maudelynn:

Lovely Illustration by  Anne Whilan Betts

(Source: victorianporcelain, via maritimemerriment)

carmidoll:

Ernest Biéler - L’Eau mystérieuse 

smokeandsong:

thefriendsofenglishmagic:

In the pages above and below please find reproductions of Edwin Austin Abbey’s series of fifteen paintings “The Quest for the Holy Grail.”  Currently these paintings are incorporated into the Abbey Room at the Boston Public Library.  They haven’t, to my knowledge, been reproduced in any print or art book, and I have only found low rez pictures of the full cycle on a single obscure web page.

So, with the help of an intrepid photography student in the Boston area, I had the Abbey Room paintings photographed and applied my fledgling Photoshop skills to the RAW image files.  I have posted the results in the following pages, along with a brief description of each of the paintings penned, I believe, by Henry James.

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fuckyeahillustrativeart:

Mead Schaeffer

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theartofanimation:

Ramón Pla

theartofanimation:

Riikka Auvinen

euclase:

The Archer of the Rose by Donato Giancola

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artaddictsanonymous:

James Tissot, The Ladies of the Cars, 1883-5

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