Bits and bobs
Sunday, October 13
Napoleon's fascinating cartoons
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These cartoons are the political satire of its time, as clever and punchy as the TV panel shows that do the same job today. "The Pl...
Sunday, October 21
King Joseph Bonaparte blanketed. El Rey José Bonaparte manteado
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A Spanish Joke!. George Cruikshank (Click to enlarge or download) (I am going to post this entry both in English and in Spanish)...
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Saturday, June 2
Manuscript maps. Book of Penmanship by Frances A. Henshaw
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Book of Penmanship by Frances A. Henshaw Indiana. Frances A. Henshaw. 1823 (Click to enlarge or download) In the eightee...
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Wednesday, April 25
Johann Kautsky's Tree Lithographies
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Johann Kautsky’s Tree Lithographies "Sweet Chestnut". Johann Kautsky. (Click to enlarge or download) Arbor Day w...
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Tuesday, February 7
CHARLES DICKENS. BICENTENARY OF HIS BIRTH
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CHARLES DICKENS (Click to enlarge or download) I’m very proud to mark the 200 th anniversary of Charles Dickens’s birth (February...
Tuesday, January 24
Audubon’s engravings
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Audubon’s engravings. French- American naturalist, ornithologist and artist John James Audubon (1785-1951) was born in the French colony of...
Sunday, December 11
Easter Island
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Easter Island. James Cook. Voyage towards the South Pole. 1777 (Click to enlarge or download) Easter Island based on Captain Ja...
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