Lou Bear.

Eternal Silence, from Graceland Cemetery in Chicago. #CemeterySaturday ◾️ I just listed this original drawing in my shop if anyone is interested. www.etsy.com/listing/4373...

Illustration for "A Goreyesque Gala," @artistsbookhouse.bsky.social on October 25th. www.artistsbookhouse.org

L is for Lychgate is one of the entries so brilliantly illustrated by @landisblair.bsky.social in my book A is for Arsenic: An ABC of Victorian Death--available world-wide. It was considered unlucky for bridal parties to pass through the lychgate on the way to church. #TheVictorianBookoftheDead

@benhatke.bsky.social made me a sign so you can find me at SPX.

All set up at SPX at table F9. Hope to see some of you at the show.

Sketching in Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington D.C. #CemeterySaturday

Here we go again…

Monk.

Fox skull.

In case you've missed this Mutual Appreciation Society thread about our books, Chris here published the most delightful (+ very useful reference text) A IS FOR ARSENIC: An ABC of Victorian Death! And @landisblair.bsky.social channeled Edward Gorey in such lovely art: bookshop.org/p/books/a-is...

Waiting... #CemeterySaturday ◾️ I just listed this original drawing in my shop if anyone is interested. www.etsy.com/listing/4364...

T is for Tear Bottle (or rather--a Relentlessly Informative debunking of the legend of the tear bottle) is one of the entries brilliantly illustrated by @landisblair.bsky.social in A is for Arsenic: An ABC of Victorian Death. Available worldwide. Or contact me for wholesale info or signed copies.

Sentinel. ◾️ Congressional Cemetery, Washington D.C.

Inking… #CemeterySaturday

G for Gates Ajar is one of the entries in A is for Arsenic: An ABC of Victorian Death, wonderfully illustrated by @landisblair.bsky.social "Gates Ajar" was one of the most popular funeral flower arrangements of the 19th-20th c. The motif arose from Elizabeth Stuart Phelps' 1868 novel, Gates Ajar.

Conference. #CemeterySaturday Congressional Cemetery, Washington D.C.

Smudge.

Z is for Zinc is one of the entries in A is for Arsenic: An ABC of Victorian Death, with brilliant illustrations by @landisblair.bsky.social "White Bronze" or zinc alloy tombstones were cheap, easily customized, and very durable. Stonecutters lobbied to have them banned from local cemeteries.

Onward…

Rebirth. #CemeterySaturday Ridge View Cemetery, Chicago, IL ◾️ I just listed this original drawing in my shop if anyone is interested. www.etsy.com/listing/4353...

Donkey skull and jaw.

#TheVictorianBookoftheDead D is for Death Token, one of my favorite entries in A is for Arsenic: An ABC of Victorian Death, brilliantly illustrated by @landisblair.bsky.social and available worldwide. Phantom funerals and hearses, corpse candles, ghostly shrouds, the sound of a coffin being made...

Illustration for an art installation inside The Commonwealth in #Memphis.

Inking…

Broken tooth. #CemeterySaturday Stringtown Cemetery, Stringtown, Oklahoma

Happy International Cat Day! ▪️ In honour of such, all pet portraits are 20% through the end of today. www.etsy.com/shop/LandisB...

W is for Weepers is one of the entries in A is for Arsenic: An ABC of Victorian Death (available worldwide), so beautifully illustrated by Landis Blair @landisblair.bsky.social Weepers were both a man's badge of bereavement, tied to the hat, and the crape tied to the door of a house in mourning.

Fritz.

Tumbled. #CemeterySaturday St. Luke Cemetery, Chicago, IL

I made a leap and chose "Y is for Churchyard" in A is for Arsenic: An ABC of Victorian Death, gothically illustrated here by @landisblair.bsky.social. (Available worldwide.) The entry discusses the gruesome state of city churchyards, fears about disease, and the rise of the garden cemetery.

A recent collaboration with @fieldnotesbrand.bsky.social to design their yearly subscription box.

Fallen. #CemeterySaturday ▪️ Norwood Park Home Cemetery, Chicago

#TheVictorianBookoftheDead F is for Fisk is one of the entries in A is for Arsenic: An ABC of Victorian Death, beautifully illustrated by @landisblair.bsky.social. Available worldwide. The photo on the right shows two views of a Fisk cast iron coffin, unearthed in 1927; the occupant was just bones.

If you’re not familiar, The hunting accident by @landisblair.bsky.social & Dave Carlson is worth your time!

Something wicked this way comes.

Delightful treat in the mail from @landisblair.bsky.social! Meticulous hatching - gorgeous and always inspiring! Thanks, Landis!

Deco wall sconce at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.

St. Casimir Catholic Cemetery, Chicago. #CemeterySaturday

Cat.

B is for Bier--an entry in A is for Arsenic: An ABC of Victorian Death. (Wonderful illustrations by @landisblair.bsky.social!) Available worldwide. Victorian wheeled bier and French oak hand-carried bier. Some parishes were adamant about hand-carrying, rather than wheeling, their dead to the grave.

Happy trails.

No-face. #CemeterySaturday A worn down portrait relief on a gravestone in the Chicago Bohemian Cemetery.

Overturned tree. ◾️ I just listed this original drawing in my shop if anyone is interested. www.etsy.com/listing/1813...

And it is fabulous! I especially liked the images from French cemeteries.

Frida.

Pocket Cemeteries have landed! 💀 www.etsy.com/shop/LandisB...

Wreckage. #CemeterySaturday Waldheim Cemetery, Forest Park, IL ◾️ I just listed this drawing in my shop if anyone is interested. www.etsy.com/listing/4330...

Roman bust.