The Baker’s Tale, from Lewis Carroll’s The Hunting of the Snark, 1876, by Henry Holiday.
Month: December 2014
Klementyna Ostrowska
Portrait of Klementyna Ostrowska née Sanguszko, 1822, by Vincenzo Camuccini.
See: http://www.teeuwisse.de/catalogues/selected-drawings-ii/the-assassination-of-julius-caesar.html
Winged sea monster
Gevleugeld zeemonster met een hondenkop, 1580 , by unknown illustrator (source: Rijksstudio).
Fantasy
Fantasy, 1960, by Samuel Bookatz.
Folies Bergères
A post card of a woman in a Folies Bergères costume, c. 1900.
The dream
The dream, 1883, by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes.
See: http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/artists/pierre-cecile-puvis-de-chavannes
Saint Nicolas
An illustration of Saint Nicolas with his servant Père Fouettard, 1850, by Jan Schenkman.
Winter
Winter, 1573, by Giuseppe Arcimboldo.
The Couple
The Couple, 1993, by Karl Kasten.
Dragon rising
Dragon rising to the heavens, 1897, by Ogata Gekko.