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Decorative initial L
The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer [William Morris, Kelmscott Press] (1896)
Decorative initial letter “L”Images frompage 501: theouter decorative page border, theinner leafy border, and two wallpaper images, the picture of thelovers with the border, andthe loverswithout the b [...]
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letterl, initials, arts and craft movement, floriated initials, criblé, greyscale
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Added: 2009-02-04
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1112x1618, 138x200, 2223x3235, 469x682, 626x910, 834x1213
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Page 501: the vine-leaf page border
The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer [William Morris, Kelmscott Press] (1896)
A vine-leaf border with grapes; it is from a right-hand page 9a recto), page 501. If you use it for a left-hand page you should flip it so that the thicker side is towards the edge of the page. It’s [...]
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borders, arts and craft movement, asymmetrical, floriated borders, vines, grapes, greyscale
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none
Added: 2009-02-04
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1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 640x480, 800x600
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The Kiss: the two lovers in the bedroom, a woodcut from page 501.
The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer [William Morris, Kelmscott Press] (1896)
A man and a woman stand together in a bedroom; one kisses the cheek of the other. They are dressed in medieval costume. Although Troilus and Criseyde is set in ancient Greece, Chaucer was writing in [...]
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romance, people, interiors, wallpaper, backgrounds, arts and craft movement, greyscale
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none
Added: 2009-02-04
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1461x826, 354x200, 730x413
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Index, manicule, or pointing hand
Typographic Ornaments (1850)
Drawings of hands, often with arms attached, were added to mediæval manuscripts by people who used them; the hands were used to draw attention to particular passages of interest.This hand, index, or m [...]
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manicules, hands, pointers, ornaments, drawings, indexes, maniculæ bookmarks, greyscale
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none
Added: 2020-09-07
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1112x1031, 216x200, 2223x2062, 809x750
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Stock block: two dancing harlequins
Typographic Ornaments (1850)
This vintage art pair of jesters are two men dressed as harlequins, or clowns; the one on the left has a hat with bells on it and carries a punch-and-judy style stick with a head on the end; the one o [...]
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clowns, harlequins, dancing, people, men, costumes, stock blocks, greyscale
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none
Added: 2018-09-12
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148x200, 553x750, 836x1133
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Winged fairy boy sitting in wreath
Little Folks Magazine Vol 64 (1906)
A naked boy with butterfly wings sits smiling in a large wreath of leaves and flowers; his bare feet are together and his hands reach out beside his ankles, his knees almost up aganst his chest. He ha [...]
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illustrations for children, children, people, nudity, bare feet, wings, fairies, mythological creatures, boys, wreaths, christmas, xmas, greyscale
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Added: 2018-08-07
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1318x1141, 1757x1521, 231x200, 2636x2282, 750x649
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stock block: scales, or equal-arm balance.
Typographic Ornaments (1850)
In an equal arm balance like this one you can compare the weights of things in the two pans; often you use a set of standardized weights in one pan and add them until the lever at the top is level, in [...]
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scales, scientific instruments, diagrams, balance, balancing, stock blocks, libra, zodiac, astrology, greyscale
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Added: 2019-04-28
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1110x367, 605x200, 750x248
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Stock block: Victorian railway engine and tender
Typographic Ornaments (1850)
No source is given for this 2-4-0 steam engine US: railroad locomotive) and it’s not clear whether it is a drawing of an actual engine and tender or just a generic one.This picture was originally sold [...]
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steam engines, railways, engines, transport, steam, smoke, people, stock blocks, greyscale
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Added: 2019-04-28
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1233x1430, 172x200, 520x603, 693x804, 925x1073
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The Bittern
Bible Animals (1877)
“I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools for water” – Isa. xiv. 29.In the account of the hedgehog, page 120, it has been mentioned that the Hebrew wordKippod, which has been render [...]
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birds, greyscale
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none
Added: 2010-07-06
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1287x844, 300x200, 750x492
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Stock block: deer skull
Typographic Ornaments (1850)
This vintage woodcut of a deer skull looks almost like a Cthulhu monster or the “Kraken”.This picture was originally sold as a “stock block” or “stock cut”—that is, a form of clip art in which metal p [...]
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skulls, death, horns, antlers, eye-sockets, spooky, cthulhu, tentacles, stock blocks, greyscale
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none
Added: 2018-09-12
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1622x1609, 202x200, 811x805
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Stock block: Child kneeling in a circular vignette
Typographic Ornaments (1850)
This Victorian engraving shows a boy (probably) kneeling within a circular border; he holds a boquet of flowers in one hand as he gazes at a butterly perched on his other hand. There’s a circle of flo [...]
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children, innocence, flowers, butterflies, nudity, bare feet, boys, circular, stock blocks, greyscale
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none
Added: 2018-09-12
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1482x1467, 202x200, 2964x2934, 741x734
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stock block: Terrier woodcut
Typographic Ornaments (1850)
This woodcut of a Scottish cairn terrier, or similar dog, is an example of a stock block (or stock cut): an illustraiton sold to printers on a stereotyped copy of the original engraving, for use in th [...]
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dogs, animals, stock blocks, clip art, cairn terriers, terriers, greyscale
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none
Added: 2018-11-05
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1846x1978, 187x200, 700x750, 923x989
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Chapterheads with cherubs, dragons, fish, neptune, flowers
Typographic Ornaments (1850)
Three separate chapterheads: one with two cherubs, or naked boys, each holding one end of a rope, or a pipe with a bulb on the end, perhaps about to squirt some giant flowers; one with a Greek male h [...]
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chapterheads, cherubs, nudity, bare feet, flowers, fish, greek gods, heads, neptune, dragons, wyverns, mythological creatures, wings, floriated borders, foliated borders, greyscale
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none
Added: 2020-11-20
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1189x3267, 251x689, 335x919, 446x1226, 595x1634, 73x200
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57.—Second Pulley System.
Elementary Mechanics, Including Hydrostatics and Pneumatics. Revised edition (1882)
The only system of pulleys frequently employed for hoisting is what is called the second system, where there are two blocks of pulleys, one attached to the weight, and the other to the beam; and where [...]
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pulleys, machinery, diagrams, greyscale
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Added: 2008-10-29
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1011x1400, 144x200, 506x700, 758x1050
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145.—St. Justin and Alphonso I of Ferrara (Moretto)
Sacred and Legendary Art (1890)
St. Justina is shown here with the unicorn, representing chasitity or virginity. The original painting by Bonvicino of Brescia (Il Moretto) was in Venice. This is the St, Justina of the Belvedere.She [...]
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saints, mythical creatures, unicorns, people, religion, iconography, greyscale
Places shown:
Ferrara; Emilia-Romagna; Italy
Added: 2013-03-27
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1024x768, 1280x1024, 1600x1200, 1920x1080, 1920x1200, 248x200, 320x568, 640x480, 768x1024, 800x600
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Kneeling unicorn
Sacred and Legendary Art (1890)
A unicorn with beard, mane and horn kneels, looking to the right.
This is a detail from Fig. 145,St. Justin and Alphonso I of Ferrara.
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unicorns, mythical creatures, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale
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Added: 2013-03-27
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