Items matching babies (results page 1)

Now When Jesus Was Born in BethlehemThe Four Gospels (1931)

Here we see a stylized “stable” with a star shining on Mary and the baby Jesus in her arms; Mary is presenting the baby boy to three men, each of whom raises one arm in salutation. One man holds a Rub [...]

Keywords: historiated initials, christmas, epiphany, wise men, babies, religion, christianity, nativity, biblical scenes, bible pictures, people, greyscale

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Added: 2014-12-03

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Swash letter N with Three Kings and Mary and JesusThe Four Gospels (1931)

A decorative initial for the Adoration of the Magi. The Wise men from the East (the Gospels don’t say how many there were so tradition says there were three) arrived to worship the infant Jesus; this [...]

Keywords: lettern, initials, historiated initials, inhabited initials, christmas, epiphany, wise men, babies, bare feet, religion, christianity, nativity, biblical scenes, bible pictures, people, colour

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Added: 2014-12-07

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62y.—Initial capital letter “Y” from Dance of Death Alphabet.Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This decorative initial letter “Y”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. In the drop cap Y, Death is about to take a baby from its crib while the terrified m [...]

Keywords: lettery, initials, death, skeletons, people, babies, children, greyscale

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Added: 2020-07-29

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Puck and the FairiesThe Works of Shakspere, with notes by Charles Knight (1873)

R. Dadd Pinxt., W. M. Lizars Sculpt.: Puck and the Fairies (Midsummer Night’s Dream) Puck here is depicted as a naked baby sitting raised up on a toadstool while all around the creatures of the forest [...]

Keywords: shakespare, puck, midsummer nights dream, cherubs, nudity, fairies, bare feet, infants, babies, spooky, greyscale

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Added: 2004-07-19

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Mellon’s Baby Food with baby and rosesStrong’s Book of Designs (1917)

Meant apparently as a cover design for a bulletin, there is a chapterhead ornament of roses with vertical Art Deco stems, and also a rectangle with a baby sitting amidst leaves and thorns (ouch), the [...]

Keywords: babies, borders, chapterheads, roses, flowers, art deco, lettering, greyscale

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Added: 2024-08-29

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