Items matching bowls (results page 1)

The Wassail BowlPeter Parlay’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

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MaryA Child’s Garden of Verses (1905)

“A THOUGHT. It is very nice to think The world is full of meat and drink, With little children saying grace In every Christian kind of place.” (p. 4) Mary is one of four children pictured here, saying [...]

Keywords: children, illustrations for children, people, bowls, prayer, religion, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-09-08

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HansA Child’s Garden of Verses (1905)

“A THOUGHT. It is very nice to think The world is full of meat and drink, With little children saying grace In every Christian kind of place.” (p. 4) Hans is one of four children pictured here, and is [...]

Keywords: children, illustrations for children, people, bowls, prayer, religion, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-09-08

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Persian-influenced Chapter Head DecorationGoethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882)

This chapter-head contains items and design reminiscent of Persia; it was used over a poem about the lyre. The frame originally contained the name of the poem; its shape is very typical of Middle-East [...]

Keywords: chapterheads, bowls, persian art, frames, cartici, books, candlesticks, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2015-08-28

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The Lady Rowena and the Golden CupAn Island Story (1920)

Vortigern came and admired the castle [Thong Castle, near Lincoln] very much, although he was still rather angry with Hengist for having cheated him about the land. Towards the end of the feast, Rowen [...]

Keywords: illustrations for children, feasts, royalty, bowls, people, costumes, anglo saxons, interiors, colour

Places shown: Caistor; Lincolnshire; England

Added: 2010-06-13

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New Year’s Eve PunchModerne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band XV (1901)

A bright-eyed young woman holds a glass bowl over her head; it’s filled with punch, an alcoholic drink shared on New Year’s Eve. Out of the bowl arise spirits, or dreams, in pink compared ot the grey [...]

Keywords: colour, women, new year, spirits, bowls, drink, dancing, nudity, smiles

Places shown: none

Added: 2020-09-21

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Floriated fruitbowl ornamentPentateuch of Printing with a Chapter on Judges (1891)

This woodcut design was used as a decorative ornament on the title page of the Life of William Caxton edited by John Lewis. There’s an ornate rectangular tray upon which stands a hegagonal-footed tall [...]

Keywords: ornaments, fruit, floriated ornaments, bowls, fruit, still life, flowers, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2018-08-03

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Floriated fruit-bowl ornament, colouredPentateuch of Printing with a Chapter on Judges (1891)

This woodcut design was used as a decorative ornament on the title page of the Life of William Caxton edited by John Lewis. I have coloured it with vintage pastels. There’s an ornate rectangular tray [...]

Keywords: ornaments, bowls, fruit, colour, floriated ornaments, still life, leaves, flowers

Places shown: none

Added: 2018-08-03

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Fruit-plate with BacchusArt-Journal (1850)

A plate, intended for fruit, presents the mask of a little Bacchus ornamented by a crown of vine-leaves, which form a basket ready to receive the bounteous gifts of tht god by whom every tree and ever [...]

Keywords: bacchus, bowls, pagan, faces, circular, leaves, vines, grapes, wine, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2018-11-10

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Bacchus with sun-faceArt-Journal (1850)

This is a version of the picture of the top of the Bacchus bowl coloured in yellow and a warm orange to make a sun face. It’s really a wine god, but would surely pass for a sun face.

Keywords: bowls, pagan, faces, colour, yellow, orange, circular, leaves, vines, grapes, wine

Places shown: none

Added: 2018-11-10

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DecemberHone’s Everyday Book (1826)

(page 1543)An old tonsured man wearing a monk’s robe and a gown is supping lustily from a giant bowl of liquid. He rides a goat, representing the lasciviousness of the pagan festivals at December, as [...]

Keywords: people, bowls, winter, animals, goats, monks, calendars, months, december, christmas, religion, wassail, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2003-11-06

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