Items matching carving (results page 1)

Bust of William of Wykeham. 1394. The Lives of British Architects from William of Wykeham to Sir William Chambers (1909)

On a corbel in Muniment Room, Winchester College. The photograph shows a stone bust of William of Wykeham, wearing a bishop’s mitre and carrying a bishop’s crook. “Although William of Wykeham can in a [...]

Keywords: portraits, carving, statuary, people, religion, interiors, greyscale

Places shown: Winchester; Hampshire; England

Added: 2007-05-28

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Gable End, Shrewsbury. Art in England During the Elizabethan and Stuart Periods (1908)

The gable-end post is at one end of the roof; this one has a figure, probably female, on the top, standing on a face, with a coiled rope carved beneath that, and a smiling bearded man’s face at the bo [...]

Keywords: gothic architecture, architecture, carving, statuary, faces, beards, greyscale

Places shown: Shrewsbury; Shropshire; England

Added: 2012-06-27

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Figure of Christ with Heathen Symbols. A Short History of the English People (1902)

From barrow of Gorm and Thyra, Jutland. Worsaae, “Industrial Arts of Denmark.” This was next to the engraving of the silver cup in the book. Found in the huge double barrow in which the heathen king G [...]

Keywords: religion, carving, druids, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-11-02

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583.—Bracket, Chapter Housse, Lincoln. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

They don’t make brackets like this any more! A carved stone folaiate bracket with a human face or head at the base. This is surely the sort of Gothic ornament that inspired the Gothic Revival!

Keywords: architecture, ornaments, carving, greyscale

Places shown: Lincoln; Lincolnshire; English

Added: 2012-03-27

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584.—Bracket, Lincoln. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A bracket, possibly a corbel supporting the end of an arch, in the form of a winged angel holding a shield with a cross on it.

Keywords: angels, statuary, carving, religion, spirit, christmas, greyscale

Places shown: Lincoln; Lincolnshire; England

Added: 2008-12-09

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585.—Boss, Nave, Lincoln. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A woodcut showing a medieval wooden boss, or decorative carving, in this case with a rose motif, used to cover a joint in the Nave of Lincoln Cathedral, possibly in the ceiling. I also made a somewhat [...]

Keywords: ornaments, architecture, carving, greyscale

Places shown: Lincoln; Lincolnshire; England

Added: 2011-04-27

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Boss, Nave, Lincoln Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

I took th woodcut of the boss snd coloured it as it might (or might not) have been painted.

Keywords: colour, art, carving, ornaments, architecture

Places shown: Lincoln; Lincolnshire; England

Added: 2011-04-27

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933.—Early English Foliage Bracket. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A wood-engraving showing a stone bracket, a mediaeval [US: medieval; in this book mediæval] carving with grapes and leaves and two birds.

Keywords: decorative elements, carving, architecture, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2008-10-10

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934.—Gable Crosses. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Crosses from the gables at the ends of the roof of Salisbury Cathedral. There are three crosses in the picture, so I have marked it as being for Christmas, or for Epiphany or even Easter perhaps, beca [...]

Keywords: crosses, stonework, gothic architecture, carving, christmas, xmas, easter, religion, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Salisbury; Wiltshire; English

Added: 2012-12-01

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Mirror-Frame (A Wood Carving by Panciera Besarel, of Venice) Magazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

[A] mirror-frame by a Venetian wood-carver named Panciera Besarel, whose work exhibits more character and plasticity than perhaps any other Italian that could be named. (p. 265) The wreath of cherubs [...]

Keywords: cherubs, romance, mirrors, sculture, carving, bare feet, nudity, wings, mythical creatures, borders, frames, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-01-16

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XXXIV.—Monument in the Cemetary of Père Lachaise, Paris. Monumental Architecture (1910)

Monumental architecture. XXXIV.—Monument in the Cemetary of Père Lachaise, Paris. Albert Bartholomé, sculptor. A stone entranceway is marked Aux Morts, which is, To Death; we see a naked man and a nak [...]

Keywords: sculpture, statuary, carving, monuments, nudity, bare feet, death, architecture, people, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-12-11

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