April 10th
8:54 PM
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[Image: Painting of a pale-skinned person, naked but for a pair of frilly high-heeled slippers and an elaborate 18th century style powdered wig, holding a whip. looking down their nose at a pair of large lizards sitting pretty by their feet.]
fuckyeahvintageillustration:

‘La Dompteuse’ by Heinrich Kley, published in ‘Jugend’ magazine.
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[Image: Painting of a pale-skinned person, naked but for a pair of frilly high-heeled slippers and an elaborate 18th century style powdered wig, holding a whip. looking down their nose at a pair of large lizards sitting pretty by their feet.]

fuckyeahvintageillustration:

‘La Dompteuse’ by Heinrich Kley, published in ‘Jugend’ magazine.

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April 1st
7:22 PM
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fuckyeahvintageillustration:

‘Scholz Künstler-Bilderbücher: Brüderchen und Schwesterchen’ (Brother and Sister), published 1904 and illustrated by Franz Müller-Münster.

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March 21st
4:00 AM
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fuckyeahvintageillustration:

”The Butterick Poster Calendar’ (1904), illustrator unkown. This is a nice example of a calendar used as advertising, the Butterick Publishing Company distributed graded sewing patterns which Ebenezer Butterick invented.

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March 14th
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February 27th
7:36 PM
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kazuvortex:

By Ivan Bilibin from the tale “Vasilisa the Beautiful”

I LOVE IVAN BILIBIN

plus check it out

he was a stone

cold

fox

February 18th
3:18 AM
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yamino:

gilesmead:

House of Illustration 2011 competition entry: The Bloody Chamber

This is brilliant.

yamino:

gilesmead:

House of Illustration 2011 competition entry: The Bloody Chamber

This is brilliant.