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These illustrations by W. Heath Robinson are from a 1909 edition of A Song of the English by Kipling; the illustrations depict cities of the British Empire at the time.

Following a tradition of depicting cities as women, Robinson adds a personal and a distinctive art nouveau-touch to the illustrations, which depict clockwise from top left:

Calcutta - Cape Town - Quebec and Montreal - Singapore - Sydney

(Read the book and see the rest of the wonderful illustrations here)

So. Cool.