The first group of sketches in this post appear as small insets within a nineteenth century book (full source info below). The title page states the illustrations were "designed by George G. White" and "engraved by Louderback and Hoffman." Images above from the book: Lewis, E.J. (1857). The American Sportsman. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: J.B. Lippincott and … Continue reading More Vintage Dog Sketches
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Happy Holidays
A sort of hodgepodge of images relevant to the holiday season. Whatever you're celebrating this month, I hope you and your pets are warm and happy. ❄️ ⛄ 🎄 A full page ad in Country Life in America, December 1901 An ad in House and Garden, December 1914 Barn Owl in the Snow by Lucy … Continue reading Happy Holidays
Vintage Dog Sketches
Chicago Field, May 4, 1878 Dogdom, June 1911 A new header and logo for the dog section of House and Garden, November 1915 and enlargements of the two sketches. Foxhound and pups from: Haynes, W. (November 1915). Allies. House and Garden, pp. 24-25 Hounds coursing a hare with riders in background from House and Garden, … Continue reading Vintage Dog Sketches
Happy Halloween
Phillip's Ride by Bill Crisafi Sketch by Ernest Thompson Seton from his book Wild Animals at Home, 1913 Illustration by John Coulthart from a publication of the book Dracula by Bram Stoker Autumn Scotties by Margaryta Yermolayeva (Image source and artist unknown)
Animals in Sci-Art: Mimicry
Two illustrations from the book Colouration in Animals and Plants by Alfred Tylor, 1886 Illustration by S. T. Dadd in the book Wild Traits in Tame Animals by Louis Robinson, 1897 Three illustrations from the book Marvels of Animal Life by Charles Frederick Holder, 1885 Painting by John James Audubon from the Field Museum of … Continue reading Animals in Sci-Art: Mimicry
Happy Mother’s Day
Illustration by G. E. Lodge from the book The Rabbit by James Edmund Harting, 1898 The Field Illustrated, March 1915 From the cover of The Dog Fancier, February 1904
Animals in Art: Trees
Illustration by Friedrich Specht from Brehm's Life of Animals: Volume 1, Mammalia By Alfred Edmund Brehm, Wilhelm Haacke, Eduard Pechuël-Loesche & Richard Schmidtlein, 1895 Illustration by Charles Vess from the book The Cats of Tanglewood Forest by Charles de Lint, 2013 Tiuren spiller by Theodor Kittelsen, 1894 - 1896 Deer and Tree Against Sunset by … Continue reading Animals in Art: Trees
Animals in Art: Fish
Illustration by Sarah Stone from the book Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales by John White, 1790 Two plates from the book The Sea Fishes of Southern Africa by James Leonard Brierly Smith, 1949 From Old Fourlegs: a living fossil by Don E. McAllister, 1971 From Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, … Continue reading Animals in Art: Fish
Animals in Art: Sea Monsters II
Untitled piece by Don Kenn, 2010 Illustration by Tyra Kleen, 1907 Illustration from the book Marvels of Animal Life by Charles Frederick Holder, 1885 Fish Devouring Shell Food by John Hamilton Mortimer (1740 - 1779) Ruggiero Fights the Sea Monster that Threatens Angelica by Gustave Doré (1832–1883) Sketch from the cover of the English paper … Continue reading Animals in Art: Sea Monsters II
Animals in Art: Friends
Mouse and Frog by Edwin George Lutz (1868 — 1951) Star Crossed Lovers by DD McInnes Illustration from the book The Wonderling by Mira Bartók, 2017 Illustration by Ernest H. Shepard from the book The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, 1908 Illustration from The Blue Hour by Isabelle Simler, 2017 Old Friends by Jon … Continue reading Animals in Art: Friends