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Mary Magdalene in Meditation (1623) by Jusepe de Ribera

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Autumn

Lonquimay, La Araucanía Andina, Chile.

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Wood Engraving Wednesday

Here are a few delightful wood engravings from a recent gift showing the various processes that go into binding a book. This little pamphlet is entitled A Short History of Bookbinding and a Glossary of Styles and Terms Used in Binding … .printed in London at the Chiswick Press for the bookbinder Joseph William Zaehnsdorf in 1895.These images were probably printed from metal plates that were made from the original wood engravings. The engravings are not attributed, as was the case for most commercial engravings.

Click or tap on the images to see the definitions for these activities as provided in the booklet’s glossary. 

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Remedios Varo (Spanish/Mexican, 1908--1963)

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A New York Blizzard, c.1890 by Childe Hassam (American, 1859–1935)

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𝔐𝔢𝔱𝔞𝔩 𝔞𝔩𝔟𝔲𝔪 𝔞𝔯𝔱

𝔖𝔩𝔞𝔶𝔢𝔯 - 𝔖𝔬𝔲𝔱𝔥 𝔒𝔣 ℌ𝔢𝔞𝔳𝔢𝔫 𝔞𝔯𝔱 𝔟𝔶 𝔏𝔞𝔯𝔯𝔶 ℭ𝔞𝔯𝔯𝔬𝔩𝔩

𝔖𝔢𝔭𝔲𝔩𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔞 - 𝔄𝔯𝔦𝔰𝔢 𝔞𝔯𝔱 𝔟𝔶 𝔐𝔦𝔠𝔥𝔞𝔢𝔩 𝔚𝔥𝔢𝔩𝔞𝔫

𝔐𝔢𝔤𝔞𝔡𝔢𝔱𝔥 - 𝔓𝔢𝔞𝔠𝔢 𝔖𝔢𝔩𝔩𝔰… 𝔅𝔲𝔱 𝔚𝔥𝔬'𝔰 𝔅𝔲𝔶𝔦𝔫𝔤? 𝔞𝔯𝔱 𝔟𝔶 𝔈𝔡 ℜ𝔢𝔭𝔨𝔞

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Kuniyoshi, “Ono No Komachi Praying for Rain”, c. 1836

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Favrange Valcin II (1947-2010) — Whirlwind Dance for the Queen [acrylic on canvas, 1999]

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corn curse (for "The Crooked Moon)

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Théodule Ribot (detail)

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'Sunset in Miasa'. Tsukasa Yoshida. 1980.

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Ludwig Hesshaimer (1872–1956) - “Periodic Mental Disorder”

from the series ‘Madhouse’

colour chalk, 1925/30

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Perin Mahler, Atlas, 2009⁠

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Dod Procter - Sleeping (c.1927)