MetaFilter posts tagged with Engravings

You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things!

carsonb — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 11:06:19 -0800

Money. Beautiful, beautiful money

longsleeves — Sun, 06 Aug 2006 17:45:18 -0800

Pyramids with eyeballs on top notably absent. There was a time when one could ride into washington D.C. and turn paper into silver. NSFW if 19th century engravings of carelessly draped breasts might be hard to explain.

Scanned Images, Engravings and Pictures From Old Books

Kattullus — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 17:11:31 -0800

Scanned Images, Engravings and Pictures From Old Books.
[via Matthew White's History Topic of the Week or Month or Something]

Over a thousand images from old, public domain books, scanned by Liam Quin. Some favorites of mine are Discourse into the Night, The Catacombs of Naples, A Potter Thumping His Wet Clay, A Writer, with a Castle in the Background and Grotesque Head.

Lewis and Clark Diaries?

rev- — Fri, 21 May 2004 06:13:52 -0800

Diaries of the Lewis and Clark Journey. American Journeys has a collection or primary source documents about the Lewis and Clark Journey across America, including the diary of Sergeant Charles Floyd (the only member of the expedition to die en route), Jefferson's letter to Clark where he suggests the expedition, and 63 engravings of Places and People. If you're into history, you might also want to vote on Wisconsin Turning Points, a ballot to determine the most interesting topics in Wisconsin History.