Items taken from Goethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882) (results page 1)

Frontispiece - Portrait of Goethe with his signature Goethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882)

A portrait of the writer (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe).

Note: German copyright today is 90 years after death, but in 1882 it was shorter, and I do not know if this image is out of copyright.

Keywords: portraits, greyscale

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Added: 2010-01-30

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Titlepage from Works of Goethe Goethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882)

Keywords: page images, title pages, greyscale

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Added: 2009-10-18

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Decorative initial letter O with cherubs Goethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882)

Two naked children—cherubs, or putti—are playing inside an initial letter “O” in the German Fraktur style. One boy uses a rope to pull on a decorative vertical part of the letter while the other boy [...]

Keywords: initials, lettero, cherubs, greyscale

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Added: 2009-10-18

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Decorative initial letter B Goethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882)

An almost-naked young mang sits on a rock and plays a recorder or pipe in a forest; his dog sits next to him, and in the background a young woman approaches. There is a large letter “B” in the German [...]

Keywords: initials, letterb, people, bare feet, dogs, animals, forests, greyscale

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Added: 2009-10-18

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Bucolic scene from a glade in a forest. Goethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882)

A young man, topless and bare-legged, sits on a rock in a forest and dangles his feet as he plays a pipe or recorder. His dog is by his side. In the background, a young woman, wearing a dress, appro [...]

Keywords: people, forests, nudity, bare feet, dogs, greyscale

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Added: 2009-10-18

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Typographic ornament or flower from page 2. Goethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882)

A piece of 19th century clipart? A small decorative piece from the end of a poem, a twirly flourish.

Keywords: ornaments, decorative elements, greyscale

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Added: 2010-01-30

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Decorative initial letter E Goethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882)

A bee approaches a bunch of flowers tied with a ribbon in this large decorative capital “E”

The image appears to be unsigned

Keywords: initials, lettere, flowers, bees, insects, greyscale

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Added: 2009-10-18

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Decorative page element/ornament Goethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882)

A piece of 19th century clipart? A small decorative piece from the end of a poem.

Keywords: ornaments, decorative elements, greyscale

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Added: 2009-10-18

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Decorative Initial letter E Goethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882)

A German Fraktur letter “E” used as an inital drop cap, with a winged putti or cherub holding a ribbon tied to a branch over a Janus, ot two-faced head.

Keywords: initials, lettere, cherubs, nudity, greyscale

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Added: 2010-01-30

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Decorative ornament/page element/tail piece Goethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882)

Another printer’s ornament from the end of a piece, a short decorative rule or divider.

Keywords: ornaments, decorative elements, greyscale

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Added: 2010-08-07

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Decorative Initial Letter I Goethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882)

A German Fraktur letter “I” (or J) used as an initial drop cap, with a winged putti or cherub holding a rose and delivering a love-letter sealed with a heart-shaped kiss to a young woman or gitl sitti [...]

Keywords: initials, letteri, letterj, cherubs, romance, people, greyscale

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Added: 2010-08-07

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Cherub delivering a love-letter Goethe’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 adecorative initial letter I; in this version I removed the letter and [...]

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

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Added: 2010-08-07

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Decorative initial “A” with girl and roses Goethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882)

A beautiful girl stands on, and holds, a ros biar. She has flowers in her hair and carries a flower-basket. A fancy capital letter ‘A’ is in the top right. This is a vignetted decorative initial, used [...]

Keywords: lettera, vignetted initials, initials, girls, people, roses, flowers, historiated initials, romance, greyscale

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Added: 2014-11-03

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Decorative initial “K” on scroll with owl and roses Goethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882)

This ornamental letter “K” was used as an 8-line drop cap initial. It featuers an owl, two rose flowers, leaves, and a German Fraktur letter “K” on a scroll.

Keywords: initials, letterk, birds, owls, flowers, greyscale

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Added: 2011-06-23

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Woman with initial letter “V” Goethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882)

A decorative Fraktur (German) initial letter “V” in which a naked woman with flowers in herhair is kept modest by a cherub waving some cloth; another cherub clings merrily to a carved object to which [...]

Keywords: initials, letterv, romance, nudity, women, people, cherubs, greyscale

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Added: 2010-08-07

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Romantic Woman with Cherubs and Cartouche Goethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882)

A blank cartouche or frame for a sign is placed on this image so you could use it as a decorative initital or drop cap; a woman is surrounded by signs of love. It is a version of thisdecorative letter [...]

Keywords: romance, nudity, women, people, cherubs, bare feet, greyscale

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Added: 2010-08-08

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Decorative initial letter “B” with boy and book Goethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882)

This decorative initial letter B was used as a drop cap alongside a poem. It features an open book with a quill pen, old-fashioned spectacles scrollwork, roses, fruit, a styilized su with rays shoning [...]

Keywords: romance, cherubs, nudity, letterb, initials, books, pens, writing, sun, roses, flowers, cartici, frames, greyscale

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Added: 2012-10-14

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Persian-influenced Chapter Head Decoration Goethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882)

This chapter-head contains items and design reminiscent of Persia; it was used over a poem about the lyre. The frame originally contained the name of the poem; its shape is very typical of Middle-East [...]

Keywords: chapterheads, bowls, persian art, frames, cartici, books, candlesticks, greyscale

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Added: 2015-08-28

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Elaborate decorative initial letter “h” with cherub Goethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882)

This elaborate initial letter “h” was used as an 18-line drop cap, or as a left border with an embedded initial. I have coloured the h red (or pink) to make it clearer.The initial is vignetted, with f [...]

Keywords: letterh, initials, cherubs, foliated initials, vignetted initials, persian art, children, nudity, romance, colour

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Added: 2015-08-28

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Cherub in Persian-Style Frame Goethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882)

An engraved drawing showing a cherub seated in a window frame that’s roughly circular but made of pointed arcs in a style reminiscent of Islamic, Moorish, Persian, Middle Eastern art and design. A che [...]

Keywords: frames, borders, romance, cherubs, persian art, people, children, nudity, greyscale

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Added: 2015-08-28

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