Items matching buildings, greyscale (results page 112)

Woodcroft House in Etton Parish in Northamptonshire where Dr. Michael Hudson was murthered 6 June 1648 Desiderata (1779)

It seems that Dr. Hudson had tried to hide in a tower, but was caught; he tried to escape, and ended up dangling over the edge of the tower by his hands. His hands (or fingers, accounts vary) were cu [...]

Keywords: violence, murder, manors, moats, people, battles, greyscale

Places shown: Etton; Northamptonshire; England

Added: 2006-08-18

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Birth of the Rose Art-Journal (1850)

Engraved by T. W. Knight from the statue by B. Jennings.This statue won first prize for sculpture in the Great Exhibition of 1851. It was given to Birmingham Free Library in 1914; I do not know whethe [...]

Keywords: romance, flowers, roses, boys, people, men, statuary, cupids, angels, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2017-01-28

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Christians Flung To The Wild Beasts Popular History of Rome, A (1886)

A scene in the Roman Colosseum, the great theatre where the gladiators fought. But in this case a group of Christians, including men, women and children, has been made available to lions, tigers and [...]

Keywords: people, animals, sporting events, religion, torture, punishments, bare feet, nudity, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-01-28

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Old Shop, corner of Fleet Street and Chancery Lane in 1799 London (Volume V) (1843)

The general character of shops in olden London was to have the wares exposed openly to the street, without any barrier of glass between the buyer and seller. Wherever our old topographers and chronicl [...]

Keywords: buildings, shops, architecture, windows, people, old-fashioned, xmas, greyscale

Places shown: London; England

Added: 2019-02-25

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Typographic ornament with leaves and flowers Jugend [German art magazine] (1903)

I think it’s ment to be ivy or oak, with maybe bluebell flowers? I’m not sure. This is a typographic ornament or end-piece for finishing off a chapter.The piece was signed R. B. but I’m not sure who t [...]

Keywords: ornaments, endpieces, leaves, flowers, floriated ornament, foliated ornament, ivy, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2019-01-10

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Initial letter T with cherubs Magazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

An initial letter “T” used as a drop cap in the magazine; the letter is supported by two naked people wity styized wings; they have genitals but are clearly intended to be infants. There is also a flo [...]

Keywords: cherubs, romance, lettert, initials, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-01-21

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Vintage Tractors Das Buch Fur Alle [the book for everyone] (1890)

Traction Engines, or steam-powered tractors, from 1890

Keywords: machinery, farm machinery, traction engines, fields, steam power, industrial revolution, rural, machines, wheels, steam, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2022-05-07

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They knelt on the seat, and fired deliberately Chatterbox Annual (1916)

It’s winter, and the horses are pulling the sleigh over the snow and through the forest, with wolves in hot pursuit. The young people (teens?) in the back are firing their rifles at the wolves.“Annie [...]

Keywords: horses, carts, people, guns, weapons, wolves, winter, snow, trees, christmas, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-11-16

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Shelter. Magazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

Shelterby Arthur Hopkins.Two boys and two girls use a rocky ledge by the sea as shelter from the rain. The girls have dresses, and the boys are barefoot, and have sun-hats, suggesting that it is Summe [...]

Keywords: art, people, bare feet, storms, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-08-20

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Panting was his heart with fright Chatterbox Annual (1916)

A dog is leaping in chase after a rabbit; another rabbit looks on nervously in the background.Bright the summer morn and early,    Sweetly sang the lark on high,Meadow grass with dew was pearly,    Bl [...]

Keywords: animals, rabbits, dogs, poems, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-11-16

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Atrolabe: scientist and boy The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer [William Morris, Kelmscott Press] (1896)

This illustration, surrounded by a leafy border inspired by medieval and early printed books, shows a man holding a robe and with sixteenth-century or earlier style courtly footwear and hat, standing [...]

Keywords: borders, foliated borders, castles, astrolabes, scientific instruments, medieval costumes, men, boys, people, roofs, battlements, chaucer, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2023-01-14

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Shilling, William III The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 3) (1878)

This wood-engraving shows the two sides of a shilling from 1699, in the reign of King William III of England. The coin has the King’s portait in profile on one side and shields on the other for Ierlan [...]

Keywords: coins, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-05-06

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Halfpenny, William III The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 3) (1878)

This wood-engraving shows the two sides of a halfpenny from 1699, in the reign of King William III of England. The coin has the King’s portrait on the front and Britannia seated in her chariot on the [...]

Keywords: coins, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2008-08-19

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Sir Isaac Newton The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 3) (1878)

Sir Isaac Newton, inventor of the apple.

Biography of Isaac Newton from 1812.

Keywords: people, portraits, wigs, newton, physics, science, scientists, men, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2008-06-16

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Plate 41.—Cardiff Castle History of Wales (1853)

The castle dates from 1090 or so; Robert son of William I was imprisoned there for 26 years. Cardiff is now capital of Wales; in 1904 it had a population of 164,333.

Keywords: castles, ruins, trees, towers, greyscale

Places shown: Cardiff; Glamorgan; Wales

Added: 2003-09-03

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Boy Fairy Resting on a Flower Atalanta Magazine (1888)

An end-of-chapter tailpiece showing a small nude boy laying on a sunflower, and holding a daisy in one hand; his feet rest on another daisy. I think he is meant to be a flower fairy, although he does [...]

Keywords: fairies, cherubs, illustrations for children, people, mythical creatures, children, nudity, bare feet, relaxing, warmth, summer, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-01-13

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The Eagle. Bible Animals (1877)

“Though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle.”—Jer. xiix. 16.An eagle flying high in the mountains, carrying in its claws a furry mammal for the two smaller eagles waiting in the nest of [...]

Keywords: birds, eagles, nests, mountains, wings, greyscale

Places shown: Palestine

Added: 2011-11-12

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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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