Images Dated 11th February 2016

Catmint, Catnip, Ivy, Hoarhound, Calaminth, Thyme, Basil, Victorian Botanical Illustration

Very Rare, Beautifully Illustrated Antique Engraved Catmint, Catnip, Catswort, Ivy, Ground Ivy, Horehound, Hoarhound, Calaminth, Thyme, Basil, Victorian Botanical Illustration, from The Flowering Plants and Ferns of Great Britain, Published in 1846. Copyright has expired on this artwork. Digitally restored

© Craig McCausland

Antique illustration of the Cumean Sibyl

Antique illustration of the Cumean Sibyl, drawing by Charles Kreutzberger from a painting by Elihu Vedder (19th-20th century American painter). The Sibyl was the priestess and prophetess presiding over the Apollonian oracle at Cumae (ancient city of Magna Graecia in Italy near Naples). She is depicted as a woman, half naked and wearing jewels, walking with a stick and holding papers with the prophecy. Behind the Sibyl a wild countyside landscape with the Mount Vesuvius

© ilbusca

Antique illustration of Imperial Museum for Art and Industry (Wien)

Antique illustration of Imperial Austrian Museum and School for Art and Industry (Oesterreichisches Museum fAOEr Kunst und Industrie) in Wien (Austria) as it was during the 19th century (Founded as the Imperial Royal Austrian Museum of Art and Industry now it's the MAK Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art). In the drawing the neoclassical building with the wide square in front of it, with people walking

© ilbusca