Thursday, August 25, 2011

19th-Century Anthropomorphic Animals from the NYPL Archives

These weird and wonderful anthropomorphic animals from the 1800s culled from NYPL's Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection, including some early six-panel comic strips, with original captions from the collection and brimming with the subtle humor of the era — a fine fictional complement to the very real emotional lives of animals.



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