May 7, 2013
oldbookillustrations: The nurse and the wolf. Ernest Griset, from Æsop’s fables, with text based chiefly upon Croxall, La Fontaine and L’Estrange, London, New York, 1869. (Source: archive.org)

oldbookillustrations:

The nurse and the wolf.

Ernest Griset, from Æsop’s fables, with text based chiefly upon Croxall, La Fontaine and L’Estrange, London, New York, 1869.

(Source: archive.org)

5:42pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/Z8bgTykS0Sxz
(Notes: 617)
  
Filed under: e. griset aesop’s fables 19th century wood engraving animals fable 
March 28, 2013
oldbookillustrations: The crow. George Wharton Edwards (1859-1950), from Bird gods, by Charles De Kay, New York, 1898. (Source: archive.org)

oldbookillustrations:

The crow.

George Wharton Edwards (1859-1950), from Bird gods, by Charles De Kay, New York, 1898.

(Source: archive.org)

2:18pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/Z8bgTyhJ_mPP
(Notes: 660)
  
Filed under: g. w. edwards c. de kay bird gods 19th century art nouveau us animals bird 
January 11, 2013
oldbookillustrations: At the bar. Frederick Walker, from Life and letters of Frederick Walker, by John George Marks, London, 1896. (Source: archive.org)

oldbookillustrations:

At the bar.

Frederick Walker, from Life and letters of Frederick Walker, by John George Marks, London, 1896.

(Source: archive.org)

3:52pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/Z8bgTybVanss
(Notes: 211)
  
Filed under: f. walker j. g. marks life and letters of frederick walker 19th century england victorian wood engraving 
January 19, 2011
Artist Unknown, Bodily functions personified as popular kabuki actors, late 19th century

Artist Unknown, Bodily functions personified as popular kabuki actors, late 19th century

7:00pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/Z8bgTy2eePcg
(Notes: 117)
  
Filed under: medical print 19th century 
December 21, 2010
Erotisme/Erotism Boîte : scène animée de cocufiage 1ère moitié 19e siècle  Brass, painting (technique), wood (material)

Erotisme/Erotism

Boîte : scène animée de cocufiage

1ère moitié 19e siècle

 Brass, painting (technique), wood (material)

10:07pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/Z8bgTy2FVMW8
(Notes: 18)
  
Filed under: boîte erotism 19th century 
December 21, 2010
Erotisme/Erotism Anonyme Etude de nu : femme de dos debout sur une chaise, 1900-1910

Erotisme/Erotism

Anonyme

Etude de nu : femme de dos debout sur une chaise, 1900-1910

9:11pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/Z8bgTy2FScjO
(Notes: 23)
  
Filed under: anonym photography sepia erotism woman nude 19th century 
December 21, 2010
Erotisme/Erotism Théodore Géricault (1791-1824) L’Etreinte : un couple enlacé, 19th century

Erotisme/Erotism

Théodore Géricault (1791-1824)

L’Etreinte : un couple enlacé, 19th century

7:54pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/Z8bgTy2FOyca
(Notes: 17)
  
Filed under: Théodore Géricault painting erotism couple 19th century 
December 21, 2010
Erotisme/Erotism Edgar Degas (dit), Gas Hilaire-Germain Edgar de (1834-1917) La Fête de la patronne, 19th century

Erotisme/Erotism

Edgar Degas (dit), Gas Hilaire-Germain Edgar de (1834-1917)

La Fête de la patronne, 19th century

7:14pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/Z8bgTy2FND_D
(Notes: 18)
  
Filed under: Edgar Degas drawing erotism women nude 19th century 
December 21, 2010
Erotisme/Erotism Groupe homoérotique masculin (ivory) Japan, provenance incertaine, 19th century

Erotisme/Erotism

Groupe homoérotique masculin (ivory)

Japan, provenance incertaine, 19th century

6:05pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/Z8bgTy2FKNb2
(Notes: 38)
  
Filed under: Ivory figures homoerotic Japan 19th century