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133x200, 649x975, 865x1300 | Warwick Castle from the RiverWarwick and Leamington (1920) The towers of Warwick Castle are silhouetted against a sunset; smoke from the chimneys of two thatched cottages rises up against trees in autumn foliage. In the foreground, a solitary boatsman punts d [...] Keywords: castles, towers, colour, water, boats, people, houses, sunsets, trees Places shown: Warwick; Warwickshire; England Added: 2003-11-09 + S K L R N |
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| 1248x875, 2496x1750, 285x200, 750x526 | Frontispiece: Alnwick CastlePicturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland Vol 2 (1870) A colour engraving, printed using multiple plates (or stones) each engraved for a different colour. We see in the foreground a stone bridge over a river, with a tomb of, or monument to, a dog on it. T [...] Keywords: towers, castles, bridges, battlements, turrets, trees, parks, people, fishing, stately homes, manors, buildings, exteriors, colour Places shown: Alnwick; Northumberland; England Added: 2023-02-24 + S K L R N |
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1205x1554, 155x200, 508x655, 678x874, 904x1166 | Frontispiece: Burkard Keller of Yburg.Legends of the Black Forest (1890) A ghostly woman glowing white floats in the air, her bare feet not touching the ground, as she reaches out to a knight, kneeling in awestruck adoration. In the background a statue of the same woman at [...] Keywords: people, ghosts, spirit, spooky, owls, forests, knights, colour Places shown: Baden; Germany Added: 2009-03-24 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1321x1619, 163x200, 557x683, 743x911, 991x1214 | Front CoverJugend [German art magazine] (1900) The front cover of Jugend from 1900 is a sort of German Industrial design that forshadows the next thirty or more years. A gianr Janu, or two-faced statue, draped with garlands, is inscribed with the [...] Keywords: book covers, art deco, statuary, statues, people, colour Places shown: none Added: 2012-05-23 + S K L |
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| Ruins of Lindisfarne PrioryThe Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783) The caption reads, History Preserving the Monuments of Antiquity. The side View of Lindisfarne, or Holy Island Monastery, Northumberland. Pub. 25 May 1781 by S. Hooper The image is signed, S. Spurrow [...] Keywords: abbeys, castles, windows, arches, ruins, people, clouds, bare feet, nudity, colour Places shown: Lindisfarne; Northumberland; England Added: 2003-02-28 + S K L R N |
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138x200, 1419x2056, 518x750, 710x1028 | Cartouche with Sculpture, Art and ArchitectureArt-Journal (1850) This is the main engraving from the title page of the 1850 Art-Journal, without the writing. A group of three topless women stand on an ancient sarcophagus; the women represent sculpture (with a hamme [...] Keywords: cartici, frames, borders, art, architecture, sculpture, painting, people, statuary, circular, sarcophagi, greyscale Places shown: unspecified Added: 2015-09-24 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 146x200, 464x637, 618x849, 824x1131 | Frontispiece: Francis Peck, A.M.Desiderata (1779) The engraving was taken from life and shows Francis Peck standing, holding some of his own books, and wearing perhaps an academic gown. The inscription says (in Latin) that he was born on the 4th May [...] Keywords: portraits, people, frontispieces, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2012-06-03 + S K L |
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146x200, 501x687, 669x917, 892x1222 | Frontispiece: Clerk ColvillSome British Ballads (1919) The young man clutches his hat with one hand and with the other holds aloft a sword as he kneels at the edge of a pond. From that same pond a mermaid rises up, arms raised, breasts bare. This beautifu [...] Keywords: people, trees, water, swords, mermaids, colour Places shown: Slane; County Meath; Ireland Added: 2006-05-13 + S K L R N |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 124x200, 1537x2478, 465x750, 769x1239 | Title Page, Cosmography and AstrologyThe Gentleman’s Recreation (1686) The title page to the section of The Gentleman’s Recreation is well-known for having the misspelling Cosmgrarhy at the top left. What is more interesting about it is the way Cosmography and Astronomy [...] Keywords: title pages, page images, colour, graphic design, trees, diagrams, astrology, people, women, angels, heraldry Places shown: none Added: 2020-12-12 + S K L |
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1628x1586, 205x200, 733x713, 977x951 | Title Page Image (detail)Architecture: Gothic and Renaissance (1896) A knight in armour [US: armor] rides a horse. He carries a lance, wears a sword, and fights a dragon; presumably this is St. George, patron saint of England. In the background is a castle or tower on [...] Keywords: knights, horses, animals, people, dragons, battles, mythical creatures, armour, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2006-08-08 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 150x200, 511x679, 681x905, 908x1206 | Frontispiece: The Right Hon. Lord Penzance.National Portrait Gallery, The (1888) A colour portrait of Mr. James Plaisted Wilde, the fourth son of Edward Archer Wilde, Esq., born in 1816. He became Judge of the Court of Probate and Judge Ordinary of the Divorce Court in 1863; he wa [...] Keywords: portraits, colour, people Places shown: none Added: 2010-07-28 + S K L |
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152x200, 505x665, 674x887, 898x1182 | Frontispiece: Edward VII Taking the OathRoyal Children of English History (1904) Edward (not yet King Edward) strikes a kingly pose with one hand on his hip, wearing attractive purple, with an ermine robe and a gold chain, as he prepares to try on the crown, which he thinks is ver [...] Keywords: kings, people, beards, royalty, colour, robes, costumes, crowns Places shown: none Added: 2012-09-08 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1202x1601, 150x200, 676x901, 902x1201 | Frontispiece: Charles the King walked for the last time through the streets of LondonAn Island Story (1920) King Charles is followed by a priest, and surrounded by soldiers with lances. He wears 17th-century costume. [King Charles I] had been foolish, he had been wicked, but now, in the face of death, he b [...] Keywords: royalty, soldiers, people, illustrations for children, colour Places shown: London; England Added: 2009-05-05 + S K L R N |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 122x200, 415x678, 554x904, 738x1205 | Rosalind. In an Old Monastery Garden.The Forest of Arden With Some of its Legends (1914) This painting of a young lady, Rosalind, in a (sketched) garden shows the young woman wearing brown dress, cloak and boots, and looking very much a product of 1914. She has red lips. Keywords: people, women, gardens, art, colour Places shown: none Added: 2011-08-17 + S K L |
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