A photo-mechanical process based on the principal of oil and water repelling each other, the bromoil print is, loosely speaking, a type of lithography. To… Read More »52 Weeks of Inspiring Illustrations, Week 30: oil and water don’t mix — The Bromoil Print
As 2013 promises to be an interesting year astronomically and we take to gazing at the stars again, I thought it would be good to… Read More »52 Weeks of Inspiring Illustrations, Week 29: the heavens, according to Hevelius
For our New Year post it seems appropriate to look at some quintessentially Scottish images. There are some images of the Scots that we prefer… Read More »52 Weeks of Inspiring Illustrations, Week 28: the Scottish Self-image
A very merry Christmas to all of our readers! For this Christmas Eve illustration post we picked a lovely little book from the heart of… Read More »52 Weeks of Inspiring Illustrations, Week 27: Robert Seymour’s “Book of Christmas” illustrations (1836)
At first glance many would mistake the sepia tones of a woodburytype print with the very prolific 19th century process of the albumen print. There… Read More »52 Weeks of Inspiring Illustrations, Week 26: a marriage of gelatin, lead, pigment and paper — The Woodburytype
Worms and bugs of beauty! This week we have chosen to feature a little album from one of our family collections. Compiled by Roberta Mitchell… Read More »52 Weeks of Inspiring Illustrations, Week 25: the Commonplace book of Roberta McIntosh
Thinking at an elementary level about photographic processes, one can associate the physical makeup of photographs with the romance and glamour of precious metals such… Read More »52 Weeks of Inspiring Illustrations, Week 24: the Humble Carbon Print
We couldn’t resist celebrating St Andrews day with some ‘inspiring illustrations’ of our eponym himself. The cult of St Andrew was actively pursued in Scotland… Read More »52 Weeks of Inspiring Illustrations, Week 23: Images of St Andrew
This week’s inspiring illustrations post is about a photo-mechanical process which I’ve always found to be one of the most evocative ways or reproducing photographs… Read More »52 Weeks of Inspiring Illustrations, Week 22: the beauty of the photogravure
To celebrate the first meeting of the Lectura Dantis Andreapolitana (the St Andrews Lectura Dantis) of this academic year, I spent a bit of time… Read More »52 Weeks of Inspiring Illustrations, Week 21: images inspired by Dante’s Divine Comedy
This week’s illustration post is a wonderful blend of the earlier photographic and the highly skilled engraving arts of the 19th century. The beautiful engravings… Read More »52 Weeks of Inspiring Illustrations, Week 20: Excursions daguerriennes (1842)
Within our small, but perfectly formed, collection of ‘oriental’ manuscripts, is a fine copy of the Shahnameh, an epic poem written by the Persian poet… Read More »52 Weeks of Inspiring Illustrations, Week 19: the Shahnameh of Ferdowsi
