Femme de lysle de Nootka
Habit of a Woman of the Christianoux
Sauvage iroquois
An Indian Warrior of Canada
Iroquois allant à la Découverte (Iroquois going exploring)
Sauvage du Canada (Wild Man of Canada)
Homme Acadien (Acadian Man)
Homme & Femme Ottawas
Man and woman from the Nipissing tribe
Homme et Femme Iroquois
Sauvagesse de la Baye de Hudson
Artist: Grasset de Saint-Sauveur, Jacques, 1757-1810
These are a selection from Library and Archives Canada
D. Eberhard David Hauber. Biliotheca Acta et Scripta Magica. Lemod : Joh. Heinrich Mener, 1739. Page 0.3206 in The Fantastic in Art and fiction.
Drawing from the 1889 book "A Handbook of Descriptive and Practical Astronomy" by George Chambers (Clarendon Press:London).
Eclipse drawing from "Fourteen Weeks in Descriptive Astronomy" by J. Dorman Steele, 1873 (Barnes and Co., NY). During this eclipse, Francis Baily noticed bright flashes of light from around the limb of the moon, later named 'Baily’s Beads’ in his honor.
Eclipse drawing from "Fourteen Weeks in Descriptive Astronomy" by J. Dorman Steele, 1873 (Barnes and Co., NY). Note the complex streamers and helmet-like plumes.
Drawing of the 1860 eclipse by G. Tempel.
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