Maggie Rudy makes highly detailed and adorable miniature tableaux to illustrate her books. Here are a few of her photo … More
Category: Illustration
Pandemic Inspiration from the WPA
From the Library of Congress WPA Poster collection.
Chandler O’Leary’s Travel Sketches
Artist Chandler O’Leary from Tacoma keeps an amazing sketchbook when she travels, and posts her watercolor sketches on her blog … More
Sarah Swett’s Needlework Literature
Sarah Swett uses textiles to make what she calls “slow literature”. Her amazing work includes facsimiles: (click and zoom for … More
Merry Makings Recipe Book
Here are a few scanned pages from the delightfully illustrated Betty Crocker recipe book Merry Makings: Fun Foods for Happy … More
The Emperor Potato IV
Illustrations from The Emperor Potato IV, text by Mohammad Mohammadi, pictures by Hormoz Riyaahi and Hooman Mortazavi. Available at the … More
Soviet Fabrics
English Russia has a whole bunch of images of Soviet print fabrics from the 20s and 30s. Here are a … More
Old Finnish Christmas Cards
Walter Crane’s Fairy Tale Illustrations
These illustrations are from Lucy Crane’s 1886 English translation of Grimm’s Fairy Tales, illustrated by her brother, Walter Crane. More … More
Illustrator Sanna Paananen
Don’t you love illustrator Sanna Paananen’s retro shapes and colors? More at Pekka Illustration Agency.
Little Nemo
I wrote a post on The Chawed Rosin a couple of years ago about Windsor McCay‘s marvellous Little Nemo in … More
1926 Dress Designs
Here are some smashing dress designs from the June, 1926 issue of Pictorial Review. There’s an address to order the … More
The American Magazine
I really like the style of 1930s illustration. The June 1932 issue of American Magazine is full of great pictures. … More
Abroad, a Victorian Children’s Travel Book
Abroad, a delightful travel book for children, is by Thomas Crane and Ellen Houghton, is written entirely in verse, and … More
WPA Posters from the Library of Congress
The Library of Congress has extensive online digital collections, including a comprehensive collection of Works Progress Administration posters from the … More
Royal Paintings from Jodhpur
The Seattle Asian Art Museum is showing a marvelous exhibit of Indian watercolor paintings from the 17th through the 19th … More
Beer as Health Food
I’ve posted before about the fascinating digital collections at the University of Washington Libraries. Tooling through the early advertising archive … More
1965 Boy Scout Handbook
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Edward Lear’s Nonsense Botany
Here are some of the charming illustrations from Edward Lear’s Nonsense Botany. I wonder if these drawings were the inspiration … More
Walter Crane’s Fairy Tale Prints
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