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Victorian antique style decorative alphabet from Stuttgart
Various Initial Letters and Alphabets (1850)
Otto Weisert was a type-maker in Stuttgart, in Germany. Although he is best known today for the typeface Arnold Boecklin, he made many other designs; this one is Initialen No. 17, or Initial No.18.The [...]
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alphabets, complete alphabets, decorative initials, initial letters, typography, greyscale
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Added: 2020-07-28
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German Coaching Inn
Moderne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band VII (1893)
The illustration is from an article entitled Our German Weapons Students (Unsere deutschen Waffen-Studenten) and is entitled The Coming of the Sausages (Der Landjäger kommt), by A. Blunck, which i tak [...]
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inns, buildings, carts, carriages, roads, street scenes, people, gossip, rumours, half-timbered buildings, tudor architecture, colour
Places shown:
Germany
Added: 2022-07-02
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Queen Bohemia swallowed up alive
Wonderful Prodigies of Judgement and Mercy (1685)
The chapter heading isChap IV. The Wicked Lives, and Woful Deaths of several Popes, and likewise of Apostates, and Desperate Persecutors, but the running heads on each page sayThe woful Deaths of Wick [...]
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punishments, religion, people, royalty, death, woodcuts, justice, animals, dogs, carriages, city walls, bone, greyscale
Places shown:
Prague; Bohemia
Added: 2006-03-16
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A Blasphemer turned into a black dog
Wonderful Prodigies of Judgement and Mercy (1685)
The caption in the woodcut mentions page 4, and there is indeed an account there of someone being turned into a black dog.
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religion, animals, dogs, death, spooky, greyscale
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Added: 2006-04-27
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A Woman torn in pieces by the Devil. pa. 14.
Wonderful Prodigies of Judgement and Mercy (1685)
The “pa. 14.” refers to page 14, which has the following text:XVII. AtOster, a Village inGermany, there happened a most strange and fearful judgement upon a Woman who gave her self to the Devil, both [...]
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religion, people, spooky, greyscale
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Oster; Mosel; Germany
Added: 2006-07-28
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G. Tornai: At the harem
Moderne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band XV (1901)
A woman, baring her breasts, is dancing in a harem, one arm over her heard, her feet bare. In the background a musician plays a lyre; another woman serves Moroccan-style tea on an octagonal side-table [...]
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harems, slavers, slavery, nudity, breasts, women, people, dancing, music, dance, oriental, middle eastern, interiors, bare feet, greyscale
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none
Added: 2019-05-16
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H Hendrich: Sea Fables
Moderne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band XV (1901)
Seemärchen.Here we see a woman, or perhaps a mermaid, emerging from the sea onto a rock, dripping with water. She is gazing at a sea-monster or dragon some way away, coming through a natural stone arc [...]
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people, women, water, monsters, sea creatures, mythological creatures, dragons, rocks, cities, illustrations for children, greyscale
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Added: 2020-02-29
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Clevedon
The British Isles (1905)
Many are the pleasant and busy towns and villages which look forth upon [the River Severn at the Bristol channel] in its salted and merged condition and know it not. Of these,Clevedonalone may be indi [...]
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views, water, greyscale
Places shown:
Clevedon; Somerset; England
Added: 2006-02-01
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York Minster from the Walls
The British Isles (1905)
“It is almost impossible for a Yorkshireman to write of York in anything but the language of enthusiasm. To him York is what Rome is to the Roman, Paris to the Parisian, Jerusalem to the Jew. London a [...]
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cities, views, walls, roman remains, churches, cathedrals, abbeys, towers, cityscapes, greyscale
Places shown:
York; Yorkshire; England
Added: 2006-01-02
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Chapel of Henry VII., Westminster Abbey
The British Isles (1905)
“Beyond the Confessor’s Chapel, and beyond the imposing Chantry of Henry V., is Henry VII.’s splendid chapel, in the Perlendicular style, with a richly decorated ceiling of fan tracery, and lined with [...]
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cathedrals, churches, interiors, greyscale
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Westminster; London; England
Added: 2006-06-02
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Westminster Hall
The British Isles (1905)
“Westminster Hall, built [...] by [William] Rufus, and rebuilt by Richard II., is one of the largest chambers in the world, its fine timbered roof unsupported by pillars.Innumerable are its historic a [...]
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halls, interiors, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale
Places shown:
Westminster; London; England
Added: 2006-05-18
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Detail from verso, showing the letter-forms.
A Single Leaf (1476)
A small detail from the printed page, showing the shapes of the letters.
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typography, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale
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none
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 [...]
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heraldry, shields, crests, science, symbols, coins, money, nudity, people, cherubs, boys, bare feet, travel, keys, masks, spirit, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale
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Added: 2012-06-01
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