Items taken from Magazine of Art Illustrated (1878) (results page 1)

Front Cover Magazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

The front cover of the book is green and gold.

Keywords: book covers, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2005-10-27

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The Casuals Magazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

The oil painting on which this engraving was based was exhibted under the title,Applicants for Admission to a Casual Ward, at the Royal Academy in 1874; it was made to illustrate a scene from Dickens: [...]

Keywords: poverty, poor, victorian costumes, bare feet, men, women, people, children, street scenes, greyscale

Places shown: London London; England

Added: 2021-03-15

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Clovelly, From the Hobby Walk Magazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

The viewer is looking down a steeply-descending path through a seaside village towards the sea. There are slate rooves and some laundry over a fence.I tried to follow Hobby Drive down the hill using [...]

Keywords: views, villages, water, hills, water, roofs, rooftops, boats, chimneys, roads, greyscale

Places shown: Clovelly; Devon; England

Added: 2021-07-09

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The Gleaners Magazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

(By Fred Morgan)“Mr. Fred. Morgan is as sunny as usual in his “Gleaners” (p. 119)Gleaning means going into fields after the harvest and finding left-overs missed by the harvesters. When I was a child, [...]

Keywords: people, poverty, fields, greyscale

Places shown: England

Added: 2010-04-20

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A Railway Cutting Magazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

The engraving shows maybe 20 or more men working on making a railway cutting. In the background men are digging away at the ground; at centre, they lod the dirt onto a railway truck (US: a railroad w [...]

Keywords: people, workmen, railways, transport, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-10-30

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The Condition of the Turkey Magazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

Perhaps Thanksgiving or Christmas is approaching, because the farm-boy is looking at the turkeys with interest and anticipation.“From the Picture by P. R. Morris, A.R.A., exhibited at the Dudley Galle [...]

Keywords: turkeys, people, youth, farms, christmas, thanksgiving, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-10-29

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Initial letter “t” as flower in a pot Magazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

An artistic and unusual decorative initial “t” from 1878: the letter T is on a flowering plant growing out of a square flower-pot decorated with a Chinese theme.

Keywords: initials, lettert, flowers, plants, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-10-29

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Colossal Bull Magazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

By M. Cain. Grand Basin of the Trocadéro Palace.)“One of the chief features of the paris Exhibition of 1878 was the magnificent waterfall beneath the Trocadéro Palace and the grand basin at the foot [...]

Keywords: statues, bulls, animals, greyscale

Places shown: Paris; Ile-de-France; France

Added: 2005-10-27

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Grotesque Head Magazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

By M. Legrain. From the Cascade Basin. [at the Paris Exhibition of 1878]A good gargoyle picture for All-Souls Night or Halloween!“These masks, modelled by M. Legrain, were among the most amusing exam [...]

Keywords: heads, statues, fountains, gargoyles, spooky, horror, mythical creatures, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Paris; Ile-de-France; France

Added: 2005-10-27

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Grotesque Head [detail] Magazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

A good picture for All-Souls Night or Halloween!

A detail fromGrotesque Head

Keywords: heads, statues, fountains, gargoyles, spooky, horror, mythical creatures, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Paris; Ile-de-France; France

Added: 2005-10-27

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Decorative initial E with angel, woman and cherub Magazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

This decorative initial featuers a miniature picture of a naked angel (we see his bottom!) listening patiently to a naked women on his left, with a little winged cherub boy on the right. There are als [...]

Keywords: initials, lettere, cherubs, angels, romance, nudity, wings, bare feet, people, romance, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-01-15

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Mirror-Frame (A Wood Carving by Panciera Besarel, of Venice) Magazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

[A] mirror-frame by a Venetian wood-carver named Panciera Besarel, whose work exhibits morecharacter and plasticity than perhaps any other Italian that could be named. (p. 265)The wreath of cherubs he [...]

Keywords: cherubs, romance, mirrors, sculture, carving, bare feet, nudity, wings, mythical creatures, borders, frames, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-01-16

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Initial letter “I” with fairy cupid and butterflies Magazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

This decorative initial letter “I” was used as a drop cap in the book. It features a naked cupid or winged cherub surrounded by butterflies; his wings are delicate, and his bare feet tread on soft gr [...]

Keywords: romance, initials, letteri, cherubs, wings, butterflies, nudity, bare feet, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-01-24

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Letter I with fairy, coloured Magazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

I took thisdecorative capital “I”and coloured it. You could easily change the colours of course, in an image editing program.

Keywords: romance, initials, letteri, cherubs, wings, butterflies, nudity, bare feet, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-01-24

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Lord John Russell Magazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

By J. E. Boehm, A.R.A. Exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1880.This is a digital image made by scanning a print of an engraving that depicts a sculpture of a person.Lord John Russell (1792 – 1878) was [...]

Keywords: people, sculpture, statues, portraits, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-09-13

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St. George and the Dragon Magazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

An engraving showing a statue of St. George slaying the dragon, by J. E. Boehm, A.R.A. St. George is here depicted as an almost-naked man riding a horse, a Roman centurian wearing only sandals and a h [...]

Keywords: statues, dragons, people, weapons, animals, horses, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2005-10-28

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St. George and the Dragon [detail] Magazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

A detail fromSt. George and the Dragonshowing the dragon’s head.

Keywords: dragons, statues, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2005-10-28

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For Ever. By Herbert Schmalz. Magazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

To thegenreof sentiment, not history, belong Mr. Herbert Schmalz’s“For Ever” (page 352) and Mr. Arthur Stocks’ “Her Sweetest Flower” (page 349); the one is romantic, the other realistic, but both are [...]

Keywords: people, art, sketches, windows, romance, music, musical instruments, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-05-04

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Initial Capital Letter “D” with Bacchus Magazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

Decorative initial letter capital “D” featuring vine-leaves, and a modestly-clad almost-naked seated Bacchus figure with a large wine-cup. A bare-footed woman or boy outside the letter holds a jug or [...]

Keywords: initials, letterd, people, bare feet, nudity, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-05-03

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Heraldic Dragon. Magazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

The dragon is, perhaps, the most venerable symbol employed in ornamental art. (p. 375)Fronm the first the dragon was always a favourite device in heraldry. What more frequent than the dragon-crested h [...]

Keywords: dragons, mythical creatures, heraldry, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-01-09

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