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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1289x1053, 245x200, 725x592, 967x790 | 10.—Astronomical Instrument.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) The precise description which Cæsar has thus left us if tghe religion of the Druids—a religion which, whatever doubts may have been thrown upon the subject, would appear to have been the prevailing re [...] Keywords: astrology, occult, druids, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2005-03-13 + S K L |
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1258x818, 1677x1090, 308x200, 943x613 | 11.—Gaulish Deity. Cernunnos.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) The Celtic god Cernunnos is crowned with antlers. He is sometimes also called as Herne the Hunter, and may be the Green Man of British folklore. “[...] Under the church of Notre Dame, at Paris, were f [...] Keywords: spirit, druids, gods, religion, greyscale Places shown: Paris; Ile-de-France; France Added: 2005-03-13 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1102x766, 1469x1022, 1680x1050, 287x200, 827x575 | Title page detail: facing the gorgonThe New World (1671) In this engraving from the title page, a two-faced woman uses a mirror to look safely at the medusa in the border of the picture. She is Prudence, trampling on Envy, a man with snakes instead of hair, [...] Keywords: people, mythological creatures, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2008-04-09 + S K L |
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1152x1436, 160x200, 648x808, 864x1077 | 13.—Two Druids. Bas-relief found at Autun.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) This carved likeness was found in an earth burial-mound, a barrow. “These remarkable monuments contain not only the bones and the ashes of the dead, but various articles of utility and ornament, domes [...] Keywords: people, beards, astrology, druids, robes, greyscale Places shown: Autun; Burgandy; France Added: 2005-02-13 + S K L R N |
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1232x580, 1643x773, 426x200, 924x435 | 14.—Druidial OrnamentsOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) “These remarkable monuments contain not only the bones and the ashes of the dead, but various articles of utility and ornament, domestic utensils, weapons of war, decorations of the person, perhaps in [...] Keywords: druids, jewellery, greyscale Places shown: Stonehenge; Salisbury Plain; Wiltshire; England Added: 2005-03-17 + S K L R N |
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1006x801, 1341x1068, 251x200, 754x601 | 17.—Sarum PlainOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) In the foreground a barefoot shepherd with crook and straw hat, probably a boy, accompanied by his sheep, who graze on grassy burial mounds perhaps of ancient kings. In the far background, over Salisb [...] Keywords: bare feet, people, sheep, stonehenge, megaliths, druids, ruins, views, burial mounds, greyscale Places shown: Salisubury Plain; Wiltshire; England Added: 2005-03-26 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1084x936, 1445x1248, 231x200, 813x702 | 18.—Various Barrows.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) The text reads: “a. Long barrow. b, c. Druid Barrows. d. Bell-shaped Barrow. e. Conical Barrow. f. Twin Barrow.” A stone circle (probably meant to be Stonehenge) is visible in the distance. Keywords: stonehenge, megaliths, druids, views, burial mounds, stone circles, greyscale Places shown: Salisubury Plain; Wiltshire; England Added: 2005-04-02 + S K L R N |
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1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 2788x2242, 6969x5605, 800x600 | Map of the AmericasThe New World (1671) Novissima et Accuratissima Totius Americæ Descriptio per Gerardum a Schagen. This map of both North America and South America shows California as an island. The map was popular, and was probably first [...] Keywords: maps, greyscale, wallpaper, backgrounds Places shown: none Added: 2008-04-09 + S K L |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 100x100, 159x161, 198x200, 212x214, 283x286, 75x75 | Initial letter D from first page of textThe New World (1671) Capital D, a decorative initial “D” used as a drop cap for the first paragraph of the text. Keywords: initials, letterd, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2010-02-18 + S K L |
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1062x1405, 151x200, 531x703 | Guild of Carriage-MakersAllegorien und Embleme, Vol II (1882) This incredibly busy design is for the guild of carriage-makers (I think) in 1612. The border includes two scantily-clad women, six scantily-clad or naked small children, two gryphons, a bunch of baro [...] Keywords: heraldry, borders, full-page borders, page images, frames, people, cherubs, nudity, women, boys, shields, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2018-10-30 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 100x100, 205x200, 300x292, 705x687 | Decorative initial letter O with cherubs cooking soupFabrica... (1543) A Decorative initial letter “O” used as a drop cap on the first page of this famous book. The outer border around the outside of the letter “O” has oak leaves and dragons; inside the “O” we see naked [...] Keywords: lettero, initials, cherubs, children, nudity, bare feet, dragons, historiated initials, inhabited initials, borders, mythical creatures, cooking, food, greyscale Places shown: unspecified Added: 2010-01-19 + S K L |
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1062x1405, 151x200, 531x703 | Ornate baroque-stye border with herubs and gryphonsAllegorien und Embleme, Vol II (1882) This border is from the 1612 sign for the Nurenberg Guild of Carriage-Makers made by Adolf Mießner. The border includes two scantily-clad women, six scantily-clad or naked small children, two gryphons [...] Keywords: borers, full-page borders, cherubs, bare feet, women, people, nudity, scrollwork, cartici, frames, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2018-10-30 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1152x720, 1280x720, 1280x800, 1440x900, 1600x900, 1680x1050, 1920x1080, 356x200, 750x422 | Boy in a BoxRoyal Children of English History (1904) A boy, probably a prince, is hiding in a large and ornate chest in this sketch. Keywords: children, boys, people, illustrations for children, chests, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2012-09-08 + S K L |
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