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Pictures from Old English Country Cottages, edited by Charles Holme [1848-1923], London Paris and New York, 1906

This book (and all that it contains) is out of copyright, because it was published jointly in the US and UK before 1923.

Letter K

Letter K

Old English Country Cottages (1906)

A decorative initial capital K from page 11. Judging by the carefully-trimmed shrubbery I’d say the initial was made for the book.

Keywords: initials, letterk

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-01-20

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

Letter T from page 47

Letter T from page 47

Old English Country Cottages (1906)

A decorative initial used as a drop cap (drop capital) at the start of a chapter. The letter features an open casement window with two birds sitting on the top and another flying downwards. The birds [...]

Keywords: windows, birds, initials, lettert

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-11-01

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

Well Bucket Ornament, Coloured

Well Bucket Ornament, Coloured

Old English Country Cottages (1906)

A coloured version of the well-bucket typographic ornament that I made as an example.

Keywords: colour, ornaments, decorations

Places shown: none

Added: 2008-02-18

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

Decorative element: overgrown well bucket

Decorative element: overgrown well bucket

Old English Country Cottages (1906)

A woodcut of a well bucket with rope and overgrown winch, used at the end of a chapter. You could also see a letter “A” in it, so I have also marked it as a decorative initial A. I coloured it for yo [...]

Keywords: ornaments, initials, lettera

Places shown: none

Added: 2008-02-18

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

Letter N from page 63

Letter N from page 63

Old English Country Cottages (1906)

A decorative initial used as a drop cap (drop capital) at the start of a chapter. The letter features a candlestick with smoke.

Keywords: candles, initials, lettern

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-03-20

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

Book Plate: Sproatt and Rolph

Book Plate: Sproatt and Rolph

Old English Country Cottages (1906)

Sproatt and Rolph was a firm of architects based in Toronto; the bookplate (Ex Libris) is dated 1915. It shows a woman kneeling with a blueprint or plan of a building which is being constructed behin [...]

Keywords: bookplates

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-11-09

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

Letter T

Letter T

Old English Country Cottages (1906)

A decorative initial T from page 3, used as a drop cap, or capital.

Keywords: initials, lettert

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-03-15

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

Title Page for “Old English Country Cottages”

Title Page for “Old English Country Cottages”

Old English Country Cottages (1906)

Old English Country Cottages

Edited by Charles Holme

Offices of ‘The Studio,’ London, paris and new York, MCMVI

Keywords: page images, title pages

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-06-13

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

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