Items matching initials taken from Old English Country Cottages (1906)

initials: ornamental font or typeface used for the first letter of a chapter

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Pictures from Old English Country Cottages, edited by Charles Holme [1848-1923], London Paris and New York, 1906

This book (and all that it contains) is out of copyright, because it was published jointly in the US and UK before 1923.

Letter K

Old English Country Cottages (1906)

A decorative initial capital K from page 11. Judging by the carefully-trimmed shrubbery I’d say the initial was made for the book.

Keywords: initials, letterk

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-01-20

+ S K L R N

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Letter T from page 47

Old English Country Cottages (1906)

A decorative initial used as a drop cap (drop capital) at the start of a chapter. The letter features an open casement window with two birds sitting on the top and another flying downwards. The birds [...]

Keywords: windows, birds, initials, lettert

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-11-01

+ S K L R N

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Decorative element: overgrown well bucket

Old English Country Cottages (1906)

A woodcut of a well bucket with rope and overgrown winch, used at the end of a chapter. You could also see a letter “A” in it, so I have also marked it as a decorative initial A. I coloured it for yo [...]

Keywords: ornaments, initials, lettera

Places shown: none

Added: 2008-02-18

+ S K L R N

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Letter N from page 63

Old English Country Cottages (1906)

A decorative initial used as a drop cap (drop capital) at the start of a chapter. The letter features a candlestick with smoke.

Keywords: candles, initials, lettern

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-03-20

+ S K L R N

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Letter T

Old English Country Cottages (1906)

A decorative initial T from page 3, used as a drop cap, or capital.

Keywords: initials, lettert

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-03-15

+ S K L R N

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

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