Items matching borders, greyscale (results page 122)

Index, pointing hand, or manicule 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

Places shown: none

Added: 2022-01-13

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One of the dark cells The Leisure Hour (1896)

From a contemporary sketch.Depicting a cell in the dark and feared dungeon of Vincelles, some time between the 16th century and 18th century. The prisoner sits glumly on a rather uncomfortable-looking [...]

Keywords: prisons, punishments, people, chains, greyscale

Places shown: Vincelles; Jura; France

Added: 2007-01-20

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Decorative initial letter H with dragon La Civilizacion (1881)

This decorated initial h is inan uncial form and has a dragon resting on top of it! In the book, the bottom of the large rectangle containing the letter was aligned with the baseline of the second lin [...]

Keywords: letterh, initials, dragons, mythical creatures, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2018-05-21

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The Royal Family The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 3) (1878)

Portraits of some of the British Royal Family in 1878...

Keywords: portraits, royalty, borders, beards, people, faces, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2017-05-02

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Rustic twig and leaf border (portrait version) The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 3) (1878)

This full-page border features rustic twigs and stylized acanthus leaves at the corners. It was used to frame portraits of theVictorian Royal Family.There is also alandscape or sideways version of thi [...]

Keywords: borders, frames, twigs, leaves, rustic, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2017-05-04

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Rustic twig and leaf border (landscape, or wide version) The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 3) (1878)

This full-page border features rustic twigs and stylized acanthus leaves at the corners. It was used to frame portraits of theVictorian Royal Family.

There is also anupright version of this border.

Keywords: borders, frames, twigs, leaves, rustic, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2017-05-04

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Rustic full-page border of twigs in four sections The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 1) (1878)

This steel-engraved border is made up of twigs which divide the page into four areas.

The border is taken from a engraving offourteenth century costumes.

Keywords: borders, twigs, greyscale

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Added: 2015-06-30

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Full-page simple border of twigs The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 1) (1878)

Full-page border of twigs; this is a single version of thefour-way rustic borderthat does not divide the page into four.

The border is taken from a engraving offourteenth century costumes.

Keywords: borders, twigs, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2015-06-30

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Male and Female Costume, Time of Richard II. The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 1) (1878)

King Richard II of England reigned from 1377 to 1399. So this picture shows people dressed for court in the end of the fourteenth century.The picture shows two mearded men with long pointed soft shoes [...]

Keywords: costumes, people, men, women, medieval, mediaeval, shoes, pointy shoes, greyscale

Places shown: England

Added: 2020-04-06

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Portraits of Samuel and Daniel The Holy Court (1663)

These two portraits were made on a single plate (probably a woodcut or wood engraving); no source is given for the likenesses (or possibly unlikenesses) of these two characters from the scriptures. T [...]

Keywords: portraits, people, prophets, faces, beards, moustaches, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-12-13

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Daniel The Holy Court (1663)

Wood-engraved portrait of Daniel taken from thepicture of Daniel and Samuel, in the section entitledThe Statesmen, following on from Moses.DAnielentred into the Court by Captivity, stayed there by Mor [...]

Keywords: portraits, people, faces, moustaces, biblical characters, jewish history, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-12-13

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Typographical ornament or printer’s flower The Holy Court (1663)

Ornaments like this were very popular in 17th and 18th century France; they are getting a resurgene in popularity on the Web. This one shows a ring of five circles, with a central ring too; the shado [...]

Keywords: ornaments, greyscale

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Added: 2010-01-27

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Samuel The Holy Court (1663)

Wood-engraved portrait of Samuel taken from thepicture of Daniel and Samuel, in the section entitledThe Statesmen, following on from Moses.SAmuelthat seemed to have been born for nothing but to pray, [...]

Keywords: portraits, people, faces, beards, helmets, biblical characters, jewish history, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-12-13

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Four Cherubs With Garlands, Ribbons and Flowers Atalanta Magazine (1888)

These four winged cherubs, tastefully nude, have spring flowers, ribbbons or garlands, and are dancing playfully in the air. They were used as a tail-piece at the end of a chapter. Maybe it’s love on [...]

Keywords: cherubs, romance, bare feet, nudity, flowers, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-01-13

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Arrest of the Duke of Gloucester The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 1) (1878)

On a grassy knoll, with trees, outside a castle, the King’s soldiers arrest the Duke of Gloucester on his horse. You can tell the King on the right by his crown and the royal coat of arms just visibl [...]

Keywords: royalty, nobility, knights, soldiers, horses, trees, boats, spears, crowns, robes, costumes, hills, castles, caparisons, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2018-03-09

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Ladies’ Costume, Time of Edward I The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 1) (1878)

In this woodcut a man in 13th century costume holds up a woman’s garment, a tunic perhaps although I am not certain. This is a Victorian engraving based on a thirteenth Century drawing.In the origina [...]

Keywords: clothing, costumes, people, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2015-08-29

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Plate XCIX.—Hydrostatics.—Fig. 1. A quadruple pump-mill for raising water. Enclyclopædia Britannica (1771)

The height of modern technology in 1771: a super-efficient pump powered by a water wheel!The ngine is represented in Plate 99. fig. 1. In which ABCD is a wheel, turned by water according to the order [...]

Keywords: diagrams, machinery, wheels, pulleys, chains, whaterwheels, pumps, hydraulics, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2014-03-24

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Plate XCIX.—Hydrostatics.—Fig. 8. Cup of Tantalus. Enclyclopædia Britannica (1771)

Tantalus’s cup.Let a hole be made quite through the bottom of the cup A (fig. 11) and the longer leg of the bended syphon BCED be cemented into the hole, so that the end D of the shorter leg DE may al [...]

Keywords: diagrams, cups, water, hydraulics, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2018-03-01

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Plate XCIX.—Hydrostatics.—Fig. 8. Cup of Tantalus (no letters) Enclyclopædia Britannica (1771)

This is a version of theCup of Tantalusdiagram, without the letters that tie it to the text.

Keywords: cups, goblets, syphons, hydraulics, diagrams, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2018-03-01

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Mary Stuart The Holy Court (1663)

The true Portraiture of Princesse Mary Queene of Scotland and Dowager of France.I left the calligraphic caption in the image, as it seems well done. The author of the book is extremely biased in favou [...]

Keywords: portraits, royalty, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-01-30

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