Tag: 1900s 19th century
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Boo! A peek into the iconography of the rearing dinosaur.
By Ilja Nieuwland Parisians who visited a newsstand or book store in the spring of 1886 were confronted with the frightening prospect of a dinosaurian intrusion into their sixth-floor apartments. It was introduced to them by a poster that was part of the advertising campaign for French author Camille Flammarion’s new book (and newspaper serial)…