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Ornament: Cornucopia The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783)

This antique typographic ornament was used as a chapter tail-piece at the end of a section of the preface. You could also use it as a decorative page element. This was scanned from a 1780s book, and i [...]

Keywords: ornaments, cornucopias, fruit, harvest, horns, greyscale

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Added: 2008-03-25

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Druidical Antiquities The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783)

Published by S. Hooper April 16, 1784; the illustration is signedGoodnight Sculpt.This is an overview: I have scanned the individual parts of this image separately and will add them along with the des [...]

Keywords: druids, megaliths, temples, greyscale

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Added: 2005-03-21

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No. 1 from the Druidical Antiquities The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783)

The caption for this engraving of an obelisk just says Nº1.

This is one item from a full-page plate,Druidical Antiquities

Keywords: ruins, druids, megaliths, greyscale

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Added: 2005-08-05

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Carne or Carnedd, from the Druidical Antiquities plate The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783)

A cairn is a pile of stones or rocks used to mark a place, perhaps a burial.

This is one item from a full-page plate,Druidical Antiquities

Keywords: druids, ruins, megaliths, greyscale

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Added: 2005-08-05

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Kist-vain, from the Druidical Antiquities plate The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783)

This is an engraving of akist-tomb.

Kistis an old name for chest or coffin, andvainused also to mean empty or pointless, as,in vain.

This is one item from a full-page plate,Druidical Antiquities

Keywords: ruins, druids, megaliths, tombs, greyscale

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Added: 2005-08-05

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Gothic Chapter Head: Mediaeval Birds Architecture: Gothic and Renaissance (1896)

A decorative element (a typographic ornament, or part of a border) at the head of the first chapter (the glossary) features mediaeval (medieval) bird designs.

Keywords: chapterheads, ornaments, birds, greyscale

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Added: 2007-09-17

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Front Cover Chatterbox Annual (1916)

The front cover of the 1916Chatterboxannual features a picture of a crafty boy using an umbrella to shield himself from snowballs thrown at him by other children. There is also a higher resolution (en [...]

Keywords: book covers, colour

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Added: 2007-12-08

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Bookplate (ex libris) from Volume III The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol III (1783)

A bookplate (ex libris) from inside the front cover of Volume III of Grose’sAntiquities. People who collected books would often have these printed onto labels that they would paste inside the covers o [...]

Keywords: bookplates, heraldry, greyscale

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Added: 2007-05-14

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Snowball Fight! Chatterbox Annual (1916)

This illustration, taken from thefront coverof the 1916Chatterboxannual, features a picture of a crafty boy using an umbrella to shield himself from snowballs thrown at him by other children.

Keywords: children, people, illustrations for children, snow, umbrellas, colour, christmas

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Added: 2007-12-08

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Bookplate (ex libris) from Volume III, colour version The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol III (1783)

This is a lower-resolution scan of thebookplage.

Keywords: bookplates, colour, heraldry

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Added: 2007-05-14

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Frontispiece: When He Comes He will Rule over the Whole World (coloured version) The Lost Boy (1913)

A version ofWhen He Comes He will Rule over the Whole Worldthat I coloured, after finding a picture of the original painting online at an AmericanAntiques Roadshowpage.

Keywords: colour, paintings, religion, people

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Added: 2007-05-16

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Ornate border from 1878 Title Page (green/brown version) Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This is the ornate decorative border from thetitle pageof this book; it features cherubs or putti (naked boys with wings) holding up giant urns or vases; mermaids and mermen; angels, vines, flowers an [...]

Keywords: borders, cherubs, mythical creatures, flowers, colour

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Added: 2010-01-03

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Title Page, The Lost Boy The Lost Boy (1913)

Title page from “The Lost Boy”

Keywords: title pages, page images, greyscale

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Added: 2007-05-16

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Ornate border from 1878 Title Page (red version) Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This is the ornate decorative border from thetitle pageof this book; it features cherubs or putti (naked boys with wings) holding up giant urns or vases; mermaids and mermen; angels, vines, flowers an [...]

Keywords: borders, cherubs, flowers, colour

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Added: 2010-01-03

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Early Victorian Border from Book Cover Gems by the Way-Side: An Offering of Purity and Truth (1878)

This Victorian decorative border is taken from the cover of the book; it features flowers and berries. Note that it is made from eight separate pieces that you could move around if you wanted: for ex [...]

Keywords: borders, floriated borders, greyscale

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Added: 2010-01-28

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Title Page, Ball on Sussex Sussex Painted (1906)

SUSSEX
Painted by Wilfrid Ball
Published by Adam & Charles Black
Soho Square, London

Keywords: title pages, page images, colour

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Added: 2006-09-19

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John Carroll D..D., Portrait and Signature My Boy Life (1882)

A portrait of the author, Dr. John Carroll, and a reproduction of his signature.

Keywords: portraits, people, beards, signatures, handwriting, colour

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Added: 2015-09-01

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Frontispiece: A Girl’s Face, after Greuze Cassell’s Family Magazine (1889)

This portrait, an engraving printed in red ink with a border in a delicate pale green, illustrates a poem by J. R> Eastwood:AGIRL’Sface where, the budding roseOf youthful beauty blooms and growsBy nat [...]

Keywords: portraits, people, girls, children, faces, poems, poetry, colour

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Added: 2019-02-18

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Title page from National Portrait Gallery National Portrait Gallery, The (1888)

The title page appears at first quite ordinary, but on closer inspection is in fact very startling. The reason is that the yellow colour has been printed! To be sure there is also foxing and brownin [...]

Keywords: title pages, page images, colour, borders

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Added: 2010-07-28

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Title Page, The British Isles (Vol 1) The British Isles (1905)

“The British IslesDepicted by pen and cameraWith thirty-nine coloured plates and siz Rembrandt photogravuresSpecial EditionVolume I.—Section I.Cassel and Company Limited, London, Paris, New York and M [...]

Keywords: title pages, page images, colour

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Added: 2006-07-05

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