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This artifact is a series of images collected from The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens. The images themselves are provided by the illustrator Luke Fildes. This book is easily accessible now that penguin prints this book for the masses. But…

The illustrations show the different perspectives of two different mental institutions during 1840s England. The first image is the outside of the building. Here, one sees nothing out of the ordinary. It looks like a castle with people walking…

Yoko Ono tweeted out this image on the anniversary of Lennon's assassination in 2015. She is using Lennon and his untimely death due to gun violence, as a way to inspire others to end gun violence. Lennon and Ono were very big peace activists, so it…

Accompanying the text are 21 “decorations,” as the book describes them, done by Albert D. Blashfield. The decorations appear in the front of the book after the title page and before the publishing and copyright information, on the dedication…

Harry McVickar drew 30 illustrations for the second edition of An International Episode, published in 1892. Of those images, 12 depict women and 13 depict men. What stands out the most is the difference in body language between McVickar’s portrayal…

This is an image of Edith crying on the chair. She recognizes the wrongful nature of the love and attachment she possesses for Raye, and this causes her immense grief. This illustration depicts this event as it occurs in the story, "On the Western…

This is a very simple illustration from "Life's Little Ironies." I thought this illustration was interesting due to its simplicity, and the fact that it only illustrates the characters and what they are standing on, and does not show any of the…

This is the cover page from the Illustrated Police News, a sensationalist tabloid that would seek to satisfy the morbid curiosities of its readers. On this date in 1876, the cover featured illustrations of murderous apparitions. We see in the middle…

Illuminated historical information regarding the famine that lined the sides of the structure on slates. These words were not carved, but were shadows. This was another intentional move of Tolle’s, as he strived to induce a haunted and ghostly…

The Illiad of Homer is known as an ancient Greek epic poem, traditionally attributed to Homer. It takes place during the Trojan War, the ten year siege of the city of Troy. It tells the battles during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and…