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The ProposalIm Wechsel Der Tage (1885)

The man kneels holding out a small box containing a ring; he gazes, full of hope, at the beautiful woman. This image is a detail from the Forest of Romance picture, suitable for a Valentine’s Day card [...]

Keywords: romance, people, colour, costumes

Places shown: none

Added: 2014-02-11

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Cherub with grin and cloven hoofsIm Wechsel Der Tage (1885)

This putto (sungular of putti!) or cherub, symbolising romance, was in the background in Forest of Romance, a scene with a man proposing marriage to a woman. The cherub is depicted as a small boy with [...]

Keywords: romance, cherubs, putti, boys, children, nudity, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2025-01-20

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Cupid and rose briarIm Wechsel Der Tage (1885)

A putto, or small naked boy, here carries Cupid’s bow, the sign of love and romance. He hides beneath a rose briar with thorns, leave, and a beautiful engraving of a rose. Perfect for a Valentine’s ca [...]

Keywords: cupid, romance, flowers, roses, nudity, putti, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2014-01-13

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SummerIm Wechsel Der Tage (1885)

A girl in a long formal pleated dress sits reading a book; she is sitting on a wooden chair with an upholstered cushion for the back and another for the seat; she clutches her frilly lace collar with [...]

Keywords: people, sitting, interiors, victoriana, dresses, women, girls, costumes, potted plants, summer, reading, books, concentration, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2018-02-11

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Vicorian room used as a borderIm Wechsel Der Tage (1885)

This border is made by drawing a white rectangle over the picture of the girl sitting reading a book indoors in summer and also copying the outer border of the image to the sides of the white rectangl [...]

Keywords: frames, borders, slavery, victoriana, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2018-02-11

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The Abandoned Water-MillIm Wechsel Der Tage (1885)

The drawing shows an old abandoned watermill, the wooden walls rotting away, the thatched roof uneven, the waterwheel still and rotten, the whole building overgrown. Romantic poems about deserted mill [...]

Keywords: mills, romantic ruins, trees, water wheels, buildings, exteriors, decay, ruins, drawings, greyscale

Places shown: Germany

Added: 2018-02-04

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Late HomecomingIm Wechsel Der Tage (1885)

A young man (I think) sits on the ground near a signpost where four country lanes meet in a crossroads. He wears a hat and is barefoot. In the distance another man walks away, carrying a scythe. Black [...]

Keywords: signposts, people, crossroads, roads, lanes, rural scenes, birds, crows, death, sythes, bare feet, hats, sitting, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2015-10-18

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Rothenberg Castle RuinsIm Wechsel Der Tage (1885)

This engraving showing the romantic ruins of Rothenberg Castle (in Rothenberg, Odenwaldkreis, Hesse, Germany) by moonlight, with its ivy-colvered arches and crumbling towers, accompanied a poem (Rothe [...]

Keywords: castles, ruins, arches, overgrown, moonlight, decay, buildings, steps, greyscale

Places shown: Conwy Castle; Conwy; Wales

Added: 2017-05-11

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WinterIm Wechsel Der Tage (1885)

An old man and woman walk together, arm in arm, in dark snowy weather. He wears a broad-brimmed hat, uses a walking-stick or cane, and has a white beard; she has a woollen winter dress an a shawl agai [...]

Keywords: snow, winter, cold, christmas, xmas, people, couples, men, women, hats, beards, shawls, towns, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2021-01-17

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