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Title Page Chatterbox Annual (1916)

The ornate title page from the 1916 Chatterbox annual. There are pictures of a girl with straw on her head, a group of children reading, or perhaps singing, to a lady I take to be their teacher; a boy [...]

Keywords: title pages, children, illustrations for children, leaves, flowers, greyscale

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Added: 2007-12-08

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Foliated initial letter “T” Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

An early Victorian capital letter T used as a 14-line drop cap. There is shading used to create a three-dimensional effect, enhanced by foliage going both behind and in front of the letter. I also ma [...]

Keywords: initials, lettert, leaves, greyscale

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Added: 2011-04-17

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Foliated initial letter T, coloured version Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

I coloured a decorative initial capital letter T that was at the start of a chapter.

Keywords: initials, lettert, colour, leaves

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Added: 2011-04-17

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53.26.—Ornamental Leaf Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

A decorated leaf from a calligraphic manuscript. In lots of sizes so you can put it in your scrapbook (scrap-book?) if you like.

This image is taken from plate 53.

Keywords: leaves, symbols, ornaments, calligraphy, greyscale

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Added: 2007-03-28

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53.28.—Trifoliate Calligraphic Ornament Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

A piece of religious or spiritual ornament.

This image is taken from plate 53.

Keywords: leaves, symbols, ornaments, calligraphy, religion, greyscale

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Added: 2007-07-21

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894.—Full-page border with laurel-leaf frame New Specimen of Cast-Metal Ornaments and Wood Types (1840)

This rectangular full-page border contains an inner oval frame or cartouche made from laurel leaves, used to symbolize victory. There is also a version of this border with the laurel leaves coloured g [...]

Keywords: borders, cartouches, frames, leaves, victory, laurel leaves, wreaths, greyscale

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Added: 2013-02-08

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894b.—Full-page border with green laurel leaves. New Specimen of Cast-Metal Ornaments and Wood Types (1840)

This rectangular full-page border contains an inner oval frame or cartouche made from laurel leaves, used to symbolize victory. In this version I have coloured the laurel leaves green. See also the or [...]

Keywords: borders, cartouches, frames, leaves, victory, laurel leaves, wreaths, colour

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Added: 2013-02-08

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Dutch Delft ceramic tile 2 The History of Ornament: Design in the Decorative Arts (1915)

This small tile picture features a floral design. It is taken from plate 104, Dutch ceramic tiles.

Keywords: leaves, faience, ceramic art, tiles, colour

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Added: 2010-08-19

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Corner decoration: Owl with leaves and tree The Works of Shakspere, with notes by Charles Knight (1873)

This pointilliste-style decoration would look fabulous on a letterhead or in a scrapbook; it was filling in one corner of a pate in an 1870s edition of Shakespeare’s plays. It features an owl sitting [...]

Keywords: borders, owls, birds, leaves, trees, ornaments, decorative elements, greyscale

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Added: 2012-08-16

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Corner decoration: brown owl with green leaves and tree The Works of Shakspere, with notes by Charles Knight (1873)

I made a coloured version of the owl in the corner of the page.

Keywords: owls, birds, borders, nature, leaves, ornaments, decorative elements, colour

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Added: 2012-08-17

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