Native American Village, Secoton, Virginia (1590), engraving created by Theodor Johann de Bry, depicting crop fields, a vegetable garden and a Native American dance ceremony with villagers.
Thomas Harriot’s book (1588) A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia
A Spring Bouquet, woodcut by Gertrude Hermes, from the book Wood-Engraving and Wood Cuts by Clare Leighton (1932, London).
Rose picking (1870’s), in the rose valley near the town of Kazanlak, Bulgaria. Engraving by Felix Philipp Kanitz, from his book Danubian Bulgaria and the Balkan.
Fountain, Valley of Felix. Engraving, Jean-Jacques Lequeu, French draughtsman and architect (1757-1826).
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heracliteanfire: Print of “Seven Birds in a River Landscape”
Plate 16. A Great Shrike standing on a tree branch at top, preparing to eat a dead mouse, watched by a Woodchat below, partly obscured by a Red-backed Shrike; a Kingfisher flying to left towards the water; a Creeper sitting on a tree trunk at top right, a Wryneck below, and a Nuthatch at a hole in the trunk.
- One of four plates printed on the sheet; illustration to H G Adams and H B Adams’s ‘The Smaller British Birds’ (London: 1874, Bell); after Alexander Francis Lydon. c 1874, Wood-engraving, printed in colors.
(via British Museum)
(via scientificillustration)
Insect Vivarium, engraving (1866).
“Fannie’s Pets” from Crown Jewels or Gems of Literature Art and Music, Henry Davenport Northrop (1888).
The Gardener, “with craftiness and with intelligence have I survived hunger and grief.” (1600)
Engraving by Francesco Villamena (1564-1624), who made engravings of street characters which in turn inspired Rembrandt and Hollar.
Under the 4 Seasons of the Year
Term Supports and Ornaments
To Beautify the Homes and Gardens in Paris. (translation)
Copper engraving and etching (17th Century). Jean Lepautre and Nicolas Langlois
Coat of Arms (1503), engraving, Albrecht Durer (private collection).
