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

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These illustrations are from The World’s Best Music: Famous Songs and Those Who Made Them edited by Helen Kendrick Johnson, Frederic Dean, Reginald DeKoven and Gerrit Smith, Vol I, The University Society, New York, 1900.

Edward Bulwer, (Lord Lytton.)

Edward Bulwer, (Lord Lytton.)

World’s Best Music (1900)

“Edwars, Bulwer, Lord Lytton, who wrote these dainty lines, was an historian and a poet, although preeminent as a novelist; being author of about twenty romances. He wrote a few plays, among which is [...]

Keywords: people, portraits, beards, sketches

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-10-24

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

Music

Music

World’s Best Music (1900)

A lady plays a 16-stringed sitar or guitar, or more likely a chitarrone; she is sitting by a rosebush wearing a white dress, and plays from music. Behind her a cherub plays the violin; he is naked and [...]

Keywords: love, romance, cherubs, nudity, bare feet, music, musical instruments, people, christmas

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-08-17

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

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

World’s Best Music (1900)

An engraving of Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, used to illustrate his poem, The Rainy Day set to music.

Keywords: portraits, people, beards

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-10-27

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

Crusaders attacking a castle

Crusaders attacking a castle

World’s Best Music (1900)

Crusaders (Mediaeval [US. Medieval] soldiers) attack a castle. One of them has just been struck by an arrow. The man behind him wears a crown, and his hauberk bears the three lions of England. To the [...]

Keywords: castles, people, battles, weapons

Places shown: none

Added: 2003-02-23

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

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