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Creatures & Monsters! A Witchy Wednesday article.

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This week's Witchy Wednesday article is all about monsters!  Below is a collection of real historic illustrations, paintings and engravings of fantastically imaginative beasts and very odd creatures!  The Monster of Lake Fagua, 18th century illustration of the monster, describing it as a harpie. A 1784 depiction of the monster having been captured An Eleven-headed Winged Creature German School early 18th century by German School early 18th century. A selection of images from 18th Century Mythical Creatures Engravings by Johann Christian Wilhelm Waitz Creatures   by Theodor Kittelsen Images sourced from The National museum Norway.   https://www.nasjonalmuseet Theodor Kittelsen (1857-1914), The Sea Monster, 1881. The National Museum of Art, Oslo, Norway. Det rusler og tusler rasler og tasler, 1900 (Creepy, Crawly, Rustling, Bustling) Isn't Butterball at home today?" asked the TrollIllustration for "Butterball" Series title Artist: Theodor Kittelsen Creation date: 1...
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Vintage Halloween postcards, a Witchy Wednesday article.

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  Date 1910 Welcome to another Witchy Wednesday, as we are now into October things are getting even more spookier! Each week I shall be posting about things I associate with Halloween! This week its my favourite early 20th Century Halloween postcards. These gorgeous, at times quite weird, postcards became a popular tradition to send to family, friends and love ones. Today these original vintage cards are extremely collectable and due to their age and being mostly copyright free ( please always do your own homework )  great for reprinting and using for art and craft projects. I have added some information to some of the postcards such as age and the artist. I will continue to update if I source additional information. All are original designs, no AI, and sourced from various online libraries and museum archives.  Some great places to do online historical research. https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page https://digitalcollections.nypl.or...
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