Items taken from A Painter’s Anthology (1924) (results page 1)

The Bishop of St. Praxed’s Orders his Tomb. A Painter’s Anthology (1924)

In the picture, which is a colour reproduction of a watercolour painting it seems, the elderly Bishop is in bed. He has very pale skin. The bed is a four-poster and the surroundings are richly decorat [...]

Keywords: death, illness, people, bedrooms, interiors, candlesticks, curtains, wealth, religion, old age, colour, purple, gold

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Added: 2015-03-23

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Shepherd Boy A Painter’s Anthology (1924)

A young man, a shepherd, wears a broad-brimmed hat and a ragged animal skin, spotted like that of a tiger; he appears to be barefoot in long grass, although the effect is that of a hooved satyr. He is [...]

Keywords: shepherds, people, engravings, animals, sheep, pastoral scenes, musical instruments, pipes, trees, bare feet, greyscale

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Added: 2015-03-23

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Barn Owl A Painter’s Anthology (1924)

An antique/vintage woodcut of a barn owl at rest, facing slightly to the side, isolated on a white background.

Keywords: birds, owls, barn owls, greyscale

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Added: 2015-07-14

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Blow, Blow, thou winter wind A Painter’s Anthology (1924)

This man struggling in high winter wind illustrates a sonnet by Shakespeare.

Keywords: winter, people, trees, cold, wind, greyscale

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Added: 2015-03-27

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Girl at prayer A Painter’s Anthology (1924)

A wood-engraving (probably a woodcut) of a girl praying; she kneels and wears a nightgown, with hands clasped. Black and white.

Keywords: people, girls, prayer, hands, religion, christianity, greyscale

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Added: 2018-05-02

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Methought what pain it was to drown A Painter’s Anthology (1924)

Dangling seaweed from above; fishes; a treasure on the bottom; a watercolour scene of the sea to illustrate the dream of Clarence from Shakespeare’s play RichardIII.Methought, what pain it was to drow [...]

Keywords: colour, underwater scenes, water, fish, blue, art, treasure

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Added: 2015-05-09

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