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‘Café in Constantinople’ by Alexandre Bida 1847 “This precise and carefully finished work reflects an unusual technique. Building up the entire area with ink and graphite over white chalk, Bida used a stylus to scratch a comprehensive network of Read More …
‘Teasing the maid in the kitchen’ by Adrianus van Doorn 19th century
Illustration of a ‘Liamba Leaf’ aka Wild Hemp (cannabis) from the book ‘Adventures in the great forest of equatorial Africa and the country of the dwarfs’ by Du Chaillu & Paul Belloni in 1890 Liamba Leaf “I found Read More …
‘L ‘odalisque’ by Jean Baptiste Camille Corot 1871/1873
Wonderful Attractions ‘Lest You Forget’, postcard 1907
‘Pipe Smoking Monkey’, engraving by Maki Pipazik from the cover of ‘Az Én Újságom’ (My Paper) A Weekly publication for children in Budapest, December 6, 1891
‘The Ropemakers of Torre del Greco’ (I funari di Torre del Greco) by Antonino Leto 1883
Parable of the Sower Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up. And some Read More …
‘Card Game’ by Dingeman van der Hagen 1650
“Give me a spark o’ Nature’s fire, That’s a’ the learning I desire.” – by Robert Burns from ‘Epistle To J. Lapraik’ (An Old Scottish Bard) 1785 Woman smokes from a water pipe, photographed by John Gutmann – India Read More …