Items matching borders, greyscale (results page 9)

Goblins with bowls of fruit Goblin Market (1933)

This woodcut from the title page shows several goblins bearing fresh fruit, probably from a drawing by Arthur Rackham.

Keywords: goblins, mythical creatures, illustrations for children, greyscale

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Added: 2010-05-10

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Printer’s Ornament, bunch of grapes Goblin Market (1933)

This woodut of a bunch of grapes was taken from the title page of the book; it is sketched in the style of the other illustrations in this children’s book, but is used as if it were a printer’s flower [...]

Keywords: ornaments, greyscale

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Added: 2010-05-10

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Frontispiece 3: Capt. E. J. Smith Wreck and Sinking of the Titanic (1912)

Keywords: people, portraits, beards, uniforms, costumes, titanic, greyscale

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Added: 2007-09-24

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Title page for Circling the Year The Circling Year (1870)

The title page for ‘Circling the Year”for 1870 has a leafy border framing two large flowers at the top, and representations of the year beneath: spring with flowers; summer with warmth from a starry s [...]

Keywords: title pages, page images, borders, spring, summer, autumn, winter, greyscale

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Added: 2018-02-18

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Border of Roses and Thorns Days With the Victorian Poets (1910)

A decorative oval border or roses and thorns that was around a chapter title in this book.

Keywords: borders, frames, romance, greyscale

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Added: 2012-06-23

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General Grant’s signature Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant (1885)

This was underneath the frontispiece showing the young Grant at the age of 21.

Keywords: handwriting, greyscale

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Added: 2008-01-07

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Frontispiece: Alice and the White Knight Through the Looking-Glass And What Alice Found There (1871)

“It was a glorious victory, wasn”t it?’ said the White Knight, as he came up panting.“I don’t know,” Alice said doubtfully. “I don’t want to be anybody’s prisoner. I want to be a Queen.”“So you will, [...]

Keywords: knights, alice, horses, armour, illustrations for children, greyscale

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Added: 2007-02-19

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Fanny in the Library. Look at the Bright Side (1883)

A girl sits in a chair gazin out of the window. She rests her chin on her arm. She has a ribbon in her hair tied in a bow, a dress that goes just over her knees, stockings, and shoes. The window has [...]

Keywords: children, boredom, windows, people, greyscale

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Added: 2007-06-18

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Victorian Border, Silver on Black. Christian Parlor Magazine Vol III (1847)

This Victorian Floral Border is taken from the front cover.Gold border on a black background.Red border on a white background.Black border on a white background.Moody silver border on a black backgrou [...]

Keywords: borders, colour

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Added: 2010-05-08

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Initial Letter T Woodcut A Compleat Collection of English Proverbs (1737)

A decorative initial letter “T” used as a drop cap (drop capital). It features palm trees and buildings in the background, perhaps intended to be evocative of the Holy Land.

Keywords: initials, lettert, greyscale

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Added: 2007-07-31

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Musical Border Famous Composers and their Music (1901)

This musical border features Greek or Roman busts at the corners, musical scores, laurel wreaths, musical instruments including violins, trumpets and horns, and is printed mostly in green and black.It [...]

Keywords: borders, colour, musical instruments, music

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Added: 2010-11-14

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Full-page holly and ivy border, US Letter sized The Circling Year (1870)

This leafy border features ivy with some holly thwoen in for good measure: it’d be great at Christmas but could be used at other times too. It surrounds thetitlepageof the book.This version is proport [...]

Keywords: borders, xmas, christmas, foliated borders, vinles, leaves, full page, surrounds, frames, greyscale

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Added: 2018-02-20

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From Her Boy A Child’s Garden of Verses (1905)

The picture shows a boy holding a large book open, as if to read, or to offer the book to someone. He has his head cocked to one side as if listening, or perhaps asking for permission. The book’s ded [...]

Keywords: illustrations for children, children, boys, people, books, greyscale

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Added: 2007-03-08

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Rococo headpiece My Boy Life (1882)

This chapterhead, or headpiece, is an ornament from the top of the first page of a chapter (in this case, the table of contents). It features curly vines with syilized leaves surrounding a central cir [...]

Keywords: chapterheads, ornaments, pouring water, aquarius, floriated borders, greyscale

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Added: 2015-09-01

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Title Page, New Testament Bible Pictures and Stories (New Testament) (1892)

The title page has a floriated border full of wild flowers (including thorns), a bird (possibly a partridge) and flowers. There’s some decorative Victorian type, too.There is a version that’s just the [...]

Keywords: title pages, page images, borders, greyscale

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Added: 2013-10-01

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Irregular border of flowers, birds and nature Bible Pictures and Stories (New Testament) (1892)

This border of wild berries, thorns, flowers, leaves even has a pairof nesting birds in it. It came from thetitle pageof the second half of this book.There is also a version of theborder coloured gree [...]

Keywords: borders, frames, cartici, floriated borders, floral, wild flowers, decoration, page elements, spring, greyscale

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Added: 2013-10-01

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Green floriated border Bible Pictures and Stories (New Testament) (1892)

This border of wild berries, thorns, flowers, leaves even has a bird in it. It came from thetitle pageof the second half of this book.The original was ablack and white floral borderaround the title pa [...]

Keywords: colour, borders, frames, cartici, floriated borders, floral, wild flowers, decoration, page elements

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Added: 2013-10-01

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Purple Victorian Vine-leaf Border Bible Symbols (1908)

This vine-leaf border is characteristic of the late Victorian era; although this book was printed in 1908, it was first published in 1904, and is on the cusp between Victorian and Edwardian. It is pr [...]

Keywords: borders, colour

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Added: 2010-06-21

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Title Page, Error’s Chains Error’s Chains: How Forged and Broken (1884)

The title page is very typical for an 1880s reference work in the USA:ERROR’S CHAINS:How forged and broken.A comparative history of the national, social and religious errors that mankind has fallen in [...]

Keywords: title pages, page images, greyscale

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Added: 2023-03-10

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Frontispiece: Portrait of Percy Bysshe Shelley The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley (1897)

Portrait of Percy Bysshe Shelley engraved by Francis Holl after a miniature in the possession of Shelley’s son.

Keywords: portraits, people, men, writers, poets, authors, youth, books, greyscale

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Added: 2018-07-09

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