Items matching gargoyles (results page 1)

The Grotesque (Le Stryge)Charles Meryon (1923)

This etching from 1852 is of a 19th century gargoyle on Nôtre Dame cathedral in Paris. The engraving shows a horned and winged grotesque figure with its tongue sticking out. Strictyl speaking is it no [...]

Keywords: gargoyles, statuary, sculpture, statues, spooky, tongue, towers, views, cityscapes, crows, birds, gothic architecture, gothic, goth, wings, mythological creatures, oval, greyscale

Places shown: Paris; Ile-de-France; France

Added: 2025-09-07

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Gargoyle, brighter versionCharles Meryon (1923)

This is a version of Meryon’s Gargoyle that has has the surface tone removed to make for better reproduction. Since the artist intended the background to be darkened, this should be printed on tinted [...]

Keywords: gargoyles, stryge, crows, gothic, goth, cityscapes, oval, greyscale

Places shown: Paris; Ile-de-France; France

Added: 2025-09-07

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Tailpiece with grotesque gargoyle figureMusée Artistique et Littéraire, Le (1881)

This ornate end-of-chapter ornament, or tail-piece, includes a grotesque horned head with a hollow mouth, as for a drain-spout of a gargoyle.

Keywords: tailpieces, gargoyles, grotesques, mouths, mythical creatures, ornament, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2020-08-19

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Grotesque HeadMagazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

By M. Legrain. From the Cascade Basin. [at the Paris Exhibition of 1878] A good gargoyle picture for All-Souls Night or Halloween! “These masks, modelled by M. Legrain, were among the most amusing ex [...]

Keywords: heads, statues, fountains, gargoyles, spooky, horror, mythical creatures, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Paris; Ile-de-France; France

Added: 2005-10-27

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Grotesque Head [detail]Magazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

A good picture for All-Souls Night or Halloween!

A detail from Grotesque Head

Keywords: heads, statues, fountains, gargoyles, spooky, horror, mythical creatures, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Paris; Ile-de-France; France

Added: 2005-10-27

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Cul-de-lampe composé par Mariller, gravé par Marquet.Musée Artistique et Littéraire, Le (1880)

A tail-piece, or end-of-chapter ornament, featuring a putto or cherub standing on a shelf to which are chainedsome books and, underneath, a bat or gargoyle. There is also an ink-pot and two quill pens [...]

Keywords: tailpieces, books, cherubs, nudity, bare feet, pictures of books, pens, feathers, gargoyles, romance, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2012-06-11

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