Items matching pictures of books, colour (results page 17)

Bookplate, R. B. ColvinHone’s Everyday Book (1826)

It seems that my copy of this book once belonged to one B. B. Colvin, probably Beale Blackwell Colvin (1809 – 1865), of Monkham’s Hall, Waltham, Essex; he was the high sheriff of Essex in 1848. The mo [...]

Keywords: bookplates, heraldry, colour

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Added: 2011-08-15

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Old England: Photograph of the bookOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

I put the book on an artist’s easel and photographed it. This is Old England, printed in 1845.

Keywords: pictures of books, book covers, colour

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Added: 2006-06-02

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Colour plate: Morris DanceOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

This plate is inside the front cover, before the title-page, but I don’t think it’s appropriate to call it a frontispiece: it doesn’t face the title page. It shows some jesters, harlequins and dancers [...]

Keywords: morris dancing, dancers, costumes, robin hood, maid marian, medieval costumes, jesters, men, women, kings, queens, colour, stained glass, windows, page images

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Added: 2019-01-31

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Title Page for Volume IOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

OLD ENGLAND: A Pictorial Museum of Regal, Ecclesiastical, Baronial, Municipal and POPULAR ANTIQUITIES. Volume I. London: Charles Knight &co., Ludgate Street. 1845. There is an inscription on the upper [...]

Keywords: title pages, page images, colour

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Added: 2005-10-22

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Floriated initial capital letter “S” (coloured version)Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

I coloured the initial letter S from the first page. The letter is red and the vine leaves are green; obviously you could change this.

Keywords: letters, initials, colour, floriated initials

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Added: 2011-04-17

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Reverse of A & P trade cardVictorian Trade Cards (1890)

The back of this trade card lists all of the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co.’s branch houses in the USA. By 1925 there were 14,000 stores and by 1937 A&P opened its first supermarket; it’s still on [...]

Keywords: page images, trade cards, colour

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Added: 2018-01-13

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Front cover, Description of the New WorldThe New World (1671)

Front cover of the book.

Keywords: book covers, colour

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Added: 2008-04-09

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Girl in the window: Atlantic and Pascific Tea Company 1880s Trade CardVictorian Trade Cards (1890)

This trade card from the 1880s was made as an advert for the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company. It features a girl in a blue and white dress with blue ribbons in her hair resting her elobows on w [...]

Keywords: people, girls, advertisements, colour, trade cards, plants, victoriana

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Added: 2018-01-13

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JanuaryHone’s Everyday Book (1826)

A mean wearing warm boots, coat and hat walks through the snow, blowing on his hands to warm them, and is accompanied by a dog. The roofs of a nearby farm and house are covered in snow. In the sky is [...]

Keywords: snow, animals, dogs, people, winter, months, calendars, january, aquarius, zodiac, colour

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Added: 2003-03-19

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Bird fishingVictorian Trade Cards (1890)

In this 1880s trade card there’s a group of creatures at a pond. In the foreground stands a long-necked bird, a crane, wearing a hat with feathers and carrying a leather satchel. The ird has caught a [...]

Keywords: trade cards, birds, cranes, frogs, butterflies, btterfly nets, colour, victoriana, monkeys, ponds, water

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Added: 2018-01-13

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Back of boy fishing cartoonVictorian Trade Cards (1890)

I scanned this, the reverse side of a cartoon about a boy fishing, because the typography somewhat dates the cartoon. There is part of an advert for Dry & Fancy [Goods], groceries, clothing, boots, ha [...]

Keywords: typography, fonts, advertisements, lettering, colour

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Added: 2018-01-13

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Hobo bird meets aristocrat rabbitVictorian Trade Cards (1890)

In this somewhat surreal Victorian trade card, or something similar, a bird, perhaps a wild turkey, meets a rabbit (or hare) walking upright on its hind legs down an inpaved road. Theres a wooden whit [...]

Keywords: trade cards, animals, signposts, walking sticks, birds, rabbits, costumes, surreal art, illustrations for children, smoking, pipes, travel, chance meetings, colour

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Added: 2018-08-09

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Front cover for the history of civilizationLa Civilizacion (1881)

Black printing with inlaid gold make this large red book cover look very strong. It would be great for a restaurant menu! The outer border is available as a separate image, as is the entire front cove [...]

Keywords: book covers, colour, victoriana, lettering

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Added: 2018-05-19

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GotchThe Growth of the English House (1909)

The Growth of the English House (front cover)

The cover is red with gold stamping.

Keywords: book covers, colour

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Added: 2003-07-13

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Ornate Early Victorian full-page Geometric BorderLa Civilizacion (1881)

This geometric full-page border includes stylized acanthus leaves and knotwork in blackand orange. It came from the front cover of the book. The outer back border is a typographic ornament repeated. T [...]

Keywords: borders, full-page borders, patterns, typography, colour

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Added: 2018-05-21

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Abstract border and front cover designLa Civilizacion (1881)

This is the pattern and design from the front cover. There are two main areas for text, there’s swirly barbed wire, there’s a Grecian urn, what more could you want? Well, OK, I can also provide the va [...]

Keywords: borders, full-page borders, templates, victoriana, colour

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Added: 2018-05-21

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Sheldons, Wiltshire [Frontispiece].The Growth of the English House (1909)

“Sheldons Manor in Wiltshire is a charming example of alteration. The original house, of which the porch is a part, was built by the Gascelyns in the fourteenth century. The sixteenth-century addition [...]

Keywords: manors, entrances, trees, gates, colour

Places shown: Sheldons; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2004-04-02

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Rosa LutescensChristian Parlor Magazine Vol III (1847)

Rosa Lutescens is also known as Rosa hispida. The blooms are white with a faint tinge of yellow, so it might be that the colouring is a little too strong here. In english, it’s a sort of rose. The te [...]

Keywords: flowers, colour

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Added: 2005-06-01

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half-titleOratio Dominica: The Lord’s Prayer in above 100 Languages, Versions and Characters (1713)

Keywords: page images, alphabets, typography, colour

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Added: 2000-09-18

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The Title Page and FrontispieceWonderful Prodigies of Judgement and Mercy (1685)

Keywords: page images, title pages, colour

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Added: 2002-10-01

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