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The Illuminated Moby-Dick: Artist Illustrates Every Page of Herman Melville’s Epic Book

The Illuminated Moby-Dick: Artist Illustrates Every Page of Herman Melville’s Epic Book

"I wanted a slow, intense pace through the book so I decided to create one illustration a day, every day, for every single one of the 552 pages of my Signet Classics paperback, and on August 4, 2009 I began" - Matt Kiss ...
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‘Because It’s So Damn Good’: An Interview With Pioneering Illustrator Jim French (NSFW)

‘Because It’s So Damn Good’: An Interview With Pioneering Illustrator Jim French (NSFW)

French and McLaren a common aim: to blow the lid off repression via the open celebration of sexuality ...
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13 Outlines of Various Countries – Funny Maps From The 1860s

13 Outlines of Various Countries – Funny Maps From The 1860s

"Beautiful England - on her Island throne - Grandly she rules - with half the world her own; From her vast empire the sun ne'er departs: She reigns a Queen - Victoria Queen of Hearts" ...
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Jules Verne: The Man Who Invented the Future

Jules Verne: The Man Who Invented the Future

“Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real" - Jules Verne, Around The World In Eighty Days ...
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‘I Jumped From The Window’ And Other Illustrations of the American Slave Trade (1817)

‘I Jumped From The Window’ And Other Illustrations of the American Slave Trade (1817)

"And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, shall surely be put to death" - Exodus xxi. 16. ...
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Emmie Tsumura’s Illustrations of People Who Want You to Work For Free

Emmie Tsumura’s Illustrations of People Who Want You to Work For Free

"If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to" - Dorothy Parker ...
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30 Outrageous 2-Page Pulp Art from Mid-Century Men’s Magazines

30 Outrageous 2-Page Pulp Art from Mid-Century Men’s Magazines

"Buddy leaned over the bar slobbering and burping into the night."  ...
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Aubrey Beardsley’s Sublime and Sinister Illustrations For Edgar Allan Poe (1894)

Aubrey Beardsley’s Sublime and Sinister Illustrations For Edgar Allan Poe (1894)

Aubrey Beardsley (21 August 1872 – 16 March 1898) illustrated the work of Edgar Allan ...
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Flaming Lettuce And Olive Sandwiches: LIFE Picture Cook Book 1958

Flaming Lettuce And Olive Sandwiches: LIFE Picture Cook Book 1958

The Life Picture Cookbook 1958 - Some of it is quite beautiful.... -  was Life ...
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Every Illustration From Shizhuzhai Shuhua Pu – The World’s Oldest Multicolor Book (1633)

Every Illustration From Shizhuzhai Shuhua Pu – The World’s Oldest Multicolor Book (1633)

  In 1633 Chinese printer Hu Zhengyan used the douban technique to produce what is ...
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Lewis Carroll’s Original Illustrations For Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland (1864)

Lewis Carroll’s Original Illustrations For Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland (1864)

  In 1864 Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (aka Lewis Carroll) completed his hand-written book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The story ...
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Russian Illustrations For Tolkien’s The Hobbit (1976)

Russian Illustrations For Tolkien’s The Hobbit (1976)

In 1976, Mikhail Belomlinsky (born St Petersburg 1934), a graduate of the revered St. Petersburg ...
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