Items matching trees, greyscale (results page 7)

End Papers: children playing in the garden A Child’s Garden of Verses (1905)

The end-papers inside the front and back cover of the book are printed with a repeating design of children playing at being gardeners. I have made the individual images available too.

Keywords: colour, illustrations for children, children, trees

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Added: 2010-06-03

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Frontispiece: View Near Selborne The Natural History of Selborne (1879)

View looking, I imagine, towards the distant Church in the village of Selborne. There are deer in the foreground, under the shade of a large tree.

Keywords: views, animals, deer, trees, greyscale

Places shown: Selborne; Hampshire; England

Added: 2005-11-08

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A Dream: Tertiary man (Ultra HD TV version) Paris Avant l’Histoire (1885)

A detail cropped to a widescreen format from theFrontispieceshowing the naked youth sitting in a nest in a tree, with the river and elephants behind him.

Keywords: backgrounds, wallpaper, widescreen, people, prehistory, nudity, bare feet, trees, elephants, animals, rivers, water, birds, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2014-01-21

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Children with their teacher Chatterbox Annual (1916)

A group of boys and girls surround a grown-up woman, perhaps their grandmother or perhaps their teacher, or perhaps both. The children are holding books; perhaps it is a reading lesson, or perhaps the [...]

Keywords: children, people, books, illustrations for children, greyscale, christmas

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Added: 2007-12-08

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Full-page oak-leaf border The Select Works of John Bunyan (1864)

This engraved border of oak leaves and acorns would be ideal for an invitation to a sacred druidical confluence, but it’d also make a great frame for a wedding invitation or a certificate relating to [...]

Keywords: borders, frames, leaves, oak leaves, acorns, surrounds, full-page borders, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2018-03-13

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View of Selborne, Detail for use as Desktop Wallpaper The Natural History of Selborne (1879)

A detail taken from theFrontispieceshowing the deer under the tree, with ducks swimming on a pond in the background.

Keywords: views, animals, deer, ducks, wallpaper, backgrounds, trees, greyscale

Places shown: Selborne; Hampshire; England

Added: 2005-11-08

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Tree A Child’s Garden of Verses (1905)

A stylized drawing of a tree.

This is a detail taken from theend papersof the book.

Keywords: trees, illustrations for children, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-06-03

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Title Page from My Boy Lfe My Boy Life (1882)

MY BOY LIFE,PRESENTED IN A SUCCESSION OF TRUE STORIES,BYJOHN CARROLL, D.D.“The child is father to the man” – Wordsworth.A BOOK FOR OLD OR YOUNG[ornament]TORONTO: / WILLIAM BRIGGS, / 78 & 80 King Stree [...]

Keywords: title pages, page images, greyscale

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Added: 2015-09-02

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Victorian floral border from title page National Portrait Gallery, The (1888)

The title page of “National Portrait Gallery” is surrounded by this ornate and intricate floral border. The border contains four inset designs: the three lions of England, the rampant lion (i.e. side [...]

Keywords: borders, heraldry, victoriana, decorative elements, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-07-28

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Title Page The Lives of British Architects from William of Wykeham to Sir William Chambers (1909)

This title page is interesting in that the pieces of metal used to create spacing between the letters have in some places dropped down and carried ink, in the name of the publisher.

Keywords: title pages, page images, greyscale

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Added: 2007-05-28

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Title Page Detail: Angel With Whip Les Aventures de Jean-Paul Choppart par Louis Desnoyers: L’Episode de Panouille (1843)

This vignette, or little scene, is on the title page. A winged angel stands amidst two groups of little children. One group, clad in white, have wreaths of flowers round their heads and are praying. [...]

Keywords: children, boys, angels, people, whips, punishments, bare feet, greyscale

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Added: 2007-02-07

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New Testament Title Page Geneva Bible Scans (1581)

Although I already had aphotographof the title page, it’s interesting enough that I wanted to add a 2400dpi scan. Notice thedragon!The New Testament of our Lord Jesus Christ, Conferred diligently wit [...]

Keywords: title pages, bibles, page images, religion, greyscale

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Added: 2006-10-26

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Title Page, Gaskonští Kadeti Gaskonští Kadeti (1906)

The title page is in Czech and has a library stamp. There is a sketch of maybe fifteen men wearing chain mail and round helmets fighting with sworeds in a close mêlée.HENI de GORSSE a JOSEPH JACQUIN: [...]

Keywords: title pages, page images, sketches, greyscale

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Added: 2021-09-19

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Brevet Second Liutenant U. S. Grant at the Age of 21 Years Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant (1885)

Keywords: portraits, people, greyscale

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Added: 2008-01-07

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Title Page, History of Wales History of Wales (1853)

The History of WalesByB. B. Woodward, B.A.Arthor’s Stone, Near SwanseaDrawn by H. GastineauEngraved by S. Lacey.I think this may in fact be a half-title; when I get home I’ll look for a proper title p [...]

Keywords: page images, title pages, greyscale

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Added: 2006-11-04

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Title Page, Myths Every Child Should Know Myths Every Child Should Know (1914)

MYTHS Every Child Should Know

Edited by Hamilton Wright Mabie

Illustrated and Decorated by Mary Hamilton Frye

Garden City, New York
Doubleday, Page & Company
1922

Keywords: page images, title pages, greyscale

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Added: 2006-07-29

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Title Page, Look at the Bright Side Look at the Bright Side (1883)

Title page:

The engraving is available as aseparate image.

Keywords: title pages, page images, greyscale

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Added: 2007-06-18

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Victorian Border, Black on White. Christian Parlor Magazine Vol III (1847)

This Victorian Floral Border is taken from the front cover.Gold border on a black background.Red border on a white background.Black border on a white background.Moody silver border on a black backgrou [...]

Keywords: borders, greyscale

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Added: 2010-05-08

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Frontispiece: Watering My Flowers Our Village (1893)

A lady stands in the path of an English thatched country cottage garden; she wears a dress, a bonnet and dainty shoes, and holds in one hand a watering can, with which she is watering the garden.

Keywords: people, gardens, rural elegance, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-10-05

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Title page detail: Scholarly King Bill Nye’s History of England (1900)

In this detail from the title page, a king (wearing a crown) sits at a table with a pen and an open book, and is also consulting a dictionary. He sratches his head, obviously baffled.

Keywords: cartoons, scholars, books, royalty, humour, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-06-10

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