Items matching colour (results page 36)

West Gate, WarwickWarwick and Leamington (1920)

A shepherd herds his sheep up Warwick’s main street, past mediaeval house.

Keywords: towns, colour, churches, mediaeval, people, animals

Places shown: Warwick; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2003-11-09

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Snake and Owl Border.The Cynic’s Calendar (1905)

This border in red, featuring a snake and an owl with an outstretched wing, was around the word “Memorandum” but it could equally well do for an owl-deliverd Slytherin message in a Harry Potter film!

Keywords: snakes, owls, borders, birds, colour, cartici

Places shown: none

Added: 2013-01-12

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Drakelowe HallPicturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland Vol 2 (1870)

Drakelowe Hall was home to the Gresley family for many years; Sir Hubert Nigel Gresley worked in railways and became famous for his locomotive designs. The contents of the hall were sold in 1931, and [...]

Keywords: stately homes, mansions, chimneys, parks, windows, vanished buildings, extriors, manors, colour, trees

Places shown: Drakelow; Burton-on-Trent; Derbyshire; England

Added: 2025-10-20

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51.—16th CenturyOrnamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

A set of decorative initial letters from the sixteenth century; it is missing “J” “O” “W” “X” and “Z” so that there are only 21 letters here, although I have made a fake “J.” They have an appealing pl [...]

Keywords: alphabets, calligraphy, mythical creatures, initials, brown, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-09-06

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Happy bashful fiery sun face drawingOrnamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

This reddish-yellow sun face has an out-of-control hairdo and a cute smile; it’s a detail from a Sixteenth Century decorative initial letter “U”.

Keywords: astrology, sun, drawings, colour, yellow

Places shown: none

Added: 2014-06-28

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51.—Serving at a BanquetLa Vita Nuova (The New Life) (1910)

Two men, servants, wearing mediæval outfits with hose (tights) and hats, proceed presumably to a banquet, one with a flask and one with a pie. Overhead, cherubs play musical instruments. In the backgr [...]

Keywords: people, mediaeval, castles, battlements, food, servantspeople, christmas, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2012-12-25

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Maenad and Faun Full Page BorderStock Designs of Page Borders, Top Folio Headings, Tailpieces, Display Pages (1922)

In this full-page design a mænad, or female faun, part human and part goat, is sitting under a tree playing a pipe; a male faun is seated next to her playing pipes and with a laurel wreat round his ha [...]

Keywords: fauns, maenads, romance, mythological creatures, borders, full-page borders, colour, trees, musical instruments, musicians, music

Places shown: none

Added: 2020-11-16

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52.—16th Century from Wood EngravingsOrnamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

This is not a good scan; I plan to replace it with one made at a higher resolution. It is an alphabet with some ornate decoration and flourishes.

Keywords: alphabets, calligraphy, lettering, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-11-29

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Festival at the East London Hospital For Children on New Year’s EveIllustrated London News Vol 56 (1870)

FESTIVAL AT THE EAST LONDON HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN. From among the entertainments given on a New-Year’s Eve at the different hospitals and charitable institutions in London, we have selected for illust [...]

Keywords: christmas, trees, new year, people, children, hospitals, health, interiors, dickens, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-12-15

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The Sanctuary, National War Shrine, EdinburghIn Search of Scotland (1929)

The Shrine is the highest building in Edinburgh. It rises from virgin rock. Its walls spring from jagged ledges. In shape it is a sanctuary facing north with an east and west transept. [...] The ke [...]

Keywords: war memorials, shrines, interiors, arches, gothic architecture, stonework, masonry, columns, gates, colour

Places shown: Edinburgh; Lothian; Scotland

Added: 2014-08-22

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ErlintonSome British Ballads (1919)

“Erlinton had a fair daughter; I wat he weird her in a great sin;, For he has built a bigly bower, And a’ to put that lady in. An’ he has warn’d her sisters six, An’ sae has he her brethren se’en, Ou [...]

Keywords: colour, people

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-07-04

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Faun playing pipes to his childrenStock Designs of Page Borders, Top Folio Headings, Tailpieces, Display Pages (1922)

An adult faun, with the legs of a goat and garlands of flowers in his hair, plays the pan pipes to three faun children. All are topless and have horns. This is a clean design that could be used in p [...]

Keywords: fauns, maenads, romance, mythological creatures, children, horns, borders, full-page borders, colour, trees, musical instruments, musicians, music

Places shown: none

Added: 2021-09-10

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Guy’s Cliffe.Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland Vol 1 (1870)

A strikingly beautiful manor house, with the moat in the foreground; today it lies in ruins. There are several other pictures of the same site; see the Location link. I have included a 1680x1050 pix [...]

Keywords: manors, stately homes, exteriors, parks, buildings, colour, water, trees, colour

Places shown: Guy’s Cliffe; Warwick; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2007-06-16

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53.—Towcester, Dunchurch, DaventryBritannia Depicta (1720)

This is a route-map for people traveling in Great Britain; an early travel guide from 1720. The route goes from Towcester (spelt “Tosceter”) through Duncote (Northamptonshire), Fosters’ Booth, Oscot, [...]

Keywords: maps, colour

Places shown: England

Added: 2006-05-29

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53.—Mongrams, Crosses, etc. [overview]Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

Monograms (e.g. IHS), gothic crosses and other religious symbols.

I have made higher-resolution versions of the individual images, with the colour removed, so that you can reuse them.

Keywords: symbols, typography, spirit, colour, christmas

Places shown: none

Added: 2005-10-04

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53.1.—Cross of the Holy NameOrnamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

The closest cross I could find to this one is the symbol used in Cabbalistic mysticism representing a Holy Name. It is also similar to the cross used by the pope and other Papist dignitaries alongsid [...]

Keywords: symbols, crosses, spirit, religion, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2005-11-02

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53.7.—Clubs On LegsOrnamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

Possibly an architectural cross seen at the top of an arch.

This image is taken from plate 53.

Keywords: symbols, crosses, spirit, religion, fleurs de lys, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2005-11-02

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53.19.—Decorative stylised tree (embossed leather version)Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

A version of the tree symbol (originally taken from plate 53) which I embossed onto a leather book cover, to give an idea for a use for the image.

Keywords: symbols, ornaments, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-12-23

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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

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54.—Coventry, Coleshill, LichfieldBritannia Depicta (1720)

This is a route-map for people traveling in Great Britain; an early travel guide from 1720.

I have also scanned the other side of this page.

Keywords: maps, colour

Places shown: England

Added: 2006-10-18

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