm’s animal life) vol. 8, under the direction of Alfred Edmund Brehm, Leipzig & Vienna, 1900. (Source: archive.org)

oldbookillustrations:

European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa).

From Brehms Tierleben (Brehm’s animal life) vol. 8, under the direction of Alfred Edmund Brehm, Leipzig & Vienna, 1900.

(Source: archive.org)

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