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Frontispiece: Edward VII Taking the Oath Royal Children of English History (1904)

Edward (not yet King Edward) strikes a kingly pose with one hand on his hip, wearing attractive purple, with an ermine robe and a gold chain, as he prepares to try on the crown, which he thinks is ver [...]

Keywords: kings, people, beards, royalty, colour, robes, costumes, crowns

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Added: 2012-09-08

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Front Cover detail: jester reading a book Bill Nye’s History of England (1900)

A man in a red jester’s mediaeval outfit reads a book. At first I thought he was a gnome or pixie, but in fact a jester is more appropriate for the cover of this humorous book!

Keywords: people, costumes, books, colour

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Added: 2006-06-10

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Sitting in the pew The Old Peabody Pew (1907)

This detail from the front cover of the book shows five people sitting in a row during a church service. They are wearing old-fashioned clothing. A floral border of mistletoe surrounds the image.

Keywords: people, churches, religion, interiors, costumes, christmas, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-01-06

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Frontispiece 3: Capt. E. J. Smith Wreck and Sinking of the Titanic (1912)

Keywords: people, portraits, beards, uniforms, costumes, titanic, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-09-24

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Frontispiece: The Kirk collection Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character (1911)

The Kirk Collection, From a water-colour drawing by Henry W. Kerr, A.R.S.A., R.S.W. An elder of the church leans over the side ot a pew with a wooden “ladle” for the church collection of money; a man [...]

Keywords: people, interiors, costumes, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: Scotland

Added: 2009-02-07

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A Mameluke in Full Armour. Pictureseque Egypt Vol II (1878)

We have seen how deplorable was the condition of the country [1790s Egypt] at that time, drained by the greed of the Turkish Pacha and the Mameluke Beys; its population, which at the present day [1870 [...]

Keywords: people, costumes, soldiers, weapons, spears, swords, helmets, greyscale

Places shown: Egypt

Added: 2010-12-28

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61.—Gaulish Costume. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“The dresses of the inhabitants of Britain before the Roman invasion are not, like those of the people of ancient Egypt, and other countries advanced in the practice of the imitative arts, to be trace [...]

Keywords: statues, costumes, people, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-12-20

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62.—Gaulish Costume. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“The dresses of the inhabitants of Britain before the Roman invasion are not, like those of the people of ancient Egypt, and other countries advanced in the practice of the imitative arts, to be trace [...]

Keywords: statues, costumes, people, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-12-20

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63.—Gaulish Costume. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“The dresses of the inhabitants of Britain before the Roman invasion are not, like those of the people of ancient Egypt, and other countries advanced in the practice of the imitative arts, to be trace [...]

Keywords: statues, costumes, people, beards, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-12-20

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64.—Breast Plate Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“It is difficult to assign an exact period to their use of cloth in preference to skins. It is equally difficult to determine the date of those valuable relics which have been found in various places, [...]

Keywords: costumes, weapons, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-01-27

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82.—Roman General, Standard Bearers, etc. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Here are some Roman soldiers in suitable effeminate poses as they reach the shore by crossing a bridge supported by their boats. It was here, then, that the British and Roman weapons first came into c [...]

Keywords: boats, weapons, soldiers, costumes, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-11-07

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Initial Capital Letter “A” With Scholars Art in England During the Elizabethan and Stuart Periods (1908)

This historiated decorative initial “A” was used as a drop cap, or dropped capital, at the start of a chapter. It shows two people wearing hats and robes and I think soft turned-down boots, reading bo [...]

Keywords: lettera, initials, scholars, books, hats, people, costumes, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2012-06-26

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