With Her Strong Flaming Arms

She cultivated the land and created the red earth.

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Happy birthday to the English botanist Anna Atkins, who was born today in 1799. As well as being considered by many to be the very first woman to create a photograph, her stunning 1843 book of algae cyanotypes is thought to be the very first book illustrated with photographic images. More on her life and her beautiful cyanotypes of algae here: https://buff.ly/2nITIVM⠀ ⠀ We’ve also got 30 of the best images available to buy as prints in our online shop here: https://buff.ly/2phkUhr . #publicdomainreview #annaatkins #photography #photographer #botany #botanist #algae #cyanotype #sunprint #onthisday #otd

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Chestnust in Campanario, Madeira Island, Portugal.

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“Police Camera,” miniature 12-exposure camera made by Expo Camera Co., 1911. 

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Cattleya Roberii. Orchids for everyone. 1910. 

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Duo by Ito Hirotoshi

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Lazy rainy day today #inktober #inktober2017 (at Brooklyn, New York)

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“The Gates of Hell” is the defining project of Rodin’s career. Started in 1880, he worked on it until his death in 1917, continually adding, removing, and shifting the more than 200 figures. It was inspired by Dante’s “The Divine Comedy,” but overtime became its own chaotic world of pain and despair.

“The Gates of Hell,” modeled in clay 1880–1917 by Auguste Rodin; cast in bronze 1926–28 by Alexis Rudier 

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the house of the dead ad

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Animator: Matt Williames Character: Cat  

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Cat, fiddle. The Latch key of my bookhouse. 1921. 

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Videodrome (1983)

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LUCY GLENDINNING: Skins

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We love the varying sizes of flowers on the faded purple ribbon-embossed cloth on our copy of Abolitionist Abigail Mott’s Biographical Sketches and Interesting Anecdotes of Persons of Colour (New York, 1837). #PublishersBindingThursday

The first edition of Mott’s Biographical Sketches, which includes an account of Olaudah Equiano abridged from his 1789 narrative, was published in 1826 as a textbook for African Free School students and was the first American work celebrating African Americans. There would be nothing comparable published in the United States until the works of African American writers of the mid-19th century.

Mott, Abigail. Biographical sketches and interesting anecdotes of persons of colour New York : Mahlon Day. 1837      

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“Toothy Beast Movement Study”, 2007

 By: EVA FUNDERBURGH….

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Fine lines, Aurore de La Morinerie