Albert Robida
Albert Robida (1848-1926) was a french illustrator and science fiction writer. You can find a good article about his life here. Below is a small sampling of this prolific artist’s work.
“Going to the Opera in the Year 2000”
1880 illustration of something eerily like a flat-screen television
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These are just a couple of the free gems waiting for the collage/assemblage artist at the Old Design Shop. All images are out of copyright, so they are royalty free and ready to be printed and used in your own paper art.
Steampunk Art by Brian Kesinger
steampunk avengers by BrianKesinger on deviantART.
Brian Kesinger is a wonderful illustrator/artist with definite Steampunk tendencies. I ended up on his site because of the image above, but was totally charmed by his series of images depicting the friendship between be-bustled lady Victoria and her octopus, Otto. He recently appeared at SteamCon in LA and his artwork was featured on the schedule, pictured among the Otto and Victoria images below.
For Whom the Gear Turns 