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1112x1031, 216x200, 2223x2062, 809x750 | Stock block: two dancing harlequinsTypographic Ornaments (1850) This vintage art pair of jesters are two men dressed as harlequins, or clowns; the one on the left has a hat with bells on it and carries a punch-and-judy style stick with a head on the end; the one o [...] Keywords: clowns, harlequins, dancing, people, men, costumes, stock blocks, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2018-09-12 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 148x200, 553x750, 836x1133 | Winged fairy boy sitting in wreathLittle Folks Magazine Vol 64 (1906) A naked boy with butterfly wings sits smiling in a large wreath of leaves and flowers; his bare feet are together and his hands reach out beside his ankles, his knees almost up aganst his chest. He ha [...] Keywords: illustrations for children, children, people, nudity, bare feet, wings, fairies, mythological creatures, boys, wreaths, christmas, xmas, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2018-08-07 + S K L |
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1318x1141, 1757x1521, 231x200, 2636x2282, 750x649 | stock block: scales, or equal-arm balance.Typographic Ornaments (1850) In an equal arm balance like this one you can compare the weights of things in the two pans; often you use a set of standardized weights in one pan and add them until the lever at the top is level, in [...] Keywords: scales, scientific instruments, diagrams, balance, balancing, stock blocks, libra, zodiac, astrology, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2019-04-28 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1110x367, 605x200, 750x248 | Stock block: Victorian railway engine and tenderTypographic Ornaments (1850) No source is given for this 2-4-0 steam engine US: railroad locomotive) and it’s not clear whether it is a drawing of an actual engine and tender or just a generic one. This picture was originally sol [...] Keywords: steam engines, railways, engines, transport, steam, smoke, people, stock blocks, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2019-04-28 + S K L |
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| 1233x1430, 172x200, 520x603, 693x804, 925x1073 | The BitternBible Animals (1877) “I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools for water” – Isa. xiv. 29. In the account of the hedgehog, page 120, it has been mentioned that the Hebrew word Kippod, which has been rend [...] Keywords: birds, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2010-07-06 + S K L |
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1287x844, 300x200, 750x492 | Stock block: deer skullTypographic Ornaments (1850) This vintage woodcut of a deer skull looks almost like a Cthulhu monster or the “Kraken”. This picture was originally sold as a “stock block” or “stock cut”—that is, a form of clip art in which metal [...] Keywords: skulls, death, horns, antlers, eye-sockets, spooky, cthulhu, tentacles, stock blocks, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2018-09-12 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1622x1609, 202x200, 811x805 | Stock block: Child kneeling in a circular vignetteTypographic Ornaments (1850) This Victorian engraving shows a boy (probably) kneeling within a circular border; he holds a boquet of flowers in one hand as he gazes at a butterly perched on his other hand. There’s a circle of flo [...] Keywords: children, innocence, flowers, butterflies, nudity, bare feet, boys, circular, stock blocks, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2018-09-12 + S K L |
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1482x1467, 202x200, 2964x2934, 741x734 | stock block: Terrier woodcutTypographic Ornaments (1850) This woodcut of a Scottish cairn terrier, or similar dog, is an example of a stock block (or stock cut): an illustraiton sold to printers on a stereotyped copy of the original engraving, for use in th [...] Keywords: dogs, animals, stock blocks, clip art, cairn terriers, terriers, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2018-11-05 + S K L |
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1846x1978, 187x200, 700x750, 923x989 | Chapterheads with cherubs, dragons, fish, neptune, flowersTypographic Ornaments (1850) Three separate chapterheads: one with two cherubs, or naked boys, each holding one end of a rope, or a pipe with a bulb on the end, perhaps about to squirt some giant flowers; one with a Greek male h [...] Keywords: chapterheads, cherubs, nudity, bare feet, flowers, fish, greek gods, heads, neptune, dragons, wyverns, mythological creatures, wings, floriated borders, foliated borders, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2020-11-20 + S K L |
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1189x3267, 251x689, 335x919, 446x1226, 595x1634, 73x200 | 57.—Second Pulley System.Elementary Mechanics, Including Hydrostatics and Pneumatics. Revised edition (1882) The only system of pulleys frequently employed for hoisting is what is called the second system, where there are two blocks of pulleys, one attached to the weight, and the other to the beam; and where [...] Keywords: pulleys, machinery, diagrams, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2008-10-29 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1011x1400, 144x200, 506x700, 758x1050 | 145.—St. Justin and Alphonso I of Ferrara (Moretto)Sacred and Legendary Art (1890) St. Justina is shown here with the unicorn, representing chasitity or virginity. The original painting by Bonvicino of Brescia (Il Moretto) was in Venice. This is the St, Justina of the Belvedere. Sh [...] Keywords: saints, mythical creatures, unicorns, people, religion, iconography, greyscale Places shown: Ferrara; Emilia-Romagna; Italy Added: 2013-03-27 + S K L R N |
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1024x768, 1280x1024, 1600x1200, 1920x1080, 1920x1200, 248x200, 320x568, 640x480, 768x1024, 800x600 | Kneeling unicornSacred and Legendary Art (1890) A unicorn with beard, mane and horn kneels, looking to the right. This is a detail from Fig. 145, St. Justin and Alphonso I of Ferrara. Keywords: unicorns, mythical creatures, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2013-03-27 + S K L |
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1069x675, 1440x900, 1680x1050, 316x200, 801x506 | Gate at KarnakTravels Around the World (1873) [Karnak] is the most imposing ruin in the world, devastated sadly, but not in a heap of débris. The ruins cover an area of nearly two miles in circumference. Was there one symmetrial structure, dedica [...] Keywords: temples, entrances, gates, ancient egypt, greyscale Places shown: Karnak; Egypt Added: 2007-03-27 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 100x84, 1307x1104, 1743x1472, 2324x1962, 237x200, 735x621, 980x828 | 59.—Screw Press.Elementary Mechanics, Including Hydrostatics and Pneumatics. Revised edition (1882) A lever and an inclined plane may be combined together into a screw-press, the incluned plane being coiled up into a spiral or screw-thread (fig. 59). For every complete revolution of the lever, the [...] Keywords: machinery, screws, knobs, diagrams, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2008-10-29 + S K L |
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123x200, 394x642, 528x860, 704x1147, 939x1529 | 149.—St. Cecilia (Raphael).Sacred and Legendary Art (1890) Saint Cecilia here stands in an old-fashioned dress and pleated apron, barefoot, with a music book and flute or recorder on the ground; she holds a hand-organ and aso has a tamborine or shaker and may [...] Keywords: religion, saints, iconography, christmas, xmas, music, people, women, bare feet, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2012-12-08 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1114x1319, 169x200, 627x742, 836x990 | 60.—Chinese Capstan.Elementary Mechanics, Including Hydrostatics and Pneumatics. Revised edition (1882) A pulley is often used in conjunction with a capstan, the rope passing round a pulley attached to the weight, and the mechanical advantage of the capstan is thereby doubled. Moreover, the free end of [...] Keywords: machinery, diagrams, wheels, pulleys, steampunk, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2010-08-02 + S K L |
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1057x1443, 146x200, 446x609, 595x812, 793x1082 | Title page for ConcordanceGeneva Bible Scans (1581) The title page for two concordances printed after the end of the New Testament in this 1581 Bible. The first was a table of words and names, the second more exegetical. My copy of this bible is missin [...] Keywords: page images, typography, religion, title pages, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2012-06-17 + S K L |
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