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Frontispiece: The Barbican, SandwichEngland’s Outpost (1930)

A wide arch with a roof and two circular turrets one on each side, at one end of a bridge. There are boats moored nearby, punts perhaps, and it looks like three people, maybe two men and a boy, are ab [...]

Keywords: bridges, turrets, water, rivers, people, men, boats, windows, circular, weather vanes, roofs, tudor architecture, greyscale

Places shown: Sandwich; Kent; England

Added: 2025-10-14

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Inigo JonesThe Lives of British Architects from William of Wykeham to Sir William Chambers (1909)

Inigo Jones, along with Sir Christopher Wren, is surely one of the most famous of architects in England. “Inigo Jones was born on July 15, 1573, in the Parish of St. Bartholemew’s Smithfield, and was [...]

Keywords: portraits, architecture, people, architects, men, beards, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-05-28

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Frontispiece: Portrait of William H. SewardTravels Around the World (1873)

William H. Seward (1801 – 1872) was Secretary of State from 1861 to 1869; after he retired he began writing an account of his travels, but after he died his wife Olive Risley Steward took over. This e [...]

Keywords: portraits, men, people, racist bastards, politicians, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2025-10-03

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Frontispiece: The Snow Sweepers (1865)The Circling Year (1870)

A man in boots and tall hat, scarf, jacket and rolled-up trousers, stands on the steps of a grand front porch with stone columns while two faces peer out of a window in this city scene. A boy on the s [...]

Keywords: winter, street scenes, snow, people, cities, pillars, children, boys, men, snow shovels, victorian costume, top hats, colour

Places shown: LondonLondon; England

Added: 2018-01-20

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Jesus and MosesHolman Family Bible (1875)

Jesus, barefoot, with divided beard and long curly hair, wearing a long dress from which his toes protrude, holds up the start of the New Testament with the Gospel of Mark; crouching next to him is Mo [...]

Keywords: jesus, moses, biblical characters, patriarchs, religion, christianity, people, men, beards, bare feet, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2025-06-12

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Faust, detail from title pageIllustrations fo Goethe’s Fause (1871)

Faust, or, the Lucky One. This illustration is from the title page of the book of Konewka’s ilustrations to Goethe’s Faust, and shows silhouettes of Faust (left) bargaining with Mephistophiles, or the [...]

Keywords: faust, silhouettes, people, men, lettering, socks, thistles, birds, leaves, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2025-04-26

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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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Frontispiece: Portrait of Percy Bysshe ShelleyThe Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley (1897)

Portrait of Percy Bysshe Shelley engraved by Francis Holl after a miniature in the possession of Shelley’s son.

Keywords: portraits, people, men, writers, poets, authors, youth, books, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2018-07-09

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Colour plate: Morris DanceOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

This plate is inside the front cover, before the title-page, but I don’t think it’s appropriate to call it a frontispiece: it doesn’t face the title page. It shows some jesters, harlequins and dancers [...]

Keywords: morris dancing, dancers, costumes, robin hood, maid marian, medieval costumes, jesters, men, women, kings, queens, colour, stained glass, windows, page images

Places shown: none

Added: 2019-01-30

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Cartoon: barefoot boy fishingVictorian Trade Cards (1890)

A boy wearing a broad-brimmed sun-hat, a shirt, ragged breeches held up with suspenders, and who has bare feet, stands on a rock by a river and holds a fishing rod. A well-dressed and carefully-manicu [...]

Keywords: cartoons, humour, people, boys, fishing, men, bare feet, drawings, water, rivers, outdoors, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2018-01-13

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Gospel of MatthewThe Four Gospels (1931)

A dainty winged man wearing a flowing robe is holding up a sign that reads “The Gospel of Matthew”. There is one of these full-page engravings at the start of each of the four gospels in this book, e [...]

Keywords: evangelists, page images, christianity, saint matthew, angels, people, wings, men, bare feet, signs, iconography, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2015-04-03

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NebuchadnezzarGreat Men and Famous Women, vol. II (1894)

“And he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen” by George Rochegrosse Here we see the former king under an arch, lying prone on the filthy ground fuly clothed. Immediately above him, a stern w [...]

Keywords: men, people, kings, royalty, jewish mythology, steps, stairs, staircases, arches, biblical illustrations, greyscale

Places shown: Babylon; Hillah; Babil Goernorate; Iraq

Added: 2025-09-17

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The Triumph of LoveArt-Journal (1850)

The Triumph of Love Engraved by W. Roffe, from the group in marble by P Mac Dowell, R.A. Note: the sculptor’s name is written variously as Mac Dowell in two words or as Macdowell, both in this issue [...]

Keywords: statuary, sculpture, people, love, affection, men, women, cupid, cherubs, putti, children, bare feet, boys, women, men, nudity, romance, sandals, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2017-12-29

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81.—Captive wearing the Torque.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“Torques, or gold and bronze necklaces composed of flexible bars, were peculiar to the people of this country.” (p. 22) “The symbols of the great republic were henceforward to become more familiar to [...]

Keywords: prisoners, punishments, slavery, people, slaves, captivity, men, topless, shirtless, torques, collars, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-03-26

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Wandering MinstrelModerne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band IV (1898)

This youth has a lute strapped to his back and holds an open manuscript book in his left hand in his right, a quill pen. Perhaps he is writing a song, although he won’t get far without an inkwell. He [...]

Keywords: minstrels, people, music, musical instruments, song-writing, books, pens, men, medieval, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2023-12-10

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John Dickens (Father of Charles)Charles Dickens Rare Print Collection (1900)

JA portrait of John Dickens, father of Charles Dickens; engraved by Edwin Roffe after a pencil drawing.

Keywords: dickens, men, people, portraits, sketches, jacket, balding, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2018-06-01

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Murder in the CastleLa Civilizacion 3 (1881)

This engraving (i think) actually shows the discovery of the body of the Roman emperor Nero just after he had killed himself, but i am far from certain; the men’s swords are drawn. There are three men [...]

Keywords: death, discovery, accusation, people, men, weapons, soliders, interiors, castles, pillars, throne rooms, greyscale

Places shown: Rome; Italy

Added: 2023-02-02

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Hannibal from an old coinGreat Men and Famous Women, vol. II (1894)

Hannibal (247 – 183 B.C.) We see only a man’s head, complete with pupils in his eyes, from one side. looking to our left. he wears a helmet with a “Mohican” crest from front to back and feathers (perh [...]

Keywords: hannibal, portraits, men, berds, helmets, soldiers, kings, coins, circular, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2025-09-25

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Hannibal Crossing the RhoneGreat Men and Famous Women, vol. II (1894)

This painting shows an elephant with a small castle built on it, battlements and all, and people inside that tower. The elephant stands on a raft which men are moving apparently with giant oars resemb [...]

Keywords: hannibal, elephants, men, soldiers, people, rafts, rivers, water, boats, shirtless, topless, tusks, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2025-09-24

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Menu Card 3: Celler MasterAllegorien und Embleme, Vol II (1882)

Menukarte (Kellermeister) The landlord, or bar-tender, or celler-master, a young man with a short tunic and dagger, holder up a rather large jug of beer; behind him is a barrel. Presumably the ideas [...]

Keywords: waiters, people, men, beer, drinking, barrels, banners, banderols, menu cards, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2025-06-28

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