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Cherub wth harvest fruit Atalanta Magazine (1888)

This engraving looks as if it’s of a stone carving; it depicts a cherub, (a sort of putti), together with flowers, vines and fruits; apples, pears, grapes and more; perhaps to celebrate fertility, or [...]

Keywords: cherubs, nudity, bare feet, harvest, thanksgiving, greyscale

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Added: 2010-10-20

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Decorated Initial Letter T with Cherubs and Mask Magazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

A cherub orputtiholds up a bearded man’s facemask to scare the three other cherubs in this decorative initial letter “T” used as a drop cap. The capital T has floral decorations as well as wild roses [...]

Keywords: lettert, initials, lettering, cherubs, romance, nudity, bare feet, boys, greyscale

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Added: 2011-01-25

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Plate XLIII.—Astronomy. Enclyclopædia Britannica (1771)

This full-page copper plate engraving contains a number of diagrams for the article on astronomy; I will post them as separate images on request.

figure 1

Keywords: astronomy, diagrams, eclipses, sun, moon, greyscale

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Added: 2012-08-03

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Plate XLIII.—Astronomy.—Fig. 1. Enclyclopædia Britannica (1771)

Figure 1.

The full plate

Keywords: astronomy, diagrams, eclipses, sun, moon, astrology, greyscale

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Added: 2012-10-02

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Plate XLIII.—Astronomy.—Fig. 2. Enclyclopædia Britannica (1771)

Figure 2, showing the Winter Solstice on December 22nd.

The full plate

Keywords: astronomy, diagrams, eclipses, sun, astrology, solstices, greyscale

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Added: 2012-10-07

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Plate XLIII.—Astronomy.—Fig. 3. Enclyclopædia Britannica (1771)

This diagram shows how (and why) the moon appears to grow and shrink at different times of the month.

I also made a full Sun with pointy rays based on the one on this diagram.

The full plate

Keywords: astronomy, astrology, sun, moon, diagrams, equinoxes, greyscale

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Added: 2012-10-09

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Plate XLIII.—Astronomy.—Detail – Smiling Sun. Enclyclopædia Britannica (1771)

An engraving of the sun with a smiling face in the middle.

The full Fig. 3.

The full plate

Keywords: astronomy, astrology, sun, faces, diagrams, greyscale

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Added: 2012-10-08

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39: Berriensis, Valachica Oratio Dominica: The Lord’s Prayer in above 100 Languages, Versions and Characters (1713)

Keywords: page images, alphabets, typography, colour

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Added: 2000-09-18

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Melencolia Engravings on Metal by Albrecht Duerer

This engraving contains the legend “Melencolia I” or, in modern English, Melencholia. The magic square in the background gives the date, 1514, in which Duerer (Dürer) made the engraving.John Read on [...]

Keywords: people, religion, occult, greyscale

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Added: 2009-02-18

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Specimens of Furniture, Time of Anne. The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 3) (1878)

A wood-engraved line drawing of various items of Queen Anne furniture arranged in a group. there are three chairs, a stool, a clock on a table, an armoire or wardrobe, a cupboard and I think a mirror [...]

Keywords: furniture, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

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Added: 2008-06-16

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Queen Anne Clock The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 3) (1878)

An sketch or line-drawing of an ornate clock from the early eighteenth century (C18, 18th C., the Queen Anne period). This is a detail fromSpecimens of Furniture, Time of Anne.

Keywords: furniture, clocks, clipart, greyscale

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Queen Anne Chair The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 3) (1878)

A sketch or line-drawing of an upholstered airmchair from the early eighteenth century (C18, 18th C., the Queen Anne period). This is a detail fromSpecimens of Furniture, Time of Anne.

Keywords: furniture, chairs, clipart, greyscale

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William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke William Shakspere Biography (1841)

William Pembroke, 1580 – 1630, is remembered in the name of a Cambridge University college for his gift of Greek manuscripts. Chalmers has a shortshort biography of William Herbertthat does not mentio [...]

Keywords: portraits, people, men, beards, ruffs, greyscale

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Added: 2022-11-19

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40: Dalmatica, Croatica Oratio Dominica: The Lord’s Prayer in above 100 Languages, Versions and Characters (1713)

Keywords: page images, alphabets, typography, colour

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Added: 2001-09-05

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48.—Numerals. Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

Some historic numerals from the sixth through to the fourteenth centuries. The four and seven especially have varied in shae significantly.

Keywords: numerals, calligraphy, purple, colour, typography

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Added: 2014-06-13

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Page 483: Troilus and Criseyde, Book 2 page image The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer [William Morris, Kelmscott Press] (1896)

Troilus and Criseyde are shown on either side of a hexagonal table; there are plates of fruit and a flagon of drink. There is grass on the floor, suggesting a courtyard. This illustration is the start [...]

Keywords: page images, romance, arts and craft movement, greyscale

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Added: 2009-02-15

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decorative letter “I” The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer [William Morris, Kelmscott Press] (1896)

Decorative initial letter “I” suitable for use as a drop cap.Related images from this page of the book:Page 483: Troilus and Criseyde, Book 2 page imagedecorative letter “I”Leafy Border from page 483I [...]

Keywords: letteri, initials, arts and craft movement, floriated initials, greyscale

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Leafy Border from page 483 The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer [William Morris, Kelmscott Press] (1896)

This is the leafy border that surrounds the page.Related images from this page of the book:Page 483: Troilus and Criseyde, Book 2 page imagedecorative letter “I”Leafy Border from page 483Inner leafy b [...]

Keywords: borders, arts and craft movement, floriated borders, asymmetrical, vines, leaves, greyscale

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Added: 2009-02-15

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Woodcut with border The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer [William Morris, Kelmscott Press] (1896)

Troilus and Criseyde are shown on either side of a hexagonal table; there are plates of fruit and a flagon of drink. There is grass on the floor, suggesting a courtyard. This illustration is the start [...]

Keywords: borders, arts and craft movement, floriated borders, leaves, vines, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

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Added: 2009-02-15

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Inner leafy border from page 483 The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer [William Morris, Kelmscott Press] (1896)

This is the leafy decorative border that surrounds the woodcut picture on page 483. There are flowers and leaves and I think a dandelion on the right.Related images from this page of the book:Page 48 [...]

Keywords: borders, arts and craft movement, floriated borders, greyscale

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Added: 2010-05-09

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