Items matching gardens, greyscale (results page 8)

Frontispiece: Watering My FlowersOur Village (1893)

A lady stands in the path of an English thatched country cottage garden; she wears a dress, a bonnet and dainty shoes, and holds in one hand a watering can, with which she is watering the garden.

Keywords: people, gardens, rural elegance, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-10-05

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Title page detail: Scholarly KingBill Nye’s History of England (1900)

In this detail from the title page, a king (wearing a crown) sits at a table with a pen and an open book, and is also consulting a dictionary. He sratches his head, obviously baffled.

Keywords: cartoons, scholars, books, royalty, humour, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-06-10

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Title Page Detail: Francis QuarlesEmblems Divine and Moral (1866)

A supposed portrait of the author, Francis Quarles, taken from the title page. He is shown with a goatee beard in appropriate seventeenth-century style, and holding a book. Short biography of Francis [...]

Keywords: portraits, people, beards, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-09-16

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Chapter Heading Woodcut featuring Neptune and MermaidsA Compleat Collection of English Proverbs (1737)

A decorative woodcut from above the Introduction; it is not related to the text. The engraving features Neptune, the God of the Ocean; he is naked, crowned, complete with trident, and rides a chariot [...]

Keywords: mythical creatures, mermaids, water, horses, transport, chapterheads, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-10-10

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Title Page, Le Musée Artistique et LittéraireMusée Artistique et Littéraire, Le (1880)

Keywords: title pages, page images, greyscale

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Added: 2012-03-30

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Title page, English CathedralsEnglish Cathedrals (1910)

ENGLISH CATHEDRALS Canterbury · Peterborough · Durham Salisbury · Lichfield · Lincoln · Ely · Wells Winchester · Gloucester · York · London by Mrs. Schuyler van Renssalaer, author of “Henry Hobson Ric [...]

Keywords: title pages, typography, page images, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2020-10-15

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Title Page (Natural History of Selborne)The Natural History of Selborne (1879)

The title page of the 1879 edition is as follows: The “Chandos Classics.” The Natural History of Selborne, and The Naturalist’s Calendar. By the Rev. Filbert White, A.M. A new edition, edited with not [...]

Keywords: title pages, page images, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2005-11-08

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Full-page arts and craft movement borderThe Works of Geoffrey Chaucer [William Morris, Kelmscott Press] (1896)

This ful-page border, frame, or surround is made with an intricate design of grape leaves and swirling vines and includes bunches of grapes. It’s taken from the title page of the William Morris editio [...]

Keywords: foliated borders, borders, arts and crafts movement, arts and crafts, grapevines, grapes, vines, leaves, surrounds, frames, full-page borders, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2018-09-08

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Goblin Market Title PageGoblin Market (1933)

The title page of Goblin Market uses hand lettering by an uncredited artist, and also includes two woodcuts, one showing goblins with bowls of fruit after Arthur Rackham’s painted illustrations, and t [...]

Keywords: title pages, page images, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-05-10

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Goblins with bowls of fruitGoblin Market (1933)

This woodcut from the title page shows several goblins bearing fresh fruit, probably from a drawing by Arthur Rackham.

Keywords: goblins, mythical creatures, illustrations for children, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-05-10

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Printer’s Ornament, bunch of grapesGoblin Market (1933)

This woodut of a bunch of grapes was taken from the title page of the book; it is sketched in the style of the other illustrations in this children’s book, but is used as if it were a printer’s flower [...]

Keywords: ornaments, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-05-10

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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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Title page for Circling the YearThe Circling Year (1870)

The title page for ‘Circling the Year”for 1870 has a leafy border framing two large flowers at the top, and representations of the year beneath: spring with flowers; summer with warmth from a starry s [...]

Keywords: title pages, page images, borders, spring, summer, autumn, winter, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2018-02-18

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Border of Roses and ThornsDays With the Victorian Poets (1910)

A decorative oval border or roses and thorns that was around a chapter title in this book.

Keywords: borders, frames, romance, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2012-06-23

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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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General Grant’s signaturePersonal Memoirs of U. S. Grant (1885)

This was underneath the frontispiece showing the young Grant at the age of 21.

Keywords: handwriting, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2008-01-07

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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

Keywords: cottages, flowers, gardens, houses, colour, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Cranbrook; Kent; England

Added: 2004-07-29

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Frontispiece: Alice and the White KnightThrough the Looking-Glass And What Alice Found There (1871)

“It was a glorious victory, wasn”t it?’ said the White Knight, as he came up panting. “I don’t know,” Alice said doubtfully. “I don’t want to be anybody’s prisoner. I want to be a Queen.” “So you will [...]

Keywords: knights, alice, horses, armour, illustrations for children, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-02-19

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Fanny in the Library.Look at the Bright Side (1883)

A girl sits in a chair gazin out of the window. She rests her chin on her arm. She has a ribbon in her hair tied in a bow, a dress that goes just over her knees, stockings, and shoes. The window has [...]

Keywords: children, boredom, windows, people, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-06-18

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Oval frame, scallopedEmblems Divine and Moral (1866)

A full-page oval border with a strong solid interior. You could easily use an image editor, such as the GNU Image Manipulation Program, use fuzzy select, or magic wand, or select by region, to select [...]

Keywords: oval, borders, frames, cartici, full-page borders, scallops, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2025-05-17

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