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 Illustration from ‘An Iconography of Don Quixote 1605-1895‘ by Henry Spencer Ashbee. Published 1895 by London Bibliographical Society.

Robarts - University of Toronto

archive.org

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Y otra de Quino, preciosa creo yo! :)

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A Language Family Tree (by Minna Sundberg)

Minna Sundberg’s illustration maps the relationships between Indo-European and Uralic languages. The creator of the webcomic Stand Still. Stay Silent, put the illustration together to show why some of the characters in her comic were able to understand each other despite speaking different languages. She wanted to show how closely related Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic were to each other, and how Finnish came from distinct linguistic roots

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‘Gather ye rosebuds as ye may,

Old Time is still a-flying;

And this the same flower that smiles today,

Tomorrow will be dying’ - Herrick.

Illustration by Samuel L. Schmucker. Publisher Detroit Publishing Company. Lithographed postcard.

Image and text courtesy MFA Boston.

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Flowering Plants in Autumn (18th century) attributed to Ogata Korin

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‘Elephant’ (1931). Woodblock print by Yoshida Hiroshi (1876–1950).

Image and text courtesy MFA Boston.

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Simone Martini (Siena, 1284 circa - Avignone, 1344), Allegoria virgiliana (1338 circa)

Frontespizio per il Commento di Servio a Virgilio (”Virgilio ambrosiano”) di Francesco Petrarca

29,5 x 20 cm

Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milano

(Fonte dell’immagine: Wikimedia Commons)

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Hiver (Winter) By Elisabeth Sonrel French Painter (1874 – 1953)

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‘Snow Scenes’ (Edo period). Silk painting by Hasegawa Gyokuhô (1822–1879).

Image and text courtesy MFA Boston.

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Filippo Palizzi (Vasto, 1818 - Napoli, 1899), La fanciulla sulla roccia a Sorrento (1871)

Olio su tela, 54,8 x 79,5 cm

Milano, Fondazione Internazionale Balzan

Scritta lungo la roccia: “Egli mi pose a giacere su questa roccia, mi dice di guardarti da mattina a sera e dirti sempre: sii felice. Felice.“

Fonte: Wikimedia Commons

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Wheat Field with a Lark (detail) by Vincent van Gogh

(via @lonequixote)

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Déguisements par Steeven Salvat.

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William Adolphe Bouguereau, Marchande de grenades (Detail), 1875

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Caroline Helena Armington (Canadian, 1875 - 1939): Old Houses and Notre-Dame de Paris (via Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco)

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Suzanne Valadon (French, 1865 – 1938): Bouquet and a Cat (1919) (via The Pet Museum)

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‘Dandelions’ (1867-68). Pastels on paper by Jean-François Millet (1814–1875).

Image and text courtesy MFA Boston.

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November by Alphonse Maria Mucha (1860–1939). Colour lithograph. Printer F. Champenoise.

Image and text courtesy MFA Boston.