fairytalemood: “The Mermaid” by Dugald Stewart Walker (1923)

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“The Mermaid” by Dugald Stewart Walker (1923)

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Don’t worry, I won’t tell anyone how old you are. greatestgeneration: It’s officially my birthday so we are going to end it with a classic…

Don’t worry, I won’t tell anyone how old you are.

greatestgeneration:

It’s officially my birthday so we are going to end it with a classic…

Something tells me this book isn’t about a lobster bake on Peak’s Island… Vern Sneider: A Pail of OystersLondon: Ace Books, 1958.Cover by Vernon

Something tells me this book isn’t about a lobster bake on Peak’s Island…

Vern Sneider: A Pail of Oysters
London: Ace Books, 1958.
Cover by Vernon

Robert Mirvish: The Eternal Voyagers London: Ace Books; 1959

Robert Mirvish: The Eternal Voyagers

London: Ace Books; 1959

Grace Carey: Displaced Person. Digit Books 1961 Cover art by Rallney.

Grace Carey: Displaced Person. Digit Books 1961

Cover art by Rallney.

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La Santissima dei Naufragati
by
Fabrizio Di Baldo

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Crabs: Waterlife and Peacock on Bibliodyssey The Crab and the Spider Crab “Traditional Mithila artists paint the crab, but they also paint another related creature called the Spider Crab. I wanted to distinguish between the two crabs. I have patterned their bodies in two different ways, and let them float in their own distinctive water-spaces.”

Crabs: Waterlife and Peacock on Bibliodyssey

The Crab and the Spider Crab
“Traditional Mithila artists paint the crab, but they also paint another related creature called the Spider Crab. I wanted to distinguish between the two crabs. I have patterned their bodies in two different ways, and let them float in their own distinctive water-spaces.”
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robert emil schulz

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mirrormaskcamera: (via The Pictorial Arts: Fantasy ala Finlay) Virgil Finlay — from The Ship of Ishtar — 1949

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Virgil Finlay — from The Ship of Ishtar — 1949

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“What’s up?” said the elder brother Illustration from an edition of “Our Darlings, The Children’s Treasury of Pictures and Stories”. Published by John F Shaw and Co. London; c. 1910-14

“What’s up?” said the elder brother

Illustration from an edition of “Our Darlings, The Children’s Treasury of Pictures and Stories”. Published by John F Shaw and Co. London; c. 1910-14

They sent the lifeboat out to the rescue… Illustration from an edition of “Our Darlings, The Children’s Treasury of Pictures and Stories”. Published by John F Shaw and Co. London; c. 1910-14

They sent the lifeboat out to the rescue…


Illustration from an edition of “Our Darlings, The Children’s Treasury of Pictures and Stories”. Published by John F Shaw and Co. London; c. 1910-14

Josiah Taylor. “Fifth Annual Sailing Barge Match” London: 1868. Lithograph by J. Taylor 16 1/4” x 28 1/4” - Lithographed print of a Thames sailing barge race. The Thames sailing barges were a commercial boat used on the Thames River during the nineteenth century. They were flat-bottomed and so could float in very shallow water; it was said that they could sail wherever a duck could swim. Their maneuverability and shallow draft made them perfect to work the Thomas and its estuary, though they were used elsewhere around England. Beginning in 1863, a barge owner, Henry Dodd, began an annual race for the barges, for fun, pride, to hone the sailing skills of the sailors, and to encourage improvements in design. Dodd was a plough boy who made a fortune disposing London’s waste using the barges; upon his death in 1881 he left £5000 for future match prizes, ensuring the continuation of the races. The matches have been run intermittently since, and they are now considered the world’s second oldest sailing race, after the America’s Cup. This lovely print shows the fifth annual race, in July 1867. It was drawn, lithographed and published by Josiah Taylor, a well-known marine artist of the period. The Philadelphia Print Shop; Marine Department

Josiah Taylor. “Fifth Annual Sailing Barge Match” London: 1868. Lithograph by J. Taylor

16 1/4” x 28 1/4” - Lithographed print of a Thames sailing barge race. The Thames sailing barges were a commercial boat used on the Thames River during the nineteenth century. They were flat-bottomed and so could float in very shallow water; it was said that they could sail wherever a duck could swim.

Their maneuverability and shallow draft made them perfect to work the Thomas and its estuary, though they were used elsewhere around England. Beginning in 1863, a barge owner, Henry Dodd, began an annual race for the barges, for fun, pride, to hone the sailing skills of the sailors, and to encourage improvements in design.

Dodd was a plough boy who made a fortune disposing London’s waste using the barges; upon his death in 1881 he left £5000 for future match prizes, ensuring the continuation of the races.

The matches have been run intermittently since, and they are now considered the world’s second oldest sailing race, after the America’s Cup. This lovely print shows the fifth annual race, in July 1867. It was drawn, lithographed and published by Josiah Taylor, a well-known marine artist of the period.

The Philadelphia Print Shop; Marine Department

Don’t we all. -source

Don’t we all.

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