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![[picture: Front Cover]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Cassell-MagazineOfArt/tn/000-Front-Cover-q75-359x500.jpg "[picture: Front Cover]")
Images from The Magazine of Art. Illustrated (c. 1878), published by Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London, Paris and New York.
This was a monthly periodical, or magazine, that ran from 1878 to 1948; later volumes included colour plates. The volume that i have is listed as Volume 3 (Volume III) at archive.org.
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!
Title: Magazine of Art Illustrated
Published by: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co.
Date: 1878
Total items: 29
Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.
![[picture: Decorative Initial T With Dragons]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Cassell-MagazineOfArt/wm/big/375-initial-letter-t-with-dragons-q90-202x200.jpg "[picture: Decorative Initial T With Dragons]")
Decorative Initial T With Dragons
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, [...] [more...] [$]
![[picture: The Casuals]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Cassell-MagazineOfArt/wm/big/040-the-casuals-q75-354x200.jpg "[picture: The Casuals]")
![[picture: St. George and the Dragon [detail]]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Cassell-MagazineOfArt/wm/big/337-St.-George-and-the-Dragon-detail-q75-267x200.jpg "[picture: St. George and the Dragon [detail]]")
St. George and the Dragon [detail]
A detail from St. George and the Dragon showing the dragon’s head. [$]
![[picture: A Railway Cutting]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Cassell-MagazineOfArt/wm/big/120-a-railway-cutting-q85-303x200.jpg "[picture: A Railway Cutting]")
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 waggon); a horse waits nearby to drag the full cart away. In the foreground is a man presumably raking the gravel between the rails, and another just [...] [more...] [$]
![[picture: Initial letter ``I'' with fairy cupid and butterflies]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Cassell-MagazineOfArt/wm/big/270-initial-letter-i-with-fairy-cupid-q85-126x200.jpg "[picture: Initial letter ``I'' with fairy cupid and butterflies]")
Initial letter “I” with fairy cupid and butterflies
This decorative initial letter “I” was used as a drop cap in the book. It features a naked cupid or winged cherub surrounded by butterflies; his wings are delicate, and his bare feet tread on soft grass through the night. It would be a nice capital to [...] [more...] [$]
Images from The Magazine of Art. Illustrated (c. 1878), published by Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London, Paris and New York.
This was a monthly periodical, or magazine, that ran from 1878 to 1948; later volumes included colour plates. The volume that i have is listed as Volume 3 (Volume III) at archive.org.
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!
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