134x200, 1451x2160, 504x750, 726x1080 | Bird fishingVictorian Trade Cards (1890) In this 1880s trade card there’s a group of creatures at a pond. In the foreground stands a long-necked bird, a crane, wearing a hat with feathers and carrying a leather satchel. The ird has caught a [...] Keywords: trade cards, birds, cranes, frogs, butterflies, btterfly nets, colour, victoriana, monkeys, ponds, water Places shown: none Added: 2018-01-13 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1056x1814, 116x200, 437x750, 528x907 | Skeleton sitting on a tree stump and waving, from 18th century engravingOsteographia, or the Anatomy of the Bones (1733) This engraving is actually labeled monkey (in penci, by hand) in the book. Indeed the skull and the shape of the feet especially suggests that. It sits on the sawn-off stump of a large tree, a creeper [...] Keywords: monkeys, skeletons, death, biology, trees, bare feet, bones, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2023-02-21 + S K L |
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148x200, 1797x2425, 556x750, 899x1213 | 70.—Border of cherubs climbing in treesDie Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878) A bold arched frame for text, with an empty shield beneath it supported by two putti or cherubs; other cherubs climb the lifeless trees which are laden with grapevines. A cherub at upper left defends [...] Keywords: full-page borders, borders, cherubs, putti, nudity, bare feet, boys, vines, inhabited borders, foliated borders, monkeys, early printing, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2025-05-10 + S K L |
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