1. 31 Dec


    Black & White #Illustration | 3520 | source “View on Roche-Mouttonnee Creek, Colorado.” -Dana, 1883

    Black & White #Illustration | 3520 | source

    “View on Roche-Mouttonnee Creek, Colorado.” -Dana, 1883

     



  2. 31 Dec


    Black & White #Illustration | 3519 | source Mount Vernon, the home of George Washington.

    Black & White #Illustration | 3519 | source

    Mount Vernon, the home of George Washington.

     



  3. 31 Dec


    Black & White #Illustration | 3518 | source An illustration of Roper Hospital in Charleston, SC.

    Black & White #Illustration | 3518 | source

    An illustration of Roper Hospital in Charleston, SC.

     



  4. 31 Dec


    Black & White #Illustration | 3517 | source House in Cusco in which Garcilaso was born.

    Black & White #Illustration | 3517 | source

    House in Cusco in which Garcilaso was born.

     



  5. 31 Dec


    Black & White #Illustration | 3516 oldbookillustrations: Caen Cathedral (Normandy). D. Roberts, from The gallery of modern British artists, London, 1834. (Source: archive.org)

    Black & White #Illustration | 3516

    oldbookillustrations:

    Caen Cathedral (Normandy).

    D. Roberts, from The gallery of modern British artists, London, 1834.

    (Source: archive.org)

    (via kneadthisdough)

     



  6. 31 Dec


    Black & White #Illustration | 3515 oldbookillustrations: The citizen guard, with drums beating in front, led him back to the Hôtel-de-Ville. Daniel Vierge, from Histoire de la révolution française (History of the French revolution) vol. 1, by Jules Michelet, Paris, 1883-87. (Source: archive.org)

    Black & White #Illustration | 3515

    oldbookillustrations:

    The citizen guard, with drums beating in front, led him back to the Hôtel-de-Ville.

    Daniel Vierge, from Histoire de la révolution française (History of the French revolution) vol. 1, by Jules Michelet, Paris, 1883-87.

    (Source: archive.org)

     



  7. 31 Dec


    Black & White #Illustration | 3514 oldbookillustrations: Roland takes his leave of Hilda. From Germania’s Sagenborn (Germania’s folklore), by Emil Engelmann, Stuttgart, 1889. (Source: archive.org)

    Black & White #Illustration | 3514

    oldbookillustrations:

    Roland takes his leave of Hilda.

    From Germania’s Sagenborn (Germania’s folklore), by Emil Engelmann, Stuttgart, 1889.

    (Source: archive.org)

     



  8. 31 Dec


    booksnbuildings: From Renaissance Paris: Architecture and Growth , 1475-1600 Black & White #Illustration | 3513

    booksnbuildings:

    From Renaissance Paris: Architecture and Growth , 1475-1600

    Black & White #Illustration | 3513

    (via mon-o-logue)

     



  9. 31 Dec


    Black & White #Illustration | 3512

    Black & White #Illustration | 3512

    (Source: bassman5911, via riot-on-an-empty-space)

     



  10. 31 Dec


    sagablane: I (eye). C. U. Ledoux. Late 18th century. France.  Black & White #Illustration | 3511

    sagablane:

    I (eye). C. U.

    Ledoux. Late 18th century. France. 

    Black & White #Illustration | 3511

     



  11. 31 Dec


    speciesbarocus:

    Richard Davey - A history of mourning (1890).

    Above: Funeral of His Majesty the Emperor of Germany.

    Below: The Catafalque erected for the Funeral Service of His Majesty King Victor Emanuel, in the Pantheon, Rome.

    Black & White #Illustration | 3510

     



  12. 31 Dec


    speciesbarocus:

    Richard Davey - A history of mourning (1890).

    Above: Funeral of Victor Hugo, June 1, 1885.

    Below: Napoleon’s tomb at the Les Invalides.

    Black & White #Illustration | 3509

     



  13. 31 Dec


    richardsolomon: Bill Sanderson Black & White #Illustration | 3508

    richardsolomon:

    Bill Sanderson

    Black & White #Illustration | 3508

    (via bmoreroach)

     



  14. 31 Dec


    oldbookillustrations: “Lo!” he exclaimed, “lo! Dis; and lo! the place, Where thou hast need to arm thy heart with strength.” Gustave Doré, from Dante’s Inferno, by Dante Alighieri, New York, circa 1866. (Source: archive.org) Black & White #Illustration | 3507

    oldbookillustrations:

    “Lo!” he exclaimed, “lo! Dis; and lo! the place,
    Where thou hast need to arm thy heart with strength.”

    Gustave Doré, from Dante’s Inferno, by Dante Alighieri, New York, circa 1866.

    (Source: archive.org)

    Black & White #Illustration | 3507

     



  15. 31 Dec


    oldbookillustrations: Main building of the exhibition, from Judges’ Hall. From The great Centennial exhibition critically described and illustrated, by Phillip T. Sandhurst, Philadelphia and Chicago, circa 1876. (Source: archive.org) Black & White #Illustration | 3506

    oldbookillustrations:

    Main building of the exhibition, from Judges’ Hall.

    From The great Centennial exhibition critically described and illustrated, by Phillip T. Sandhurst, Philadelphia and Chicago, circa 1876.

    (Source: archive.org)

    Black & White #Illustration | 3506