etchings

Recently I borrowed a book full of etchings pre 1850. Sweet imagery throughout the book that could easily be used in some of my work. Especially when scanned in at high resolution and cropped so you can see the individual marks. However looking through the book, I started to question some of the images. Because etching was used for documenting the real, you feel as though everything in the book represents the real. However, this image along with a few others challenge that idea....