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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 142x200, 1624x2295, 531x750, 812x1148 | Kneeling at prayer by candlelightJugend [German art magazine] (1900) The poem that appeared at upper left is given below, first in automatically translated English and then in my transcription of the German. The fairy tale of the king’s heart It struck a royal hear [...] Keywords: people, prayer, candles, women, kneeling, devout, illustrations for children, mediaeval costumes, costumes, colour Places shown: none Added: 2019-02-21 + S K L |
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1300x1944, 1300x1944, 134x200, 650x972 | Fisher Row and Remains of Oxford CastleOxford (1910) The square tower in the background is part of the remains of Oxford Castle. Keywords: castles, houses, water, bridges, canals, people, roads, colour, trees Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England Added: 2004-04-01 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 133x200, 539x808, 718x1077, 957x1436 | Porte du Croux, NeversCathedral Cities of France (1907) “The fourth attraction of Nevers, the high square gateway tower known as the Porte du Croux, may also be bregarded as a relic of feudal days, seeing that it dates from 1398, and was evidently part of [...] Keywords: castles, towers, people, colour Places shown: Nevers; France Added: 2007-02-05 + S K L R N |
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| 1137x640, 2274x1280, 356x200 | Plate I.—Section of Locomotive Engine [coloured letters]Steam and the Steam Engine (1880) This is a version of Plate I in which I have coloured the letters blue, to try to make it easier to follow the description, which I have also repeated here: In this sectional elevation F is the furnac [...] Keywords: railways, machinery, diagrams, transport, engines, steam engines, colour Places shown: none Added: 2006-02-06 + S K L |
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1200x718, 1448x867, 334x200, 724x434, 9656x5780 | Napoleon and the SphinxGreat Men and Famous Women, vol. II (1894) [Napoleon Bonaparte] was bent on the conquest of Egypt. He appears to have had something visionary in his temperament, and to have dreamed of founding a mighty empire from the stand-point of the East [...] Keywords: napoleon, monuments, portraits, people, horses, soldiers, deserts, mythological creatures, colour Places shown: Egypt Added: 2006-09-02 + S K L |
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164x200, 1724x2100, 410x500, 616x750, 862x1050 | Plate XXIV.—Knowledge Is PowerThe Art of Decorative Design (1862) The example here has a slogan, Knowledge Is Power, inside a diamond filled with intricate coloured patterns. A class of decorations of a distinctive character arise from the ground being wholly covere [...] Keywords: slogans, patterns, decoration, colour Places shown: none Added: 2025-01-14 + S K L |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1397x1314, 213x200, 750x705 | Seventeenth-Century TapestryL’Ornament Polychrome (Ornament in Colour) (1869) The Biblical scene illustrated here is where the fisthermen are having no luck and Jesus says, cast your nets on the other side of the boat; they do, and get lots of fish. The story does not make much [...] Keywords: fishermen, biblical scenes, tapestries, textile art, neb, birds, herons, boats, bare feet, beards, colour, jesus, borders, cherubs Places shown: none Added: 2021-02-01 + S K L |
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132x200, 486x733, 647x977, 863x1302 | Library, Chapel & Hall, MagdalenCambridge and its Story (1912) The Library Chapel and Hall, Magdalen College, Cambridge; it is a part of Cambridge University. Lithograph by Herbert Railton, tinted by Fanny Railton. I am not happy with the colour correction on thi [...] Keywords: colleges, gothic, buildings, trees, windows, colour Places shown: Magdalen College; Cambridge; Cambridgeshire; England Added: 2005-10-02 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 136x200, 469x693, 626x924, 834x1232 | The Star of BethlehemReligion in the Home (1913) A crowd is marching; but three in particular are shown in this colour picture, moving towards a bright star. One is riding a richly decorated camel. The Gospels do not in fact say there were Three K [...] Keywords: christmas, religion, people, animals, camels, colour, astrology Places shown: none Added: 2007-12-13 + S K L |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1711x1200, 285x200, 856x600 | Place HouseMemorials of Hampshire. (1906) Originally there was an abbey here, founded in 1232. After the dissolution it went to Thomas Wriothesley, first Earl of Southampton, who mostly demolished it and built the house. Keywords: manors, windows, chimneys, towers, spooky, colour Places shown: Titchfield; Hampshire; England Added: 2004-03-05 + S K L R N |
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1027x660, 2053x1319, 311x200, 750x482 | Usk Bridge, Monmouth, Coloured from aon old paintingHistory of Wales (1853) This is a version of the engraving of Usk Bridge to which i have applied the colour from an old painting; the artist of the painting was not attributed, but the details were a very close match so the [...] Keywords: bridges, rivers, water, colour, paintings, art, rivers Places shown: Usk; Monmouthshire; Wales Added: 2025-04-14 + S K L R N |
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148x200, 718x973, 957x1297 | Nevilles Court, Trinity CollegeCambridge and its Story (1912) Hmm, this one came out better, I’m encouraged to try some more. Keywords: colleges, courtyards, windows, gothic, spooky, colour Places shown: Trinity College; Cambridge; Cambridgeshire; England Added: 2004-03-11 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 126x200, 189x300, 405x644, 540x858, 720x1144 | Letter I with fairy, colouredMagazine of Art Illustrated Vol 3 (1878) I took this decorative capital “I” and coloured it. You could easily change the colours of course, in an image editing program. Keywords: romance, initials, letteri, cherubs, wings, butterflies, nudity, bare feet, colour Places shown: none Added: 2011-01-24 + S K L |
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1024x768, 1280x800, 1440x900, 1600x1200, 1680x1050, 1920x1200, 267x200, 640x480, 800x600 | Poitiers.Cathedral Cities of France (1907) Saint Pierre at Poitiers [...] certain characteristics it has which connect it with the Angevin style, but unlike most of the Angevin churches, it has aisles throughout. From the outside the appearan [...] Keywords: cityscapes, views, paintings, art, cities, cathedrals, churches, roofs, sunsets, rivers, water, bridges, houses, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour Places shown: Poitiers; Poitou-Charentes; France Added: 2012-05-31 + S K L R N |
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![Plate I.—Section of Locomotive Engine [coloured letters]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Evers-SteamAndTheSteamEngine/pages/240-Plate-I-Section-of-Locomotive-Engine-colouredletters/240-Plate-I-Section-of-Locomotive-Engine-colouredletters-q75-356x200.jpg "Plate I.—Section of Locomotive Engine [coloured letters] 1880")
