https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Cassell-MagazineOfArt-Vol6/pages/458-cupids-hunting-ground/

A sketch by Pre-Raphaelite artist Edward Burne-Jones, Cupid’s Hunting Ground, shows Cupid as an older boy or young man, blindfolded, about to choose a young woman.

Uness he decides to go for the artist instead 🙂

#cupid #nudeClassic #preRaphaelite #yellow #romance #archer #naked #fobo #vintageArt #GIMP #Gimp_3 #GIMP3

https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Cassell-MagazineOfArt-Vol6/pages/245-the-catapult/

The Catapult, 1868, Edward Poynter.

Complete with naked Roman soldiers.

The tip of the arrow is glowing red hot in the original painting.

The book implies Poynter failed to capture movement in this piece, by focusing too much on detail. Not sure i entirely agree, what do you think?

Delenda est Carthago.

#Carthage #vintageArt #vintageEngraving #catapult #siege #romanSoldier #fobo #GIMP #xsane #GIMP3 #GImp_3 #weapons #archery

https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Cassell-MagazineOfArt-Vol6/pages/221-don-quixote-in-his-study/

Don Quixote in his study, from an article about the artist, Gustave Doré, in Vol 3 of Cassels Magazine of Art (1883).

It’s become a classic fantasy trope, mythical creatures appearing when someone reads a book, but here is is in the 19th century.

#GustaveDore #Doré #fobo #vintageArt #GIMP #GIMP3 #vintageEngraving #engraving #fantasy #dragon #DonQuixote

Oh how I wish the 'Show Layer Boundary' feature in #Gimp could be turned off permanently and not a per image toggle. Every time I open an image its the first thing I turn off! Pretty frustrating

#GIMP3 @GIMP

https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Various-GoodWords-1863/pages/779-reconciled/

Picture by Tom Graham (1840-1906) engraved by the Dalziels in Good Words, for a poem “Reconciled” by English poet Jean Ingelow.

The reconciliation is between—well, that would spoil the surprise, but you can go read the poem, it won’t fit here.

Thomas was known for his careful attention to light and detail and it shows.

#fobo #vintageArt #ScottishArtist #GIMP #GIMP3 #Gimp_3 #xsane #reconciliation #romance #love #vintageEngraving

https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Various-GoodWords-1863/pages/335-queen-dagmar/

💒 A wedding! Margrethe Dagmar 💑 married King Waldemar Scier of Denmark, in 1206. (Margaret and King Valdemar II)

John, later Sir John Tenniel was a cartoonist for Punch, best known now for Alice in Wonderland drawings, also engraved by Dalziel Ltd.

There is a ballad about it - see link.

#wedding #real_life_couple #fobo #GIMp #Gimp_3 #GIMP3 #vintageArt #vintageEngraving #drawing #romance #royalFamily #royalty #kingg #queen #royalWedding #bridesmaids #balckAndWhite

https://fromoldbooks.org/r/5H/pages/845-victorian-paupers-christmas/

Picture: Thomas Morten (1836‒1866) (yes, died at 30) engraved by Dalziel brothers, to accompany a poem, An Orphan’s Family Christmas, by Gerald Massey. See link for poem

They were so poor they had no turnspit (clockwork meat spit)! it was a major part of the industrial revolution.

The Dalziel studio also engraved the Alice in Wonderland pics

#fobo #vintageArt #victorianArt #vintageEngraving #christmas #xmas #poverty #goodWordsMagazine #Dalziel #GIMP #Gimp_3 #GIMP3

https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Jugend-1900/pages/19-318-bookplate/

A bookplate is a pre-printed label people would stick inside their books so when people borrowed them, they knew where to return them. “Ex libris” is also used for a bookplate, being Latin for from the library of.

This Jugendstile (Art Nouveau) one was made by Otolia Kraszewska, a Polish artist.

Update: the name at the bottom is Lily von Poschinger - thanks, @ajinkyapdahale

#fobo #vintageIllustration #vintageArt #GIMP #GIMP3 #Gimp_3 #jugend #artNouveau

https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Rouam-MuseeArtistiqueV/pages/186-dragon-things-2-effect/

The Effect of the League - 2nd of 3 images (3rd to follow), from 1594.

The league here is probably the Ligue Catholique or Sante Ligue, and relates to opposition to king Henri IV of France, who was Protestant.

Cleaned up with GIMP including the G'MIC despeckle filter for the lower right quadrant.

#fobo #GIMP #GIMP3 #GMIC #Gimp_3 #vintageEngraving #dragon #hydra #24d8damage

https://www.fromoldbooks.org/LewisCaroll-AliceThroughTheLookingGlass/pages/192-Three-Queens/

Slowly, i am working through the Alice images i scanned from a 1930s copy of the book that i think was my mother’s. Most of the impressions are very clean, but some plates are slightly damaged. This one is not too bad.

#fobo #vintageEngravings #vintageArt #alic #chess #dalziel #johnTenniel #GIMP #GIMP3 #Gimp_3