Vladimir Borovikovsky (1757-1825) ~ Archangel Michael, oil on canvas, 1815.

Engraved frontispiece from The Laboratory; or, School of Arts by Godfrey Smith,1750.

Achille Calzi (1873 – 1919) ~ The Witch , mixed media, 1913.

Heinrich Vogeler (1872-1942) ~ Death and the Old, etching, 1896.

Achille Calzi (1873 – 1919) ~ illustration for Les Fleurs du Mal, mixed media on paper, 1913.

Achille Calzi (1873 – 1919) ~ illustration for Fleurs du Mal, 1913.

Henry Stacy Marks (1829 - 1898) ~ Study of a Vulture, watercolour over black chalk on paper, date unknown.

Hans Bellmer (1902–1975) ~ Alice and the Mad Hatter, etching 1972.

Born today...Jean De Bosschere, 5 July 1878, Uccle, Belgium.

illustration for The Love Books of Ovid, 1925.

Johannes Dryander (1500-1560) ~ Anatomy engraving 1537.