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Images from The Magazine of Art. Illustrated (c. 1878), published by Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London, Paris and New York.

I have marked these images as being in the public domain, but I am actually not certain if this is correct in all cases. You have been warned!

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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Front Cover

Magazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

The front cover of the book is green and gold.

Keywords: book covers, colour

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Added: 2005-10-27

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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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Shelter.

Magazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

Shelter by Arthur Hopkins. Two boys and two girls use a rocky ledge by the sea as shelter from the rain. The girls have dresses, and the boys are barefoot, and have sun-hats, suggesting that it is Sum [...]

Keywords: art, people, bare feet, storms

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Added: 2007-08-20

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The Condition of the Turkey

Magazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

Perhaps Thanksgiving or Christmas is approaching, because the farm-boy is looking at the turkeys with interest and anticipation. “From the Picture by P. R. Morris, A.R.A., exhibited at the Dudley Gal [...]

Keywords: turkeys, people, youth, farms, christmas, thanksgiving

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Added: 2009-10-29

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St. George and the Dragon

Magazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

An engraving showing a statue of St. George slaying the dragon, by J. E. Boehm, A.R.A. St. George is here depicted as an almost-naked man riding a horse, a Roman centurian wearing only sandals and a h [...]

Keywords: statues, dragons, people, weapons, animals, horses

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Added: 2005-10-28

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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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Lord John Russell

Magazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

By J. E. Boehm, A.R.A. Exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1880. This is a digital image made by scanning a print of an engraving that depicts a sculpture of a person. Lord John Russell (1792 – 1878) wa [...]

Keywords: people, sculpture, statues, portraits

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Added: 2006-09-13

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St. George and the Dragon [detail]

Magazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

A detail from St. George and the Dragon showing the dragon’s head.

Keywords: dragons, statues, wallpaper, backgrounds

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Added: 2005-10-28

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Initial letter “t” as flower in a pot

Magazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

An artistic and unusual decorative initial “t” from 1878: the letter T is on a flowering plant growing out of a square flower-pot decorated with a Chinese theme.

Keywords: initials, lettert, flowers, plants

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Added: 2009-10-29

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A Railway Cutting

Magazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

The engraving shows maybe 20 or more men working on making a railway cutting. In the background men are digging away at the ground; at centre, they lod the dirt onto a railway truck (US: a railroad w [...]

Keywords: people, workmen, railways, transport

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Added: 2009-10-30

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Music

Magazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

Music by Raphael Collin. ...we would call attention to the ornamental panel by Raphael Collin, which we have engraved (page 424), and which illustrates with much classic feeling and grace the idea of [...]

Keywords: music, romance, musical instruments, trees, people, bare feet

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Added: 2007-08-19

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