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13.—Two Druids. Bas-relief found at Autun.
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
This carved likeness was found in an earth burial-mound, abarrow.“These remarkable monuments contain not only the bones and the ashes of the dead, but various articles of utility and ornament, domesti [...]
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people, beards, astrology, druids, robes, greyscale
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Autun; Burgandy; France
Added: 2005-02-13
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14.—Druidial Ornaments
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
“These remarkable monuments contain not only the bones and the ashes of the dead, but various articles of utility and ornament, domestic utensils, weapons of war, decorations of the person, perhaps in [...]
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druids, jewellery, greyscale
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Stonehenge; Salisbury Plain; Wiltshire; England
Added: 2005-03-17
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17.—Sarum Plain
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
In the foreground a barefoot shepherd with crook and straw hat, probably a boy, accompanied by his sheep, who graze on grassy burial mounds perhaps of ancient kings. In the far background, over Salisb [...]
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bare feet, people, sheep, stonehenge, megaliths, druids, ruins, views, burial mounds, greyscale
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Salisubury Plain; Wiltshire; England
Added: 2005-03-26
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18.—Various Barrows.
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
The text reads: “a. Long barrow.b, c.Druid Barrows.d. Bell-shaped Barrow.e. Conical Barrow.f. Twin Barrow.”
A stone circle (probably meant to be Stonehenge) is visible in the distance.
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stonehenge, megaliths, druids, views, burial mounds, stone circles, greyscale
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Salisubury Plain; Wiltshire; England
Added: 2005-04-02
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Map of the Americas
The New World (1671)
Novissima et AccuratissimaTotius Americæ Descriptio per Gerardum a Schagen.This map of both North America and South America shows California as an island. The map was popular, and was probably first a [...]
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maps, greyscale, wallpaper, backgrounds
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none
Added: 2008-04-09
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Initial letter D from first page of text
The New World (1671)
Capital D, a decorative initial “D” used as a drop cap for the first paragraph of the text.
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initials, letterd, greyscale
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none
Added: 2010-02-18
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Guild of Carriage-Makers
Allegorien und Embleme, Vol II (1882)
This incredibly busy design is for the guild of carriage-makers (I think) in 1612. The border includes two scantily-clad women, six scantily-clad or naked small children, two gryphons, a bunch of baro [...]
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heraldry, borders, full-page borders, page images, frames, people, cherubs, nudity, women, boys, shields, greyscale
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none
Added: 2018-10-30
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Decorative initial letter O with cherubs cooking soup
Fabrica... (1543)
A Decorative initial letter “O” used as a drop cap on the first page of this famous book. The outer border around the outside of the letter “O” has oak leaves and dragons; inside the “O” we see naked [...]
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lettero, initials, cherubs, children, nudity, bare feet, dragons, historiated initials, inhabited initials, borders, mythical creatures, cooking, food, greyscale
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unspecified
Added: 2010-01-19
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Ornate baroque-stye border with herubs and gryphons
Allegorien und Embleme, Vol II (1882)
This border is from the 1612 sign for the NurenbergGuild of Carriage-Makersmade by Adolf Mießner.The border includes two scantily-clad women, six scantily-clad or naked small children, two gryphons, a [...]
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borers, full-page borders, cherubs, bare feet, women, people, nudity, scrollwork, cartici, frames, greyscale
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none
Added: 2018-10-30
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Boy in a Box
Royal Children of English History (1904)
A boy, probably a prince, is hiding in a large and ornate chest in this sketch.
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children, boys, people, illustrations for children, chests, greyscale
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none
Added: 2012-09-08
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Angel Messenger
Everyman (1930)
The angel messenger announces the start of the play “Everyman” with raised hand and sword. He wears an ankle-length cloak fastened with a broach around his neck and a belt above his waist, has wings a [...]
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angels, religion, christmas, wings, christianity, greyscale
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none
Added: 2015-12-19
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A Mameluke in Full Armour.
Pictureseque Egypt Vol II (1878)
We have seen how deplorable was the condition of the country [1790s Egypt] at that time, drained by the greed of the Turkish Pacha and the Mameluke Beys; its population, which at the present day [1870 [...]
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people, costumes, soldiers, weapons, spears, swords, helmets, greyscale
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Egypt
Added: 2010-12-28
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The Wassail Bowl
Peter Parlay’s Annual (1856)
A bearded man in a tall hat and cravat, eighteenth or early nineteenth century leggings, and with a garland round his head reclines, one hand raised. Nearby, in the undergrowth and sitting on a rock, [...]
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christmas, wassail, people, december, winter, bowls, beards, bare feet, religion, greyscale
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none
Added: 2013-12-14
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