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St. George and the DragonMagazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

An engraving showing a statue of St. George slaying the dragon, by J. E. Boehm, A.R.A. St. George is here depicted as an almost-naked man riding a horse, a Roman centurian wearing only sandals and a h [...]

Keywords: statues, dragons, people, weapons, animals, horses, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2005-10-28

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St. George and the Dragon [detail]Magazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

A detail from St. George and the Dragon showing the dragon’s head.

Keywords: dragons, statues, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2005-10-28

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For Ever. By Herbert Schmalz.Magazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

To the genre of sentiment, not history, belong Mr. Herbert Schmalz’s “For Ever” (page 352) and Mr. Arthur Stocks’ “Her Sweetest Flower” (page 349); the one is romantic, the other realistic, but both [...]

Keywords: people, art, sketches, windows, romance, music, musical instruments, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-05-04

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Initial Capital Letter “D” with BacchusMagazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

Decorative initial letter capital “D” featuring vine-leaves, and a modestly-clad almost-naked seated Bacchus figure with a large wine-cup. A bare-footed woman or boy outside the letter holds a jug or [...]

Keywords: initials, letterd, people, bare feet, nudity, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-05-03

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Heraldic Dragon.Magazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

The dragon is, perhaps, the most venerable symbol employed in ornamental art. (p. 375) Fronm the first the dragon was always a favourite device in heraldry. What more frequent than the dragon-crested [...]

Keywords: dragons, mythical creatures, heraldry, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-01-09

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Decorative Initial T With DragonsMagazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

An initial used for a drop cap (drop capital, or decorative initial) in this 1880 book. The initial is a letter “T” and has two dragons in it. It is signed with a monogram LFD, presumably for Lewis [...]

Keywords: lettert, initials, dragons, mythical creatures, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-01-10

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Decorative Initial T With Dragons (Borderless Version)Magazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

This is a version of the drop cap letter t with a dragon but without the gray border around it, to make it a little more versatile. You can use the smaller sizes directly in your Web pages if you lik [...]

Keywords: lettert, initials, dragons, mythical creatures, clipart, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-01-10

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Initial letter T with cherubsMagazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

An initial letter “T” used as a drop cap in the magazine; the letter is supported by two naked people wity styized wings; they have genitals but are clearly intended to be infants. There is also a flo [...]

Keywords: cherubs, romance, lettert, initials, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-01-21

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Poppies and Tiger LilliesMagazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

This is a digital scan of a print of an engraving representing a painting on china done in 1878 by Miss Charlotte H. Spiers. The plate in question was shown at the fifth Annual exhibition of Painting [...]

Keywords: poppies, lillies, flowers, swallows, burds, paintings, art, medallions, circular, round, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2025-06-29

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Autumn Anemones (By Miss Alice Argyles)Magazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

The reviewers say some pretty rude things about this piece, making me wonder why they included it, even though it won a prize. Indeed, the prize shows, it seems to me, that the judges were wiser than [...]

Keywords: paintings, flowers, art, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-04-25

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Shelter.Magazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

Shelter by Arthur Hopkins. Two boys and two girls use a rocky ledge by the sea as shelter from the rain. The girls have dresses, and the boys are barefoot, and have sun-hats, suggesting that it is Sum [...]

Keywords: art, people, bare feet, storms, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-08-20

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MusicMagazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

Music by Raphael Collin. ...we would call attention to the ornamental panel by Raphael Collin, which we have engraved (page 424), and which illustrates with much classic feeling and grace the idea of [...]

Keywords: music, romance, musical instruments, trees, people, bare feet, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-08-19

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Initial letter “G” with a dragonMagazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

A Victorian decorative initial letter “G” used as a drop cap at the start of a section. The capital G has a dragon with wings, horns, a long scaly tail and clawed feet interwined around it.

Keywords: letterg, initials, mythical creatures, dragons, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-02-25

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TaufersMagazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

Taufers is first mentioned in the year 1080, but not until the yeat 1149 does the family seem to have risen to any importance; but from then, until it does out in 1312, it was one of the most influent [...]

Keywords: castles, views, towers, montains, people, goats, trees, walls, arches, ruins, greyscale

Places shown: Taufers; Tyrol; Italy

Added: 2012-07-07

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

A cherub or putti holds 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 ros [...]

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

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-01-25

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