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1287x1131, 1716x1509, 227x200, 723x636, 965x848 | Seamen in great distress eat one anotherWonderful Prodigies of Judgement and Mercy (1685) These sailors have only a tattered sail on their mast, and are in a small lifeboat in a raging storm, with a sea inhabited by a strange giant fish. A sailor near the stern of the boat is about to be [...] Keywords: boats, people, storms, ships, fish, waves, food, colour Places shown: none Added: 2006-11-04 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1051x1431, 147x200, 473x644, 631x859, 788x1073 | Little Wee MenA Treasury of Verse for Little Children (1923) The fairy folk climbing a hill made of clouds, and, beneath them, a fairy castle. Keywords: colour, fairies, people, castles, fantasy, illustrations for children Places shown: none Added: 2007-08-05 + S K L |
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1015x555, 1269x694, 1280x780, 1280x800, 1440x900, 1680x1050, 1692x925, 366x200, 762x416, 800x480 | Specimen of the Würzburg Missal. Written about 1470 or 1480.The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 2) (1878) This full-page plate occurs next to the discussion on the invention of printing, and the dramatic effect it to reduce the power of the Church. The plate does not appear to be mentioned in the text. T [...] Keywords: calligraphy, colour, christmas, easter, gothic letters, religion Places shown: none Added: 2008-03-07 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1292x878, 1722x1171, 2296x1561, 294x200, 969x659 | Abergavenny CastleCastles (1926) There has been a castle at Abergavenny since around 1087, but today’s ruins were built in the 13th and 14th centuries. Today there is a gate with barbican and a couple of towers. There are some mode [...] Keywords: castles, ruins, trees, people, colour Places shown: Abergavenny; Monmouthshire; Wales Added: 2003-09-15 + S K L R N |
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| 1254x1013, 1673x1351, 2091x1688, 248x200, 700x565, 941x760 | The West Front, From the Minster-yard.English Cathedrals (1910) The Exchequer Gate [...] admits us into a small paved square—the Minster-yard—surrounded on three sides by low ecclesiastical dwellings. Filling the whole of the fourth side, just in front of us, ri [...] Keywords: cathedrals, gothic architecture, street scenes, costumes, victoriana, crowds, drawings, buildings, arches, entrances, colour Places shown: Lincoln; Lincolnshire; England Added: 2008-09-11 + S K L R N |
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1280x800, 1440x900, 1680x1050, 1920x1024, 1920x1200, 320x200, 768x480 | 17.—14th Century Illminated MS., SimplifiedOrnamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879) This is a simplified version of the fourteenth century alphabet, with the addition of a letter “J” and a slightly modernized letter “F”. there is also a font for this, which you can have for $15 (use [...] Keywords: initials, alphabets, colour, typography, outlines, green, colour Places shown: none Added: 2014-05-23 + S K L |
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| Letter “F” from 16th century book of hoursBook of Hours, Rosenwald MS. 10 (1533) The letter F painted in blue and gold used as a decorative initial. This image was on image 17 of the Library of Congress page images. You could use it for an E or an F, as long as the context is not [...] Keywords: letterf, lettere, initials, calligraphy, blue, gold, colour, lettering, christmas Places shown: none Added: 2006-09-29 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1200x809, 1600x1079, 297x200, 900x607 | Roxburgh CastleThe Scott Country (1920) Says Discover the Borders, “The ruins of the famous castle of Roxburgh, favourite of Scottish kings, seated on its massive grassy mound between the Rivers Tweed and Teviot.” Keywords: castles, towers, ruins, trees, water, colour Places shown: Kelso; Roxburghshire; Scotland Added: 2004-02-27 + S K L R N |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 154x200, 1833x2375, 577x750, 912x1185 | Summer EveningModerne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band VII (1893) Sommerabend, which is, Summer Evening, painted by Hermann Sschlittgen and shown at the Great Berlin Art Exhibition (der Grossen Berliner Kunstausstellung) in 1893. The picture shows, i think, a mother [...] Keywords: paintings, art, chinese new year, lanterns, mothers, people, children, women, wonder, joy, excitement, art, colour Places shown: none Added: 2023-01-18 + S K L |
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1024x774, 1552x1173, 265x200 | Hall at Ockwell’s, Berkshire.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) Coloured in the original book.“The old manor-house of Ockwells is situated about one mile westward from bray, in Berkshire. It is one of those mansions built chiefly of timber framework, of which man [...] Keywords: windows, interiors, colour, paneling, people, animals, furniture Places shown: Bray; Berkshire; England Added: 2004-03-04 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1058x1692, 127x200, 1636x2570, 461x723, 614x964, 818x1285 | 174. Muscle Men, Table IIFabrica... (1543) The “muscle men” illustrations each show a naked man, in a progressive state of dissection. De Fabrica wsa hoping that they would be useful not only for doctors but also for the painter, sculptor and [...] Keywords: anatomy, skeletons, nudity, colour Places shown: none Added: 2010-01-13 + S K L |
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1158x1611, 144x200, 488x679, 651x906, 869x1209 | The BookmanThe Gnome King of Oz (1927) “I can carry myself and turn over a new leaf every day in the year.” said the Bookman, smiling—Chapter 14 Tis is one of the gnomes that Peter met in the Land of Oz. “Why, it’s a book~” burst out Peter [...] Keywords: people, books, pictures of books, humour, hats, mythical creatures, illustrations for children, colour Places shown: none Added: 2009-10-23 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1020x691, 1361x921, 1814x1228, 296x200, 765x518 | AngersCathedral Cities of France (1907) “The French yearning to make everything new” has done its work in Angers, but through Fulk, Geoffrey, René, and the rest would be at a loss to recognise their old capital in the trim modern town, enou [...] Keywords: cityscapes, views, rivers, water, cathedrals, spires, colour Places shown: Angers; Maine-et-Loire; France Added: 2008-07-09 + S K L R N |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1210x1571, 154x200, 510x663, 681x884, 908x1179 | The Siren of the WildseaLegends of the Black Forest (1890) Die Nixe des Wildsee’s The fairy is playing her harp, sitting in the form of an almost-nakd woman; a doe (a female deer) nestles beside her. But a snake crosses her foot, showing her sinister side. T [...] Keywords: people, forests, trees, nudity, animals, mythical creatures, fairies, colour Places shown: none Added: 2009-11-24 + S K L |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested |
