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Frontispiece: Edward VII Taking the OathRoyal Children of English History (1904)

Edward (not yet King Edward) strikes a kingly pose with one hand on his hip, wearing attractive purple, with an ermine robe and a gold chain, as he prepares to try on the crown, which he thinks is ver [...]

Keywords: kings, people, beards, royalty, colour, robes, costumes, crowns

Places shown: none

Added: 2012-09-08

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Front Cover detail: jester reading a bookBill Nye’s History of England (1900)

A man in a red jester’s mediaeval outfit reads a book. At first I thought he was a gnome or pixie, but in fact a jester is more appropriate for the cover of this humorous book!

Keywords: people, costumes, books, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-06-10

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Sitting in the pewThe Old Peabody Pew (1907)

This detail from the front cover of the book shows five people sitting in a row during a church service. They are wearing old-fashioned clothing. A floral border of mistletoe surrounds the image.

Keywords: people, churches, religion, interiors, costumes, christmas, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-01-06

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Frontispiece 3: Capt. E. J. SmithWreck and Sinking of the Titanic (1912)

Keywords: people, portraits, beards, uniforms, costumes, titanic, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-09-24

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Battle of KnightsGaskonští Kadeti (1906)

Men are being nasty to one another, as men are wont to do, some on foot and some riding horses, in this close mêlée or fight.

This is a detail from the title page.

Keywords: battles, sketches, drawing, men, people, horses, soldiers, weapons, swords, fights, hats, costumes, greyscale

Places shown: Gascony; France

Added: 2024-12-01

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Frontispiece: The Kirk collectionReminiscences of Scottish Life and Character (1911)

The Kirk Collection, From a water-colour drawing by Henry W. Kerr, A.R.S.A., R.S.W. An elder of the church leans over the side ot a pew with a wooden “ladle” for the church collection of money; a man [...]

Keywords: people, interiors, costumes, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: Scotland

Added: 2009-02-07

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Colour plate: Morris DanceOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

This plate is inside the front cover, before the title-page, but I don’t think it’s appropriate to call it a frontispiece: it doesn’t face the title page. It shows some jesters, harlequins and dancers [...]

Keywords: morris dancing, dancers, costumes, robin hood, maid marian, medieval costumes, jesters, men, women, kings, queens, colour, stained glass, windows, page images

Places shown: none

Added: 2019-01-30

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Hobo bird meets aristocrat rabbitVictorian Trade Cards (1890)

In this somewhat surreal Victorian trade card, or something similar, a bird, perhaps a wild turkey, meets a rabbit (or hare) walking upright on its hind legs down an inpaved road. Theres a wooden whit [...]

Keywords: trade cards, animals, signposts, walking sticks, birds, rabbits, costumes, surreal art, illustrations for children, smoking, pipes, travel, chance meetings, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2018-08-09

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A Mameluke in Full Armour.Pictureseque Egypt Vol II (1878)

We have seen how deplorable was the condition of the country [1790s Egypt] at that time, drained by the greed of the Turkish Pacha and the Mameluke Beys; its population, which at the present day [1870 [...]

Keywords: people, costumes, soldiers, weapons, spears, swords, helmets, greyscale

Places shown: Egypt

Added: 2010-12-28

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Aldermaston, BerkshireThe Mansions of England in the Olden Time (1906)

Aldermaston Court, the manor house in Aldermaston Park, was largely destroyed by fire just a few years after Joseph Nash painted this picture. Today (2020) the Victorian replacement manor is for sale. [...]

Keywords: interiors, mansions, stately homes, staircases, ceilings, people, statuart, dogs, chidren, women, boys, sculpture, gothic architecture, medieval architecture, carving, costumes, greyscale

Places shown: Aldermaston; Berkshire; England

Added: 2020-10-15

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Victorian Carol SingersPeter Parlay’s Annual (1856)

Three Victorian men are stnading singing Christmas songs; one of them plays the harp. A boy watches, and other figures stand in the background. The dress is from the early Victorian era. Jolly be our [...]

Keywords: christmas, xmas, music, people, singing, wassail, costumes, victorian england, victorian costumes, victoriana, greyscale

Places shown: England

Added: 2013-12-12

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61.—Gaulish Costume.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“The dresses of the inhabitants of Britain before the Roman invasion are not, like those of the people of ancient Egypt, and other countries advanced in the practice of the imitative arts, to be trace [...]

Keywords: statues, costumes, people, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-12-20

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62.—Gaulish Costume.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“The dresses of the inhabitants of Britain before the Roman invasion are not, like those of the people of ancient Egypt, and other countries advanced in the practice of the imitative arts, to be trace [...]

Keywords: statues, costumes, people, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-12-20

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63.—Gaulish Costume.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“The dresses of the inhabitants of Britain before the Roman invasion are not, like those of the people of ancient Egypt, and other countries advanced in the practice of the imitative arts, to be trace [...]

Keywords: statues, costumes, people, beards, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-12-20

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64.—Breast PlateOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“It is difficult to assign an exact period to their use of cloth in preference to skins. It is equally difficult to determine the date of those valuable relics which have been found in various places, [...]

Keywords: costumes, weapons, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-01-27

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82.—Roman General, Standard Bearers, etc.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Here are some Roman soldiers in suitable effeminate poses as they reach the shore by crossing a bridge supported by their boats. It was here, then, that the British and Roman weapons first came into c [...]

Keywords: boats, weapons, soldiers, costumes, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-11-07

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Initial Capital Letter “A” With ScholarsArt in England During the Elizabethan and Stuart Periods (1908)

This historiated decorative initial “A” was used as a drop cap, or dropped capital, at the start of a chapter. It shows two people wearing hats and robes and I think soft turned-down boots, reading bo [...]

Keywords: lettera, initials, scholars, books, hats, people, costumes, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2012-06-26

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96.—Roman Standard Bearers.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Two Roman men, with long curly hair and skirts, adopt feminine poses, one holding a stick with a carved eagle on it, universal symbol of despotism, and the other has a banner with SPQR, the Latin that [...]

Keywords: soldiers, people, symbols, hair, costumes, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-09-18

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97.—Roman Soldiers.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Three Roman soldiers are shown: one with a round shield and two short spears or arrows, one with a tall shield obviously for riot control, and a long spear or javelin, and one seated on the ground. [. [...]

Keywords: soldiers, people, weapons, shields, costumes, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-11-03

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Franciscan Monk Going Down StaircaseA Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy (1885)

The monk here has a habit with cowl, or hooded robe. The text makes clear hs is a Franciscan monk; at one time they went barefoot and lived in poverty, in the manner of their founder, but the book her [...]

Keywords: monks, costumes, robes, people, death, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2025-02-23

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