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42.—Denbigh Castle, Denbighshire History of Wales (1853)

The book does not discuss Denbigh Castle at all as far as I can tell. The castle was started in the 1280s by Edward I; like so many castles in Britain it was demolished as part of the English Civil Wa [...]

Keywords: ruins, castles, people, towers, arches, trees, animals, cattle, greyscale

Places shown: Denbigh; Denbighshire; Wales

Added: 2006-09-20

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Median Civilization La Civilizacion (1881)

The Medes lived in what is now North-West Iran around 800 BCE. This book identifies them with Medai, the third son of Japhet, son of Noah, in the Bible, but this would make Noah much too recent.The tw [...]

Keywords: statues, stauary, seated, ancient remains, temples, religion, ancient egypt, greyscale

Places shown: Iran

Added: 2018-05-15

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Initial letter L for drop cap, with squiggle La Civilizacion (1881)

This capital L was used as a decorative initial (dropped capital) at the start of a chapter. The mix of geometric patterns and stylized vines is very characteristic of the period; the wiggly line stic [...]

Keywords: letterl, initials, geometric designs, squiggles, curlicues, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2018-05-15

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Music Magazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

Musicby Raphael Collin....we would call attention to the ornamental panel by Raphael Collin, which we have engraved (page 424), and which illustrates with much classic feeling and grace the idea of “M [...]

Keywords: music, romance, musical instruments, trees, people, bare feet, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-08-19

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Artistic Cats Atalanta Magazine (1888)

Three groups of cats are in this engraving. THe left-most pair are wearing human clothing and standing upright. In the centre, one cat is dressed as an artist, and is using a paintbrush and pallette, [...]

Keywords: cats, humour, art, illustrations for children, books, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-10-20

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Atalanta Scholarship and Reading Union Atalanta Magazine (1888)

This chapter head illustration features a central shield in a scrollwork cartouche bearing the title. On the left a woman gives succor to a youth or maid in distress, a scene in a rainstorm in a fores [...]

Keywords: chapterheads, people, forests, children, infants, rain, storms, bare feet, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2013-12-28

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For One Brief Moment Our Eyes Met Cassell’s Family Magazine (1889)

In this scene from a late Victorian magazine, a well-dressed man using a crutch has raised his bowler hat in greeting to a lady with a parasol. The lady wears an elaborate dress and bonnet. The gate a [...]

Keywords: romance, people, garden, gates, paths, flowers, men, women, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2019-02-08

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43.—Basingwork Abbey History of Wales (1853)

Basingwork Abbey, Flintshire; drawn by H Gastineau; engraved by H. Jorden.

The Abbey was founded in 1132; there is a modern picture at theHolywelltourism Web site.

Keywords: abbeys, ruins, trees, animals, people, cattle, arches, greyscale

Places shown: Holywell; Flintshire; Wales

Added: 2005-03-02

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Glamis Castle. William Shakspere Biography (1841)

The Dunsinane Hills form a long range extending in a north-easterly direction from Perth to Glamis. The castle of the “thane of Glamis” has been made a traditionary scene of the murder of Duncan [in M [...]

Keywords: shakespeare, macbeth, castles, towers, people, horses, soldiers, turrets, battlements, greyscale

Places shown: Glamis; Perthshire; Scotland

Added: 2010-11-16

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Henry VIII and His Six Wives The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 2) (1878)

Henry VIII. (centre) with his six wives:Catherine of Aragon.(married 1509; divorced 1533)Anne Boleyn(married 1533; executed 1536)Jane SeymourAnne of Cleves(married 1540; divorced 1540)Catherine Howard [...]

Keywords: people, portraits, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2008-03-09

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Free clip-art: Victorian border of twigs and leaves The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 2) (1878)

A decorative full-page border used to frame an illustration in the book. Twigs and leaves.The original picture is theportrait of King Henry VIII and his six wives.There are also coloured versions of [...]

Keywords: borders, ornaments, decorative elements, twigs, rustic borders, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2008-03-09

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Free clip-art: Victorian border of twigs and leaves (finer version) The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 2) (1878)

This is a version of theborder of leaves and twigsin which the border is smaller, closer to the edge of the page.

Keywords: borders, victoriana, ornaments, decorative elements, twig, rustic borders, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2014-06-15

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Free clip-art: Victorian border of twigs and leaves (landscape version) The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 2) (1878)

This is a simplified version of therustic full-page border of twigswith smaller decoration (leaving more room for content) and without the centre pieces, and rotated to be in “landscape” orientation.

Keywords: borders, victoriana, ornaments, decorative elements, twig, rustic borders, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2014-06-16

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Free clip-art: Victorian border of twigs and leaves (simplified version) The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 2) (1878)

A slightly less ornate and more modern version of therustic full-page border of twigswith the illumination in the top left (flip it about a vertical axis to get something better for right-to-left text [...]

Keywords: borders, victoriana, ornaments, decorative elements, twig, rustic borders, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2014-06-16

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Portrait of King Henry the Eighth The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 2) (1878)

King Henry VIII (Henry 8th) taken from the engravingKing Henry VIII and His Six Wives. I have also made two cropped versions available for use as wide-screen (8:5) screen desktop backgrounds (“compute [...]

Keywords: portraits, royalty, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2008-03-10

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Free Wallpaper: The head of Henry VIII The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 2) (1878)

A detail from thePortrait of King Henry the 8th, scaled and cropped so that it makes a screen background image at an 8:5 aspect ratio. There is also ascarier version.

Keywords: wallpaper, backgrounds, royalty, portraits, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2008-03-10

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King Henry VIII Stares Back The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 2) (1878)

A detail from thePortrait of King Henry the 8th, tightly cropped so that it makes a screen background image at an 8:5 aspect ratio. There is also afull-head version.

Keywords: wallpaper, backgrounds, royalty, portraits, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2008-03-10

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Roman slaves carrying an amphora La Civilizacion (1881)

Two men are walking, about to go up the steps and out of a cellar, one in front of the other; they have a wooden post over their shoulders from which a large amphora is suspended, reaching almost to t [...]

Keywords: amphoras, slaves, people, men, bare feet, costumes, work, cellars, steps, entrances, arches, ancient rome, carrying, slavery, basements, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2019-02-24

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The members of a family should be known to each other. Good Words (1865)

Two Victorian men in top hats and long-tailed jackets are comforting a distressed-looking boy who wears a cap and a cravat; the three people are dressed fo a funeral and indeed we see graves in the ba [...]

Keywords: people, death, funerals, grief, children, boys, men, hats, victorian costumes, graves, graveyards, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2013-01-27

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The Easter Volunteer Review: The 1st Artillery on the March from London to Brighton Illustrated London News Vol 56 (1870)

Soldiers on the march pause for a moment outside the local pub, which has a sign showing a lion; crowds have gathered to watch the troops pass, most on foot but some on horse-back, and with carts on w [...]

Keywords: soldiers, weapons, guns, cannons, street scenes, bare feet, people, children, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: England

Added: 2007-04-07

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