Looking for some incredible fore-edge painting inspiration? Check out some of the illustrations from the past. They’re especially impressive when you move the pages!
“Autumn” by Robert Mudie. Photo: Special Collections & University Archives at the University of Iowa.
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Henry Longfellow from The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Photo: The Swem Library.
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A two-way double fore-edge painting from The Book of The Thames (1859), slanted one way. Photo: The Swem Library.
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Spider monkeys from a fore-edge painting on The Natural History of Monkeys (1838). Photo: The Swem Library.
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Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden on side of The Bible (1795). Photo: Albert H. Wiggin Collection/Boston Public Library.
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“Summer” by Robert Mudie. Photo: Special Collections & University Archives at the University of Iowa.
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“Winter” by Robert Mudie. Photo: Special Collections & University Archives at the University of Iowa.
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“Spring” by Robert Mudie. Photo: Special Collections & University Archives at the University of Iowa.
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