Items matching bookplates, greyscale (results page 114)

Apteryx Mantelli. From a Photograph. The Leisure Hour (1896)

TheApteryxis the name given to the genus of birds moer commonly known as thekiwi; they are native to New Zealand. The Apteryx Mantelli is the north Island Brown Kiwi bird.

Wikipedia on the Kiwi Bird

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Added: 2008-07-17

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Page 501: A Chaste Kiss – Troilus and Criseyde Liber II The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer [William Morris, Kelmscott Press] (1896)

From book two ofTroilus and Criseyde, a 14th century poem written by Geoffrey Chaucer and here illustrated by Edward Burne-Jones and published in 1896 by William Morris. The picture shows Troilus, a T [...]

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Added: 2009-02-04

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The lovers, wallpaper edition, from page 501 The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer [William Morris, Kelmscott Press] (1896)

A man and a woman stand together in a bedroom; one kisses the cheek of the other. They are dressed in medieval costume. Although Troilus and Criseyde is set in ancient Greece, Chaucer was writing in [...]

Keywords: wallpaper, romance, people, arts and craft movement wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

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Leafy Border from page 501 The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer [William Morris, Kelmscott Press] (1896)

This is the inner leafy border that surrounds the picture onpage 501.Images frompage 501: theouter decorative page border, theinner leafy border, and two wallpaper images, the picture of thelovers wit [...]

Keywords: borders, arts and craft movement, floriated borders, vines, leaves, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

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Decorative initial L The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer [William Morris, Kelmscott Press] (1896)

Decorative initial letter “L”Images frompage 501: theouter decorative page border, theinner leafy border, and two wallpaper images, the picture of thelovers with the border, andthe loverswithout the b [...]

Keywords: letterl, initials, arts and craft movement, floriated initials, criblé, greyscale

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Page 501: the vine-leaf page border The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer [William Morris, Kelmscott Press] (1896)

A vine-leaf border with grapes; it is from a right-hand page 9a recto), page 501. If you use it for a left-hand page you should flip it so that the thicker side is towards the edge of the page. It’s [...]

Keywords: borders, arts and craft movement, asymmetrical, floriated borders, vines, grapes, greyscale

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The Kiss: the two lovers in the bedroom, a woodcut from page 501. The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer [William Morris, Kelmscott Press] (1896)

A man and a woman stand together in a bedroom; one kisses the cheek of the other. They are dressed in medieval costume. Although Troilus and Criseyde is set in ancient Greece, Chaucer was writing in [...]

Keywords: romance, people, interiors, wallpaper, backgrounds, arts and craft movement, greyscale

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Added: 2009-02-04

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Completely Mesmerized Safe Counsel: Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners (1896)

A man, with rather dark and creepy eyes, touches a blindfolded woman on the shoulder; they are both wearing somewhat formal Victorian costumes.

The wood-engraving is signed W. Bertram.

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Added: 2010-01-07

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Odysseus und Polyphem Sagen des Klassischen Altertums (1882)

Odysseus and Polyphem

In English I think this is Oedipus and Polypheme; Polypheme was a Cyclops, whome Odysseus blinded after getting him drunk.

Keywords: heroes, bare feet, nudity, people, illustrations for children, greyscale

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Chapter-end Ornament: diagonal Safe Counsel: Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners (1896)

A small ornment at the end of the text.

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Index, manicule, or pointing hand Typographic Ornaments (1850)

Drawings of hands, often with arms attached, were added to mediæval manuscripts by people who used them; the hands were used to draw attention to particular passages of interest.This hand, index, or m [...]

Keywords: manicules, hands, pointers, ornaments, drawings, indexes, maniculæ bookmarks, greyscale

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Added: 2020-09-07

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Stock block: two dancing harlequins Typographic Ornaments (1850)

This vintage art pair of jesters are two men dressed as harlequins, or clowns; the one on the left has a hat with bells on it and carries a punch-and-judy style stick with a head on the end; the one o [...]

Keywords: clowns, harlequins, dancing, people, men, costumes, stock blocks, greyscale

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Added: 2018-09-12

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Winged fairy boy sitting in wreath Little Folks Magazine Vol 64 (1906)

A naked boy with butterfly wings sits smiling in a large wreath of leaves and flowers; his bare feet are together and his hands reach out beside his ankles, his knees almost up aganst his chest. He ha [...]

Keywords: illustrations for children, children, people, nudity, bare feet, wings, fairies, mythological creatures, boys, wreaths, christmas, xmas, greyscale

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Added: 2018-08-07

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stock block: scales, or equal-arm balance. Typographic Ornaments (1850)

In an equal arm balance like this one you can compare the weights of things in the two pans; often you use a set of standardized weights in one pan and add them until the lever at the top is level, in [...]

Keywords: scales, scientific instruments, diagrams, balance, balancing, stock blocks, libra, zodiac, astrology, greyscale

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Added: 2019-04-28

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Stock block: Victorian railway engine and tender Typographic Ornaments (1850)

No source is given for this 2-4-0 steam engine US: railroad locomotive) and it’s not clear whether it is a drawing of an actual engine and tender or just a generic one.This picture was originally sold [...]

Keywords: steam engines, railways, engines, transport, steam, smoke, people, stock blocks, greyscale

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Added: 2019-04-28

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The Bittern Bible Animals (1877)

“I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools for water” – Isa. xiv. 29.In the account of the hedgehog, page 120, it has been mentioned that the Hebrew wordKippod, which has been render [...]

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Stock block: deer skull Typographic Ornaments (1850)

This vintage woodcut of a deer skull looks almost like a Cthulhu monster or the “Kraken”.This picture was originally sold as a “stock block” or “stock cut”—that is, a form of clip art in which metal p [...]

Keywords: skulls, death, horns, antlers, eye-sockets, spooky, cthulhu, tentacles, stock blocks, greyscale

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Added: 2018-09-12

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Stock block: Child kneeling in a circular vignette Typographic Ornaments (1850)

This Victorian engraving shows a boy (probably) kneeling within a circular border; he holds a boquet of flowers in one hand as he gazes at a butterly perched on his other hand. There’s a circle of flo [...]

Keywords: children, innocence, flowers, butterflies, nudity, bare feet, boys, circular, stock blocks, greyscale

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Added: 2018-09-12

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stock block: Terrier woodcut Typographic Ornaments (1850)

This woodcut of a Scottish cairn terrier, or similar dog, is an example of a stock block (or stock cut): an illustraiton sold to printers on a stereotyped copy of the original engraving, for use in th [...]

Keywords: dogs, animals, stock blocks, clip art, cairn terriers, terriers, greyscale

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Added: 2018-11-05

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Chapterheads with cherubs, dragons, fish, neptune, flowers Typographic Ornaments (1850)

Three separate chapterheads: one with two cherubs, or naked boys, each holding one end of a rope, or a pipe with a bulb on the end, perhaps about to squirt some giant flowers; one with a Greek male h [...]

Keywords: chapterheads, cherubs, nudity, bare feet, flowers, fish, greek gods, heads, neptune, dragons, wyverns, mythological creatures, wings, floriated borders, foliated borders, greyscale

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Added: 2020-11-20

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