Magazine of Art Illustrated

Images from The Magazine of Art. Illustrated (c. 1878), published by Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London, Paris and New York.

I have marked these images as being in the public domain, but I am actually not certain if this is correct in all cases. You have been warned!

Front Cover

The front cover of the book is green and gold.

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Colossal Bull

By M. Cain. Grand Basin of the Trocadéro Palace.) [more...]

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Grotesque Head

By M. Legrain. From the Cascade Basin. [at the Paris Exhibition of 1878] [more...]

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Grotesque Head [detail]

A good picture for All-Souls Night or Halloween!

A detail from Grotesque Head

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Lord John Russell

By J. E. Boehm, A.R.A. Exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1880. [more...]

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St. George and the Dragon

An engraving showing a statue of St. George slaying the dragon, by J. E. Boehm, A.R.A. St. George is here depicted as an almost-naked man riding a horse, a Roman centurian wearing only sandals and a helmet, with a cape flowing about his shoulders and a spear [...] [more...]

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St. George and the Dragon [detail]

A detail from St. George and the Dragon showing the dragon’s head.

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Heraldic Dragon.

The dragon is, perhaps, the most venerable symbol employed in ornamental art. (p. 375) [more...]

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Decorative Initial T With Dragons

An initial used for a drop cap (drop capital, or decorative initial) in this 1880 book. The initial is a letter “T” and has two dragons in it. It is signed with a monogram LFD, [...] [more...]

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Decorative Initial T With Dragons (Borderless Version)

This is a version of the drop cap letter t with a dragon but without the gray border around it, to make it a little more versatile. You can use the smaller sizes directly in your Web pages if you like. In the book it spans 14 lines of text. [more...]

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Shelter.

Shelter by Arthur Hopkins. [more...]

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Music

Music by Raphael Collin. [more...]

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