Items taken from National Portrait Gallery, The (1888) (results page 1)

Front Cover, National Portrait Gallery National Portrait Gallery, The (1888)

The front cover of this thinnish volume is red, with a black Victorian floral border and ornate gold lettering.

Keywords: book covers, colour, victoriana, lettering

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Frontispiece: The Right Hon. Lord Penzance. National Portrait Gallery, The (1888)

A colour portrait of Mr. James Plaisted Wilde, the fourth son of Edward Archer Wilde, Esq., born in 1816. He became Judge of the Court of Probate and Judge Ordinary of the Divorce Court in 1863; he wa [...]

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Title page from National Portrait Gallery National Portrait Gallery, The (1888)

The title page appears at first quite ordinary, but on closer inspection is in fact very startling. The reason is that the yellow colour has been printed! To be sure there is also foxing and brownin [...]

Keywords: title pages, page images, colour, borders

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Victorian floral border from title page National Portrait Gallery, The (1888)

The title page of “National Portrait Gallery” is surrounded by this ornate and intricate floral border. The border contains four inset designs: the three lions of England, the rampant lion (i.e. side [...]

Keywords: borders, heraldry, victoriana, decorative elements, greyscale

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Portrait of Professer Henry Fawcett, M.P. National Portrait Gallery, The (1888)

Henry Fawcett was a Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party, born in 1833 near Salisbury. He was struck blind in a hunting accident in 1858, and in 1864 was elected Member of Parliament for Brighto [...]

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Portrait of Admiral the Hon. H. J. Rous. National Portrait Gallery, The (1888)

Henry John Routhe second son of the first Earl of Stradbroke, by his second wife, Charlotte Maria, daughter of A. Whittaker, Esq., was born at Henham Hall, Suffolk, on hte 23rd of January, 1795. He se [...]

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Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol National Portrait Gallery, The (1888)

Charles John Ellicott was born in 1819 in Whitwell, between Stamford and Oakham in Rutland, and died in Kent in 1905. As a bishop he was a supporter of the temperance movement in England.An interestin [...]

Keywords: portraits, people, colour

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