Items matching boys (results page 1)

Cherub (cutout)Eccles. Liber, In Quo Omnia ... (1564)

A cherub or “putto” isolated from his background.

See also the cherub in context.

Keywords: cherubs, nudity, boys, bare feet, ornaments, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2013-04-21

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Boy thumbing his nose out of a windowLes Aventures de Jean-Paul Choppart par Louis Desnoyers: L’Episode de Panouille (1843)

The frontispiece shows Jean-Paul Choppart, the boy the book is about, looking out of a circular stone window and thumbing his nose, or perhaps pretending to play the flute. He has curly hair. I am not [...]

Keywords: boys, people, windows, cartoons, gestures, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-02-07

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Boy with TrowelA Child’s Garden of Verses (1905)

A red-haired boy kneels with a trowel in his hand, ready to play at working in the garden. His shorts are held up by braces, and he wears shoes and white socks; he faces away from us. This is a detail [...]

Keywords: illustrations for children, boys, children, colour, gardening

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-06-03

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Frontispiece: The Snow Sweepers (1865)The Circling Year (1870)

A man in boots and tall hat, scarf, jacket and rolled-up trousers, stands on the steps of a grand front porch with stone columns while two faces peer out of a window in this city scene. A boy on the s [...]

Keywords: winter, street scenes, snow, people, cities, pillars, children, boys, men, snow shovels, victorian costume, top hats, colour

Places shown: LondonLondon; England

Added: 2018-01-20

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Title Page Detail: Angel With WhipLes Aventures de Jean-Paul Choppart par Louis Desnoyers: L’Episode de Panouille (1843)

This vignette, or little scene, is on the title page. A winged angel stands amidst two groups of little children. One group, clad in white, have wreaths of flowers round their heads and are praying. [...]

Keywords: children, boys, angels, people, whips, punishments, bare feet, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-02-07

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Contents heading with children looking inside a chestA Treasury of Verse for Little Children (1923)

In this line drawing the artist Willy Pogany has drawn a big old chest or trunk, with a boy and a girl looking inside while a cat (with a bow tie) mews at the boy. The chest illustrates (in a visual p [...]

Keywords: chests, contents, children, boys, girls, cats, investigating, searching, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2017-11-14

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From Her BoyA Child’s Garden of Verses (1905)

The picture shows a boy holding a large book open, as if to read, or to offer the book to someone. He has his head cocked to one side as if listening, or perhaps asking for permission. The book’s ded [...]

Keywords: illustrations for children, children, boys, people, books, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-03-08

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Ornate chapter headpiece with vignette of curled-up boyMy Boy Life (1882)

This chapterhead, or headpiece, is an ornament from the top of the first page of a section of the book. It features diamond knotwork branching into grape vines with rococo stylized leaves, but the pro [...]

Keywords: chapterheads, sadness, grief, boys, people, headpieces, ornaments, bare feet, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2018-08-20

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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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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

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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

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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

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The Triumph of LoveArt-Journal (1850)

The Triumph of Love Engraved by W. Roffe, from the group in marble by P Mac Dowell, R.A. Note: the sculptor’s name is written variously as Mac Dowell in two words or as Macdowell, both in this issue [...]

Keywords: statuary, sculpture, people, love, affection, men, women, cupid, cherubs, putti, children, bare feet, boys, women, men, nudity, romance, sandals, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2017-12-29

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Christmas MassModerne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band IV (1898)

Choirboys, an orchestra, a conductor who appears to be starting into space, an inuntersested congregation, some of whom are kneeling at at the door. It looks as if perhaps we see a minstrel’s gallery, [...]

Keywords: christmas, choirboys, boys, people, singing, music, religion, xmas, interiors, chapels, churches, musical instruments, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2023-12-10

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Auf dem Weihnachtsmarkt (At Christmasfest)Moderne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band IV (1898)

At the Christmas Festival Market. The boy in the engraving sits holding a box, perhaps containing boxes of matches or small cakes; a candle (perhaps) is lighting up a sheet of paper at the front of t [...]

Keywords: chistmas, xmas, boys, people, lighting, faces, selling, vendors, markets, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2023-12-10

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Choirboy singing from balcony pulpitModerne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band IV (1898)

A beautiful boy chorister, or possibly a young lady by the costume and the long pointy fingers, is singing in a wooden pulpit or balcony high in the top-left corner of a page of sheet music (not shown [...]

Keywords: christmas, xmas, choirboys, boys, people, women, robes, singing, music, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2023-12-10

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Cherub playing a grand pianoModerne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band IV (1898)

Strictly speaking i think he’s a putto, as cherubs have wings and putti are just plump little naked children, usually boys, although putti are sometimes depicted with wings. In this picture a red-hair [...]

Keywords: cherubs, putti, nudity, bare feet, boys, pianos, musical instruments, xmas, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2023-12-10

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Art Nouveau Nude Archer in ForestTypo Ornamenty (1990)

A boy or young man (based on his proportions) is about to fire an arrow from his bow. He is naked, barefoot, and has wings that reach down to his heels; there’s a strap over one shoulder, probably for [...]

Keywords: cherubs, people, angels, mythological creatures, wings, winged, archery, forests, trees, woods, bare feet, boys, weapons, art nouveau, nonbinary, androgyny, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2020-08-30

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Young RomanceIm Wechsel Der Tage (1885)

A boy has his arm around the waist of a girl in the countryside, the sun close to the horizon. The picture is in a diamond-shaped frame with twigs in the background, budding to show Spring. This cameo [...]

Keywords: romance, people, children, boys, girls, hats, countryside, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2016-08-18

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Tales of Perrault: Little ThumbEl Mundo Ilustrado (1883)

Little Thumb got up very early and went to the edge of a stream; he filled his pockets with little white pebbles. This is from the fairy tale of Little Thumb, written by Charles Perrault and published [...]

Keywords: forests, rivers, streams, boys, nighttime, dark, woods, illustrations for children, fairy tales, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2021-06-14

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