The Illustrated London News which was published on the 14 th May 1842 was the worlds first illustrated newspaper and featured two pages of...
The German Renaissance
It was in 1450 that the first printing press was invented by the German printer Johannes Gutenberg which provided huge stimulus to printmake...
Medieval Illustrations
Books were made working on leather from cows using the technique called ‘illumination’ from which this practice gets its name and involved ...
Prehistory Illustrations
Before writing had been invented, drawings on the walls of caves in charcoal or ochre were used to draw aspects of daily life and the enviro...
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