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This six-part panorama of Athens featuring the Acropolis dates from the 1870's. It strikes me as a unique and interesting image, yet it...

I could be wrong, but it seems to me the Mayan torchbearer has met his match. This original illustration by Seth (Gregory Gallant) was sol...

Cartoonist Martin Branner created this undated color greeting for the Johnson children featuring the popular character Denny Dimwit from hi...

Taraba Illustration Art, LLC added this original artwork for  The Reassurer by cartoonist Roz Chast to it's inventory on October 2...

This original watercolor is, I think, the best Calvin and Hobbes illustration ever to come onto the market. It is also one of the only Cal...

Dr. Seuss, A Bee for Thee! Note:  My last post on the good Dr. Seuss can be found right here. Think Loraxes! 268

Edward Lear, known today largely for his nonsense verse and drawings, also did serious plain air painting during his travels. Here is his ...

Happy St. Patrick's Day to all! This New Yorker cover by Charles E. Martin shows the sidewalk along Fifth Avenue, looking south. Ce...

This ink and watercolor drawing by Ronald Searle shows prisoner of war Padre Noel Duckworth selling a Parker Pen to his Japanese prison g...

Once upon a time in the year 1997 there were only 500 copies to the first printing of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.  This bo...