fuckyeahvintageillustration:

‘Die Nibelungen’ (1909) retold by Franz Keim and illustrated by Carl Otto Czeschka.

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paleoillustration:

Rutiodon and Hesperosuchus by Douglas Henderson

“Phytosaurs were long-snouted and heavily armoured, bearing a remarkable resemblance to modern crocodiles in size, appearance, and lifestyle, as an example of convergence or parallel evolution.” Wikipedia.

Feel free to DELETE THIS MINI-RANT if you reblog:

I tag animals like Rutiodon as “crocodile” just to make things easier for the tumblr-people, because I know that when most of them search for the tag crocodile, they expect to see the entire Crocodylomorpha and anything that might look similar. When my tags are inaccurate it’s not always because I’m stupid or neglectful, I just try to keep the clutter to an informal but useful minimum, it works better for most readers.

colourbomb:

Adam Tan

Caricatures of Death Personified

From a pre-Revolutionary magazine, first published in Russia in 1906. Illustrations by Boris Kustodiev.

Personifications of death included depictions of the devastating 1906 drought and ensuing famine, and the ravages of cholera, in the midst of revolutionary uprisings in Moscow.