about-the-cover-illustration
about the cover illustration
The figure on the cover of Data Pipelines with Apache Airflow, Second Edition, is “Femme de l’Isle de Siphanto” (“Woman from Siphanto Island”), taken from a collection by Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur published in 1797. Each illustration is finely drawn and colored by hand.
In those days, it was easy to identify where people lived and what their trade or station in life was by their dress alone. Manning celebrates the inventiveness and initiative of the computer business with book covers based on the rich diversity of regional culture centuries ago, brought back to life by pictures from collections such as this one.