Items matching colour (results page 44)

86.—Pevensey CastleSussex Painted (1906)

“The Rape of Pevensey is of a curious shape. [Sussex is divided into six regions called Rapes] It narrows somewhat towards the middle and bulges out towards the top, or north end. This appears to be t [...]

Keywords: castles, ruins, roman remains, trees, water, towers, colour

Places shown: Pevensey; Sussex; England

Added: 2005-09-02

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Did the Hand then of the Potter shakeThe Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (1905)

A boy or young man kneels, wearing only a loin-cloth: he is bare-chested and barefoot. He is a potter, holding a cup. LIX “Listen again. One Evening at the Close  Of Ramazan, ere the better Moon aros [...]

Keywords: colour, bare feet, children, pottery, people

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-02-03

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The ShepherdReminiscences of Scottish Life and Character (1911)

The Shepherd, From a water-colour drawing by Henry W. Kerr, A.R.S.A., R.S.W. The shepherd here is an older man pictured outdoors wearing a traditional Scottish costume and leaning on his wooden crook. [...]

Keywords: people, portraits, costumes, colour

Places shown: Scotland

Added: 2009-02-07

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887.—Men Skating At Night.New Specimen of Cast-Metal Ornaments and Wood Types (1840)

Five men are skating on a frozen pond at night, leaving trails in the ice. They smile. They are wearing top hats and eighteenth-century dress. One of them carries a cane. In the background, wintry tr [...]

Keywords: people, winter, christmas, sport, costumes, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-12-13

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Niches at OrielOxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

From a Drawing by A. Brunet-Debaines.

Keywords: gothic, windows, entrances, statues, colleges, colour

Places shown: Oriel College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2003-04-13

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892.—Oval Frame With Leafy BranchesNew Specimen of Cast-Metal Ornaments and Wood Types (1840)

This oval frame has two different kinds of branch, with leaves, on either side, and a ribbon on the top. I could not identify the leaves. I have coloured the image; the original was printed in solid b [...]

Keywords: frames, oval, cartici, borders, leaves, foliated borders, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2015-09-18

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894b.—Full-page border with green laurel leaves.New Specimen of Cast-Metal Ornaments and Wood Types (1840)

This rectangular full-page border contains an inner oval frame or cartouche made from laurel leaves, used to symbolize victory. In this version I have coloured the laurel leaves green. See also the or [...]

Keywords: borders, cartouches, frames, leaves, victory, laurel leaves, wreaths, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2013-02-08

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Cowslip.Familiar Wild Flowers (1906)

A picture of a cowslip. The perspective is that of an elf: looking up from ground level at this small flower. When you stand and look down at them you mainly notice the long green part just behind the [...]

Keywords: flowers, botanical illustrations, wild flowers, cowslips, colour, petals

Places shown: none

Added: 2017-01-15

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Contents PagePan Pipes (1883)

In this Arts and Crafts style image, a wide piece of paper is drawn with curled-up side edges; the paper is set in a ground featuring a blue sky with white birds. The birds are flying out of an open w [...]

Keywords: page images, colour, arts and crafts, colour, angels, boys, birds, freedom, song, singing

Places shown: none

Added: 2016-09-19

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Initial letter C with angel releasing birds from bird-cagePan Pipes (1883)

A decorative initial C featuring a winged young male angel wearing only a garland of flowers, and otherwise naked and barefoot; the youth or boy is squatting or kneeling inside the letter C holding a [...]

Keywords: letterc, initials, angels, wings, boys, nudity, bare feet, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2016-09-19

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03: index 1/2Oratio Dominica: The Lord’s Prayer in above 100 Languages, Versions and Characters (1713)

Keywords: page images, alphabets, typography, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2000-05-16

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Quadrangle of George Heriot’s HospitalEdinburgh (1912)

“The picture shows parts of the north and east sides of the Quadrangle. In the centre of the north side is the entrance doorway to the chapel, above which rises an oriel window combined with a half o [...]

Keywords: people, buildings, towers, windows, colour

Places shown: Edinburgh; Lothian; Scotland

Added: 2006-08-01

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914.—Strand Gate, WinchelseaOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Built in the late 13th Century. It still has a road running through the arch today.

Keywords: castles, ruins, towers, arches, colour

Places shown: Winchelsea; Sussex; England

Added: 2004-03-04

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92. Horham HallThe Growth of the English House (1909)

92. Plan of Horham Hall, Essex

See also Fig. 93

Keywords: plans, maps, manors, colour

Places shown: Horham; Essex; England

Added: 2003-08-04

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93. Horham HallThe Growth of the English House (1909)

Fig. 93. Horham Hall, Essex (early 16th cent.) “Horham Hall, in Essex, is a good example, moderate in size, of this period. It was built in the early years of the sixteenth century by Sir John Cutt, [...]

Keywords: manors, windows, chimneys, entrances, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: Horham; Essex; England

Added: 2003-08-04

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Plate 93.—Sixteenth Century No. 5The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

Not a complete alphabet, and with an odd “O” but still an interesting set of decorative initials, including fishes and vegetables and leaves and grapes, with red letters on a black and white backgroun [...]

Keywords: initials, red, black, colour, typography, alphabets, inhabited initials, floriated initials

Places shown: none

Added: 2005-10-03

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AssenOud Nederland (1927)

Assen is the capital of Drenthe, in North-East Netherlands (Holland). It’s possible that the large building at rear left is now the headquarters of RTF-Drenthe, the public regional broadcasting channe [...]

Keywords: buildings, cities, towns, cityscapes, churches, trees, people, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: Assen; Drenthe; Netherlands

Added: 2010-05-23

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94.—The norm Tower (Wallpaper remix)The Thames Illustrated: A Picturesque Journey from Richmond to Oxford (1897)

A hand-coloured version of The Norman Tower cropped for use as a desktop background or wallpaper.

Keywords: castles, backgrounds, wallpaper, colour, towers

Places shown: Windsor; Berkshire; England

Added: 2006-05-21

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Through Woods and FieldsModerne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band VII (1893)

A young lady leans with one elegantly gloved hand on a wooden fence or stile, petting her black dog with the other hand. The dog rests its chin on the fence and has one paw through. The woman wears a [...]

Keywords: people, women, colour, dogs, animals, costumes, bonnets, hats, fences, green, purple

Places shown: none

Added: 2022-07-02

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Armillary Sphere, Scanned VersionAstrology (1806)

I scanned the Armillary Sphere again (oops), and this time decided to publish the illustration moer or less as it came off the scanner, as a picture from an old book. Copies of this book are apparentl [...]

Keywords: astrology, astronomy, diagrams, machinery, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-12-25

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