VINTAGE POSTCARD Japanese Japan Ladies has their toilet

https://www.cpaphil.com/en/products/vintage-postcard-japanese-japan-ladies-has-their-toilet

#VintagePostcard #JapaneseTradition #HistoricalJapan #VintageLadies #CulturalHeritage #OldJapan #VintageArt #JapaneseCustoms #TraditionalLife #VintageIllustration #JapanHistory

https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Various-LeisureHour-1896/pages/437-london-driving/

There is nothing new under the sun: this 1896 illustration by Alfred Chantry Corbould goes with an article about London drivers and how bad they are.

#londonHistory #London #horseAndCarriage #vintageIllustration #vintageArt #AlfredChantryCorbould #blackAndWhite #vintageEngraving #driving #LondonBusDrivers #fobo #GIMP #GIMP3

https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Berthet-Paris/pages/333-la-fondation-de-paris/

A somewhat fanciful illustration of the founding of Paris; probably it is depicting the Roman conquest of the encampment of the Celtic Parisii tribe.

I’m not 100% happy with the way the Web resolutions came out, but the print resolution will reproduce well.

#quintessentiallyFrench #Paris #history #celts #druids #fobo #vintageEngraving #vintageArt #GIMP #GIMP3 #xsane

https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Marcelin-LaVieParisienne-1863/pages/572-cut-into-six-pieces/

Another of these weird illustrations. @bosak was right, i am now sure - it’s satire, poking fun at the “Spiritists”. I transcribed some of the article (with English via Google Translate).

#vintageEngraving #satire #GIMP #GIMP3 #sketch #puppet #vintageArt #tabloid #spiritists