Items matching chapterheads

chapterheads: illustrations used to decorate the start of a chapter in a book.

Synonyms: chapter openings, printers' ornaments, flourishes

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Cherubs carrying books

Pentateuch of Printing with a Chapter on Judges (1891)

Anatomically correct cherubs carrying books through the undergrowth.

Keywords: cherubs, books, nudity, bare feet, chapterheads

Places shown: unspecified

Added: 2006-01-21

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Cherubs with Handprints

Pentateuch of Printing with a Chapter on Judges (1891)

A naughty cherub makes handprints on everything, including his naked companion

Keywords: cherubs, nudity, bare feet, chapterheads

Places shown: unspecified

Added: 2006-01-21

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Cherubs on a book

Pentateuch of Printing with a Chapter on Judges (1891)

Two tiny cherubs on the spine of an a book. They face away from us.

Keywords: cherubs, books, nudity, bare feet, chapterheads, christmas

Places shown: unspecified

Added: 2006-01-21

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If I had a broomstick 1

A Treasury of Verse for Little Children (1923)

Illustration above the start of the poem “If I Had a Broomstick” showing a boy dreaming that he could fly on a broomstick. Maybe he was reading Harry Potter books? The illustration is signed K. Nixon [...]

Keywords: chapterheads, illustrations for children, children, occult, people, fantasy

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-08-06

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Oxford

Oxford (Haslehust and How) (1910)

Line illustration from first page of the book.

Keywords: towns, chapterheads

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2006-01-20

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The Gorgon’s Head

Myths Every Child Should Know (1914)

A silhouette of Perseus with shield and sword, and with winged sandals on his feet. This is a Chapter-head illustration for “The Gorgon’s Head.” There is also a detail of this picture, showing just P [...]

Keywords: people, mythology, weapons, chapterheads, wings, illustrations for children

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-08-19

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The Golden Touch

Myths Every Child Should Know (1914)

Chapter-head illustration for “The Golden Touch,” the story of King Midas. A person with a helmet (or vigorously spiked hair) and seen as a silhouette stands knee-deep in a lake and pours water from a [...]

Keywords: water, people, mythology, chapterheads, illustrations for children

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-08-04

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The Chimæra

Myths Every Child Should Know (1914)

Chapter-head illustration for “The Chimæra” or, “The Chimera” as one might write today. Two children are shown in silhouette on a shore by the edge of a forest. The boy (seated) wears a shirt and sh [...]

Keywords: children, people, bare feet, trees, chapterheads, illustrations for children

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-07-29

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Perseus

Myths Every Child Should Know (1914)

A detail from the chapter head illustration, showing Perseus, with shield uplifted to hide from the Gorgon’s eye, sword at the ready, and of course with wings on his feet (or ankles).

Keywords: people, mythology, weapons, chapterheads, wings, illustrations for children

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-08-19

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Heraldic chapter head

The New World (1671)

This woodcut was at the start of a chapter. It features two mermen, I think ,holding a shield bearing an armorial crest.

Keywords: chapterheads, ornaments, heraldry

Places shown: none

Added: 2008-04-16

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Chapter Heading woodcut featuring a flaming heart

A Compleat Collection of English Proverbs (1737)

This decorative woodcut was used at the top of the first page of a chapter or section, as a decorative element. It features a heart on a pillar; there are flames bursting out of the heart, and the fla [...]

Keywords: decorations, hearts, chapterheads

Places shown: none

Added: 2008-06-23

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Chapter Heading Woodcut featuring Neptune and Mermaids

A Compleat Collection of English Proverbs (1737)

A decorative woodcut from above the Introduction; it is not related to the text. The engraving features Neptune, the God of the Ocean; he is naked, crowned, complete with trident, and rides a chariot [...]

Keywords: mythical creatures, mermaids, water, horses, transport, chapterheads

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-10-10

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