Triptych by Kawanabe Kyōsai depicting a battle of frogs, 1864.
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Kyōsai is considered both Japan’s first political caricaturist and one of the first authors of a manga magazine (Eshunbun Nipponchi).
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Prints to buy here: https://publicdomainreview.org/shop/fine-art-prints/artist/kawanabe-kyosai
Wallpaper.
René Binet, from "Esquisses décoratives" by René Binet & Gustave Geffroy, Paris: n.d. #illustration #art #design https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/wallpaper/
Biologist working in science publishing for 20+ years. Favourite reads: weird fiction; favourite walks: fern-clad lanes in Cornwall; favourite bands: currently King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. Interested in terrariums, park runs, natural world and fiction writing.