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Art in England During the Elizabethan and Stuart Periods (page 2/4)

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[picture: Front Cover, Art In England]

Pictures from Art In England, edited by Charles Holme [1848-1923], London, 1908

The full title is “Art in England During the Elizabethan and Stuart Periods, Written by Aymer Vallance, With a Note on the First Century of England Engraving by Malcolm C. Salaman. Illustrations after drawings by Wilfrid Ball, R. E., Harry P. Clifford, R.B.A., E. Arthur Rowe and William Twopeny. Edited by Charles Holme. Offices of the Studio, London, Paris, New York, MCMVIII [1908].

Harry P. Clifford is probably Harry Percy Clifford, who died in 1938; his work is out of copyright.

William Twopeny lived from 1797 – 1873 and his work is out of copyright.

Wilfred Williams Ball lived from 1853 – 1917 and his work is out of copyright.

Title: Art in England During the Elizabethan and Stuart Periods

Author: Holme, Charles

Date: 1908

Total items: 16

Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.

[picture: Front Cover, Art In England]

Front Cover, Art In England

My copy does not have an original binding. Actually the binding is broken and many of the pages are loose. I suspect that some previous bookseller may have removed [...] [more...] [$]

[picture: Title Page, Art In England]

Title Page, Art In England

Art in England During the Elizabethan and Stuart Periods [more...] [$]

[picture: Rumwood Court [screen background version]]

Rumwood Court [screen background version]

A version of Rumwood Court scaled and cropped to make it suitable for use as a screen background or ‘desktop wallpaper’. [more...] [$]

[picture: Rumwood Court]

Rumwood Court

Rumwood Court, Langley, Kent, from a water-colour drawing by E. Arthur Rowe [1863-1922]. [more...] [$]

[picture: Doorway, Royton Lenham, Kent]

Doorway, Royton Lenham, Kent

Royton Manor had a mediaeval chapel at one time, which may be where the door was, or it might have been the entrance to the main house, which later became a farmhouse. Parts of the manor were taken to Chilston Park at Boughton Malherbe (also in Kent) in the 1930s, including a sixteenth-century fireplace, so that might also have been the fate of this [...] [more...] [$]

[picture: Initial Capital Letter ``A'' With Scholars]

Initial Capital Letter “A” With Scholars

This historiated decorative initial “A” was used as a drop cap, or dropped capital, at the start of a chapter. It shows two people wearing hats and robes and I think soft turned-down [...] [more...] [$]

[picture: Gable End, Shrewsbury.]

Gable End, Shrewsbury.

The gable-end post is at one end of the roof; this one has a figure, probably female, on the top, standing on a face, with a coiled rope carved beneath [...] [more...] [$]


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