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Front cover, Gems by the Wayside Gems by the Way-Side: An Offering of Purity and Truth (1878)

Buckram or cloth with stamped pattern, with a gold inlay. I have made a separate image for theVictorian borderformed by the stamped gold.

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Added: 2010-01-28

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Early Victorian Border from Book Cover Gems by the Way-Side: An Offering of Purity and Truth (1878)

This Victorian decorative border is taken from the cover of the book; it features flowers and berries. Note that it is made from eight separate pieces that you could move around if you wanted: for ex [...]

Keywords: borders, floriated borders, greyscale

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Added: 2010-01-28

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Jenny Lind - The Swedish Nightingale Gems by the Way-Side: An Offering of Purity and Truth (1878)

Jenny Lind – Johanna Maria Lind (1820 – 1887) was a Swedish opera singer; she was called the Swedish Nightingale because of her beautiful voice. She sang in many cities in Europe, became a friend to r [...]

Keywords: portraits, borders, people, famous women, greyscale

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Added: 2015-07-19

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Jenny Lind Gems by the Way-Side: An Offering of Purity and Truth (1878)

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Keywords: portraits, people, women, music, greyscale

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Ornate Victorian border or frame Gems by the Way-Side: An Offering of Purity and Truth (1878)

This ornate border originally surrounded a portrait of the famous Swedish opera singer Jenny Lind.The border has in the top corners two circular wreaths each containing a pair of birds; beneath these [...]

Keywords: frames, borders, angels, romance, birds, art, literature, bread, grapes, harvest, thanksgiving, greyscale

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Added: 2015-07-19

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The Last of their Race Gems by the Way-Side: An Offering of Purity and Truth (1878)

A family of First Nations (Native) people at the shore, including two men, two women and an infant. The picture is fanciful: headdresses and other regalia weer not generally worn lightly, and were cer [...]

Keywords: people, first nations, water, children, greyscale

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Added: 2010-01-28

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The Last of their Race (wallpaper version) Gems by the Way-Side: An Offering of Purity and Truth (1878)

A Desktop background/ Wallpaper version ofThe Last of their Race, made by cutting off the caption at the bototm.

Keywords: people, first nations, water, children, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale

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Added: 2010-01-28

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It is the home comforts and fireside virtues Gems by the Way-Side: An Offering of Purity and Truth (1878)

A lady—we may assume the mother—sits on a couch, or chaise-longue, with a girl on her lap and another against her shoulder; a boy sits next to her with a picture-book. In the background, two men are h [...]

Keywords: people, interiors, children, victorian costumes, mothers, reading, books, couches, drawing rooms, candelabra, victorian gentlemen, boys, girls, greyscale

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Added: 2010-04-24

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