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Katharina William Powell Frith (1819–1909) Paintings owned by Colleges in the University of Cambridge

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Poor Maria William Powell Frith (1819–1909) The Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate

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Dolly Varden William Powell Frith (1819–1909) Victoria and Albert Museum

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Josef Albers, Color sheets and layout of the Never Before series, 1976. Metropolitan Museum.

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More cetaceous treasures from Gemeinnüzzige Naturgeschichte des Thierreichs; see the last post for more.

First up is “Monodon Narhval" — a Narwhal — which is… colored correctly! It’s also a huge tadpole-like creature with what appears to be a lateral line, spiracle above its eyes, and one mysterious ventral fin. Next is “Balaena roſtrata" — a Northern Bottlenose Whale. I guess the shape of the beak is roughly correct. For some reason the dorsal fin appears to be backwards and a few streaks of white have been applied at random. And what’s going on with that fully-body cellulite? Finally is “Delphinus Orca"… apparently an Orca. The shape looks suspiciously similar to a Rondelet illustration from two centuries before, although the coloration looks a bit modern-ish. There also appears to be an anal fin and second dorsal fin.

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If you’re a fan of Matthew Buccholz’s imaginative series of distorted historical events like me, then you’ll also be excited about the upcoming release of his new Alternative Histories of the World book on Oct. 1. You can pre-order it in my Thinx Gifts Amazon store. Find out more about it on the official book site here on Tumblr.