More from the ephemera collection at the British Library. You might also want to look at the Wonder of the Sea and American Jack, the Frog Man. Not to mention A.H. Minting, the Marvellous Spiral Ascensionist.
More fascinating stuff from the British Library collection; this poster is from 1892.
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via things magazine: ‘we aim to produce a comprehensive on-line collection of nineteenth-century New Zealand novels.’ Which is an admirable endeavour even if it doesn’t appeal to me.
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via Coudal: ‘Over the past few years I have walked thousands of kilometres through the streets of every part of London photographing what I thought might make interesting photographs.’
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All the better to eat you with
If you particularly want to see this bigger, I’ve posted it to Flickr.
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‘Fernando Brizio, a Portuguese Designer, created ‘Painting with Giotto #1′ in 2005: a vase which was made by embedding felt tip pens into the edge of a ceramic bowl. The resulting bleed of colors makes each vase unique.’
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trees, trees, trees.
Because there’s nothing more restful than a West Country accent. From the British Library collections, listen to a recording from 1956 of Fred Bryant, a retired farmworker from Stogumber in Somerset, talking about making cider.
The picture is from the V&A: Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues, ‘Apple’ (Malus pumila Millervar), watercolour, 1568-1572.