Mad Dogs and Englishmen

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Title page of The Savoy magazine, Aubrey Beardsley, 1896.

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Title page of The Savoy magazine, Aubrey Beardsley, 1896.

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enchantingimagery:

The water Nymphs, that in the bottom plaid, Held up their pearled wrists and took her in — an Arthur Rackham illustration for Comus

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The water Nymphs, that in the bottom plaid, Held up their pearled wrists and took her in — an Arthur Rackham illustration for Comus

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Illustrations by Harry Clarke for Faust

1925

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Clerodendron Trichotomum-Japanese Clerodendron on Flickr.
Addisonia : colored illustrations and popular descriptions of plants. By: New York Botanical Garden. Publication info: New York :New York Botanical Garden,1916-[1964]. Contributed by: Mertz Library, The New York Botanical Garden Subjects: Periodicals Pictorial works Plants United States

Clerodendron Trichotomum-Japanese Clerodendron on Flickr.

Addisonia : colored illustrations and popular descriptions of plants.
By: New York Botanical Garden.
Publication info: New York :New York Botanical Garden,1916-[1964].
Contributed by: Mertz Library, The New York Botanical Garden
Subjects: Periodicals Pictorial works Plants United States

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Illustrations for Alice in Wonderland by Arthur Rackham (1907)

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Otto Wagner (Austrian, 1841-1918), Karlsplatz Tram Stop, Vienna, 1898. Pencil, India ink and watercolour.
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Otto Wagner (Austrian, 1841-1918), Karlsplatz Tram Stop, Vienna, 1898. Pencil, India ink and watercolour.

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In the 1500s, illuminator Joris Hoefnagel rendered flowers and plants with a botanical precision unmatched in his day. It’s tempting to imagine each of Hoefnagel’s natural wonders growing in the gardens cultivated at the imperial court of Rudolf II, his patron.

Pages from Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta, one of the Getty’s most precious (and, at 6 9/16 inches high, tiniest) manuscripts:

Butterfly, Snakeshead, English Walnut, and Sweet Cherry

Four-O’Clock, Brown Hairstreak, Herb Robert, and Chanterelle

Martagon Lily and Tomato

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