Hokusai’s Ghost Stories (ca. 1830)
Hokusai’s five ghoulish prints for the series Hyaku Monogatari [One Hundred Ghost Stories]….more
Printmaking & Line
Ernst Haeckel’s Jellyfish
Haeckel’s stunning illustrations of medusae, in whose ethereal forms he glimpsed a reflection of his first wife, who died tragically at the age of 29….more
A Collection of Fashionable English Words (1887)
Japanese woodcuts from a series by Kamekichi Tsunajima titled “Ryūkō eigo zukushi”, showing images of animals, activities and objects each with their Japanese…more
Geographical Fun: Being Humourous Outlines of Various Countries (1868)
Series of fantastic anthropomorphic maps of European countries, each footnoted by a witty quatrain, was produced by London publisher Hodder and Stoughton in the 186…more
Kobayashi Kiyochika’s Cartoons of the Russo-Japanese War (1904–5)
Propaganda cartoons from the pen of Japanese artist Kobayashi Kiyochika….more
The Steps of Life
Selection of images illustrating on the idea that one’s life can be thought of as divisible into distinct stages….more
Japanese Depictions of North Americans (1860s)
A selection of Yokohama-e (literally “Yokohama pictures”), a type of ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock print which focused on depicting the foreigners who flooded thro…more
Japanese Prints of Western Inventors, Artists and Scholars (1873)
A set of Japanese prints depicting famous Western inventors and scholars – including Audubon, Carlyle, Watt, and Arkright – beset by various difficulties….more
Scenes relating to the life of Charles IV, King of Spain (1788)
Woodcut print showing forty-eight numbered scenes relating to the life of Charles IV, King of Spain….more
The Calaveras of José Guadalupe Posada
Deriving from the Spanish word for ‘skulls’, these calaveras were illustrations featuring skeletons which would, after Posada’s death, become closely associated wit…more
Arnoldus Montanus’ New and Unknown World (1671)
A selection of copper engravings featured in Dutch explorer, missionary, and theologian Arnoldus Montanus’ monumental De Nieuwe en Onbekende Weereld, 1671….more
