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Don Quixote in his StudyMagazine of Art Illustrated Vol 6 (1883)

From Doré’s Illustrations to “Don Quixote,” published by Messrs. Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., We can do no more than play at swords with him (in our frontispiece) in his study chair. His eyes are f [...]

Keywords: fantasy, people, men, interiors, mythical creatures, dreams, reading, books, swords, don quixote, imagination, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2026-01-08

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Chiquon and Cochegrue, from Count DraculaMagazine of Art Illustrated Vol 6 (1883)

(From Doré’s “Contes Drolatiques.”) Here we see two people, one with an arm raised, running across an empty courtyard: empty except for a black dog or cat running in the other direction. All around ar [...]

Keywords: dracula, nighttime, turrets, churches, fear, gothic architecture, drawings, greyscale

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Added: 2026-01-11

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Córdova: The Door of the MosqueMagazine of Art Illustrated Vol 6 (1883)

An ancient stone entrance, in a characteristic Moorish keyhole-shape, with a palm tree, and a raised façade with statues presumably added later by Christians. The mosque at Córdova (or Córdoba now) wa [...]

Keywords: mosques, moorish architecture, entrances, monks, people, trees, greyscale

Places shown: Córdoba; Andalusia; Spain

Added: 2026-01-12

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The Catapult, Painted by E. J. Poynter, R.A.Magazine of Art Illustrated Vol 6 (1883)

Roman soldiers, some fully clothed and some entirely naked, some shirtless, are using ther strength to turn a windlass prepare a giant catapult to fire a huge arrow (I think), with the bare-legged and [...]

Keywords: weapons, nudity, soldiers, war, catapults, bare feet, archers, carthage, greyscale

Places shown: Carthage

Added: 2026-01-09

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Cupid’s Hunting FieldsMagazine of Art Illustrated Vol 6 (1883)

A greenish yellow tint to this picture, which features a naked young man or boy, Cupid, standing with one bare foot on a flat stone, part of the ground, and another on the leg of a lady wearing a thin [...]

Keywords: romance, archery, cupid, nudity, people, men, women, bare feet, yellow, hunting, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2026-01-09

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