Items taken from Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) (results page 9)

238.—Ploughing, Sowing, Mowing, Gleaning, Measuring Corn, and Harvest-Supper.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The sower follows immediately behind the ploughman. Fig. 238, which is a literal copy from another manuscript, presents, at once, the operations of ploughing, sowing, mowing, measuring corn into sacks [...]

Keywords: agriculture, people, bare feet, thanksgiving, ploughs, greyscale

Places shown: England

Added: 2011-01-05

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239.—Convivial Party. Harleian MS. No. 603.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Harleian MS. 603 is an Anglo-Saxon illuminated psalter from the middle of the 10th century. The party looks more like outright debauchery than just convivial to me!

Keywords: people, celebrations, food, wine, drink, eating, saxon england, bare feet, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-12-11

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240.—Chairs. From Harleian MS. No. 603.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Harleian MS. 603 is an Anglo-Saxon illuminated psalter from the middle of the 10th century. This is the same manuscript as Fig. 239. The three chairs illustrated here do not look very comfortable, but [...]

Keywords: furniture, people, minstrels, saxon england, hats, musical instruments, chairs, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-06-06

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241.—Silver Penny of Eadgar, King of EnglandOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

King Eadgar, or Edgar the Peaceful, ruled from A.D. 959 to 975, so this coin would be a little over a thousand years old.

Keywords: coins, saxon england, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2012-09-22

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245.—Saxon Emblems of the Month of May.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

This illustration of the month of May is taken from an Anglo-Saxon manuscript in the British Museum, Cotton Tiberius B 5. It shows people wearing simple clothing, with cloaks and shoes. At left a falc [...]

Keywords: calendars, months, may, shepherds, sheep, people, costumes, animals, horses, falconry, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2014-12-13

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245 [detail].—Hand-drawn Victorian/rococo frameOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

This bizarre hand-drawn picture frame had three parts. It was part of a wood engraving that attempted (badly) to reproduce a mediaeval depiction of the month of May; see Fig. 245.

Keywords: borders, frames, cartici, rustic borders, sketches, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2014-12-20

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245 [detail].—Rectangular ornate sketched frame or borderOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

This frame, border, or cartouche, is take from the central part of Fig. 245 (Saxon Emblems of the Month of May); it is a sketchy rectangular outline with large leaves and some rococo swirls; I have co [...]

Keywords: borders, cartici, frames, sketches, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2014-12-22

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254.—Saxon Emblems of the Month of JulyOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

In the main scene here we see three men with sickles harvesting wheat as tall as they are, and another man standing on a rock with a long stick or cane and blowing a bugle, presumably a foreman. Four [...]

Keywords: calendars, months, july, people, farming, farmers, harvest, harvesting, wheat, corn, carts, costumes, anglo-saxon costumes, greyscale

Places shown: England

Added: 2022-03-16

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Ornate Early Victorian BorderOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Strictly speaking this border is from 1840 or earlier so pre-Victorian, and shows the transition from natural to stylized ornament.

The border is taken from Fig. 254, Emblems for July.

Keywords: borders, circles, ornate, ornament, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2022-05-24

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283.—Royal Costume, and the Harness and Equipment of Horses. (Cotton M.S.)Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The Three Kings, the figures of legend that are derived from the story of the wise men, astronomers or astrologers who visited the infant Jesus. The Gospels do not say how many of them there were, bu [...]

Keywords: royalty, christmas, religion, costumes, animals, horses, spirit, saxon england, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2008-09-20

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284.—The Harp, Accompanied by Other Instruments (cotton MS.).Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

[The Anglo-Saxons] put their own harp into the hands of the Royal Psalmist (Fig. 284) and indeed we see here King David on his throne, dressed as an Anglo-Saxon king. There’s also a violinist, a trump [...]

Keywords: royalty, people, musical instruments, music, christmas, religion, saxon england, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2008-10-11

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285.—Saxon Cloaks, Plain and Embroidered Tunics, and Shoes. (Cotton MS.)Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The Norman historians record their excellence with the needle, and their skill in embroidery. Minute descriptions of dress are not amongst the most amusing of reading, although they are highly valuab [...]

Keywords: costumes, people, shoes, beards, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2012-03-20

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286.—Costume of a Saxon Woman.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

[...] the ladies wore a long and ample garment with loose sleeves (the gunna, whence our gown), over a closer-fitting one, which had tight sleeves reaching to the wrist; over these a mantle was worn b [...]

Keywords: costumes, people, women, dresses, hoods, gowns, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2021-07-01

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287.—Anglo-Saxon FemalesOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The practice of bandaging or cross-gartering the hose is indicated in many Anglo-Saxon drawings (Figs. 284, 288). Secondly, the ladies wore a long and ample garment with loose sleeves (the gunna, when [...]

Keywords: people, costumes, dresses, books, reading, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-09-14

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289.—Coffin and Grave Clothes.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

An Anglo-saxon drawing of the raising of Lazarus from the dead (an early account of a zombie in the Bible?), showing the Saxon funeral clothes and coffin. One of the two figures on the left is Jesus. [...]

Keywords: jesus, religion, death, spooky, saxon england, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-11-04

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345.—Castle of LillebonneOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

General view of Ruins, Church, etc. “The character of William of Normandy [William the Conqueror] was so remarkable, and indeed was such an element of success in his daring attempt upon the English cr [...]

Keywords: castles, ruins, people, trees, towers, churches, towns, arches, views, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Lillebonne; Seine-Maritime; France

Added: 2003-08-31

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Ornate Victorian BorderOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

This ornate border is based on Mediaeval and Sixteenth Century designs; strictly speaking it is pre-Victorian. It features stylized roses. There is also a modified version for use on US legal-sized pa [...]

Keywords: borders, decoration, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2012-05-18

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Ornate border for US legal-sized paperOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

This is a version of the ornate early Victorian border modified to be suitable for legal-sized paper (8.5 × 14 inches, roughly). A higher-resolution version is available on request. It might be good f [...]

Keywords: borders, decoration, victoriana, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2012-05-20

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Floriated Initial I, Violin-StyleOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A decorative initial “I” in this 1840s book, used as a drop capital at the start of a chapter. I also made a coloured letter I to give you an idea of what can be done.

Keywords: initials, letteri, floriated initials, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2012-05-20

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Decorative initial I, ColouredOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

This is a hand-coloured version of a decorative initial letter “I” used as a drop cap at the start of a chapter.

Original black and white version

Keywords: initials, letteri, floriated initials, gold, yellow, green, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2012-05-21

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