Items matching mythical creatures

mythical creatures: Unicorns, Cherubim, Griffons, Pegasi and any other creature whose existance is not well substantiated.

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206a2: Giant bird pulling a lizard

Callot’s Etchings (1974)

This is a detail from plate 206, “Entrance of Henry of Lorraine, marquess of Moy, under the name of Pirandre” from the series The Combat at the Barrier, 1627. Here we seem to have a number of soldiers [...]

Keywords: mythical creatures, nudity, cherubs, soldiers, people

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Added: 2008-06-14

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206b1: Carriage Pulled By Death.

Callot’s Etchings (1974)

This is a detail from plate 206, “Entrance of Henry of Lorraine, marquess of Moy, under the name of Pirandre” from the series The Combat at the Barrier, 1627. Here in a carriage whose seat is a scallo [...]

Keywords: mythical creatures, death, nudity, bare feet, transport, people

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Added: 2008-06-13

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Carriage pulled by a Dragon.

Callot’s Etchings (1974)

This is a detail from plate 206, “Entrance of Henry of Lorraine, marquess of Moy, under the name of Pirandre” from the series The Combat at the Barrier, 1627. Here is a carriage with a scuplted lion a [...]

Keywords: mythical creatures, dragons, transport, people

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Added: 2008-06-12

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Heraldic Dragon.

Magazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

The dragon is, perhaps, the most venerable symbol employed in ornamental art. (p. 375) Fronm the first the dragon was always a favourite device in heraldry. What more frequent than the dragon-crested [...]

Keywords: dragons, mythical creatures, heraldry

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Added: 2009-01-09

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Decorative Initial T With Dragons (Borderless Version)

Magazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

This is a version of the drop cap letter t with a dragon but without the gray border around it, to make it a little more versatile. You can use the smaller sizes directly in your Web pages if you lik [...]

Keywords: lettert, initials, dragons, mythical creatures, clipart

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Added: 2009-01-10

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Decorative Initial T With Dragons

Magazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

An initial used for a drop cap (drop capital, or decorative initial) in this 1880 book. The initial is a letter “T” and has two dragons in it. It is signed with a monogram LFD, presumably for Lewis [...]

Keywords: lettert, initials, dragons, mythical creatures

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Added: 2009-01-10

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Decorative initial letter “L” from 16th Century

Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

This capital “L” is suitable for use as a drop cap (dropped capital) or a decorative initial; there’s also a small version for an avatar or icon. It is taken from a 16th century alphabet, and feature [...]

Keywords: letterl, initials, mythical creatures

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Added: 2009-11-15

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Decorative initial letter “N” from 16th Century

Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

This capital “N” is suitable for use as a drop cap (dropped capital) or a decorative initial; there’s also a small version for an avatar or icon. It is taken from a 16th century alphabet, and include [...]

Keywords: lettern, initials, mythical creatures

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Added: 2009-11-17

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Decorative initial letter “E” from 16th Century

Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

This capital “E” is suitable for use as a drop cap (dropped capital) or a decorative initial; there’s also a small version for an avatar or icon. It is taken from a 16th century alphabet, and depicts [...]

Keywords: lettere, initials, dragons, mythical creatures, fleurs de lys

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Added: 2009-11-12

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51.—16th Century

Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

A set of decorative initial letters from the sixteenth century; it is missing “J” “O” “W” “X” and “Z” so that there are only 21 letters here, although I have made a fake “J.” They have an appealing pl [...]

Keywords: alphabets, calligraphy, mythical creatures, initials

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Added: 2007-09-06

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Frontispiece: What the sun looks like when it’s asleep

A Treasury of Verse for Little Children (1923)

A small boy kneels between two trees in a dark forest; behind him is a brown house. In front of him and beneath him is a great cave, brightly lit by the sleeping sun, who has taken the formof a man ly [...]

Keywords: people, children, mythical creatures, illustrations for children, sleep, poetry

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Added: 2007-08-25

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Queen Mab

A Treasury of Verse for Little Children (1923)

Queen Mab is a fairy with butterfly wings who brings dreams to people. She was described by Shakespeare in Romeo and Juliet I also made a version of Queen Mab with no words, and I also coloured in th [...]

Keywords: fairies, people, illustrations for children, fantasy, mythical creatures

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Added: 2007-09-05

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