Items matching pictures of books, colour (results page 20)

The Map of BerkshireThe Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783)

A public domain map of the County of Berkshire in England, from 1783. Note: I have only a very few of these: I own volumes one and two of the series, but volume two was sold to me via eBay and was ent [...]

Keywords: maps, colour

Places shown: Berkshire; England

Added: 2005-08-22

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folio 4/recto, illumination, woman writingWorks, BL Harley MS 4431 (1414)

A woman is writing in a book; perhaps she is a scribe, or a nun in a monastery. She is wearing mediaeval [medieval]-style blue dress and a white headdress. She is seated at a table with a small open b [...]

Keywords: illumination, people, books, writing, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-08-06

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calligraphy: mediaeval decorative letter “A”Works, BL Harley MS 4431 (1414)

A richly decorated capital letter “A” from an illuminated manuscript made in 1414. It is coloured in red and blue, with black outlines and gold leaf. It is from the recto (front) of folio 4 of the bo [...]

Keywords: lettera, calligraphy, initials, lettering, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-08-06

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calligraphy: mediaeval pen-letter “A”Works, BL Harley MS 4431 (1414)

A red letter “C” made with a calligraphy pen in the early fifteenth century. The roughness of the edges is partly from the texture of the writing surface, but it gives an “antique” look to the letter. [...]

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

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-08-06

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calligraphy: mediaeval decorative letter “H”Works, BL Harley MS 4431 (1414)

A richly decorated capital letter “H” from an illuminated manuscript made in 1414. It is coloured in red and blue, with black outlines and gold leaf. It is from the verso (back side) of folio 4 of th [...]

Keywords: letterh, calligraphy, initials, lettering, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-08-06

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calligraphy: mediaeval decorative letter “P”Works, BL Harley MS 4431 (1414)

A richly decorated capital letter “P” from an illuminated manuscript made in 1414. It is coloured in red and blue, with black outlines and gold leaf. It is from the verso (back side) of folio 4 of th [...]

Keywords: letterp, calligraphy, initials, lettering, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-08-06

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calligraphy: mediaeval decorative letter “Q”Works, BL Harley MS 4431 (1414)

A richly decorated capital letter “Q” from an illuminated manuscript made in 1414. It is coloured in red and blue, with black outlines and gold leaf. It is from the verso (back side) of folio 4 of th [...]

Keywords: letterq, calligraphy, initials, lettering, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-08-06

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1.—Title page: The Book of UrizenFirst Book of Urizen (1794)

The Book of URIZEN LAMBETH. Printed by Will. Blake 1794 A long-haired man, seemingly naked, squats on top of an open book, his beard covers all except his knees and one bare foot. His outstretched h [...]

Keywords: blake, occult, colour, people, nudity, beards

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-11-18

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5. Castle Hedingham, EssexThe Growth of the English House (1909)

Section of the Keep.

Keywords: diagrams, castles, architecture, colour

Places shown: Castle Hedingham; Essex; England

Added: 2004-08-19

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Page 5. The scent of the cherry-blossomsOut to Old Aunt Mary’s (1904)

“The scent of the cherry-blossoms blown After us, in the roadway lone” (p. 5) [page 4 is blank] The pencil sketch reproduced here shows a stream or river running past some trees, with some blossom in [...]

Keywords: sketches, trees, water, illustrations for children, colour

Places shown: USA

Added: 2006-01-16

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A Ruby kindles in the vineThe Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (1905)

“IV Now the New Year reviving old Desires, The thoughtful Soul to Solitude retires, Where the WHITE HAND of MOSES on the Bough Puts out, and Jesus from the ground suspires. V Iram indeed is gone with [...]

Keywords: colour, people, trees, spirit

Places shown: none

Added: 2005-08-27

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The Coronation ChairOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The celebrated stone which now forms the seat of the coronation chair of the sovereigns of England is a flat stone, nearly square. It formerly stood in Argyleshire, according to Buchanan; who also say [...]

Keywords: colour, chairs, royalty, interiors, cathedrals

Places shown: London; England

Added: 2012-11-18

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Museum of AntiquitiesAntwerpia

Portal of the Castle. Het Steen. – Museum van Oudheden – Poort van den Burcht. Het Steen. – Musée d’Antiquitiés – Porte du Bourg. Het Steen. – Altertumsmuseum – Tor der Burg. Het Steen. – Museum of An [...]

Keywords: castles, streets, people, cobbles, colour

Places shown: Antwerp; Belgium

Added: 2004-08-01

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2.—Preludium to the book of UrizenFirst Book of Urizen (1794)

PRELUDIUM TO the book of URIZEN Of the primeval Priests assum’d power, When Eternals spurn’d back his religion; And gave him a place in the north, Obscure, shadowy, void, solitary. Eternals I hear you [...]

Keywords: blake, occult, colour, poetry, people

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-11-18

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The shore was covered with men ready for battleAn Island Story (1920)

Men wearing tarrered rags or perhaps animal skins, and carrying spears and shields, watch from atop white cliffs as Roman galleys near the shore. The time depicted is about the first century C.E., or [...]

Keywords: people, soldiers, bare feet, ships, water, backgrounds, wallpaper, illustrations for children, colour

Places shown: England

Added: 2009-05-07

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Cherub delivering a love-letterGoethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882)

A cherub carries a rose and a love-letter to a seated girl in this romantic engraving; it illustrated a poem, and was originally a decorative initial letter I; in this version I removed the letter and [...]

Keywords: cherubs, people, girls, romance, dresses, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-08-07

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Page 67. Heaven and Earth.Buch der Natur [Book of Nature] (1481)

Heaven, Earth, and intermediate spheres (or layers) of the skies. The moon looks depressed.

The page has only this illustration, no text.

Keywords: religion, astrology, paintings, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2012-05-11

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3.—Chapter I of Blake’s Book of UrizenFirst Book of Urizen (1794)

Chap: I 1. Lo, a shadow of horror is risen In Eternity! Unknown, unprolific? Self-clos’d, all-repelling: what Demon Hath form’d this abominable void This soul-shudd’ring vacuum? – Some said “It is Uri [...]

Keywords: blake, occult, people, nudity, bare feet, colour, poetry

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-11-18

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Portrait of Professer Henry Fawcett, M.P.National Portrait Gallery, The (1888)

Henry Fawcett was a Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party, born in 1833 near Salisbury. He was struck blind in a hunting accident in 1858, and in 1864 was elected Member of Parliament for Brighto [...]

Keywords: portraits, people, faces, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-07-29

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Reading Abbey (Background 4)The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783)

Version of the Reading Abbey engraving stretched slightly to make it fit a computer desktop (background/wallpaper) and also made lighter and with reduced contrast, so it’s less distracting.

Keywords: ruins, abbeys, windows, arches, entrances, trees, backgrounds, wallpaper, colour

Places shown: Reading; Berkshire; England

Added: 2004-10-09

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