Weird Old Art: Victorian Depiction of Deep Ones

10/10/2011

Since it's a holiday today in the United States and Canada, I thought I'd take a day off from deep thoughts and offer a piece of weird old art from my collection.

The above image comes from a nineteenth century book on natural history, Land and Sea by J. W. Buel (1887), and is meant to depict early land-dwelling creatures. But these might just as well pass for Lovecraft's Deep Ones in their essentials!

1 Comment

James Hutchings link

10/11/2011 05:23:10 am

Hi,

Apologies for the off-topic comment, but the message I sent via your contact form bounced.

I've recently put out an ebook of my writing, called 'The New Death and others'. It includes a verse adaptation of HPL's 'Under the Pyramids' (aka 'Entombed With...' or 'Imprisoned With the Pharaohs'). I've also written similar adaptations of stories by Lord Dunsany, Clark Ashton Smith, and Robert E. Howard.

I was wondering if you'd be interested in doing a review on your blog.

If so, please let me know your email, and what file format is easiest for you, and I'll send you a free copy.

You can download samples from the ebook's pages on Amazon and Smashwords:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005Q8Q8DY (kindle only)

http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/92126 (variety of formats including plain text and pdf)

I'll also link to your review from my blog.

Yours,
James.