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175x200, 1875x2137, 658x750, 938x1069 | For One Brief Moment Our Eyes MetCassell’s Family Magazine (1889) In this scene from a late Victorian magazine, a well-dressed man using a crutch has raised his bowler hat in greeting to a lady with a parasol. The lady wears an elaborate dress and bonnet. The gate a [...] Keywords: romance, people, garden, gates, paths, flowers, men, women, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2019-02-08 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1019x620, 1359x827, 1812x1102, 329x200, 777x473 | 43.—Basingwork AbbeyHistory of Wales (1853) Basingwork Abbey, Flintshire; drawn by H Gastineau; engraved by H. Jorden. The Abbey was founded in 1132; there is a modern picture at the Holywell tourism Web site. Keywords: abbeys, ruins, trees, animals, people, cattle, arches, greyscale Places shown: Holywell; Flintshire; Wales Added: 2005-03-02 + S K L R N |
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1044x1031, 1392x1374, 202x200 | Glamis Castle.William Shakspere Biography (1841) The Dunsinane Hills form a long range extending in a north-easterly direction from Perth to Glamis. The castle of the “thane of Glamis” has been made a traditionary scene of the murder of Duncan [in M [...] Keywords: shakespeare, macbeth, castles, towers, people, horses, soldiers, turrets, battlements, greyscale Places shown: Glamis; Perthshire; Scotland Added: 2010-11-16 + S K L R N |
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| 132x200, 138x210, 185x281, 2338x3546, 493x748, 657x997, 877x1330 | Free clip-art: Victorian border of twigs and leavesThe National and Domestic History of England (Vol 2) (1878) A decorative full-page border used to frame an illustration in the book. Twigs and leaves. The original picture is the portrait of King Henry VIII and his six wives. There are also coloured versions [...] Keywords: borders, ornaments, decorative elements, twigs, rustic borders, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2008-03-09 + S K L |
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139x200, 2467x3546, 522x750, 626x900 | Free clip-art: Victorian border of twigs and leaves (finer version)The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 2) (1878) This is a version of the border of leaves and twigs in which the border is smaller, closer to the edge of the page. Keywords: borders, victoriana, ornaments, decorative elements, twig, rustic borders, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2014-06-15 + S K L |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1177x737, 2354x1473, 320x200, 750x469 | Roman slaves carrying an amphoraLa Civilizacion (1881) Two men are walking, about to go up the steps and out of a cellar, one in front of the other; they have a wooden post over their shoulders from which a large amphora is suspended, reaching almost to t [...] Keywords: amphoras, slaves, people, men, bare feet, costumes, work, cellars, steps, entrances, arches, ancient rome, carrying, slavery, basements, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2019-02-24 + S K L |
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145x200, 543x748, 724x998, 965x1330 | The members of a family should be known to each other.Good Words (1865) Two Victorian men in top hats and long-tailed jackets are comforting a distressed-looking boy who wears a cap and a cravat; the three people are dressed fo a funeral and indeed we see graves in the ba [...] Keywords: people, death, funerals, grief, children, boys, men, hats, victorian costumes, graves, graveyards, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2013-01-27 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 800x600 | The Easter Volunteer Review: The 1st Artillery on the March from London to BrightonIllustrated London News Vol 56 (1870) Soldiers on the march pause for a moment outside the local pub, which has a sign showing a lion; crowds have gathered to watch the troops pass, most on foot but some on horse-back, and with carts on w [...] Keywords: soldiers, weapons, guns, cannons, street scenes, bare feet, people, children, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale Places shown: England Added: 2007-04-07 + S K L |
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1024x640, 1280x800, 1440x900, 1680x1050, 1920x1200, 321x200, 772x482 | The OwlBible Animals (1877) “I am a companion to owls.”—Job 30:29. Taking these words in order, we find in the first place that the Jewish Bible accepts the translation of the words côs and yanshûph, merely affixing to them the [...] Keywords: tombs, owls, death, spooky, gloomy, despair, birds, ruins, columns, ravens, moon, night scenes, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2012-08-31 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1046x1510, 138x200, 520x750, 785x1133 | Druids Offering Human SacrificeRidpath’s History of the World (1897) Drawn by A. de Neuville. The picture is fanciful since the only surviving accounts of the druids of ancient times comes from the Romans who were fighting them, and who did not portray them in positive [...] Keywords: druids, sacrifice, human sacrifice, death, religion, occult, standing stones, megalliths, nighttime, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2017-09-28 + S K L |
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136x200, 3338x4900, 418x613, 835x1225 | Victor Hugo at his writing deskVictor Hugo et Son Temps [Victor Hugo and His Times] (1881) Victor Hugo in his study – A Sketch from Nature by M. Régamey. The picture shows the poet Victor Hugo standing at his writing desk, which the text implies was in his bedroom. The engraving is also sig [...] Keywords: people, portraits, interiors, victorian gentlemen, windows, beards, books, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2016-02-26 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 100x100, 1507x1484, 200x200, 300x300, 754x742 | Initial letter “G” with a dragonMagazine of Art Illustrated (1878) A Victorian decorative initial letter “G” used as a drop cap at the start of a section. The capital G has a dragon with wings, horns, a long scaly tail and clawed feet interwined around it. Keywords: letterg, initials, mythical creatures, dragons, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2010-02-25 + S K L |
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159x200, 551x693, 735x924, 980x1232 | A Fair ReaderAtalanta Magazine (1888) A Fair Reader—perhaps a somewhat sexist caption by today’s standards! A lady, presumably fair or beautiful, is sitting at a desk holding an open book, reading; other books lie on the desk in front of [...] Keywords: people, books, reading, pictures of books, bonnets, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2011-01-13 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 111x200, 390x704, 520x939, 693x1252 | Tottering Under the Weight of KnowledgeAtalanta Magazine (1888) An unidentified elderly gentleman carries a large stack of heavy books; he holds the top one in place with his nose as he shuffles forward. This sketch accompanied an article on the Reading Room at th [...] Keywords: books, people, pictures of books, people, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2011-02-04 + S K L |
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