Items matching colour (results page 21)

8. The Peak Castle, Derbysire (1176)The Growth of the English House (1909)

“The keep itself, which was built in 1176, is very similar in arrangement to the peel-towers of the Scottish border and to the towers which elsewhere formed the nucleus of many fortified houses. It pr [...]

Keywords: castles, plans, architecture, colour

Places shown: Peveril Castle; Castleton; Derbyshire; England

Added: 2006-01-11

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BuckinghamshireThe Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783)

A public domain map of the County of Buckinghamshire in England, from 1783. Places marked on the map include the following: The Hundreds: A. Newport; B. Buckingham; C. Cottslow; D. Ashenden; E. Alesbu [...]

Keywords: maps, colour

Places shown: Buckinghamshire; England

Added: 2005-11-04

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Osanna in ExcelsisLa Vita Nuova (The New Life) (1910)

The phrase, Osanna in Excelsis (moer commonly written in English, Hosanna in Excelsis) in the form of a giant “E” with a decorative initial letter “O” containing angels, and a smaller E-within-the-e i [...]

Keywords: christmas, initials, angels, lettering, calligraphy, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-12-20

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Swash letter N with Three Kings and Mary and JesusThe Four Gospels (1931)

A decorative initial for the Adoration of the Magi. The Wise men from the East (the Gospels don’t say how many there were so tradition says there were three) arrived to worship the infant Jesus; this [...]

Keywords: lettern, initials, historiated initials, inhabited initials, christmas, epiphany, wise men, babies, bare feet, religion, christianity, nativity, biblical scenes, bible pictures, people, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2014-12-07

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5.—The Book RevealedFirst Book of Urizen (1794)

Urizen (?) holds a giant open book inscribed with strange symbols; the text is as follows: In living creations appear’d In the flames of eternal fury. 3. Sund’ring, dark’ning, thund’ring! Rent away wi [...]

Keywords: occult, people, beards, books, pictures of books, poetry, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-11-17

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Gardener’s BoyPictureseque Egypt Vol II (1878)

A boy, perhaps thirteen years old, has a large flower on his head and carries a garland; he is selling flowers from a basket.

Keywords: people, children, poverty, flowers, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-12-28

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Wilton HousePicturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland Vol 1 (1870)

It was hard to do justice to the delicate colours of this 8-colour printed plate of Wilton House in Wiltshire. WILTON HOUSE, WILTON, WILTSHIRE.—EARL OF PEMBROKE AND MONTGOMERY. Wilton House is an impo [...]

Keywords: manors, houses, buildings, trees, water, colour

Places shown: Wilton; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2007-02-10

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Decorative chapter head with styilized birds and green menSouth by East: Notes of Travel in Southern Europe (1877)

A decorative woodcut used above a chapter title at the start of the book. The image is a “foliate border” because it contains vines and leaves, but there are also two bird heads and two heads (in prof [...]

Keywords: chapterheads, mythical creatures, borders, birds, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2013-10-20

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7. Peak Castle, DerbyshireThe Growth of the English House (1909)

Plan of the Keep Peak Castle is more commonly known as Peveril Castle. See also Fig. 8. “Above the upper chamber was the roof, originally of steep pitch (see section, Fig. 9). but which may have been [...]

Keywords: castles, plans, colour

Places shown: Peveril Castle; Castleton; Derbyshire; England

Added: 2006-01-11

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92.—Kirby HallEnglish Homes Period III Vol. I, Late Tudor & Early Stuart (1558‒1649) (1922)

92. – The Porch and Hall Windows.
As seen through the central arch of the loggia.

Keywords: manors, windows, entrances, arches, ruins, clouds, colour

Places shown: Corby; Northamptonshire; England

Added: 2003-11-27

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Inside coverConjuring Tricks (1890)

Victorian paper, now rather brittle.

Keywords: page images, paper, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-06-03

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1.—“Royal Scot” train, near Shap summit, Engine No. 6134 “Samson”British Locomotives Illustrated (1933)

Among the outstanding features of British Railway operation of to-day is the development of the long distance non-stop run. This has been made possible by water-troughs, enabling an engine to replenis [...]

Keywords: railways, transport, engines, steam engines, trains, shap, colour

Places shown: Shap; Cumbria; England

Added: 2010-02-09

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The Map of BedfordshireThe Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783)

A public-domain map of Bedfordshire from 1783. Places marked on the map include: Ampthill, Aspely Guise [Aspley Guise], Astwood, Battledon, Bedford, Berkford, Bigleswade [Biggleswade], Biscot, Bletnes [...]

Keywords: colour, maps

Places shown: Bedfordshire; England

Added: 2005-08-21

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Folder Cover For Part I.Charles Dickens Rare Print Collection (1900)

The folders around each “part” of ten plates are dark brown and approx. ten inches (24 or 25cm) tall; in one corner they have a paper label pasted dowm on the front, and this is one such label. CHARLE [...]

Keywords: page images, book covers, dickens, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2015-10-08

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JanuaryThe Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume I (1930)

January from The Shepheardes Calendar. The shepherd’s boy, Colin Cloute, is shown with a staff (properly called a crook). We also see a distant town with the spires of a cathedral or of churches, and [...]

Keywords: colour, calendars, monthscolour

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-02-08

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January: page imageThe Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume I (1930)

The page containing the heading for January; I have also scanned the woodcut for January separately.

Keywords: colour, page images, typography, january, people, sheep, zodiac, trees

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-02-08

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A Shepherd Boy (page image)The Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume I (1930)

The start of the first Æglogue (page 11), showing the decorative initial and the page layout.

Keywords: page images, colour, typography

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-02-08

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FebruaryThe Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume I (1930)

February from The Shepheardes Calendar. An old shepherd, Thenot, speaks to a shepherd boy called Cuddie. We see the zodiac symbols for Pisces (the fish) in the sky.

Keywords: colour, calendars, months, february, people, animals, zodiac

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-02-08

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I.-2. Charles Dickens.Charles Dickens Rare Print Collection (1900)

Keywords: dickens, people, portraits, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2015-10-07

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MarchThe Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume I (1930)

March from The Shepheardes Calendar. Two shepherd’s boys begin to “make purpos of love and other plesaunce, which to springtime is most agreeable.” We see the two boys standing talking, and also Cupid [...]

Keywords: colour, calendars, months, march, people, cherubs, zodiac

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-02-08

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