Items matching castles, colour (results page 13)

Title Page, The River DeeThe River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875)

THE RIVER DEE ITS ASPECT AND HISTORY By J. S. HOWSON, D.D. dean of chester. With ninety-three illustrations on wood / from drawings by A;fred Rimmer London Virtus, Spalding, & Co., 26, Ivy Lane Patern [...]

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Added: 2006-10-11

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Title Page, Wild Flowers Series OneFamiliar Wild Flowers (1906)

FAMILIAR WILD FLOWERS. figures and described by F. Edward Hulme, F.L.S., F.S.A. “When forth I go upon my way, a thousand joys are mine, the clusters of dark violets, the wreaths of the wild vine; My j [...]

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Added: 2017-03-03

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TItle PageMy Friends’ Birthdays (1885)

The title page from “My Friends’ Birthdays” includes a picture of a vase or urn with an artist’s easel, pallette and brushes, a Victorian border for a Victorian scrapbook!

Keywords: art, title pages, page images, colour, esaels, vases, paint, pallettes, borders, victoriana

Places shown: none

Added: 2012-06-08

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Title Page from Cathedral Cities of FranceCathedral Cities of France (1907)

Cathedral Cities of France, by Herbert Marshall, R.W.S. and Hester Marshall With sixty illustrations in colour by Herbert Marshall, R.W.S.

Toronto

The Musson Book Co. Limited, 1907

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Added: 2006-06-29

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Frontispiece: Jester and MonkThe Cynic’s Calendar (1905)

A woman in a red jester’s outfit, including a jester’s hat with bells, and a black-robed monk wearing sandals, and with a black hood, hold hands as if preparing to dance.

Keywords: people, jesters, monks, sketches, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-05-25

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Title pageArchidoxes of Magic: Of the Supreme Mysteries of Nature (1656)

PARACELSUS[:] Of the Supreme Mysteries or Nature. Of The Spirits of the Planets. Of Occult Philosophy. The Magical, Sympathetical, an Antipathetical Cure of Wounds and Diseases. The Mysteries of the [...]

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Added: 2023-03-15

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Title Page, ProverbsDictionary of Proverbs (1917)

DIVERS PROVERBS With their explication & illustration Compiled and Methodically Digested as well for the Entertainment of the Curious as the Information of the Ignorant and for the Benefit of Young St [...]

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Added: 2006-10-09

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Music book and wreathsFamous Composers and their Music (1901)

Sheet music (score) with wreaths, perhaps of laurel leaves to signify victory; this is a detail from the musical border from the title page.

Keywords: music, sheet music, wreaths, xmas, christmas, page elements, ornaments, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-11-14

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Back coverThe Leisure Hour (1896)

Even the back of this book has a floral decoration, in black against the blue cloth.

Keywords: book covers, flowers, colour

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Added: 2012-06-24

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Border of Peace from Front Cover.Fabiola, or, the Church of the Catacombs (1887)

The front cover of the book includes a border in gold and black on a red background; there are five florets containing symbols of peace, love and Christianity, as well as a vase of wheat and grasses a [...]

Keywords: borders, colour, religion, peace, decoration, symbols, christianity, christmas, xmas

Places shown: none

Added: 2013-12-07

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Bible Animals Title PageBible Animals (1877)

Wood’s Bible Animals. A description of the habits, structure, and uses of every living creature mentioned in the scriptures, from the ape to the coral; and explaining all those passages in the old and [...]

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Added: 2010-07-06

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Title page from A Child’s Garden of VersesA Child’s Garden of Verses (1905)

A small boy kneels next to a watering-can and a (dangerously) upturned rake; he holds a flower to examine. On either side of him, two tall stalks grow with flowers; perhaps they are hollyhocks. The [...]

Keywords: title pages, page images, colour, flowers, children

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-06-26

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Garden boyA Child’s Garden of Verses (1905)

A curly-haired child, a boy, is on one knee; he wears a white shirt, blue dungarees (with a well-worn knee), white socks and brown shoes. He holds a flower and smiles at it. At his feet a watering ca [...]

Keywords: illustrations for children, children, people, flowers, gardening, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-06-26

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The Bishop of St. Praxed’s Orders his Tomb.A Painter’s Anthology (1924)

In the picture, which is a colour reproduction of a watercolour painting it seems, the elderly Bishop is in bed. He has very pale skin. The bed is a four-poster and the surroundings are richly decorat [...]

Keywords: death, illness, people, bedrooms, interiors, candlesticks, curtains, wealth, religion, old age, colour, purple, gold

Places shown: none

Added: 2015-03-23

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Title Page from Treasury of VerseA Treasury of Verse for Little Children (1923)

This title page includes a peacock and two little children reading books. A TREASURY of VERSE for LITTLE [heart] CHILDREN SELECTED BY M G EDGAR Illustrated by Willy Pogany The macmillan Compay: New Yo [...]

Keywords: colour, title pages, page images

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-08-04

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Frontispiece, Denchworth, hand colouredQuiet Roads and Sleepy Villages (1914)

This is a version of the Frontispiece sepia-tinted photograph of Denchworth that I coloured using The Gimp.

Keywords: streets, villages, houses, thatched cottagesstreets, colour

Places shown: Denchworth; Berkshire; England

Added: 2006-01-27

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Sheldonian Theatre from Title PageThe Itinerary of John Leland the Antiquary (1745)

The engraving of the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford where the book was printed. The engraving appears on the title page of each volume.

Keywords: buildings, colour

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2006-11-11

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Frontispiece: Cranbrook, KentOld English Country Cottages (1906)

From a water-colour drawing by Herbert Alexander, A.R.W.S.

Cropped version suitable for screen background

Keywords: cottages, flowers, gardens, houses, colour, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Cranbrook; Kent; England

Added: 2004-07-29

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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 back [...]

Keywords: borders, colour

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Added: 2010-05-08

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Dustjacket: rearDictionary of Proverbs (1917)

The back of this little book had adverts on the dust jacket for some other books produced by Yale University Press: three books by Paul Claudel, Minister Plenipotentiary of France to Brazil: The Hosta [...]

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Added: 2006-10-09

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