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Frontispiece - Portrait of Goethe with his signature Goethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882)

A portrait of the writer (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe).

Note: German copyright today is 90 years after death, but in 1882 it was shorter, and I do not know if this image is out of copyright.

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Titlepage from Works of Goethe Goethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882)

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Decorative initial letter O with cherubs Goethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882)

Two naked children—cherubs, or putti—are playing inside an initial letter “O” in the German Fraktur style. One boy uses a rope to pull on a decorative vertical part of the letter while the other boy [...]

Keywords: initials, lettero, cherubs, greyscale

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Decorative initial letter B Goethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882)

An almost-naked young mang sits on a rock and plays a recorder or pipe in a forest; his dog sits next to him, and in the background a young woman approaches. There is a large letter “B” in the German [...]

Keywords: initials, letterb, people, bare feet, dogs, animals, forests, greyscale

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Bucolic scene from a glade in a forest. Goethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882)

A young man, topless and bare-legged, sits on a rock in a forest and dangles his feet as he plays a pipe or recorder. His dog is by his side. In the background, a young woman, wearing a dress, appro [...]

Keywords: people, forests, nudity, bare feet, dogs, greyscale

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Typographic ornament or flower from page 2. Goethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882)

A piece of 19th century clipart? A small decorative piece from the end of a poem, a twirly flourish.

Keywords: ornaments, decorative elements, greyscale

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Decorative initial letter E Goethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882)

A bee approaches a bunch of flowers tied with a ribbon in this large decorative capital “E”

The image appears to be unsigned

Keywords: initials, lettere, flowers, bees, insects, greyscale

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Decorative page element/ornament Goethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882)

A piece of 19th century clipart? A small decorative piece from the end of a poem.

Keywords: ornaments, decorative elements, greyscale

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Decorative Initial letter E Goethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882)

A German Fraktur letter “E” used as an inital drop cap, with a winged putti or cherub holding a ribbon tied to a branch over a Janus, ot two-faced head.

Keywords: initials, lettere, cherubs, nudity, greyscale

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Decorative ornament/page element/tail piece Goethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882)

Another printer’s ornament from the end of a piece, a short decorative rule or divider.

Keywords: ornaments, decorative elements, greyscale

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Decorative Initial Letter I Goethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882)

A German Fraktur letter “I” (or J) used as an initial drop cap, with a winged putti or cherub holding a rose and delivering a love-letter sealed with a heart-shaped kiss to a young woman or gitl sitti [...]

Keywords: initials, letteri, letterj, cherubs, romance, people, greyscale

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Cherub delivering a love-letter Goethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882)

A cherub carries a rose and a love-letter to a seated girl in this romantic engraving; it illustrated a poem, and was originally a decorative initial letter I; in this version I removed the letter and [...]

Keywords: cherubs, people, girls, romance, dresses, colour

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