Art Illustrations Gallery

Archimedes' Principle, wood engraving, published in 1880

The Archimedes' principle, formulated about 2000 years ago by the Greek scholar Archimedes of Syracuse that states that a body immersed in a fluid is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the displaced fluid. The principle applies to both floating and submerged bodies and to all fluids, i.e., liquids and gases. It explains not only the buoyancy of ships and other vessels in water but also the rise of a balloon in the air and the apparent loss of weight of objects underwater. Wood engraving, published in 1880

© ZU_09

Aster or Star Plant, Victorian Botanical Illustration

Very Rare, Beautifully Illustrated Antique Engraved Victorian Botanical Illustration of Aster or Star Plant, Victorian Botanical Illustration Plate 56, from The Book of Practical Botany in Word and Image (Lehrbuch der praktischen Pflanzenkunde in Wort und Bild), Published in 1886. Copyright has expired on this artwork. Digitally restored

© Craig McCausland

Antique illustration of palace of Sargon II (Dur-Sharrukin, Khorsabad, Iraq)

Antique illustration of view (drawing) of the front of the palace of the Assyrian king Sargon II (8th century BC), called Dur-Sharrukin ('Fort Sargon' or 'Fortress of Sargon'a??), a city-palace. Dur-Sharrukin is now Khorsabad a village in northern Iraq, near Mosul and the buildings have been destroyed by Daesh. The picture features: parts of the palace on the wide walled terrace accessed by monumental stairs, the main entrance (one of the seven gates that pierced the walls), with the great walls and four of the 157 towers that protected the settlement: the inside garden. The walls and the palace were richly decorated with relief-carved stone. Drawing by Viollet-Le-Duc

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