illustration

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Here is Melville’s literary leviathan fantastically adorned with more than 270 of Kent’s black-and-white illustrations, many of them a full page in size.

From The Wall Street Journal

"This work is a good illustration of how our knowledge of the solid Earth enhances our ability to understand the climate system," says Ajourlou.

From Science Daily

We learn that Renoir’s scenes of contemporary life often served as illustrations for books and periodicals, and discover the influence of the requirements of reproduction on his technique.

From The Wall Street Journal

An illustration featuring trees will replace a lion rampant holding a saltire flag.

From BBC

But this takeover is an illustration of how cinema's golden age has faded.

From BBC