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1802: The Eagle
William Blake: Headpiece to “The Eagle,” an illustration for William Hayley’s Ballads Founded on Anecdotes Relating to Animals (1802).
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Tagged 1800's, 19th Century, Animals, Art, Babies, Birds, Books, Eagles, Great Britain, Illustration, Printmaking, William Blake
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1966: Dublin Sky
Evelyn Hofer: Dublin Sky (1966); from Dublin: A Portrait (1967).
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Tagged 1960's, 20th Century, Art, Books, Cityscapes, Dublin, Germany, Ireland, Photography, Rivers, The Sky, USA, Women
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2018: memo for labor
memo for labor you cannot separate the job from the house from the rent from the earth from the food from the healthcare from the water from the transit from the war from the schools from the prisons from the … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010's, 21st Century, Books, Environment, Labor, Poetry, Prisons, Ryan Eckes, USA
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1957: South to Southwesterly Winds Tomorrow
Kay Sage: South to Southwesterly Winds Tomorrow (1957)
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Tagged 1950's, 20th Century, Art, Kay Sage, Painting, The Sky, USA, Women
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1953: And Then We Saw the Daughter of the Minotaur
Leonora Carrington: And Then We Saw the Daughter of the Minotaur (1953)
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Tagged 1950's, 20th Century, Animals, Children, Dogs, Leonora Carrington, Mammals, Mexico, Mythology, Painting, Women
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1605: Not the Author of Don Quixote
According to Miguel de Cervantes, Miguel de Cervantes is not the author of Don Quixote. Nor was the book written in Spanish. Rather, Cervantes tells us, the true author is Cid Hamete Benengeli, the book was written in Arabic, and … Continue reading
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Tagged 17th Century, Books, Don Quixote, Hoaxes, Language, Miguel de Cervantes, Spain, Translation
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1930: PCA-2
A Pitcairn PCA-2 Autogiro during its certification flight over New York City, 1930
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1915: Children of Eve
Capitalist Henry Clay Madison is unmoved by the specter of a child laborer in John H. Collins’s Children of Eve (1915).
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Tagged 1910's, 20th Century, Capitalism, Children, Film, Ghosts, John H. Collins, Labor, USA
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1924: The Diamond Palace
Diamantový zámek visí nad červeným mořem… (O zlatých zámcích.) Illustration by Artuš Scheiner for a collection of Fairy Tales by Božena Němcová (1924). The first line of the caption means “the diamond palace hung over the red sea,” and I … Continue reading
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Tagged 1920's, 20th Century, Art, Artuš Scheiner, Books, Božena Němcová, Castles, Czechoslovakia, Fairy Tales, Illustration
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1794: The Game of the Snake
Robert Laurie and James Whittle: The Royal Pastime of Cupid, or Entertaining Game of the Snake (London, 1794) The rules: Haveing a pare of dice, it must be first agreed upon, what to play for, which is to be layd … Continue reading
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Tagged 18th Century, Animals, Games, Great Britain, Reptiles, Snakes
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