Items matching gardens, greyscale (results page 128)

DanielThe Holy Court (1663)

Wood-engraved portrait of Daniel taken from the picture of Daniel and Samuel, in the section entitled The Statesmen, following on from Moses. DAniel entred into the Court by Captivity, stayed there by [...]

Keywords: daniel, portraits, people, faces, moustaces, biblical characters, jewish history, greyscale

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Added: 2009-12-13

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Typographical ornament or printer’s flowerThe Holy Court (1663)

Ornaments like this were very popular in 17th and 18th century France; they are getting a resurgene in popularity on the Web. This one shows a ring of five circles, with a central ring too; the shado [...]

Keywords: ornaments, greyscale

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Added: 2010-01-27

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SamuelThe Holy Court (1663)

Wood-engraved portrait of Samuel taken from the picture of Daniel and Samuel, in the section entitled The Statesmen, following on from Moses. SAmuel that seemed to have been born for nothing but to pr [...]

Keywords: samuel, portraits, people, faces, beards, helmets, biblical characters, jewish history, greyscale

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Added: 2009-12-13

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Four Cherubs With Garlands, Ribbons and FlowersAtalanta Magazine (1888)

These four winged cherubs, tastefully nude, have spring flowers, ribbbons or garlands, and are dancing playfully in the air. They were used as a tail-piece at the end of a chapter. Maybe it’s love on [...]

Keywords: cherubs, romance, bare feet, nudity, flowers, greyscale

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Added: 2011-01-13

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Arrest of the Duke of GloucesterThe National and Domestic History of England (Vol 1) (1878)

On a grassy knoll, with trees, outside a castle, the King’s soldiers arrest the Duke of Gloucester on his horse. You can tell the King on the right by his crown and the royal coat of arms just visibl [...]

Keywords: royalty, nobility, knights, soldiers, horses, trees, boats, spears, crowns, robes, costumes, hills, castles, caparisons, greyscale

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Added: 2018-03-09

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ReconciledGood Words (1862)

A man in a bowler hat and jacket is giving a plucked flower to a lady with a long billowing dress. They are in the garden [US: lawn or yard] of a house; in the porch we see two faces looking on. The i [...]

Keywords: couples, people, romance, victorian costumes, gardens, hedges, hats, greyscale

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Added: 2025-12-26

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Mellon’s Baby Food with baby and rosesStrong’s Book of Designs (1917)

Meant apparently as a cover design for a bulletin, there is a chapterhead ornament of roses with vertical Art Deco stems, and also a rectangle with a baby sitting amidst leaves and thorns (ouch), the [...]

Keywords: babies, borders, chapterheads, roses, flowers, art deco, lettering, greyscale

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Added: 2024-08-29

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Ladies’ Costume, Time of Edward IThe National and Domestic History of England (Vol 1) (1878)

In this woodcut a man in 13th century costume holds up a woman’s garment, a tunic perhaps although I am not certain. This is a Victorian engraving based on a thirteenth Century drawing. In the origin [...]

Keywords: clothing, costumes, people, greyscale

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Added: 2015-08-29

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Plate XCIX.—Hydrostatics.—Fig. 1. A quadruple pump-mill for raising water.Enclyclopædia Britannica (1771)

The height of modern technology in 1771: a super-efficient pump powered by a water wheel! The ngine is represented in Plate 99. fig. 1. In which ABCD is a wheel, turned by water according to the order [...]

Keywords: diagrams, machinery, wheels, pulleys, chains, whaterwheels, pumps, hydraulics, greyscale

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Added: 2014-03-24

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Plate XCIX.—Hydrostatics.—Fig. 8. Cup of Tantalus.Enclyclopædia Britannica (1771)

Tantalus’s cup. Let a hole be made quite through the bottom of the cup A (fig. 11) and the longer leg of the bended syphon BCED be cemented into the hole, so that the end D of the shorter leg DE may a [...]

Keywords: diagrams, cups, water, hydraulics, greyscale

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Added: 2018-03-01

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Plate XCIX.—Hydrostatics.—Fig. 8. Cup of Tantalus (no letters)Enclyclopædia Britannica (1771)

This is a version of the Cup of Tantalus diagram, without the letters that tie it to the text.

Keywords: cups, goblets, syphons, hydraulics, diagrams, greyscale

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Added: 2018-03-01

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Mary StuartThe Holy Court (1663)

The true Portraiture of Princesse Mary Queene of Scotland and Dowager of France. I left the calligraphic caption in the image, as it seems well done. The author of the book is extremely biased in favo [...]

Keywords: portraits, royalty, mary queen of scots, queens, women, greyscale

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Added: 2011-01-30

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828.—Great Seal of Edward I.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Keywords: royalty, seals, greyscale

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Added: 2005-12-09

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An Orphan Family’s ChristmasGood Words (1862)

This picture, by Thomas Morten, was engraved by the Brothers Dalziel. It shows a woman and two children sitting near a lit fireplace, their heavy clothing suggesting the house is not warm. One child h [...]

Keywords: christmas, xmas, interiors, victorian costumes, andirons, fireplaces, holly, orphans, poverty, people, children, women, boys, girls, greyscale

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Added: 2025-12-22

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Advert: Delightful Steamer TripsLynton, Lynmouth, Exmoor, Minehead and the Land of Lorna Doone (1910)

An advertisment from the beginning of the travel guide. DELIGHTFUL STEAMER TRIPS THROUGH 90 MILES Of THAMES SCENERY. Daily service (Sundays excepted) from May to end of September. SALOON STEAMERS run [...]

Keywords: page images, advertisements, boats, transport, greyscale

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2006-01-16

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The Mode in which Antient Castles were generally built.The Antiquities of England and Wales (1786)

The Mode in which Antient Castles were generally built. 1 The Barbacan. 2 The Ditch or Moat. 3 Wall of the outer Ballium. 4 Outer Ballium. 5 Artificial Mount. 6 Wall of the inner Ballium. 7 Inner Ball [...]

Keywords: castles, diagrams, towers, greyscale

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Added: 2007-05-31

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The Mode in which Antient Castles were generally built. (version with no caption)The Antiquities of England and Wales (1786)

This is a version of The Mode in which Antient Castles... but without the caption. Antient is an old way to spell “ancient.” The Mode in which Antient Castles were generally built. 1 The Barbacan. 2 [...]

Keywords: castles, diagrams, greyscale

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Added: 2007-05-31

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6.—Tinmouth CastleThe Antiquities of England and Wales (1786)

Tinmouth Castle from the North, with a View of the Haven &c. Northumberland. There was a monastery at Tynemouth as early as the 6th century, and the fortifications were builtby the monks for protectio [...]

Keywords: castles, ruins, people, cliffs, water, ships, greyscale

Places shown: Tynemouth; Northumberland; England

Added: 2009-11-28

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Thomas Hearne M.A. of Edmund Hall Oxon.The Life Of Anthony à Wood (1772)

Thomas Hearne M.A. of Edmund Hall Oxon. Obit 10 Junii. 1735. Ætat. 57. Vertue Soul Thomas Hearne, the famous Oxford Antiquary, or historian, is depicted in this woodcut or engraving as a portly gentl [...]

Keywords: portraits, people, greyscale

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Added: 2007-05-18

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The Castle of OxfordThe Life Of Anthony à Wood (1772)

This small woodcut shows Oxford Castle as it might have been shortly after it was built. “The Castle of Oxford was built in the Year 1071 by Robert Doyley or D’oilli, a faithfull Attendant on King Wil [...]

Keywords: castles, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2006-10-06

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