Items taken from Art in England During the Elizabethan and Stuart Periods (1908) (results page 1)

Front Cover, Art In EnglandArt in England During the Elizabethan and Stuart Periods (1908)

My copy does not have an original binding. Actually the binding is broken and many of the pages are loose. I suspect that some previous bookseller may have removed some plates, although I haven’t ch [...]

Keywords: book covers, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-10-09

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Title Page, Art In EnglandArt in England During the Elizabethan and Stuart Periods (1908)

Art in England During the Elizabethan and Stuart Periods Written by Aymer Vallance, With a Note on the First Century of England Engraving by Malcolm C. Salaman. Illustrations after drawings by Wilfr [...]

Keywords: title pages, page images, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-10-09

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Rumwood Court [screen background version]Art in England During the Elizabethan and Stuart Periods (1908)

A version of Rumwood Court scaled and cropped to make it suitable for use as a screen background or ‘desktop wallpaper’.

Keywords: colour, backgrounds, houses, flowers, gardens, manors, wallpaper

Places shown: Rumwood Court; Langley; Kent; England

Added: 2005-02-07

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Rumwood CourtArt in England During the Elizabethan and Stuart Periods (1908)

Rumwood Court, Langley, Kent, from a water-colour drawing by E. Arthur Rowe [1863-1922]. Today, Rumwood Court is a Grade II listed building; this Elizabethan manor could be yours, since it’s for sale. [...]

Keywords: colour, houses, flowers, gardens, manors

Places shown: Rumwood Court; Langley; Kent; England

Added: 2005-02-07

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Initial Capital Letter “A” With ScholarsArt in England During the Elizabethan and Stuart Periods (1908)

This historiated decorative initial “A” was used as a drop cap, or dropped capital, at the start of a chapter. It shows two people wearing hats and robes and I think soft turned-down boots, reading bo [...]

Keywords: lettera, initials, scholars, books, hats, people, costumes, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2012-06-26

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Gable End, Shrewsbury.Art in England During the Elizabethan and Stuart Periods (1908)

The gable-end post is at one end of the roof; this one has a figure, probably female, on the top, standing on a face, with a coiled rope carved beneath that, and a smiling bearded man’s face at the bo [...]

Keywords: gothic architecture, architecture, carving, statuary, faces, beards, greyscale

Places shown: Shrewsbury; Shropshire; England

Added: 2012-06-27

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The Feathers Inn, Ludlow, ShropshireArt in England During the Elizabethan and Stuart Periods (1908)

Thus, in former times (as may be seen, for instance, in the older houses at Bury St. Edmunds or Lavenham, in Suffolk) brackets would be made to spring from Gothic caps, which again formed the crown o [...]

Keywords: tudor buildings, houses, architecture, greyscale

Places shown: Ludlow; Shropshire; England

Added: 2012-06-26

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Rain-Water Head, Haddon HallArt in England During the Elizabethan and Stuart Periods (1908)

A rain-head, collecting water from gutters and divirting it to a down-pipe, elaorately carved in the Gothic style.

Keywords: architecture, decor, gothic, greyscale

Places shown: Bakewell; Derbyshire; England

Added: 2006-04-22

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Pound’s Bridge, Near Penshurst, KentArt in England During the Elizabethan and Stuart Periods (1908)

From a drawing by William Twopeny. “The drawing of Pound’s Bridge, near Penshurst (facing page 14), is in itself a valuable document, recording the condition of the house as it was during the first ha [...]

Keywords: wallpaper, backgrounds, houses, greyscale

Places shown: Penshurst; Kent; England

Added: 2006-09-19

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Great Tangley Manor, Surrey.Art in England During the Elizabethan and Stuart Periods (1908)

A half-timbered Elizabethan manor-house with tiled roof is here seen from the garden. Notice the cat sitting in the porch! The moated Manor House of Great Tangley, in West Surrey (facing page 24), tho [...]

Keywords: manors, colour, gardens, trees, buildings, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Wonersh; Surrey; England

Added: 2007-10-30

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Printers’ OrnamentArt in England During the Elizabethan and Stuart Periods (1908)

This decorative ornament was used after the text at the end of a chapter. Such printing ornaments used to be fairly common. This one has a has a central area that could be used as a cartouch, that i [...]

Keywords: ornaments, printing, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-10-09

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Steps at Powis Castle, Near WelshpoolArt in England During the Elizabethan and Stuart Periods (1908)

A sketch (with difficult perspective) of stone staircases and balustrades leading up to a doorway on the side of Powis Castle (Powys Castle, as it is today). From a drawing by William Twopeny. This dr [...]

Keywords: castles, steps, stairs, staircases, greyscale

Places shown: Powys; Welshpool; Glamorgan; Wales

Added: 2006-10-09

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Embroidered Stool Cover From Hardwick Hall (1 of 2)Art in England During the Elizabethan and Stuart Periods (1908)

Hardwick Hall is known for its outstanding 16th and 17th Century tapestries and embroideries. “From that treasure-house of embroideries, Hardwick Hall, [...] belong the two round stools and the back a [...]

Keywords: colour, embroidery, flowers, ornaments

Places shown: Hardwick Hall; Doe Lea; Chesterfield; Derbyshire; England

Added: 2005-10-21

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Embroidered Stool Cover From Hardwick Hall (2 of 2)Art in England During the Elizabethan and Stuart Periods (1908)

[continued from the first stool cover] “Among the floral forms may be recognised borage and poppies on the stools, and roses, daisies and strawberry blossoms, leaves and fruit upon the chairs [chairs [...]

Keywords: colour, embroidery, flowers, ornaments

Places shown: Hardwick Hall; Doe Lea; Chesterfield; Derbyshire; England

Added: 2005-10-21

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Map of New FranceArt in England During the Elizabethan and Stuart Periods (1908)

Map of “New France” (Canada). From the engraving by Benjamin Wright (circa 1608). “No maps [...] were better engraved or more individual in decorative embellishment than those of Benjamin Wright, whos [...]

Keywords: maps, ships, whales, greyscale

Places shown: Canada

Added: 2005-08-26

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