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Title PageArt-Journal (1850)

The title page of the collected issues of the Art-Journal for the year 1850. The title page is mostly taken up with a drawing (engraved) of a group of three topless women standing on an ancient sarcop [...]

Keywords: page images, title pages, greyscale

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Added: 2015-09-24

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Ornate Rectangular FrameArt-Journal (1850)

This ornate rectangular frame or cartouche surrounded the volume number of the magazine on the title page. I liked the flourishes on the top and inside, with a hint of acanthus leaves. I have made sep [...]

Keywords: frames, borders, cartici, acanthus, greyscale

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Added: 2015-09-24

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Cartouche with Sculpture, Art and ArchitectureArt-Journal (1850)

This is the main engraving from the title page of the 1850 Art-Journal, without the writing. A group of three topless women stand on an ancient sarcophagus; the women represent sculpture (with a hamme [...]

Keywords: cartici, frames, borders, art, architecture, sculpture, painting, people, statuary, circular, sarcophagi, greyscale

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Added: 2015-09-24

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Dedication page With CartoucheArt-Journal (1850)

The dedication page comes after the title page and imprint page. Here it uses a giant circular frame or cartouche of gems or diadems to enclose the text. At the foot of the page, under the text, and s [...]

Keywords: page images, cartici, frames, borders, circular, statuary, art, heraldry, greyscale

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Added: 2015-09-24

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Oval or Elliptical Victorian FrameArt-Journal (1850)

This giant elliptical (oval) frame or cartouche is taken from the dedication page of the magazine. The giant circular frame or cartouche of gems or diadems enclosed the text. At the foot of the page, [...]

Keywords: frames, cartici, borders, crowns, heraldry, royalty, sculpture, statuary, art, greyscale

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Added: 2015-09-24

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Decorative initial letter O, FloriatedArt-Journal (1850)

A foliated (floriated) initial letter “O” as follows: A strong solid ltter O with a nub on the inside and ouside on each side and with an outline, and with stylized acanthus or vine leaves and round f [...]

Keywords: lettero, initials, floriated initials, greyscale

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Added: 2016-02-10

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The Triumph of LoveArt-Journal (1850)

The Triumph of Love Engraved by W. Roffe, from the group in marble by P Mac Dowell, R.A. Note: the sculptor’s name is written variously as Mac Dowell in two words or as Macdowell, both in this issue [...]

Keywords: statuary, sculpture, people, love, affection, men, women, cupid, cherubs, putti, children, bare feet, boys, women, men, nudity, romance, sandals, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2017-12-29

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The Death of Cordelia.Art-Journal (1850)

The men, the soldiers, look on anxiously and sad King Lear clutches the dying Cordelia to his breast. Passages From The Poets: The Death of Cordelia. Drawn by J. Franklin. Engraved by G. P. Nicholls. [...]

Keywords: king lear, death, shakespeare, knights, grief, mourning, people, weapons, beards, warriors, royalty, greyscale

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Added: 2015-11-18

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A ReminiscenceArt-Journal (1850)

A path through the trees, strewn with the fallen masonry of gateposts with their terracotta balls; mature trees on either side. In the backgrouns a person wearing a ha and using a cane (or umbrella) w [...]

Keywords: mansions, stately homes, ruin, nostalgia, trees, paths, poetry, poems, greyscale

Places shown: England

Added: 2023-12-13

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Horses eating a scanty mealArt-Journal (1850)

THE VERNON GALLERY THE SCANTY MEAL. J.F. Herring, Painter. E Hacker, Engraver. Size of the Picture, 2 ft 5¼ in by 1 ft 9½ in. — The various engravings which within the last few years have been made f [...]

Keywords: animals, horses, painting, straw, birds, art, greyscale

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Added: 2015-09-24

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Fruit-plate with BacchusArt-Journal (1850)

A plate, intended for fruit, presents the mask of a little Bacchus ornamented by a crown of vine-leaves, which form a basket ready to receive the bounteous gifts of tht god by whom every tree and ever [...]

Keywords: bacchus, bowls, pagan, faces, circular, leaves, vines, grapes, wine, greyscale

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Added: 2018-11-10

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Bacchus with sun-faceArt-Journal (1850)

This is a version of the picture of the top of the Bacchus bowl coloured in yellow and a warm orange to make a sun face. It’s really a wine god, but would surely pass for a sun face.

Keywords: bowls, pagan, faces, colour, yellow, orange, circular, leaves, vines, grapes, wine

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Added: 2018-11-10

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Reading the newsArt-Journal (1850)

A group of working-class people in Victorian dress stand around a man who is leaning on a wooden railing reading out loud from a newspaper. There’s a woman to the man’s immediate right, smiling, weari [...]

Keywords: people, news, reading, newspapers, working class, man, women, children, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2017-03-08

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St. GeorgeArt-Journal (1850)

The engraving shows a circular coin (actually a medal), in grey to indicate bas-relief. It depicts Saint George as a naked man with a Roman military helmet. He rides a horse without saddle or reins or [...]

Keywords: medals, dragons, george, saint george, horses, mythological creatures, weapons, nudity, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2017-03-07

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GriefArt-Journal (1850)

GRIEF. From the bas relief by J. H. Foley, A.R.A. Monumental sculpture has given birth to some of the best productions in modern Art, especially among ourselves. Bacon, Banks, Flaxman, Chantrey, and [...]

Keywords: grief, scuplture, graves, death, statuary, people, women, children, bare feet, frames, cartici, greyscale

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Added: 2018-06-17

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Ariel.Art-Journal (1850)

This engraving depicts a sculpture of Ariel from Shakespeare’s The Tempest. It was shown in the eighty-second exhibition at the Royal Academy in 1851, where it was exhibit number 1335; the Art Journal [...]

Keywords: statuary, bas-reliefs, men, people, gods, ariel, nudity, bare feet, idleness, contentment, arches, borders, frames, sculpturestatuary, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2018-10-23

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Rustic victorian border with 3d canopy designArt-Journal (1850)

This rustic border or surround is drawn to look like an engraving of a stone niche or cartouche; the original had a statue of Ariel inside it.

Keywords: frames, borders, cartici, canopies, statuary, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2018-10-25

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Passages From The Poets – A Garden.Art-Journal (1850)

The picture shows a gentleman and two ladies in probably eighteenth century dress, in the grounds of some large house or castle; they have met along a broad path leading to stone steps, and in the bac [...]

Keywords: trees, gardens, people, romance, paths, forests, stately homes, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2017-02-01

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Birth of the RoseArt-Journal (1850)

Engraved by T. W. Knight from the statue by B. Jennings. This statue won first prize for sculpture in the Great Exhibition of 1851. It was given to Birmingham Free Library in 1914; I do not know wheth [...]

Keywords: romance, flowers, roses, boys, people, men, statuary, cupid, cupids, angels, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2017-01-28

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