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1020x889, 1360x1186, 1813x1581, 229x200, 765x667 | Children with their teacherChatterbox Annual (1916) A group of boys and girls surround a grown-up woman, perhaps their grandmother or perhaps their teacher, or perhaps both. The children are holding books; perhaps it is a reading lesson, or perhaps the [...] Keywords: children, people, books, illustrations for children, greyscale, christmas Places shown: none Added: 2007-12-08 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 146x200, 1768x2425, 547x750, 884x1213 | Full-page oak-leaf borderThe Select Works of John Bunyan (1864) This engraved border of oak leaves and acorns would be ideal for an invitation to a sacred druidical confluence, but it’d also make a great frame for a wedding invitation or a certificate relating to [...] Keywords: borders, frames, leaves, oak leaves, acorns, surrounds, full-page borders, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2018-03-13 + S K L |
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154x200, 1828x2375, 577x750, 914x1188 | Alchemy Full Page BorderThe Hermetic Library (1678) The title page of this compilation of occult books represents the journey towards the Great Work of alchemy, that is, of creating the Philosopher’s Stone, a stone that grants immortality (as well as t [...] Keywords: borders, full-page borders, inhabited borders, alchemy, occult, symbols, mythological creatures, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2025-08-21 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 800x600 | View of Selborne, Detail for use as Desktop WallpaperThe Natural History of Selborne (1879) A detail taken from the Frontispiece showing the deer under the tree, with ducks swimming on a pond in the background. Keywords: views, animals, deer, ducks, wallpaper, backgrounds, trees, greyscale Places shown: Selborne; Hampshire; England Added: 2005-11-08 + S K L R N |
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| 133x200, 1398x2101, 499x750, 699x1051 | Title Page from My Boy LfeMy Boy Life (1882) MY BOY LIFE, PRESENTED IN A SUCCESSION OF TRUE STORIES, BY JOHN CARROLL, D.D. “The child is father to the man” – Wordsworth. A BOOK FOR OLD OR YOUNG [ornament] TORONTO: / WILLIAM BRIGGS, / 78 & 80 Ki [...] Keywords: title pages, page images, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2015-09-02 + S K L |
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1136x1534, 148x200, 479x647, 639x863, 852x1151 | Victorian floral border from title pageNational Portrait Gallery, The (1888) The title page of “National Portrait Gallery” is surrounded by this ornate and intricate floral border. The border contains four inset designs: the three lions of England, the rampant lion (i.e. side [...] Keywords: borders, heraldry, victoriana, decorative elements, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2010-07-28 + S K L |
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143x200, 1712x2390, 537x750, 856x1195 | Frontispiece: A bride’s dreamDas Buch für Alle [the book for everyone] (1890) Traum einter Braut. Mit Genehmigung der Photographischen Gesellschaft in Berlin. Which is, A Bride’s Dream, with permission of the Photographic Society of Berlin. Here there bride rests her head on [...] Keywords: romance, love, marriage, women, people, cherubs, putti, nudity, bare feet, dreams, trees, fantasy, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2025-04-19 + S K L |
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1011x1126, 180x200, 569x634, 758x845 | Title Page Detail: Angel With WhipLes Aventures de Jean-Paul Choppart par Louis Desnoyers: L’Episode de Panouille (1843) This vignette, or little scene, is on the title page. A winged angel stands amidst two groups of little children. One group, clad in white, have wreaths of flowers round their heads and are praying. [...] Keywords: children, boys, angels, people, whips, punishments, bare feet, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2007-02-07 + S K L |
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146x200, 462x630, 616x840, 770x1050 | New Testament Title PageGeneva Bible Scans (1581) Although I already had a photograph of the title page, it’s interesting enough that I wanted to add a 2400dpi scan. Notice the dragon! The New Testament of our Lord Jesus Christ, Conferred diligently [...] Keywords: title pages, bibles, page images, religion, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2006-10-26 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1184x1761, 134x200, 504x750 | Title Page, Gaskonští KadetiGaskonští Kadeti (1906) The title page is in Czech and has a library stamp. There is a sketch of maybe fifteen men wearing chain mail and round helmets fighting with sworeds in a close mêlée. HENI de GORSSE a JOSEPH JACQUIN [...] Keywords: title pages, page images, sketches, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2021-09-19 + S K L |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 132x200, 566x860, 754x1147 | Title Page, History of WalesHistory of Wales (1853) The History of Wales By B. B. Woodward, B.A. Arthor’s Stone, Near Swansea Drawn by H. Gastineau Engraved by S. Lacey. I think this may in fact be a half-title; when I get home I’ll look for a proper t [...] Keywords: page images, title pages, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2006-11-04 + S K L |
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145x200, 1850x2546, 545x750, 925x1273 | Jesus and MosesHolman Family Bible (1875) Jesus, barefoot, with divided beard and long curly hair, wearing a long dress from which his toes protrude, holds up the start of the New Testament with the Gospel of Mark; crouching next to him is Mo [...] Keywords: jesus, moses, biblical characters, patriarchs, religion, christianity, people, men, beards, bare feet, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2025-06-12 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200 | Frontispiece: Cranbrook, KentOld English Country Cottages (1906) From a water-colour drawing by Herbert Alexander, A.R.W.S. Cropped version suitable for screen background, lightened Keywords: cottages, flowers, gardens, houses, colour, wallpaper, backgrounds Places shown: Cranbrook; Kent; England Added: 2004-07-31 + S K L R N |
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153x200, 1830x2400, 572x750, 915x1200 | Faust, detail from title pageIllustrations fo Goethe’s Fause (1871) Faust, or, the Lucky One. This illustration is from the title page of the book of Konewka’s ilustrations to Goethe’s Faust, and shows silhouettes of Faust (left) bargaining with Mephistophiles, or the [...] Keywords: faust, silhouettes, people, men, lettering, socks, thistles, birds, leaves, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2025-04-26 + S K L |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1066x1718, 124x200, 450x725, 600x967 | Victorian Border, Black on White.Christian Parlor Magazine Vol III (1847) This Victorian Floral Border is taken from the front cover. Gold border on a black background. Red border on a white background. Black border on a white background. Moody silver border on a black back [...] Keywords: borders, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2010-05-08 + S K L |
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