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Grand Victorian ceremonial hall circa 1908 with flags of the British Empire and European nations displayed on tall flagpoles, Edwardian figures in formal dress in the background - LeBonJournal

Flags of the World in 1908: The Harmsworth Atla...

In 1908, six years before the Great War would redraw the map of the world, the Harmsworth Atlas and Gazetteer published two flag charts that captured the political order of...

Flags of the World in 1908: The Harmsworth Atla...

In 1908, six years before the Great War would redraw the map of the world, the Harmsworth Atlas and Gazetteer published two flag charts that captured the political order of...

Victorian geologist examining layered rock strata at an English coastal cliff face circa 1850s, geological hammer and notebook in hand, sea in the background - LeBonJournal

Reading the Earth: John Morris, James Reynolds,...

In the 1850s, as geology transformed from gentlemanly curiosity into rigorous science, a lithographer named John Morris and a London publisher named James Reynolds created a series of colored diagrams...

Reading the Earth: John Morris, James Reynolds,...

In the 1850s, as geology transformed from gentlemanly curiosity into rigorous science, a lithographer named John Morris and a London publisher named James Reynolds created a series of colored diagrams...

Parisian street in 1900 with a Morris column covered in colorful Art Nouveau black cat posters in turquoise, white, black and red, Haussmann building and gas lamp in the background - LeBonJournal

The Black Cat in Print: A Century of Feline Sym...

From Steinlen's iconic 1896 cabaret poster to Black Cat cigarettes, jazz-age sheet music, and Japanese good-luck prints — the black cat spent a century haunting the margins of Western print...

The Black Cat in Print: A Century of Feline Sym...

From Steinlen's iconic 1896 cabaret poster to Black Cat cigarettes, jazz-age sheet music, and Japanese good-luck prints — the black cat spent a century haunting the margins of Western print...

Evocation of Bayhall estate in Pembury Kent circa 1675, rolling Weald countryside with manor house, parkland and farm workers in warm afternoon light - LeBonJournal

The Flemish Eye on the English Countryside: Jan...

When Jan Siberechts arrived in England from Antwerp in 1672, he brought with him a Flemish eye for precision and light that would transform how the English countryside was seen,...

The Flemish Eye on the English Countryside: Jan...

When Jan Siberechts arrived in England from Antwerp in 1672, he brought with him a Flemish eye for precision and light that would transform how the English countryside was seen,...

Early 1900s young woman in period clothing painting a watercolor botanical illustration of strawberries at a wooden desk, USDA pomological art style - LeBonJournal

The Women Who Painted America's Strawberries: M...

Between 1886 and 1942, a corps of largely female artists working for the USDA created over 7,000 watercolor illustrations of American fruit varieties — a scientific archive that became one...

The Women Who Painted America's Strawberries: M...

Between 1886 and 1942, a corps of largely female artists working for the USDA created over 7,000 watercolor illustrations of American fruit varieties — a scientific archive that became one...

Jacob Sturm 1887 Botanical Plate XXVI journal

Rome and the Modern Grand Tour: Dorival, Kieper...

In 1920, the French artist Géo Dorival created a travel poster inviting visitors to Rome via the Mont-Cenis railway route through the Alps. In 1914, the German cartographer Heinrich Kiepert...

Rome and the Modern Grand Tour: Dorival, Kieper...

In 1920, the French artist Géo Dorival created a travel poster inviting visitors to Rome via the Mont-Cenis railway route through the Alps. In 1914, the German cartographer Heinrich Kiepert...