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enchantedbook · 1 year

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Α Browny sweeping the floor Illustration by Alice B Woodward, 1910

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nocountryforiguanodon · 1 month

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Wet Woodward Wednesday Welcome one and all to Woodward Wednesdays, where we celebrate the works of Alice B. Woodward, possibly the earliest female paleoartist to restore a wide range taxa in works of undeniable artistic - not just scientific - merit. Today I'll walk you through Paleozoic underwater scenes she drew for Evolution in the Past (1912).

The first one depicts the Cambrian, and any modern lover of paleoart is probably going to ask what exactly is Cambrian about it? Where are the big stars of Burgess Shale from Anomalocaris to Hallucigenia to Pab the Snab a.k.a. Opabinia? They simply weren't known well enough: that big jelly may actually be the mouth of Peytoia, a radiodont related to Anomalocaris, which got misidentified as a jellyfish at one point:

It's unfortunate we didn't get to see any lobopods from Woodward. At least there are many other periods to cover like Ordovician:

It's hard to avoid wondering if people thought of Ordovician as the peaceful period of life, or even the boring one, with the most exciting things being graceful crinoids swaying in the waves and trilobites scittering on the sea floor. No terrifying sea scorpions or eldritch Orthoceras to haunt your nightmares.

I'm jumping right past Silurian and into Devonian, because that scene was already covered in an earlier Woodward Wednesday. Fish predictably make their first appearance (as earlier vertebrates had barely been discovered yet) in the form of placoderms and ostracoderms. There's even an ammonoid crawling on the sea floor next to Drepanaspis looking curiously like a Devonian roomba. Then again, that probably describes the feeding ecology of Drepanaspis pretty well.

The Permian marine life scene feels almost daring now, a century later. Just a bunch of regular fish and molluscs having a nice day in the sea, no rake toothed reptilians or rotary saw sharkoids or even the humble Hybodus to be seen. The temptation to make the illustrations more thrilling was surely a thing back then as much as it is now, but our standards have shifted. Aquariums were still a relatively new thing and hadn't quite made their big break into households, so these lifelike undersea scenes may have been far more exciting for an early 20th century reader. Curiously, Evolution in the Past does not include any Carboniferous scenes illustrated by Alice Woodward. Why this is, I cannot tell. If you know of other sources of Carboniferous life depicted by her in some sources, please let me know.

#vintage paleoart #paleoart #Woodward Wednesdays #Alice B Woodward #fish #trilobites #paleozoic #Cambrian #Ordovician #Devonian #Permian #fossils

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thebeautifulbook · 1 year

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THE PRINCESS OF HEARTS by Sheila Braine. (Chicago: Higgins, c.1899) Illustrated by Alice B. Woodward.

#beautiful books #book blog #books books books #book cover #books #vintage books #illustrated book #children’s book #victorian era #alice b woodward #fairy story

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thebeautyofblacklines · 2 years

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lepetitdragonvert · 6 months

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The Brownies and other Tales by Juliana Horatia Ewing

George Bell & Sons

London

1910

An Idyll of the Wood

Artist : Alice B. Woodward

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thefugitivesaint · 2 years

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Alice Bolingbroke Woodward (1862-1951), ''The Story of Peter Pan'' by Daniel O'Connor, 1915 Source

#alice bolingbroke woodward #alice b. woodward #english artists #peter pan #daniel o'connor #james matthew barrie #j.m. barrie #vintage art #mermaids

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heaveninawildflower · 2 years

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Front cover and selected colour illustrations by Alice B. Woodward taken from ‘The Peter Pan Picture Book’ by J. M. Barrie.

Published 1907 by G. Bell & Sons.

Boston Public Library

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#children's books #children's illustration #Alice B. Woodward #J. M. Barrie #vintage illustration

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dancing4heaven · 8 months

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nabwastaken · 3 months

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For the ask game, Bill Woodward, fighter of the horrid printer?

Headcanon A: what I think realistically

Bill legitimately tries to be a good dad to Alice but always just falls short

Headcanon B: what I think is fucking hilarious

He is Bisexual but doesn't know. He just assumes it's normal to start out being attracted to both genders and just end up choosing one.

C: what is heart-crushing and awful but fun to inflict on friends

Bill still has some unresolved trauma about the entire "Catching your wife cheating on you thing" but he never talks about it with Alice or Paul. The real reason he hates Ted is because he's such a home wrecker in so many relationships (I doubt Ted himself slept with Alice's mom tho)

D: what would never work with canon but the canon is shit so I believe it anyway

uhh

Bill likes anime

#starkid #hatchetverse #team starkid #hatchetfield universe #bill woodward

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quatermasspitt · 14 days

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'Jurassic plesiosaurians' by Alice B. Woodward, from Evolution in the past by Henry R. Knipe, 1912

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21155471#page/157/mode/1up

#plesiosaur #vintage dinosaur art #palaeoart #alice woodward #sea monster #pliosaur

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farieshades · 2 years

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What parts (if any) would you change about Harry Potter?

I had the initial thought of “Scrape it all and start anew” but as I was writing that I was deeply reminded that the books, while deeply problematic in multiple ways, were a core part of a lot of people’s lives.

So, what would I change? I can think of 5 main things off the top of my head.

Slavery

And by that I mean, of course, the entire race being enslaved by Wix that only Hermione seems to find problematic. Like, there is absolutely no need for this. The Weasley house doesn’t have any House elves and yet there is enchantments on items to do the work for them, and in the Fantastic Beasts series we see a meal being made by a flick of a wand. So what’s to stop them from going ‘all these things can be done by magic’ not a slave race that ‘enjoy’ their status as slaves to wix.

Now, Nothingeverlost on tiktok does a video to a comment on how “She took brownies and tisted them into an enslaved society that people could abuse and belittle” and their video spoke about how Brownies/Brooni/eBrùnaidh/Gruagach worked on their free will and would be paid in a way for their service through milk or bread or cream, but these weren’t elves, they were household spirits.

[Illustration of a brownie sweeping with a handmade broom by Alice B. Woodward from Wikipedia]

So, what part would I change? Just the entire removal of this. It serves nothing in the lens of household chores and cooking. The only actions that it seemed to serve was when Regulus ordered Kreature to get out of the cave to destroy the locket. This could reliably have been done without the aspect of slavery put into place and most of the House Elf characters could have easily been replaced with just plain workers and staff.

2. Jewish representation.

I’m realising this is the second post im mentioning both House Elves and Goblins, but thats just a neat fact to myself.

Goblins, as throughout history, have been portrayed with antisemitism stereotypes and carictures [https://www.ushmm.org/collections/the-museums-collections/collections-highlights/500-years-of-antisemitic-propaganda-the-katz-ehrenthal-collection] , which isn’t a Harry Potter series issue, but a historical one in general that, apparently, a few articles have mentioned earlier in 2022. But nevertheless, there is still the portrayal of the Goblins with hateful anti-semetic tropes running the underground bank for Wix, while being called untrustworthy, greedy, and generally not positive.

Indeed, our first look in the books is in Philosopher’s Stone, when Hagrid, who raises monsters as a passion, warns Harry about goblins before he enters Gringotts with "They're goblins, Harry. Clever as they come, goblins, but not the most friendly of beasts." Despite the fact that Goblins are not "beasts," but rather a fully sentient, intelligent race much like humans.

I am of Jewish descent from my parents, thought I've only started reclaiming my faith through readings and research due to displacement from WW2, so i'm not quite 'qualified' to speak on matters like this in my opinion, but I wanted to mention it anyway, as it has distinctly been identified by others in the past. The images from Nazis look also strickingly like the Goblins we also see in the show, such as "Der Ewige Jude" and other such pictures and works.

[Der Ewige Jude - Ein Dokumentarfilm Uber Das Weltjudentum - Gertaltung: Firtz Hippler - Musik: Franz R Friedl - Herstellung u. Vertrieb: Deutsche Filmherstellungs u Verwertungs || The Eternal Jew - A documentary about World Jewry [The term Weltjudentum is derogatory for a global network of influential Jews that supposedly rules the world or aims at that] - Directed by Fritz Hippler - Music by Franz R. Friedl - Production and distribution: German film production and processing]

Now, in folklore, goblins are often depicted as cruel creatures, untrustworthy and likely to take any item they could get their hands on, not bankers that want to be in control of an economy with paper pushers and cartriders and dragon tamers in their heirarchical employ. This doesn't help with the lessons Hogwarts teaches in the droll class that Professor Binns teaches on that there are centuries of goblin oppression, segregation, mistrust, bad relations, exclusions, and revolts.

[Illustration of hooked nosed, hunched backed, dark haired with beard Jew with hands clasped together with a sense of greed or untrustworthy/connvining expression]

Of course, there is antisemetism through the works unrelated to the Goblins as well

The only canonically known Jewish character is Anthony Goldstein, and possibly the other Goldstein family members, which when it was announced did feel like a random name she remembered being said but then, Anthony is a Ravenclaw and we don’t see much of them outside of Cho and Luna.

Now, Frankie_Rose19 on Reddit mentions Severus Snape "being hook nosed, pale, dark hair and eyes and very academically minded and ambitious when he was younger is Jewish coded", they also reference Hermione in that. Now, Snape has a lot of symbolism that has been used to depict villains, and unfortunately, alot of that is based in antisemetic roots, but then Wix religion isn't quite talked about. Which makes sense in a heavily Christianized Europe under the KJV belief of "Thou shalt not suffer a Witch to live". Now on Snape, I think @prismatic-bell has a post for the topic there.

So, what part would I change? Do we need to have Goblins running a bank, because I don’t think so. I like that there is mythical, sentient creatures, but the steeped antisemitism in their depiction within the race is unnecessary. The existence of Goblins could still be around the HP universe, but why are the Wix trusting a race known for untrustworthyness to protect their money when there have been revolts in the past. According to History taught by Binns, its that there is a law that prevents Wix from opening their own bank, but in what world [well, obviously this one] did Goblins want to serve Wix when Wix treat them as an inferior race.

And on the other religious representation, there could have been more characters than an offhanded comment by the creator. Rather, there could be plenty of references to diverse backgrounds, even in simple comments like offering a dish at the dining table to have someone refuse it or a piece of jewlery that is noted on.

3. Just to say fuck you, Trans!Hermione, because I too am a bookish fiend who will info dump onto unsuspecting friends, and I too am most assuredly not cis. And, like the above statement, the potential of Jewish-coded Hermione.

4. Wix Gay Marriage Rights.

No idea if there’s any comment on this in the books, but I want there to be. Even just an offhand couple doing random shopping things. Or two classmates getting together and it being told about through Lavender (who doesn’t change from a POC to a white girl when she becomes a love interest thanks).

5. The Dursleys.

There is alot wrong here.

In the first chapter of Philosopher Stone, young Harry is sent to live with his non-magical Aunt and Uncle proceeding the murder of his parents. While standing on the end of the street and conversing with Professor McGonagall, Dumbledore says, “It’s the best place for him— His aunt and uncle will be able to explain everything to him when he’s older. I’ve written them a letter.” The Dursley’s were incredibly neglectful towards Harry. Harry often went days without meals and spent weeks locked inside the cupboard under the stairs. Later in Half-Blood Prince we also get the wonderful quote of “You have never treated Harry as a son. He has known nothing but neglect and often cruelty at your hands. The best that can be said is that he has at least escaped the appalling damage you have inflicted upon the unfortunate boy sitting between you.”

In fact, there are many times (at least once a year according to Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone) when the Dursley family went on holiday and they left Harry behind with Ms Figg. In 1995, she admitts that while she didn’t enjoy it, she intentionally kept Harry bored and miserable, as she thought that the Dursleys would remove him from her care if they thought he enjoyed it.

So, what part would I change? I’d choose to show the audience that the depictions of abuse are horrifying. That the adults, Vernon and Petunia, should have been punished. I’ve no idea what the Child Protective Services looked like in 1980-1998 but surely something could have been done. If not by the muggles, then by Ms Figg who was in contact with Dumbledore, and I don’t care how important the blood wards were, that's no excuse to leave a child in an abusive home environment. I’d also try to give positive muggle influences in the series outside of vague references to Hermione’s parents.

#Goblins #house elves #harry potter #dursleys #Trans!Hermione #antisemetism tw

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blairstales · 1 year

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Should You Leave Offerings for Fairies? | Scottish Folklore

This post will be different in opinion from the common modern one, so for a quick disclaimer: having different folklore from mine does not make yours wrong. Different areas may have different fairy rules, and stories can change over time.

My sources tend to be late 1800’s to early 1900’s in Scotland, so not exactly modern.

My point is that you are all more than welcome here, even if you don’t agree, and please don’t sharpen your pitchforks and come after me.

Yes, you can leave offerings for fairies.

I know that the general modern advice is “don’t leave offerings or give gifts to fairies,” but historically in Scotland, many people did leave offerings and actually felt like it was necessary to.

As well as that, some people still leave out offering even today. There are elderly people who follow old traditions, and people visit clouty trees and other locations to leave offerings specifically with fairies in mind.

Brownies are the most common example of offering gifts in folklore. They are a type of domestic fairy that will help with chores in exchange for gifts of food.

(Illustration of a brownie by Alice B Woodward)

They are not alone in this custom, either. Even those so-called “Christmas gnomes” are actually from Scandinavian folklore, and have many different names(including tomte, nisse, tomtenisse, and tonttu) and seem to be cousins of the brownie. You treat them well, and they help with chores.

There are some dangers for leaving gifts. For example, leaving a gift other than food may cause them to leave, and forgetting to give something all together may offend them and lead to pranks.

Another example is the cat-sith. For that fairy (whose name means “cat fairy”), people would leave out a bowl of milk during Halloween for the cat-sith and also try to distract it with games when people died.

So yes, people have historically left out gifts for fairies without harm, and some still do today.

#faeries #fae #fae folk #faerie #fairies #fairy #scottishfolklore #scottish folklore #scottish mythology #scottish myths #FairyBasics #fairybasics #sith #sidhe #ScottishFolkoreBasics

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nocountryforiguanodon · 2 months

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Announcing Woodward Wednesdays

I have for a while wanted to post paleoart by the regrettably underappreciated early paleoartist, illustrator and a pioneer of females in paleoart, Alice B. Woodward. I originally planned a big post for International Women's Day, but my inability to keep on schedule scuttled those plans. To make up for that mistake, I'm announcing a recurring weekly theme: Woodward Wednesdays! I'll be sharing some select works by Alice Woodward that I've been trying to clean up and retouch from old scans of books, so they won't be quite on par with scanned or photographed originals, which if exist are behind paywalls. Hopefully they'll be some of the best freely available versions of her works anyway. As a taster of things to come, I want to kick things off with three rarely reproduced images from Evolution in the Past by Henry R. Knipe, from 1912.

This untitled illustration faces the title page, and is more symbolic than realistic, but showcases Woodward's talent more generally as an illustrator.

Titled "Silurian Marine Life" this piece almost feels like a still life, and simultaneously could be a neat little museum diorama. Also that orthocone is strangely adorable.

While it's Woodward's work on dinosaurs that most usually gets remembered in our time, she also illustrated both Paleozoic and Cenozoic life, perhaps more than Mesozoic taxa. This piece features Inostrancevia hunting pareiasaurs from the water, a highly dynamic scene the like of which I do not believe I've seen in paleoart either from this era or after.

#vintage paleoart #paleoart #dinosaurs #Paleozoic #paleoartist #Woodward Wednesdays

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thebeautifulbook · 2 years

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