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Xerxes orders the sea to be punishedLa Civilizacion (1881)

King Xerxes of Persia is shown here just after a storm destroyed the beginnings of a bridge he’d ordered to be built in order to send his army to conquor Greece. The following extract is from a transl [...]

Keywords: people, kings, xerxes, beards, men, soldiers, waves, water, rocks, colour, ancient persia, ancient greece, wars, illustrations for children

Places shown: Hellespont; Dardanelles; Turkey

Added: 2018-11-05

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Greek family returning from the harvest.La Civilizacion (1881)

Família Griega volviendo de la vendimia Here we see two adults and a child, all barefoot and the child bare-shuldered and bare-legged. The woman in front carries leaves; the child plays twin pipes; a [...]

Keywords: people, children, animals, oxen, men, women, costumes, ancient greece, bare feet, trees, forests, water, streams, rocks, colour

Places shown: Greece

Added: 2019-02-23

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Greek dances after a meal.La Civilizacion (1881)

Canzas Griegas despues de la Comida. Here we see a laurel-wreathed man seated on a chair, next to a table with horses’ legs; behind him someone is standing clapping. In the background three barefoot w [...]

Keywords: dancing, dancers, people, women, costumes, ancient greece, men, wreaths, interiors, colour

Places shown: Greece

Added: 2019-02-01

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Typographic ornament with horse’s head and harp stringsLa Civilizacion (1881)

This tailpiece, or typographic ornament, was used at the end of a chapter. It includes a horse’s head perhaps in a stylized horseshoe, with an anvil or yoke behind it, a harp and other musical instrum [...]

Keywords: ornaments, tailpieces, horses, animals, symbols, anvils, yokes, harps, musical instruments, ivy, mistletoe, decorations, ribbons, christmas, xmas, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2018-11-05

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Roman slaves carrying an amphoraLa Civilizacion (1881)

Two men are walking, about to go up the steps and out of a cellar, one in front of the other; they have a wooden post over their shoulders from which a large amphora is suspended, reaching almost to t [...]

Keywords: amphoras, slaves, people, men, bare feet, costumes, work, cellars, steps, entrances, arches, ancient rome, carrying, slavery, basements, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2019-02-24

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