Items matching colour, book covers (results page 17)

1.—January Week 1 The Cynic’s Calendar (1905)

Tell the truth andshame the—family.I have also made higher-resolution versions of the cartouche surrounding the word January [cartouche] and the border decoration on the left [goth border] as separate [...]

Keywords: page images, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-05-25

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Page detail: Art Neuveau border The Cynic’s Calendar (1905)

A detail from theJanuary Week 1 pageshowing the decorative border, which repeats on every fourth page throughout most of the book. A cat stands on a skull.

Keywords: borders, cats, skulls, sketches, spooky, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-05-25

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Page detail: Art Neuveau Cartouche The Cynic’s Calendar (1905)

The encyclopedia of the book says that a cartouche isthe enclosed space on a map within which an elaborate drawing of human figures, plant life, animals or heraldic devices and the name or title are p [...]

Keywords: cartouches, candles, borders, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-05-25

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Title Page, Descrtion of the new World The New World (1671)

De Nieuwe en Onbekende Weereld: of beschryving van AMERICA en ’t ZUID-LANDwith text and engravings/woodcuts by Arnoldus Montanus, Amsterdam, 1671.I made a separate image ofthe engraving from this page [...]

Keywords: title pages, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2008-04-09

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Decorative initial (drop cap) D The New World (1671)

A decorative letter “D” used as an initial capital (a drop capital, or drop cap) in this Dutch book from 1671.

Keywords: letterd, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2008-07-18

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Decorative initial letter O with cherubs cooking soup (coloured version) Fabrica... (1543)

This decorative initial letter “O” was used as a drop cap on the first page of the main text of the book; in this copy at Cambridge University Library, the initial has been painted in colour over the [...]

Keywords: lettero, initials, cherubs, children, historiated initials, inhabited initials, nudity, colour, dragons, mythical creatures, borders

Places shown: none

Added: 2014-11-28

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Ecce Ancilla Domini [Behold the blesséd Mary] Days With the Victorian Poets (1910)

This is that blessed Mary, pre-electGod’s Virgin. Gone is a great while, and sheDwelt young in Nazareth of Galilee,Unto God’s will she brought devout respect,Profound simplicity of intellect,And supre [...]

Keywords: religion, paintings, people, saints, mary, annunciation, biblical scenes, art, christianity, xmas, easter, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2012-06-23

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Rome: Pantheon Die Kirchliche Baukunst des Abendlandes (1884)

This architectural drawing of the Pantheon in Rome features intricate detail, drawings of the statues and columns with their capitals, a cut-away showing the passages inside the walls, and includes sh [...]

Keywords: architecture, diagrams, temples, roman remains, backgrounds, wallpaper, widescreen, domes, pillars, colour

Places shown: Rome; Italy

Added: 2014-03-05

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2. 8th Century. Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

British Museum.

Calligraphy from an 8th Century manuscript, presumably Anglo-Saxon.

Original scanned at 1200 dpi on an Epson E10000 professional scanner.

Keywords: initials, alphabets, lettering, calligraphy, red, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2005-09-21

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2. Castle Hedingham, Essex The Growth of the English House (1909)

The Keep (cir. 1130).The head of the entrance door is visible on the left:the opening on the right is modern[written almost 100 years ago]Castle Hedingham today is open to the public three days a week [...]

Keywords: castles, ruins, towers, colour

Places shown: Castle Hedingham; Essex; England

Added: 2004-08-19

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The gentleman offered his services, took her up in his arms, and carried her down the hill. Works of Jane Austen (1906)

A gentleman carrying a gun, with two pointers [dogs] playing round him, was passing up the hill and within a few yards of Marianne, when her accident happened. He put down his gun and ran to her assi [...]

Keywords: people, jane austen, dogs, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-09-24

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Page 2: Wasn’t it pleasant, O brother mine Out to Old Aunt Mary’s (1904)

“Wasn’t it pleasant, O brother mine,In those old days of the lost sunshine    Of youth—when the Saturday’s chores were through,    And the “Sunday’s wood” in the kitchen, too,    And we went visiting, [...]

Keywords: colour, page images

Places shown: USA

Added: 2006-01-16

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Plate II. Canterbury Cathedral. South West View. The Cathedral Churches of England (1925)

Canterbury Cathedral Church, pictured here under a rather dramatic and gloomy sky, burned down in 1174, and was rebuilt as shown here; the building work was finished in the year 1184.

Keywords: cathedrals, churches, towers, gothic, gothic architecture, people, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: Canterbury; Kent; England

Added: 2010-05-22

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Map of the New Forest and Adjacent Country Laws and History of the New Forest (1811)

Map of the New Forest and surrounding area, published in 1811; it shows Christchurch Bay and the Southampton River to the South, Titchfield and Owselbury to the East, Christchurch and Cranborne to the [...]

Keywords: maps, colour, forests, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: New Forest; Hampshire; England

Added: 2005-07-13

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Rumwood Court [screen background version] Art in England During the Elizabethan and Stuart Periods (1908)

A version ofRumwood Courtscaled and cropped to make it suitable for use as a screen background or ‘desktop wallpaper’.

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

Places shown: Rumwood Court; Langley; Kent; England

Added: 2005-02-07

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Rumwood Court Art in England During the Elizabethan and Stuart Periods (1908)

Rumwood Court, Langley, Kent, from a water-colour drawing by E. Arthur Rowe [1863-1922].Today, Rumwood Court is a Grade II listed building; this Elizabethan manor could be yours, since it’sfor sale.Si [...]

Keywords: colour, houses, flowers, gardens, manors

Places shown: Rumwood Court; Langley; Kent; England

Added: 2005-02-07

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3. 8th and 9th Centuries. Anglo-Saxon. Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

Calligraphy from England in the 8th and 9th centuries.

Keywords: initials, alphabets, lettering, blue, calligraphy, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-03-29

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3. Castle Hedingham, Essex The Growth of the English House (1909)

Plans of the Keep.
1. Ground Floor, or Basement.
2. First, or Entrance Floor.
3. The Great Hall.
4. Upper part of Hall, with Gallery.
5. Room over Hall.

Keywords: castles, plans, maps, architecture, colour

Places shown: Castle Hedingham; Essex; England

Added: 2004-08-19

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4. Castle Hedingham, Essex. The Growth of the English House (1909)

A window of the gallery in the hall.

Keywords: diagrams, plans, windows, castles, architecture, colour

Places shown: Castle Hedingham; Essex; England

Added: 2004-08-19

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Antique map of Kent The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol III (1783)

This map of Kent was published in 1783; it shows, in the Lathe of Sutton, Woolwich, Greenwich, Eltham, Lewisham, Brownley, Dartford, S. Mary Cray, Dunton, Farmingham, Sevenoke [Sevenoak], Westerham. S [...]

Keywords: maps, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-08-13

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