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1177x968, 1569x1291, 1961x1614, 243x200, 882x726 | Fifteenth Century Wooden Composing StickPentateuch of Printing with a Chapter on Judges (1891) “Standing in front of the case, the compositor held in his left hand a wooden “composing-stick,” in which a rectangular trench had been cut to receive the letters. Reading and keeping in his mind a fe [...] Keywords: printing, tools, typography, diagrams, hands, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2006-09-17 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1100x1273, 1467x1697, 158x183, 173x200, 2933x3393, 375x434, 60x69, 618x715, 825x954, 90x104 | 15.—Holding a Ruling Pen.A Textbook on Ornamental Design (1901) “13. Inking.—For drawing ink lines other than arcs of circles, the ruling pen (or right-line pen, as it is sometimes called) is used. Its should be held as nearly perpendicular to the board as possibl [...] Keywords: diagrams, hands, tools, drawing, drawings, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2006-08-04 + S K L |
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118x112, 1233x1170, 158x150, 1644x1560, 210x199, 211x200, 281x267, 375x356, 64x61, 693x658, 925x877 | 16.—Holding a Ruling PenA Textbook on Ornamental Design (1901) “13. Inking.—For drawing ink lines other than arcs of circles, the ruling pen (or right-line pen, as it is sometimes called) is used. Its should be held as nearly perpendicular to the board as possibl [...] Keywords: diagrams, hands, tools, drawing, drawings, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2006-10-28 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | | Page 1: The Enchanted Case and The Magic Box.Conjuring Tricks (1890) The magic box had a (moderately) tightly-fitting inner compartment, so that you could open the outer drawer but leave the inner compartment inside. This construction was a common theme for many of the [...] Keywords: page images, colour, games, diagrams, hands, magic Places shown: none Added: 2010-06-03 + S K L |
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| 341x700, 483x991, 965x1981, 97x200 | Girl at prayerA Painter’s Anthology (1924) A wood-engraving (probably a woodcut) of a girl praying; she kneels and wears a nightgown, with hands clasped. Black and white. Keywords: people, girls, prayer, hands, religion, christianity, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2018-05-02 + S K L |
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| Page 6: The Vanishing Cup; The Mysterious Dice.Conjuring Tricks (1890) The vanishing-cup makes a coin seem to vanish: it looks like the coin sits on a solid block covered by the cup, but in fact the cup holds a second slightly larger solid block that covers the first, so [...] Keywords: page images, games, dice, magic, diagrams, hands, colour Places shown: none Added: 2010-06-03 + S K L |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 136x200, 465x684, 620x912, 827x1216 | Alice stretches her hand and tries to grab the White RabbitAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865) “Presently the Rabbit came up to the door, and tried to open it; but, as the door opened inwards, and Alice’s elbow was pressed hard against it, that attempt proved a failure. Alice heard it say to it [...] Keywords: alice, people, hands, rabbits, animals, illustrations for children, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2004-10-01 + S K L |
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1194x638, 158x84, 1591x851, 211x113, 281x150, 375x200, 4774x2552, 716x383, 955x510 | Quaint Pointy Hands And ThingsManuel Typographique, utile Aux Gens de Lettres (1766) Some 18th century printed signs of direction, including pointing hands (called an index today), and also rings pieced by arrows, from page 133. Keywords: typography, symbols, hands, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2008-07-13 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1461x826, 354x200, 730x413 | Index, manicule, or pointing handTypographic Ornaments (1850) Drawings of hands, often with arms attached, were added to mediæval manuscripts by people who used them; the hands were used to draw attention to particular passages of interest. This hand, index, or [...] Keywords: manicules, hands, pointers, ornaments, drawings, indexes, maniculæ bookmarks, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2020-09-07 + S K L |
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1321x636, 2641x1272, 415x200, 750x361 | Index, pointing hand, or maniculeTypographic Ornaments (1850) Drawings of hands, often with arms attached, were added to mediæval manuscripts by people who used them; the hands were used to draw attention to particular passages of interest. This hand, index, or [...] Keywords: manicules, hands, pointers, ornaments, drawings, indexes, maniculæ bookmarks, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2022-01-13 + S K L |
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