BibliOdyssey

The historical blog I found is probably a lot less traditional than most. It is called BiblioOdysssey and focuses on historical drawing and illustrations, frequently, but not exclusively, scientific in nature. Accompanying the illustrations is usually a blurb about who drew them and what their significance was. I often feel that historians neglect imagery, and am often curious about what things looked like or at least how people of the time viewed them and what people believed was worth enscribing.

Here are some of the illustrations from and links to the posts I looked at

A) Etchings of towns, castles and sceneryfrom Scotland in the early 19th century
B) Hamilton King Girls
Apparently, these were cigarette cards from ~1900 drawn by Hamilton King. King was known for drawing pictures of pretty girls.


C) Astronomy illustrated in the 1840s

This is a depiction and labeling of all of the lunar spots of the moon.

D) World War One Posters

This is a fundraiser poster for wives and children of soldiers in WW1.

E) Early Explosives


A 16th Century German Illustration, apparently of some kind of bomb.