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Author Archives: redbudart
More Pictorial Maps by Jacques Liozu
Here are some more pictorial maps by French illustrator Jacques Liozu. I’ve blogged before about Liozu and posted some of his pictorial maps of American states, but here we have some maps he drew from a totally different region of the world: … Continue reading
Posted in old maps, paper ephemera
Tagged 1940s, 1950s, africa, alexandria, cairo, camels, casablanca, constantine, egypt, France, french, french colonies, french illustrator, jacques liozu, maps, morocco, nile delta, north africa, old maps, palm trees, pictorial maps, rabat, rio de oro, spanish morocco, the sahara, tunis, tunisia
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Free Download: Vintage Eiffel Tower – Printable!
I lived in Paris for 5 years in the 1980s and I always looked forward to walking the flea markets, looking for old postcards and costume jewelry. Of course, having grown up in the woods of rural Connecticut, I was also drawn to … Continue reading
Posted in free downloads, visit our etsy shops
Tagged antique illustration, art deco, arts & crafts, arts and crafts, digital download, eiffel tower, etsy finds, flea market finds, France, free, free download, illustration, illustrations, la tour eiffel, old illustrations, old paper, paper ephemera, Paris, printable, redbudart, thrift shopping, vintage france, vintage paper, vintage prints, vintage travel
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E. A. Séguy: man of mystery, ahead of his time
E. A. Séguy produced 11 albums of nature-themed illustrations and patterns, drawing inspiration from butterflies, beetles, dragonflies, flowers, foliage, crystals and animals. I’ve always loved his work, but information on the man himself is difficult to find. This is his entire … Continue reading
Posted in botanicals, visit our etsy shops
Tagged art, art deco, art history, art nouveau, art nouveau illustration, artist, downloads, E. A. Séguy, Eugène Séguy, France, Paris, patterns, pochoir, printable
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9 views of Mount Fuji from 1950s Japanese postcards
I’ve always loved Japan. I visited once, with my mom, in 1986. My dad was a Pan Am pilot and one of the amazing benefits back then was free tickets for family members. I remember seeing Mount Fuji during my visit – it … Continue reading
Posted in old postcards
Tagged japan, japanese, made in Japan, mount fugi, old postcards
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Hendrik Willem Van Loon, author of “The Story of Mankind” & winner of the very first Newbery Medal
Hendrik Willem Van Loon was a Dutch-American historian, journalist, and award-winning children’s book author. From the 1910s to his death in 1944, he wrote dozens of books, illustrating them himself. The Story of Mankind is his best-known work; it won the first-ever Newbery Medal in … Continue reading
Posted in old illustrations
Tagged art, Hendrik Willem Van Loon, history of mankind, illustration, world history
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Peter Pan by Sir James Barrie illustrated by Roy Best
Originally posted on redbudart:
Roy Best was an American illustrator with a long career as a painter of pin-up girls. He attended the Art Academy of Cincinnati and the Art Institute of Chicago, while working on railroad construction crew to…
Posted in old illustrations, vintage childrens illustrations
Tagged art, artist, illustration, Peter Pan, Roy Best, Tinkerbell
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Pictorial Maps by Jacques Liozu
Pictorial maps have been around for centuries – they are nearly as old as mapmaking itself! Throughout the ages, pictorial maps have been used to show the cuisine of a country, the attractions of a tourist town, the architecture of … Continue reading
Posted in old maps
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Trendy Beetles
I’ve been on Tumblr a lot lately, mostly posting images to draw people to my Etsy shop where I’ve been selling digital images for a few years. It hasn’t really increased sales yet, but I don’t mind because I am … Continue reading
Posted in old illustrations
Tagged beetles, biodiversity, coleoptera, insects, natural history, scientific illustrations
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Victorian Seed Catalogs at the Smithsonian Digital Library
Did you know that seeds are intellectual property? That you are breaking the law if you harvest them to use again? Don’t even bother, because seed companies today are making sure you won’t get the same plant. It is time … Continue reading
Posted in botanicals
Tagged color lithographs, illustrations, seed catalog, smithsonian digital library, victorian
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Kunstformen der Natur
While searching for scientific illustrations on Tumblr I noticed many were credited to the Biodiversity Heritage Library. I went there and discovered it is a website where research libraries from all over the world scan in books so that others … Continue reading
