Mirror-Frame (A Wood Carving by Panciera Besarel, of Venice)
[A] mirror-frame by a Venetian wood-carver named Panciera Besarel, whose work exhibits more character and plasticity than perhaps any other Italian that could be named. (p. 265) [more...] [$]
Initial letter “I” with fairy cupid and butterflies
This decorative initial letter “I” was used as a drop cap in the book. It features a naked cupid or winged cherub surrounded by butterflies; his wings are delicate, and his bare feet tread on soft grass through the night. It would be a nice capital to [...] [more...] [$]
I took this decorative capital “I” and coloured it. You could easily change the colours of course, in an image editing program. [more...] [$]
St. George and the Dragon [detail]
A detail from St. George and the Dragon showing the dragon’s head. [$]
To the genre of sentiment, not history, belong Mr. Herbert Schmalz’s “For Ever” (page 352) and Mr. Arthur Stocks’ “Her Sweetest Flower” (page 349); the one is romantic, the other realistic, but both are very tender and sincere in feeling. Mr. Schmalz’s group is posed in lamplight, moonlight shining outside, and consists of a very lovely golden-haired lady and her dark lover, a troubadour, who sits at her feet pausing [...] [more...] [$]
Initial Capital Letter “D” with Bacchus
Decorative initial letter capital “D” featuring vine-leaves, and a modestly-clad almost-naked seated Bacchus [more...] [$]
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...] [$]
Decorative Initial T With Dragons (Borderless Version)
This is a version of the drop cap letter t with a dragon but without the gray border around it, to make it a little more versatile. You can use the smaller sizes directly in your Web pages if you like. In the book it spans 14 lines of text. [more...] [$]
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