of monsters and maidens

bibliOdyssey has this cool posting on well, monsters and maidens:

"Femme Assise Fumant l'Opium"
1823 crayon drawing by Alexandre Bida

"Une loge d'Actrice" by Victor Giraud

watercolour sketch 3rd quarter 19th cent.

'Grande découverte d'un monstre

extraordinaire dans la forêt des Ardennes'
In: "Monstres humains, Géants, Nains, Centenaires, hommes
extraordinaires, singuliers, et autres bizarreries de la nature"(undated)

look at the original post on bibliOdyssey