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Bee anatomy, historical artwork

Bees anatomy. 17th Century artwork by the Italian microscopist Francesco Stelluti, showing the anatomy of bees as seen by him under a microscope. Stelluti worked in the dields of mathematics, microscopy, literature and astronomy. In 1625 he published the first accounts of microscopic observation, which included this image. Image from La Conquete Du Monde Invisible by Giuseppe Penso

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Grecian Vase Painting Engraving

Engraved illustrations of Grecian Vase Painting Engraving and Ancient and Early Medieval Painting and Mosaics Engraving from Iconographic Encyclopedia of Science, Literature and Art, Published in 1851. Copyright has expired on this artwork. Digitally restored

© Craig McCausland

474443586, Amphora, En, Females, Greek Mythology, Males, Men, Painted Image, Women

The Distrest Poet by William Hogarth

Vintage engraving of The Distrest Poet by William Hogarth. It depicts a scene in a small, dingy attic room where a poet sits at his desk in the dormer and, scratching his head, stares at the papers on the desk before him, evidently looking for inspiration. Near him sits his wife darning clothes, surprised by the entrance of a milkmaid, who impatiently demands payment of debts

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