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people: an image depicting or containing humans, whether individual or groups, and whether foreground or background.

Synonyms: crowds, pedestrians, onlookers, spectaters

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Pictures from The Pentateuch of Printing with a Chapter on Judges by William Blades (1824 – 1890), Typographer, Chicago, 1891; I have added the captions.

Scriptorium Monk at Work

Scriptorium Monk at Work

Pentateuch of Printing with a Chapter on Judges (1891)

Scriptorium Monk at Work (from Lacroix.) A monk copies a text from a large book on his writing-table.

Keywords: people, books, scholars, christmas

Places shown: unspecified

Added: 2006-01-21

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

Bas-Relief From the Entablature, Jerusalem Chamber, Westminster Abbey

Bas-Relief From the Entablature, Jerusalem Chamber, Westminster Abbey

Pentateuch of Printing with a Chapter on Judges (1891)

A printing office, with an engraver (I think) at left, a proof-reader, a typesetter (at the back) next to the person operating the press itself, and, at right, a boy wearing tights and I think barefoo [...]

Keywords: typography, printing, children, pictures of books, books, people, furniture, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Westminster; London; England

Added: 2006-01-21

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

Discourse into the Night

Discourse into the Night

Pentateuch of Printing with a Chapter on Judges (1891)

Two learned robed, bearded and barefoot gentlemen converse, books in their lap. The smoke-filled scene is lit by a single flame.

Keywords: people, bare feet, candles, scholars

Places shown: unspecified

Added: 2006-01-21

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

Tall Bookcase

Tall Bookcase

Pentateuch of Printing with a Chapter on Judges (1891)

A bespectacled gentleman sits reading a large book in front of the end of a tall bookcase. This was originally used as an initial I in ‘IN’.

Keywords: people, furniture, books, letteri, initials

Places shown: unspecified

Added: 2006-01-21

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

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