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End Paper: the young mad read to her from a small book. The Forest of Arden With Some of its Legends (1914)

The end-papers (inside the covers) are printed with an untitled design signed by the author. The picture shows a mediaeval scene: a young lady on an ornate seat in front of a log fire; behind her is a [...]

Keywords: romance, love, people, fire, fireplaces, books, reading, colour

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Added: 2011-08-17

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287.—Anglo-Saxon Females Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The practice of bandaging or cross-gartering the hose is indicated in many Anglo-Saxon drawings (Figs. 284, 288). Secondly, the ladies wore a long and ample garment with loose sleeves (the gunna, when [...]

Keywords: people, costumes, dresses, books, reading, greyscale

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Added: 2011-09-14

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Picture-books in Winter A Child’s Garden of Verses (1905)

A child (probably a girl) lays on the floor reading a picture-book in this sketch illustrating the famous poem.

See In the picture story-books for the poem.

Keywords: illustrations for children, children, books, reading, greyscale

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Added: 2012-07-23

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In the story-books. A Child’s Garden of Verses (1905)

Summer fading, winter comes— Frosty mornings, tingling thumbs, Window robins, winter rooks, And the picture story-books.   Water now is turned to stone Nurse and I can walk upon; Still we find the fl [...]

Keywords: illustrations for children, children, winter, comfort, reading, books, windows, snow, colour

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Added: 2012-07-21

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