The cuttlefish
From Scribner’s Monthly vol. 1 (1870-71), New York.
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(via Yesterday’s Papers: Sir George Newnes, Bart.(1851-1910) Pt. II)
In 1899, George Newnes made his first foray into the upscale juvenile market with The Captain, a slick periodical aimed at public school boys…
The mermaid.
Otto Sinding, from The magazine of art vol. 6, London, Paris, New York, 1883.
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