Items matching animals taken from Hone’s Everyday Book (1826)
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Pictures from The Everyday Book and Table Book, by William Hone, 1826, London.
The illustrations are probably by George Cruikshank.
There is also an entry in the Nuttall Encyclopædia for William Hone and another for George Cruikshank.
The book has been scanned entirely and low-resolution page images of the full book are online hosted by Google.
| Hare and Tabor Hone’s Everyday Book (1826)
Every image collection needs a picture of a hare or rabbit beating a drum, so here it is! “Ben Jonson’s mentionm of the hare that beat the tabor at Bartholomew Fair in his time, is noticed by the inde [...] Keywords: music, animals Places shown: none Added: 2006-01-09 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | | Aries Hone’s Everyday Book (1826)
Aries comes under the entry for the 20th of March: “Aries, or the ram, as a zodiacal sign, is said to have been derived by the Greeks from the golden fleece brought from Colchis by Jason, about 1263 y [...] Keywords: zodiac, astrology, months, aries, animals, sheep, march, april Places shown: none Added: 2006-07-05 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested |
| | December Hone’s Everyday Book (1826)
(page 1543)An old tonsured man wearing a monk’s robe and a gown is supping lustily from a giant bowl of liquid. He rides a goat, representing the lasciviousness of the festivals at December.A poem un [...] Keywords: people, bowls, winter, animals, goats, monks, calendars, months, december, christmas Places shown: none Added: 2006-01-09 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested |
| January Hone’s Everyday Book (1826)
(page 2; there is one of these for each month)A mean wearing warm boots, coat and hat walks through the snow, blowing on his hands to warm them, and is accompanied by a dog. The rooves of a nearby far [...] Keywords: snow, animals, dogs, people, winter, months, calendars, january Places shown: none Added: 2006-01-16 + S K L R N |
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| A beast devours a human heart Hone’s Everyday Book (1826)
This illustration appears in the entry for February 14t, St. Valentine’s Day. “remember, my dear girl, that as smiles on the face sometimes conceal cruel dispositions, so there are some who write Vale [...] Keywords: romance, symbols, animals Places shown: none Added: 2006-12-26 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | | Bona Dea - The Earth Hone’s Everyday Book (1826)
(Frontispiece) Earth is represented as a woman with twelve stars forming a halo around the crown on her head, and a lion beside her. She is depicted inside a picture frame at whose corners are the fou [...] Keywords: people, animals, zodiac Places shown: none Added: 2006-01-09 + S K L R N |
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| July Hone’s Everyday Book (1826)
A naked and barefoot bearded man rides a lion, holding reins. He carries a two-handed scythe strapped to his back, with a sickle at his side, and laughs, with his right arm arm raised. The lion appe [...] Keywords: people, animals, lions, nudity, bare feet, scythes, summer, calendars, months, july Places shown: none Added: 2006-02-28 + S K L R N |
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