Items matching gardens, greyscale (results page 127)

Initial letter “E” from p. 650Fabrica... (1543)

Here a bearded man has his left leg fastened in a wooden box with a large screw to tighten it; somenaked children (putti) are turning the winch.

Keywords: initials, lettere, torture, nudity, children, bare feet, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-01-25

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Initial letter “L” from p. 650Fabrica... (1543)

An old man with a beard has been suspended from a wooden frame by a rope around his chest. On the right a putto (perhaps) or a man pulls the rope, and a cowled monk carries a cross.

Keywords: initials, letterl, people, religion, bare feet, beards, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-05-09

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Initial letter “Q” from p. 650Fabrica... (1543)

A group of naked boys 9cherubs or putti, perhaps) are dissecting an animal, maybe a wolf; inside its stomach they find a lamb.

Keywords: initials, letterq, people, children, medicine, bare feet, nudity, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-05-09

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Sir Christopher HattonThe National and Domestic History of England (Vol 2) (1878)

Sir Christopher Hatton is usually represented as the qeen’s lover, and as distinguished through life for his vanity, idleness, dissipation, and hypocrisy, and the best dancer of his age. Perhaps much [...]

Keywords: portraits, men, beards, ruffs, elizabethan costume, courtiers, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2023-01-17

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Gresham’s Royal ExhangeThe National and Domestic History of England (Vol 2) (1878)

The original building, shown in this engraving, was opened in 1571 but was destroyed in the Fire of London in 1666. In connection with the monetary transactions of the earlier part of the reign, the [...]

Keywords: buildings, architecture, tudor architecture, public buildings, towers, windows, greyscale

Places shown: LondonLondon; England

Added: 2015-05-15

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Heraldic Crest from the end of RevelationGeneva Bible Scans (1581)

This armorial bearing has three lions en passant and three fleurs-de-lys in quarters. The scrollwork cartouche around it includes a crown and a tudor rose. It was printed at the end of the Book of Rev [...]

Keywords: heraldry, lions, fleurs de lys, crowns, cartici, borders, frames, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2012-06-19

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Storming of Antioch.Ridpath’s History of the World (1897)

Drawn by Gustav Doré. The picture illustrates the siege of Antioch by Christian killers in the first Crusade in 1098. The book in front of me has a story about the towers being emptied by virtue of tr [...]

Keywords: battles, castles, nighttime, people, men, ladders, warriors, weapons, greyscale

Places shown: Antioch; Turkey

Added: 2017-10-06

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Collection of alms at the funeral of don Álvaro de LunaModerne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band I (1887)

Almosensammlung bei der beerdigung von don Álvaro de Luna Collection of alms at the funeral of don Álvaro de Luna The picture shows a young man on one knee throwing a coin into a plate next to a bier; [...]

Keywords: death, skulls, funerals, grief, sadness, art, paintings, people, beards, priests, almsgiving, candles, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2022-12-19

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Constantinople FiremenIllustrated London News Vol 56 (1870)

A group of barefoot men rush through busy streets at a run. They are all barefoot, and only their leader has a shirt; he also has a jacket and carries what seems to be a short ceremonial spear, and pe [...]

Keywords: men, people, firemen, bare feet, street scenes, pumps, engines, greyscale

Places shown: Constantinople; Marmara; Turkey

Added: 2025-12-11

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Index, pointing hand, or maniculeTypographic Ornaments (1850)

Drawings of hands, often with arms attached, were added to mediæval manuscripts by people who used them; the hands were used to draw attention to particular passages of interest. This hand, index, or [...]

Keywords: manicules, hands, pointers, ornaments, drawings, indexes, maniculæ bookmarks, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2022-01-13

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Buddhist Priest of Annam—TYPEGreat Races of Mankind Vol III (1893)

“Drawn by E. Ronjat, from a photograph.” There may be some confusion here, as the emperor of Annam (Vietnam today) had the rôle of Great Priest at festivals. At any rate the pear-shaped ball at the to [...]

Keywords: priests, men, people, beards, wizards, sages, staffs, wands, costumes, religion, buddhism, greyscale

Places shown: Vietnam

Added: 2025-07-28

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One of the dark cellsThe Leisure Hour (1896)

From a contemporary sketch. Depicting a cell in the dark and feared dungeon of Vincelles, some time between the 16th century and 18th century. The prisoner sits glumly on a rather uncomfortable-lookin [...]

Keywords: prisons, punishments, people, chains, greyscale

Places shown: Vincelles; Jura; France

Added: 2007-01-20

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Decorative initial letter H with dragonLa Civilizacion (1881)

This decorated initial h is inan uncial form and has a dragon resting on top of it! In the book, the bottom of the large rectangle containing the letter was aligned with the baseline of the second lin [...]

Keywords: letterh, initials, dragons, mythical creatures, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2018-05-21

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The Royal FamilyThe National and Domestic History of England (Vol 3) (1878)

Portraits of some of the British Royal Family in 1878... DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE. PRINCESS ROYAL. THE LATE PRINCE CONSORT. DUKE OF EDINBURGH. PRINCESS ALICE. PRINCE OF WALES. THE QUEEN. PRInCESS OF W [...]

Keywords: portraits, royalty, borders, beards, people, faces, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2017-05-02

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Rustic twig and leaf border (portrait version)The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 3) (1878)

This full-page border features rustic twigs and stylized acanthus leaves at the corners. It was used to frame portraits of the Victorian Royal Family. There is also a landscape or sideways version of [...]

Keywords: borders, frames, twigs, leaves, rustic, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2017-05-04

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Rustic twig and leaf border (landscape, or wide version)The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 3) (1878)

This full-page border features rustic twigs and stylized acanthus leaves at the corners. It was used to frame portraits of the Victorian Royal Family.

There is also an upright version of this border.

Keywords: borders, frames, twigs, leaves, rustic, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2017-05-04

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Rustic full-page border of twigs in four sectionsThe National and Domestic History of England (Vol 1) (1878)

This steel-engraved border is made up of twigs which divide the page into four areas.

The border is taken from a engraving of fourteenth century costumes.

Keywords: borders, twigs, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2015-06-30

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Full-page simple border of twigsThe National and Domestic History of England (Vol 1) (1878)

Full-page border of twigs; this is a single version of the four-way rustic border that does not divide the page into four.

The border is taken from a engraving of fourteenth century costumes.

Keywords: borders, twigs, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2015-06-30

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Male and Female Costume, Time of Richard II.The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 1) (1878)

King Richard II of England reigned from 1377 to 1399. So this picture shows people dressed for court in the end of the fourteenth century. The picture shows two mearded men with long pointed soft shoe [...]

Keywords: costumes, people, men, women, medieval, mediaeval, shoes, pointy shoes, greyscale

Places shown: England

Added: 2020-04-06

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Portraits of Samuel and DanielThe Holy Court (1663)

These two portraits were made on a single plate (probably a woodcut or wood engraving); no source is given for the likenesses (or possibly unlikenesses) of these two characters from the scriptures. T [...]

Keywords: portraits, people, prophets, faces, beards, moustaches, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-12-13

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