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1232x580, 1643x773, 426x200, 924x435 | 14.—Druidial OrnamentsOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) “These remarkable monuments contain not only the bones and the ashes of the dead, but various articles of utility and ornament, domestic utensils, weapons of war, decorations of the person, perhaps in [...] Keywords: druids, jewellery, greyscale Places shown: Stonehenge; Salisbury Plain; Wiltshire; England Added: 2005-03-17 + S K L R N |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1006x801, 1341x1068, 251x200, 754x601 | 17.—Sarum PlainOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) In the foreground a barefoot shepherd with crook and straw hat, probably a boy, accompanied by his sheep, who graze on grassy burial mounds perhaps of ancient kings. In the far background, over Salisb [...] Keywords: bare feet, people, sheep, stonehenge, megaliths, druids, ruins, views, burial mounds, greyscale Places shown: Salisubury Plain; Wiltshire; England Added: 2005-03-26 + S K L R N |
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| 1084x936, 1445x1248, 231x200, 813x702 | 18.—Various Barrows.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) The text reads: “a. Long barrow. b, c. Druid Barrows. d. Bell-shaped Barrow. e. Conical Barrow. f. Twin Barrow.” A stone circle (probably meant to be Stonehenge) is visible in the distance. Keywords: stonehenge, megaliths, druids, views, burial mounds, stone circles, greyscale Places shown: Salisubury Plain; Wiltshire; England Added: 2005-04-02 + S K L R N |
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1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 2788x2242, 6969x5605, 800x600 | Map of the AmericasThe New World (1671) Novissima et Accuratissima Totius Americæ Descriptio per Gerardum a Schagen. This map of both North America and South America shows California as an island. The map was popular, and was probably first [...] Keywords: maps, greyscale, wallpaper, backgrounds Places shown: none Added: 2008-04-09 + S K L |
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100x100, 159x161, 198x200, 212x214, 283x286, 75x75 | Initial letter D from first page of textThe New World (1671) Capital D, a decorative initial “D” used as a drop cap for the first paragraph of the text. Keywords: initials, letterd, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2010-02-18 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1062x1405, 151x200, 531x703 | Guild of Carriage-MakersAllegorien und Embleme, Vol II (1882) This incredibly busy design is for the guild of carriage-makers (I think) in 1612. The border includes two scantily-clad women, six scantily-clad or naked small children, two gryphons, a bunch of baro [...] Keywords: heraldry, borders, full-page borders, page images, frames, people, cherubs, nudity, women, boys, shields, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2018-10-30 + S K L |
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100x100, 205x200, 300x292, 705x687 | Decorative initial letter O with cherubs cooking soupFabrica... (1543) A Decorative initial letter “O” used as a drop cap on the first page of this famous book. The outer border around the outside of the letter “O” has oak leaves and dragons; inside the “O” we see naked [...] Keywords: lettero, initials, cherubs, children, nudity, bare feet, dragons, historiated initials, inhabited initials, borders, mythical creatures, cooking, food, greyscale Places shown: unspecified Added: 2010-01-19 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1062x1405, 151x200, 531x703 | Ornate baroque-stye border with herubs and gryphonsAllegorien und Embleme, Vol II (1882) This border is from the 1612 sign for the Nurenberg Guild of Carriage-Makers made by Adolf Mießner. The border includes two scantily-clad women, six scantily-clad or naked small children, two gryphons [...] Keywords: borders, full-page borders, cherubs, bare feet, women, people, nudity, scrollwork, cartici, frames, inhabited borders, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2018-10-30 + S K L |
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1152x720, 1280x720, 1280x800, 1440x900, 1600x900, 1680x1050, 1920x1080, 356x200, 750x422 | Boy in a BoxRoyal Children of English History (1904) A boy, probably a prince, is hiding in a large and ornate chest in this sketch. Keywords: children, boys, people, illustrations for children, chests, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2012-09-08 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 145x200, 1636x2250, 545x750, 818x1125 | Angel MessengerEveryman (1930) The angel messenger announces the start of the play “Everyman” with raised hand and sword. He wears an ankle-length cloak fastened with a broach around his neck and a belt above his waist, has wings a [...] Keywords: angels, religion, christmas, wings, christianity, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2015-12-19 + S K L |
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163x200, 491x603, 654x803, 872x1071 | A Mameluke in Full Armour.Pictureseque Egypt Vol II (1878) We have seen how deplorable was the condition of the country [1790s Egypt] at that time, drained by the greed of the Turkish Pacha and the Mameluke Beys; its population, which at the present day [1870 [...] Keywords: people, costumes, soldiers, weapons, spears, swords, helmets, greyscale Places shown: Egypt Added: 2010-12-28 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1600x1600, 200x200, 800x800 | The Wassail BowlPeter Parley’s Annual (1856) A bearded man in a tall hat and cravat, eighteenth or early nineteenth century leggings, and with a garland round his head reclines, one hand raised. Nearby, in the undergrowth and sitting on a rock, [...] Keywords: christmas, wassail, people, december, winter, bowls, beards, bare feet, religion, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2013-12-14 + S K L |
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149x200, 1753x2349, 560x750, 877x1175 | Aldermaston, BerkshireThe Mansions of England in the Olden Time (1906) Aldermaston Court, the manor house in Aldermaston Park, was largely destroyed by fire just a few years after Joseph Nash painted this picture. Today (2020) the Victorian replacement manor is for sale. [...] Keywords: interiors, mansions, stately homes, staircases, ceilings, people, statuart, dogs, chidren, women, boys, sculpture, gothic architecture, medieval architecture, carving, costumes, greyscale Places shown: Aldermaston; Berkshire; England Added: 2020-10-15 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1611x850, 3221x1700, 379x200, 700x369, 900x475 | Theban Alphabet of Petter ApponusCollected Occult Images (1690) The source of this alphabet is unclear; Agrippa ascribed it to Honorius. It was used, Agrippa wrote, to make seals naming “certain spirits” so that the writing could not be read. I do not know why a s [...] Keywords: occult, alphabets, astrology, symbols, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2014-09-20 + S K L |
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