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motodraconis) wrote2008-08-06 05:07 pm
motodraconis) wrote2008-08-06 05:07 pm
Life and Philosophical Opinions of a Penguin.
I has a book. Illustrated by J J Grandville. (I'm a bit of a fan.)
This book was first published (in French) in 1842, these pics are from an English copy dating from 1877.
Grandville was one of the first artists to depict animals as people, and his work (published as early as 1829 using the latest technology of lithography) is said to have inspired Gustave Dore, Beatrix Potter, Arthur Rackham, Walter Crane, Edward Gorey and even Walt Disney. (I'm hoping to work some studies of Grandville into my not-phuud, hence I've been rooting his stuff out.)
Here's a few pics from the book...
No, it didn't come with a CD Rom, I put that in for scale.
A few more on flickr including one picture of humanistic insects (to warn any insectophobes out there.)
This book was first published (in French) in 1842, these pics are from an English copy dating from 1877.
Grandville was one of the first artists to depict animals as people, and his work (published as early as 1829 using the latest technology of lithography) is said to have inspired Gustave Dore, Beatrix Potter, Arthur Rackham, Walter Crane, Edward Gorey and even Walt Disney. (I'm hoping to work some studies of Grandville into my not-phuud, hence I've been rooting his stuff out.)
Here's a few pics from the book...
No, it didn't come with a CD Rom, I put that in for scale.
A few more on flickr including one picture of humanistic insects (to warn any insectophobes out there.)