Birds and Flowers - Muhammad Yusuf, Persia, 17th century via Stephen Ellcock
Juni Ludowici’s Round House being transported down the River Thames, 1958.
Via Stephen Ellcock.
The Eruption of Vesuvius as seen from Naples, October 1822. Historical drawing from George Julius Poulett Scrope
(Thanks to Stephen Ellcock)
Cavorting cats. Japanese fairy tale series: Schippeitaro. 1885-89.
(via nemfrog)
A winged giant god throws a rock at a bird god. The dawn of the world. 1910.
(via nemfrog)
Men in motion. A page from Kyōsai’s Treatise on Painting (Kyōsai gadan). 1887. Kawanabe Kyōsai. MetMuseum.
Fig. 5. “And. Jeftichjeff, the ‘Russian dog-man.’” The structure of man an index to his past history. 1895.
Fig. 136. “Grasping the drowning person.” First aid in illness and injury. 1904.