An illustration from an 1837 "caterpillar calendar"by Christian Friedrich Vogel. It shows which caterpillars appear each month and explains how to keep caterpillars and catch the butterflies that they turn into.
More images are at the Public Domain Review here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/images-from-german-caterpillar-calendar-1837
#caterpillars #insects #bugs #entomology #lithographs #HistoryOfScience
#historyofscience #lithographs #entomology #bugs #insects #caterpillars
The world's crankiest koala.
#koalas #marsupials #zoology #ScientificIllustration #lithographs #19thCentury
#19thcentury #lithographs #scientificillustration #zoology #marsupials #koalas
No, these birds do not suck milk from goats' teats, despite the legends.
And that's an old-style S in the bird name on the plate, not an F. You have such a dirty mind.
#lithographs #nightjars #goatsuckers #birds
Self-described "Paper fetishsts" are my kind of people.
#ephemera #tradecards #broadsides #catalogs #handbills #sheetmusic #books #maps #postcards #programs #engravings #valentines #lithographs #photos #illustration
#ephemera #tradecards #broadsides #Catalogs #handbills #sheetmusic #books #maps #postcards #programs #engravings #valentines #lithographs #photos #illustration
One can't see too many asters in a day.
#asters #flowers #lithographs #ScientificIllustration #botany
#botany #scientificillustration #lithographs #flowers #asters
Monday is a great day for seahorses, don't you think? And they're even better when we can see them in a 19th century lithograph.
#scienceart #lithographs #Australia #fish #seahorse
#Lena used again and again, but also the beauty of generating every elements needed to build step by step a #screening process. "#Imagemagick can make images in the style of simple #lithographs, #halftone, #silk-screen, #etching, #lino-printing, #engraving and similar processes."
http://im.snibgo.com/lith.htm
#lena #screening #imagemagick #lithographs #halftone #silk #etching #lino #engraving