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1283x1815, 141x200, 642x908 | Frontispiece - Portrait of Goethe with his signatureGoethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882) A portrait of the writer (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe). Note: German copyright today is 90 years after death, but in 1882 it was shorter, and I do not know if this image is out of copyright. Keywords: portraits, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2010-01-30 + S K L |
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174x200, 557x640, 743x853 | Decorative initial letter O with cherubsGoethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882) Two naked children—cherubs, or putti—are playing inside an initial letter “O” in the German Fraktur style. One boy uses a rope to pull on a decorative vertical part of the letter while the other boy [...] Keywords: initials, lettero, cherubs, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2009-10-18 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1119x860, 1399x1075, 1865x1433, 260x200, 375x288, 700x538, 839x645 | Decorative initial letter BGoethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882) An almost-naked young mang sits on a rock and plays a recorder or pipe in a forest; his dog sits next to him, and in the background a young woman approaches. There is a large letter “B” in the German [...] Keywords: initials, letterb, people, bare feet, dogs, animals, forests, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2009-10-18 + S K L |
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| 100x100, 1200x1200, 1600x1600, 200x200, 900x900 | Bucolic scene from a glade in a forest.Goethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882) A young man, topless and bare-legged, sits on a rock in a forest and dangles his feet as he plays a pipe or recorder. His dog is by his side. In the background, a young woman, wearing a dress, appro [...] Keywords: people, forests, nudity, bare feet, dogs, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2009-10-18 + S K L |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 100x92, 1276x1171, 211x194, 218x200, 638x586, 957x878 | Decorative initial letter EGoethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882) A bee approaches a bunch of flowers tied with a ribbon in this large decorative capital “E” The image appears to be unsigned Keywords: initials, lettere, flowers, bees, insects, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2009-10-18 + S K L |
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100x26, 1044x276, 139x37, 1392x368, 186x49, 248x66, 330x87, 600x158, 758x200, 783x207 | Decorative page element/ornamentGoethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882) A piece of 19th century clipart? A small decorative piece from the end of a poem. Keywords: ornaments, decorative elements, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2009-10-18 + S K L |
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100x76, 1322x1006, 263x200, 300x228, 992x755 | Decorative Initial letter EGoethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882) A German Fraktur letter “E” used as an inital drop cap, with a winged putti or cherub holding a ribbon tied to a branch over a Janus, ot two-faced head. Keywords: initials, lettere, cherubs, nudity, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2010-01-30 + S K L |
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1197x1470, 163x200, 505x620, 673x827, 898x1103 | Decorative Initial Letter IGoethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882) A German Fraktur letter “I” (or J) used as an initial drop cap, with a winged putti or cherub holding a rose and delivering a love-letter sealed with a heart-shaped kiss to a young woman or gitl sitti [...] Keywords: initials, letteri, letterj, cherubs, romance, people, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2010-08-07 + S K L |
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140x200, 536x767, 715x1022, 953x1363 | Decorative initial “A” with girl and rosesGoethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882) A beautiful girl stands on, and holds, a ros biar. She has flowers in her hair and carries a flower-basket. A fancy capital letter ‘A’ is in the top right. This is a vignetted decorative initial, used [...] Keywords: lettera, vignetted initials, initials, girls, people, roses, flowers, historiated initials, romance, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2014-11-03 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1241x1065, 211x181, 233x200, 931x799 | Decorative initial “K” on scroll with owl and rosesGoethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882) This ornamental letter “K” was used as an 8-line drop cap initial. It featuers an owl, two rose flowers, leaves, and a German Fraktur letter “K” on a scroll. Keywords: initials, letterk, birds, owls, flowers, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2011-06-23 + S K L |
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160x200, 1609x2004, 603x751, 805x1002 | Woman with initial letter “V”Goethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882) A decorative Fraktur (German) initial letter “V” in which a naked woman with flowers in herhair is kept modest by a cherub waving some cloth; another cherub clings merrily to a carved object to which [...] Keywords: initials, letterv, romance, nudity, women, people, cherubs, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2010-08-07 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 160x200, 1609x2004, 169x210, 603x751, 805x1002 | Romantic Woman with Cherubs and CartoucheGoethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882) A blank cartouche or frame for a sign is placed on this image so you could use it as a decorative initital or drop cap; a woman is surrounded by signs of love. It is a version of this decorative lette [...] Keywords: romance, nudity, women, people, cherubs, bare feet, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2010-08-08 + S K L |
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1200x1200, 1600x1600, 200x200, 64x64, 700x700, 900x900 | Decorative initial letter “B” with boy and bookGoethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882) This decorative initial letter B was used as a drop cap alongside a poem. It features an open book with a quill pen, old-fashioned spectacles scrollwork, roses, fruit, a styilized su with rays shoning [...] Keywords: romance, cherubs, nudity, letterb, initials, books, pens, writing, sun, roses, flowers, cartici, frames, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2012-10-14 + S K L |
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| Elaborate decorative initial letter “h” with cherubGoethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882) This elaborate initial letter “h” was used as an 18-line drop cap, or as a left border with an embedded initial. I have coloured the h red (or pink) to make it clearer. The initial is vignetted, with [...] Keywords: letterh, initials, cherubs, foliated initials, vignetted initials, persian art, children, nudity, romance, colour Places shown: none Added: 2015-08-28 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1085x1222, 178x200, 666x750 | Cherub in Persian-Style FrameGoethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882) An engraved drawing showing a cherub seated in a window frame that’s roughly circular but made of pointed arcs in a style reminiscent of Islamic, Moorish, Persian, Middle Eastern art and design. A che [...] Keywords: frames, borders, romance, cherubs, persian art, people, children, nudity, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2015-08-28 + S K L |
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