Items matching mermaids

Frontispiece: Clerk Colvill

The young man clutches his hat with one hand and with the other holds aloft a sword as he kneels at the edge of a pond. From that same pond a mermaid rises up, arms raised, breasts bare. This beautifu [...]

Keywords: people, trees, water, swords, mermaids, colour

Places shown: Slane; County Meath; Ireland

Added: 2006-05-13

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Clerk Colvill (chapter head)

This black-and-white line illustration of a mermaid is above the start of the ballad Clerk Colvill.

Keywords: mermaids, people

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-05-13

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Chapter Heading Woodcut featuring Neptune and Mermaids

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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