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Chapter Heading Woodcut featuring Neptune and Mermaids
A Compleat Collection of English Proverbs (1737)
A decorative woodcut from above the Introduction; it is not related to the text. The engraving features Neptune, the God of the Ocean; he is naked, crowned, complete with trident, and rides a chariot [...]
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mythical creatures, mermaids, water, horses, transport, chapterheads, greyscale
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Added: 2007-10-10
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Initial Letter T Woodcut
A Compleat Collection of English Proverbs (1737)
A decorative initial letter “T” used as a drop cap (drop capital). It features palm trees and buildings in the background, perhaps intended to be evocative of the Holy Land.
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initials, lettert, greyscale
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none
Added: 2007-07-31
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Chapter Heading Woodcut featuring Eagle
A Compleat Collection of English Proverbs (1737)
This decorative woodcut was at the start of the preface; the woodcuts do not appear to bear any relation to the text, but are purely decorative. This one features an eagle, the symbol of the Roman Emp [...]
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decorations, eagles, chapterheads, greyscale
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Added: 2007-07-31
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Initial letter B Woodcut
A Compleat Collection of English Proverbs (1737)
A decorative initial letter “B” used as a drop cap (drop capital) at the start of a paragraph. The woodut (or wood engraving) shows a tree and a building in the background. I have included multiple [...]
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initials, letterb, greyscale
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Added: 2007-08-09
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Chapter Heading woodcut featuring a flaming heart
A Compleat Collection of English Proverbs (1737)
This decorative woodcut was used at the top of the first page of a chapter or section, as a decorative element. It features a heart on a pillar; there are flames bursting out of the heart, and the fla [...]
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decorations, hearts, chapterheads, greyscale
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Added: 2008-06-23
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Detail: burning heart
A Compleat Collection of English Proverbs (1737)
A bad case of heartburn or a romantic metaphor? This heart on a pillar with flames coming out of it is a detail from achapter head. I also made theheartis also a available by itself, without the flame [...]
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hearts, romance, clipart, greyscale
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Added: 2008-06-23
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Detail: engraved heart
A Compleat Collection of English Proverbs (1737)
A wood engraving of a heart, taken from a $thischapter head woodcut.
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hearts, romance, clipart, greyscale
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Added: 2008-06-23
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Chapter end decoration: eagles
A Compleat Collection of English Proverbs (1737)
A decoration centered after the text of a chapter. I’ve made lots of sizes so you can use it on Web page. The woodcut was clearly fairly old and damaged, and it is not a clean print, but perhaps tha [...]
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decorations, eagles, ornaments, greyscale
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Added: 2007-08-01
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Chapter Heading Woodcut Featuring Soldiers on Horesback with Spears
A Compleat Collection of English Proverbs (1737)
A decorative woodcut from above the section entitledProverbs and Proverbial Observsations cocerning Husbandry, Weather, and the Seasons of the Year.It is not related to the text. The engraving featur [...]
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decorations, battles, chapterheads, horses, weapons, people, greyscale
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Added: 2008-02-28
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Chapter end decoration: cherubs
A Compleat Collection of English Proverbs (1737)
Two cherubs (naked, winged children) sit amongst ornate rococo foliage, apparently discoursing. This decoration was used to fill space at the end of a chapter, and to show that the text had ended.
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decorations, ornaments, cherubs, nudity, bare feet, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale
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Added: 2007-08-14
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Tailpiece with Fisherman
A Compleat Collection of English Proverbs (1737)
This elaborate frame, surmounted by a basket of flowers, was used to mark the end of a chapter in the printed book.
The central design features a man fishing with rod.
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frames, tailpieces, ornaments, fishing, people, cartici, flowers, scrollwork, greyscale
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Added: 2015-01-15
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Initial Letter T With Angels and Devil
A Compleat Collection of English Proverbs (1737)
The two winged creatures in this decorative initial letter T are very definitely female and probably intended to be naked. They seem to have fish’s tails rather than legs and feet, so maybe they are A [...]
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initials, lettert, angels, devils, mythical creatures, mermaids, vignetted initials, passé partout initials, greyscale
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Added: 2014-12-26
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