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Floriated initial capital letter “S”Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

This decorated drop cap “S” has vine leaves intertwined with the letter.

There is also a colour version in red and green, which I made.

Keywords: letters, initials, floriated initials, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-04-17

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1.—Ground Plan of Stonehenge in its present state.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

This plan of Stonehenge is, of course, from 1845 or earlier. “Keeping in view the ground plan of Stonehenge in its present state (Fig. 1), we will ask the reader to follow us while we describe the app [...]

Keywords: plans, ruins, temples, megaliths, druids, stone circles, greyscale

Places shown: Salisbury Plain; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2005-02-01

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Girl in the window: Atlantic and Pascific Tea Company 1880s Trade CardVictorian Trade Cards (1890)

This trade card from the 1880s was made as an advert for the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company. It features a girl in a blue and white dress with blue ribbons in her hair resting her elobows on w [...]

Keywords: people, girls, advertisements, colour, trade cards, plants, victoriana

Places shown: none

Added: 2018-01-13

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2.—Stonehenge. – Restored Plan.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Dr. Stukely’s drawing; the shaded stones were the ones remaining in the early 1840s when this plan was prepared. “The centre of the enclosed space is usually denominated the temple. It consists of an [...]

Keywords: plans, ruins, temples, megaliths, druids, stone circles, greyscale

Places shown: Stonehenge; Salisbury Plain; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2005-02-01

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3.—Stonehenge. – Perspective Elevation, restored.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“The external appearance which the whole work would have if restored, is shown in the perspective elevation. (Fig. 3.)” (p. 3)

Keywords: ruins, megaliths, temples, druids, stone circles, greyscale

Places shown: Stonehenge; Salisbury Plain; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2005-02-01

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4.—Stonehenge: section 1 to 2 (Restored Plan, Fig. 2), 105 feet.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“The internal arrangment is exhibited in the section.” (p. 3)

Keywords: plans, ruins, megaliths, temples, druids, stone circles, greyscale

Places shown: Stonehenge; Salisbury Plain; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2005-02-02

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5.—Stonehenge.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“The present arrangement of the ruin [of Stonehenge] is shown in Figs. 5 and 6.” (p. 3)

Keywords: ruins, megaliths, temples, people, animals, sheep, druids, backgrounds, wallpaper, stone circles, greyscale

Places shown: Stonehenge; Salisbury Plain; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2005-02-02

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Cartoon: barefoot boy fishingVictorian Trade Cards (1890)

A boy wearing a broad-brimmed sun-hat, a shirt, ragged breeches held up with suspenders, and who has bare feet, stands on a rock by a river and holds a fishing rod. A well-dressed and carefully-manicu [...]

Keywords: cartoons, humour, people, boys, fishing, men, bare feet, drawings, water, rivers, outdoors, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2018-01-13

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Back of boy fishing cartoonVictorian Trade Cards (1890)

I scanned this, the reverse side of a cartoon about a boy fishing, because the typography somewhat dates the cartoon. There is part of an advert for Dry & Fancy [Goods], groceries, clothing, boots, ha [...]

Keywords: typography, fonts, advertisements, lettering, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2018-01-13

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6.—StonehengeOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“The present [1845] appearance of the ruin [Stonehenge] is shown in Figs. 5 and 6.” (p. 3) “The description which we have thus given, brief as it is, may appear somewhat tedious; but it is necessary t [...]

Keywords: ruins, megaliths, people, sheep, temples, druids, stone circles, greyscale

Places shown: Stonehenge; Salisbury Plain; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2005-02-11

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7.—Druidical Circle at DarabOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Legend ascribes the foundation of the city to Darius, hence its name Darab-gerd (Darius-town) “Figures 7 and 8 represent a Druidical circle, and a single upright stone standing alone near the circle, [...]

Keywords: megaliths, ruins, people, camels, druids, backgrounds, wallpaper, stone circles, greyscale

Places shown: Darab; Fars; Persia

Added: 2005-02-11

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8.—Druidical Stone in Persia.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

See Figure 7 for details.

Keywords: megaliths, ruins, people, dogs, druids, stone circles, greyscale

Places shown: Darab; Fars; Persia

Added: 2005-02-12

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9.—Druidical Circle of JerseyOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“[...] the circle of Darab resembles the Druidical circle of Jersey (Fig. 9), although the circle [in Jersey] is very much smaller, and the stones of very inconsiderable dimentsions,—a copy in miniatu [...]

Keywords: druids, megaliths, ruins, temples, backgrounds, wallpaper, stone circles, greyscale

Places shown: Jersey

Added: 2005-02-25

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Jacob’s DreamChristian Parlor Magazine Vol III (1847)

“A vision of beauty burst upon the soul of Jacob, as he laid his head upon a stone, and dreamed. He was a lone wanderer in the world, flying from a brother whom he had defrauded of his birthright, and [...]

Keywords: angels, cherubs, biblical scenes, christmas, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2005-06-01

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Decorative initial letter O, FloriatedArt-Journal (1850)

A foliated (floriated) initial letter “O” as follows: A strong solid ltter O with a nub on the inside and ouside on each side and with an outline, and with stylized acanthus or vine leaves and round f [...]

Keywords: lettero, initials, floriated initials, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2016-02-10

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Bust of William of Wykeham. 1394.The Lives of British Architects from William of Wykeham to Sir William Chambers (1909)

On a corbel in Muniment Room, Winchester College. The photograph shows a stone bust of William of Wykeham, wearing a bishop’s mitre and carrying a bishop’s crook. “Although William of Wykeham can in a [...]

Keywords: portraits, carving, statuary, people, religion, interiors, greyscale

Places shown: Winchester; Hampshire; England

Added: 2007-05-28

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01. 8th Century. Vatican.Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

Keywords: initials, alphabets, greyscale

Places shown: unspecified

Added: 2004-07-31

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Decorative initial letter O with cherubsGoethe’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

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-10-18

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The black kitten with a ball of twineThrough the Looking-Glass And What Alice Found There (1871)

The kitten has a ball of wool or a ball of string (“twine” in the text might be either, except that later it’s referred to as “worsted” and is thus wool.) But the black kitten had been finished with e [...]

Keywords: cats, animals, illustrations for children, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-02-19

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1. Seal of Bael.The Goetia: The Lesser Key of Solomon the King (1904)

[Buy a modern reprint of this book from Amazon: Canada, USA.] (1.) Bael. — The First Principal Spirit is a King ruling in the East, called Bael. He maketh thee to go Invisible. He ruleth over 66 Legio [...]

Keywords: symbols, occult, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-10-02

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