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1852x836, 443x200, 750x339, 926x418 | 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 + S K L |
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103x210, 138x281, 184x375, 354x721, 472x961, 630x1283, 840x1710, 98x200 | Page detail: Art Neuveau borderThe Cynic’s Calendar (1905) A detail from the January Week 1 page showing the decorative border, which repeats on every fourth page throughout most of the book. A cat stands on a skull. Keywords: borders, cats, skulls, sketches, spooky, colour Places shown: none Added: 2007-05-25 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 134x200, 1703x2550, 501x750, 852x1275 | H Sperling: HorrifiedModerne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band XV (1901) Heinrich Sperling was a German artist known for painting animals, especially dogs and horses, but also cats. His paintings were full of realism but also often humour. Here, in Entsetzt (Horrified), a [...] Keywords: animals, pets, dogs, cats, surrealism, windows, colour Places shown: none Added: 2020-03-01 + S K L |
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1508x1985, 152x200, 570x750, 754x993 | The WitchLittle Folks Magazine Vol 64 (1906) In this illustration a witch (presumably) is depicted as an old woman with a long nose and missing teeth. She wears a tall hat with a large red cat perched on it. She carries a broomstick under one ar [...] Keywords: witches, occult, spooky, people, cats, animals, rabbits, colour Places shown: none Added: 2016-10-31 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 800x600 | CatsHone’s Everyday Book (1826) A group of cats gathers round an open music book to sing christmas carols. A trombone, violin, banjo and other instruments are visible, along with playing cards. Some mice play nearby. From p. 1100: [...] Keywords: animals, cats, music, christmas, mice, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2004-05-01 + S K L |
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1178x1264, 186x200, 663x711, 884x948 | The Queen and the CatAtalanta Magazine (1888) “I will be mother to every one of you [cats],” said the Baroness; “my heart is big enough to hold you all. Kiss me my dear children, all of you. I will love you all, have no fear. [...]” The Barone [...] Keywords: illustrations for children, people, royalty, birds, trees, summer, cats, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2010-02-08 + S K L |
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179x200, 1924x2150, 671x750 | John Bunyan at Bedford Gaol.The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 3) (1878) John Bunyan was born at Elstow, near Bedford, in 1628. His parents were poor, and he received the merest rudiments of education. As a youth he became notorious for his profanity, but his vigorous n [...] Keywords: john bunyan, people, writers, prisons, punishments, chains, leg irons, cats, animals, arches, children, men, women, hats, costume, misery, greyscale Places shown: Bedford; Bedfordshire; England Added: 2018-08-12 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 132x200, 1488x2252, 496x750, 744x1126 | Beautiful and Unusual Full-Page Victorian BorderImitation of Christ (1855) This full-page floral border includes some scenes, both religious and other, and originally surrounded text from the Imitation of Christ. The scenes from top left, are;A woman with cloven hooves and w [...] Keywords: borders, full-page borders, christianity, religion, cats, animals, floriated borders, bare feet, jesus, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2018-06-19 + S K L |
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309x718, 617x1435, 86x200 | Devil CatImitation of Christ (1855) An angry cat (at least, I think it’s a cat) charges towards us with tail puffed up... but this cat has horns and cloven paws! This is a detail from a full-page border of vines. Keywords: cats, devils, demons, religion, christianity, animals, evil, anger, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2018-06-20 + S K L |
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1147x342, 2293x684, 671x200, 860x257 | Artistic CatsAtalanta 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 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1068x888, 1424x1184, 240x200, 801x666 | Cook, Duchess, Cheshire Cat, Baby, and AliceAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865) “The door led right into a large kitchen, which was full of smoke from one end to the other: the Duchess was sitting on a three-legged stool in the middle, nursing a baby; the cook was leaning over th [...] Keywords: alice, people, cats, infants, interiors, kitchens, food, illustrations for children, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2006-06-23 + S K L |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1057x686, 1409x914, 309x200, 793x514 | Cheshire Cat fading to smileAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865) “ ‘All right,’ said the Cat; and this time it vanished quite slowly, beginning with the end of the tail, and ending with the grin, which remained some time after the rest of it had gone.” Keywords: alice, people, animals, cats, trees, illustrations for children, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2006-06-23 + S K L |
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