This one may not be to everyone’s taste, but I thought these were so interesting, and I promise to post something pretty tomorrow!! Todays graphic images are from an early book, published in London in 1808, called “The Grave – A Poem“, and they are so beautifully done. The top image features a young woman’s soul leaving her body, such an unusual art subject! The second one is rather macabre, and shows a man with a horn hovering over a skeleton, this one is the title page. I have to admit, for the sake of modesty, I altered the man a bit, by adding the leaf. I would have liked to have added a fig leaf, but all I could find was a Maple leaf. Quite fitting for the Fall season though I think! Hopefully you won’t be irritated by my alteration, but I try to keep it family friendly here.
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zquilts says
October 10, 2009 at 3:09 amI think these are really very interesting -and rather cool too ! Thanks for posting !
Dragonfly Treasure says
October 10, 2009 at 5:03 amwow those are really cool! very different. Have a great night
*hugs*deb
Nana Moon Shop says
October 10, 2009 at 5:33 amThese are odd and neat at the same time. I wanted to say thank you for the BOO banner. I made one and posted it on my blog. (linked your blog) Check it out if you get a chance, I had the best time making it with my 4 year old. I tried the McLinky but time was up… Love your site!
Danylle from Nana Moon Shop
Jane says
October 10, 2009 at 1:59 pmHi Karen….these etchings are very interesting but I like them…..thanks for keeping things “family friendly”, you had me smiling!!
Jane
Suzanne says
October 10, 2009 at 4:49 pmHow interesting they are. I’ve never seen anything like them. Both of the spirit figures are curved, too, which is interesting.
Your images are always a treat!
Rook No. 17 says
October 11, 2009 at 2:16 amKaren, thank you so much for stopping by Rook No. 17 and for your wonderful, heartwarming, ego-boosting comments! I am honored! I just put a fire in the fireplace, made a nice hot cup o’ tea, and imagine I’ll be spending the rest of the evening in graphics heaven, browsing your site. Regards, Jenn
Lola M. says
October 11, 2009 at 5:15 amWhat a great book you found, these are different and so beautiful, I appreciate you sharing them.
Queen of Dreamsz says
October 12, 2009 at 3:34 amBoth of these are just awesome! Thanks so much. I definitely want to do something with these.
Steph
Sarah says
October 17, 2009 at 7:21 pmThis is my first visit to your blog and I LOVE it! I love vintage style and your clip art is AWESOME! Thank you for being willing to share it with me. 🙂 I’ll be back!
Leslie Todd says
October 19, 2009 at 6:42 amThese are awesome, and so unusual.
Julz Kinsella says
December 3, 2010 at 3:25 pmHi Karen, I couldn’t sleep so was browsing for some medical images and was popped across to your website which I have as one of my favourites on my blog. It is about 2.18 am here in Sydney Australia and I came upon these two images and then I glanced down at what you had written and I could not stop laughing. You are so funny. I had to read it again and then check out the maple leaf. I had no idea it had been modified if it could fit under that little maple leaf but I just loved your comment after all you want to keep the site family friendly. I just love your witty sense of humour and of course your fabo website. If you ever have a problem finding something give me a bell at [email protected] because I have gigs and gigs of graphics and if I don’t have it I know where to find it lol. Cheers Julz
Púka says
August 21, 2012 at 8:29 amThese are really neat, but I don’t think that’s the woman leaving her body.
Notice that
1. She is a woman.
2. The dead guy is a man.
Different hair and a distinct lack of …um… bosom.
I think it is the original publisher’s mistake. Notice that they picture is marked by “W. Blake” as in William Blake? If that’s true, then yeah, probably not meant to be a picture to go with that fru-fru (sp?) poem. He had some seriously morbid poems. Looks like some publisher took his picture and tried to make a little cutesie thing! Blake would be rolling in his grave! I can see them trying to reuse his art – but it’s weird that they didn’t mind taking what is clearly a woman over a man and trying to pretend it’s a woman over her own body. Very weird.