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.

Rosaleen Norton (1917 –1979)~ Sleeping Diana (Circa 1935), oil on board c1935.

Early work of Nortons when studying and modelling at Norman Lindsay's Springwood studio in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney.

Fausta Vittoria Mengarini (1893-1952) ~ Medusa, bronze bas-relief medallion c1920

Leonor Fini (1908 - 1996) ~ Sabbath Resurrection, etchings, 1957.

Charles Gir (1883-1941) ~ illustration for Luxure a collection of poems by Maurice Dekobra, 1924.

Manuel Orazi (1860-1934) ~ illustration for Les Fleurs du Mal by Charles Baudelaire, 1934.

Illustration from The Ladies' Academy by Nicolas Chorier ,1782

Artemisia Gentileschi (1593- 1653) ~ Maria Maddalena as Melancholy, oil on canvas, date unknown.

Agapit Vallmitjana Barbany (1832-1905) ~ La tradicion, from the art journal Mercurio (Barcelona) 1912.

Dolorosa de la Cruz ~ Kali, gouache and gold paint on paper, 2020.

Charles William Pitcher (1858-1925) ~ Costume design for A Trip to the Moon, watercolour, 1898.

Kay Sage ~ The Great Impossible, Watercolour, charcoal & mixed media, 1961.

Sofia Bassi (1913-1998) ~ La lagrima del mundo, oil on masonite 1974.

Josef Váchal (1884 - 1969) ~ Witch, coloured woodcut on paper, 1910.

Alphonse Maria Mucha (1860-1939) ~ Dreaming , pastel drawing, date unknown.