Items matching birds, greyscale (results page 122)

Detail from verso, showing the letter-forms. A Single Leaf (1476)

A small detail from the printed page, showing the shapes of the letters.

Keywords: typography, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

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Added: 2010-06-27

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Heraldic Crest and Symbols of Industry Il Museo Pio Clementino (1792)

This heraldic crest is from the title page to Volume VI of the huge book. If you are able to give a formal description of this image I’d love to hear from you; informally, it shows an armorial bearin [...]

Keywords: heraldry, shields, crests, science, symbols, coins, money, nudity, people, cherubs, boys, bare feet, travel, keys, masks, spirit, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2012-06-01

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[p.242] The Bloody Tower London (Volume II) (1841)

The portcullis stands open, and some soldiers with spears and shields are about to enter. From the crosses on their shields (the symbol of death) they are probably crusaders.

Keywords: towers, castles, entrances, people, weapons, greyscale

Places shown: London London; England

Added: 2005-07-15

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Gate of St John’s Abbey, Colchester The British Isles (1905)

Built around the 1400s to help defend an Abbey that was even then some 300 years old, today the gate is open to the public.

English Heritage age for St John’s Abbey Gate

Keywords: castles, abbeys, gates, greyscale

Places shown: Colchester; Essex; England

Added: 2010-09-16

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High Street, Chelmsford The British Isles (1905)

The high street [US: main street] in Chelmsford, Essex, around 1900. There are people riding bicycles, carts and carriages drawn by horses, and a sign visible reading “Barnard Cabinet Maker Upholster [...]

Keywords: street scenes, old photographs, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Chelmsford; Essex; England

Added: 2008-07-14

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Winged Skeleton with Hourglass on a Tombstone Prints by Hondius (1626)

lang="nl" xml:lang="nl">Gevleugeld skelet met zandloper op een grafsteen, or,Winged Skeleton with Hourglass on a Gravestone, after Teodoro Filippo di Laigno.Here we have a wingèd angel of death as a s [...]

Keywords: prints, skeletons, bones, death, hour-glasses, time, graves, gravestones, spooky, angels, wings, greyscale

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Added: 2022-04-01

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