Items matching colour, book covers (results page 10)

Ballista (Balista)The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783)

A ballista together with darts for the ballista and a winch for bending the ballista. This is taken from Machines of War.

Keywords: siege engines, weapons, diagrams, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2004-01-19

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Machines of War overviewThe Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783)

This is the bottom half of the diagram shown in the Machines of War plate. The individual machines are in separate illustrations here.

Keywords: diagrams, weapons, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2004-01-19

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Moveable Tower with Bridge and Battering Ram.The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783)

This is taken from Machines of War.

Keywords: siege engines, weapons, diagrams, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2004-01-19

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Castle DiagramThe Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783)

Diagram showing the various parts of the battlements of a castle. The text, under the heading References, lists 1. The Barbican, 2. The Ditch of Moat, 3. Wall of the outer Ballium [now called the out [...]

Keywords: castles, siege engines, diagrams, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2004-01-19

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Catapulta [Catapult]The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783)

The lettered parts are explained in the text of the book. This is taken from Machines of War.

Keywords: siege engines, weapons, diagrams, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2019-03-02

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Vintage border with peacock-feather style flowers, in blueThe Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

This is a blue version of the Victorian vinatege full-page floral border.

Keywords: borders, victoriana, flowers, floriated borders, colour, blue

Places shown: none

Added: 2015-05-28

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Architecture (full page print)The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783)

The characteristic marks of this [early Norman] style are these: The walls are very thick, generally without buttresses; the arches, both within and without, as well as those over the doors and window [...]

Keywords: architecture, pillars, columns, norman architecture, colour

Places shown: England

Added: 2014-08-31

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Rosalind. In an Old Monastery Garden.The Forest of Arden With Some of its Legends (1914)

This painting of a young lady, Rosalind, in a (sketched) garden shows the young woman wearing brown dress, cloak and boots, and looking very much a product of 1914. She has red lips.

Keywords: people, women, gardens, art, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-08-18

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Printer’s ornament with birdsThe Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783)

Two birds touch beaks, perhaps a mother feeding a baby, in this printer’s ornament, used as a tailpiece (tail-piece) at the end of a chapter. The design includes a harp, roses, ribbon or bunting and [...]

Keywords: ornaments, music, romance, roses, birds, musical instruments, harps, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2014-08-27

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Front CoverChatterbox Annual (1916)

The front cover of the 1916 Chatterbox annual features a picture of a crafty boy using an umbrella to shield himself from snowballs thrown at him by other children. There is also a higher resolution ( [...]

Keywords: book covers, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-12-08

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Front Cover, by KlimschChildren’s Dreams: Colourful Fairy Tales for Young and Old (Kindertraüm: Bunte Märchen für Klein und Groß) (1886)

The front cover of this slim volume shows, at the centre, a seated young woman with a sceptre, presumably a fairy queen, and to her left (our right) a princess with a crown. To the Queen’s right, a yo [...]

Keywords: book covers, colour, fairy tales, mythological creatures, royalty, people, dwarves

Places shown: none

Added: 2026-09-08

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Snowball Fight!Chatterbox Annual (1916)

This illustration, taken from the front cover of the 1916 Chatterbox annual, features a picture of a crafty boy using an umbrella to shield himself from snowballs thrown at him by other children.

Keywords: children, people, illustrations for children, snow, umbrellas, colour, christmas

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-12-08

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Bookplate (ex libris) from Volume III, colour versionThe Antiquities of England and Wales Vol III (1783)

This is a lower-resolution scan of the bookplage.

Keywords: bookplates, colour, heraldry

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-05-14

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Winged monster of the nightChildren’s Dreams: Colourful Fairy Tales for Young and Old (Kindertraüm: Bunte Märchen für Klein und Groß) (1886)

This monster is facing us, clutching a stick, wings drooped down, tail curved like a corkscrew.

This coloured engraving is a detail from the front cover.

Keywords: colour, mythological creatures, monsters, teeth

Places shown: none

Added: 2026-09-08

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Frontispiece: When He Comes He will Rule over the Whole World (coloured version)The Lost Boy (1913)

A version of When He Comes He will Rule over the Whole World that I coloured, after finding a picture of the original painting online at an American Antiques Roadshow page.

Keywords: colour, paintings, religion, people

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-05-17

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Ornate border from 1878 Title Page (green/brown version)Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This is the ornate decorative border from the title page of this book; it features cherubs or putti (naked boys with wings) holding up giant urns or vases; mermaids and mermen; angels, vines, flowers [...]

Keywords: borders, cherubs, mythical creatures, flowers, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-01-04

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Ornate border from 1878 Title Page (red version)Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This is the ornate decorative border from the title page of this book; it features cherubs or putti (naked boys with wings) holding up giant urns or vases; mermaids and mermen; angels, vines, flowers [...]

Keywords: borders, cherubs, flowers, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-01-04

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Title Page, Ball on SussexSussex Painted (1906)

SUSSEX
Painted by Wilfrid Ball
Published by Adam & Charles Black
Soho Square, London

Keywords: title pages, page images, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-09-20

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The Good ShepherdBible Symbols (1908)

ernhard Plockhorst’s famous painting shows Jesus as a caucasian male (with a long straight nose), surrounded by sheep. He is barefoot, and carries a lamb, holding also a shepherd’s crook. He is protra [...]

Keywords: easter, religion, portraits, people, sheep, art, bare feet, purple, colour

Places shown: Palestine

Added: 2010-06-22

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God and my Divine Right: Royal CrestAlt-England (1888)

The Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom of Great Britain was printed in black and gold leaf possite the inside front cover (on the end page) of this book. The paper is textured, giving an almost [...]

Keywords: heraldry, colour, coats of arms, unicorns, gold

Places shown: none

Added: 2025-02-09

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