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| 1276x736, 170x98, 1701x981, 340x196, 347x200, 714x412, 957x552 | Printer’s Ornament with harp and vineThe Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783) A printer’s ornament from the end of a chapter or section. This one shows a lyre or harp together with vine. Keywords: ornaments, music, christmas, musical instruments, harps, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2004-06-15 + S K L |
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| Ruins of Lindisfarne PrioryThe Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783) The caption reads, History Preserving the Monuments of Antiquity. The side View of Lindisfarne, or Holy Island Monastery, Northumberland. Pub. 25 May 1781 by S. Hooper The image is signed, S. Spurrow [...] Keywords: abbeys, castles, windows, arches, ruins, people, clouds, bare feet, nudity, colour Places shown: Lindisfarne; Northumberland; England Added: 2003-02-28 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 800x600 | Knight and HermitThe Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783) A knight in armour carrying a shield is on foot, leading his horse. He stands by a tree in front of a church or monastery door. A bearded monk beckons him in, pointing towards the open door. In a nic [...] Keywords: castles, trees, hills, towers, knights, animals, horses, monks, armour, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour Places shown: none Added: 2004-02-20 + S K L |
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128x200, 3266x5124, 653x1025 | Types of ArmourThe Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783) Explanation of the Plate of Armour No. 1. A Shield called a Roundel. No. 2. A Target. No. 3. A Leaden Mallet, used by the archers, mentioned in the military part of the preface. No. 4. An Iron Mace us [...] Keywords: armour, weapons, knights, shields, helmets, swords, spears, colour Places shown: none Added: 2004-02-22 + S K L |
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1325x700, 1767x933, 379x200, 994x525 | Castle DiagramThe Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783) Diagram showing the various parts of the battlements of a castle. The text, under the heading References, lists 1. The Barbican, 2. The Ditch of Moat, 3. Wall of the outer Ballium [now called the out [...] Keywords: castles, siege engines, diagrams, colour Places shown: none Added: 2004-01-19 + S K L |
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143x200, 1558x2179, 536x750, 679x950 | Architecture (full page print)The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783) The characteristic marks of this [early Norman] style are these: The walls are very thick, generally without buttresses; the arches, both within and without, as well as those over the doors and window [...] Keywords: architecture, pillars, columns, norman architecture, colour Places shown: England Added: 2014-08-30 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1113x1530, 146x200, 626x860, 835x1148 | The grand Door of Barfreston Church in Kent.The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783) On some of these arches is commonly over the key-stone represented God the Father, or our Saviour surrounded with angels; and below a melange of foliage, animals, often ludicrous, and sometimes even i [...] Keywords: entrances, norman architecture, churches, greyscale Places shown: Barfreston; Kent; England Added: 2008-04-23 + S K L R N |
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1032x563, 200x109, 2064x1126, 367x200, 750x409 | Printer’s ornament with birdsThe Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783) Two birds touch beaks, perhaps a mother feeding a baby, in this printer’s ornament, used as a tailpiece (tail-piece) at the end of a chapter. The design includes a harp, roses, ribbon or bunting and [...] Keywords: ornaments, music, romance, roses, birds, musical instruments, harps, colour Places shown: none Added: 2014-08-26 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1123x1359, 165x200, 174x211, 310x375, 473x573, 631x764, 842x1019, 87x106 | Ornament: CornucopiaThe Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783) This antique typographic ornament was used as a chapter tail-piece at the end of a section of the preface. You could also use it as a decorative page element. This was scanned from a 1780s book, and i [...] Keywords: ornaments, cornucopias, fruit, harvest, horns, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2008-03-25 + S K L |
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