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Cartoon: barefoot boy fishingVictorian Trade Cards (1890)

A boy wearing a broad-brimmed sun-hat, a shirt, ragged breeches held up with suspenders, and who has bare feet, stands on a rock by a river and holds a fishing rod. A well-dressed and carefully-manicu [...]

Keywords: cartoons, humour, people, boys, fishing, men, bare feet, drawings, water, rivers, outdoors, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2018-01-13

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Crayon Sketch of Charles Dickens, 1838Charles Dickens Rare Print Collection (1900)

Boz from a painting by Samuel Lawrence This drawing in crayon was exhibited by the artist Samuel Lawrence (also written Laurence) in 1838; it shows him with a side parting in his hair and wearing a cr [...]

Keywords: dickens, people, portraits, signatures, drawings, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2021-04-06

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11.—Drawing a circle with the compasses.A Textbook on Ornamental Design (1901)

Showing how to draw a circle with a pair of compasses. This image is in more sizes than usual in case people want to use it as in icon of technical drawing (also called engineering drawing) or as an a [...]

Keywords: diagrams, tools, drawing, drawings, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-03-10

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12.—Dividers.A Textbook on Ornamental Design (1901)

Dividers are like compasses but with two sharp points, and can be used for measuring distances.

Keywords: diagrams, tools, drawing, drawings, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-03-10

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15.—Holding a Ruling Pen.A Textbook on Ornamental Design (1901)

“13. Inking.—For drawing ink lines other than arcs of circles, the ruling pen (or right-line pen, as it is sometimes called) is used. Its should be held as nearly perpendicular to the board as possibl [...]

Keywords: diagrams, hands, tools, drawing, drawings, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-08-04

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16.—Holding a Ruling PenA Textbook on Ornamental Design (1901)

“13. Inking.—For drawing ink lines other than arcs of circles, the ruling pen (or right-line pen, as it is sometimes called) is used. Its should be held as nearly perpendicular to the board as possibl [...]

Keywords: diagrams, hands, tools, drawing, drawings, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-10-28

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Winged Mermaid from p. 199 rectoBuch der Natur [Book of Nature] (1481)

A fifteenth-century drawing of a mermaid with wings (and breast) taken from fol. 199r of a (somewhat dubious) textbook on natural history. The mermaid has the trunk and head of a woman, the tail of a [...]

Keywords: mythical creatures, mermaids, paintings, colour, drolleries, drawings, sketches

Places shown: none

Added: 2012-02-14

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Dark ZodiacTypo Ornamenty (1990)

These square pictures represent the twelve signs of the zodiac. From top to bottom, left to right, they are: Aries, the ram; taurus, the bull; Gemini, the twins; Cancer, the crab; Leo, the lion; Vigr [...]

Keywords: zodiac, astrology, signs, symbols, illustrations, drawings, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2020-09-02

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Study by RubensMusée Artistique et Littéraire, Le (1880)

Two men, touching their heads together at the temples, presumably in a sign of affection. They smile. This would make an awesome Valentine’s Day picture for a same-sex couple. It’s a study by Rubens; [...]

Keywords: romance, people, men, drawings, art, beards, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2014-01-25

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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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Dickens at the Blacking WarehouseThe Leisure Hour (1904)

From a drawing by Fred Bernard. Reproduced in “The Dickens Country” by kind permission of Messrs. Chapman and Hall Charles Dickens is here shown as a boy of between eight and twelve years of age, work [...]

Keywords: people, misery, dickens, work, labour, sketches, drawings, tiredness, fatigue, boys, greyscale

Places shown: London; England

Added: 2006-10-08

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Saint with bookThe Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

A 14th century drawing of a saint (I think) or martry, with a book in one hand.

Taken from a decorative initial D.

Keywords: saints, religion, pictures of books, books, people, drawings, art, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2015-08-22

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To Make a White cakeThe Real Mother Goose (1919)

OVER THE WATER Over the water, and over the sea, And over the water to Charley, I’ll have none of your nasty beef, Nor I’ll have none of your barley; But I’ll have some of your very best flour To ma [...]

Keywords: illustrations for children, people, drawings, colour, kitchens, cooking, baking

Places shown: none

Added: 2018-03-02

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Drawing: book on elegant table near CurtansGreat Men of Canada, Vol II (1929)

An orange-ink line drawing showing two books on an elegant carved table with a polished top, near drapes or curtains tied back perhaps at a window, and with some cloth items layingon the table.

Keywords: drawings, pictures of books, tables, elegance, sketches, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2014-06-02

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One of Multum in Parvo’s “going” days.Mr. Sponge’s Sporting Tour (1856)

Parvo here is a rather strong-willed horse...We see the horse leaping past the hunting-dogs. The man riding the horse is a “toff” or country gentleman of the upper class, and hence portrayed as a lit [...]

Keywords: sports, horses, dogs, hunting, aristocracy, cartoons, sketches, drawings, humour, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-07-03

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initial letter R with small girlArthur Rackham, His Life and Work (1960)

An inhabited initial letter “R” drawn for Mother Goose in 1913.

The letter looks a little rotated but was drawn that way as far as i can tell, and is only slightly improved by rotating it clockwise.

Keywords: letter, initials, children, illustrations for children, drawings, girls, people, inhabited initials, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2024-09-23

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The Abandoned Water-MillIm Wechsel Der Tage (1885)

The drawing shows an old abandoned watermill, the wooden walls rotting away, the thatched roof uneven, the waterwheel still and rotten, the whole building overgrown. Romantic poems about deserted mill [...]

Keywords: mills, romantic ruins, trees, water wheels, buildings, exteriors, decay, ruins, drawings, greyscale

Places shown: Germany

Added: 2018-02-04

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Hare and TaborHone’s Everyday Book (1826)

Every image collection needs a picture of a hare or rabbit beating a drum, so here it is! “Ben Jonson’s mention of the hare that beat the tabor at Bartholomew Fair in his time, is noticed by the indef [...]

Keywords: music, animals, hares, rabbits, musical instruments, drawings, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2005-10-21

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ChristmasThe Real Mother Goose (1919)

Christmas is coming, the geese are getting fat, Please to put a penny in an old man’s hat; If you haven’t got a penny, a ha’penny will do; If you haven’t got a ha’penny, God bless you! A ha’penny is s [...]

Keywords: illustrations for children, people, christmas, colour, xmas, drawings

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-12-13

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Mermaid Street, RyeChatterbox Annual (1916)

Another old street is Mermaid Street, with its famous inn of that name and its beautiful timbered hospital In this street lived Samuel Jeakes, a well-known Rye worthy, born in 1623; he was a lawyer an [...]

Keywords: drawings, streets, buildings, greyscale

Places shown: Rye; Sussex; England

Added: 2008-10-30

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