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Illustrated histories

skip.knox

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No specific resource here, but a search strategy. A great way to find pictures that resonate with fantasy writers, at least ones who incline toward epic fantasy, is to find 19thc pictures. That was the heyday of detailed, overly-Romantic images of the past. So I do this.

steel engraving <topic>

Sometimes useful is

19th century painting <topic>

but that's a little more hit-and-miss.

And, finally, to find both text and pictures, try this one

illustrated history of <topic>

The Net is a wonderful place.
 
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