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1500x680, 300x200, 3000x1359, 750x340
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Le Chateau de la Grangefort-sir-Allier. Vue Generale.
Musée Artistique et Littéraire, Le (1881)
The castle shown in the distance here dates back in part to the 16th century and in part to the 19th, when it was rebuilt.The picture, engraved by Jules-Jacques Puyplat I think (the book just says Puy [...]
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castles, views, rivers, water, trees, hills, rural, countryside, fishers, people, towers, battlements, greyscale
Places shown:
Auvergne; Puy de Dome; France
Added: 2019-01-26
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public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested
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1384x439, 2767x877, 623x200, 700x222
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Tailpiece with grotesque gargoyle figure
Musée Artistique et Littéraire, Le (1881)
This ornate end-of-chapter ornament, or tail-piece, includes a grotesque horned head with a hollow mouth, as for a drain-spout of a gargoyle.
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tailpieces, gargoyles, grotesques, mouths, mythical creatures, ornament, greyscale
Places shown:
none
Added: 2020-08-19
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179x200, 1911x2134, 672x750, 956x1067
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A Dance of Shepherdesses
Musée Artistique et Littéraire, Le (1881)
The drawing reproduced as an engraving shows three women, barefoot and in ankle-length short-sleeved dresses. One is seated, playing divided pipes; she’s sitting on the steps of a circular neo-Classic [...]
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dance, dancing, people, women, bare feet, temples, columns, music, pipes, sheep, animals, trees, water, pillars, spring, fecundity, greyscale
Places shown:
none
Added: 2019-01-26
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public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested
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144x200, 1674x2318, 542x750, 837x1159
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Statue of Mirabeau
Musée Artistique et Littéraire, Le (1881)
A well-dressed man in a suit has one arm outstretched to point the way forward, a French sculpture that could have been used as a directional signpost. The statue was exhibited at the Paris exhibitio [...]
Keywords:
pointing, men, statues, statuary, portraits, greyscale
Places shown:
none
Added: 2020-08-16
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157x200, 1841x2350, 588x750, 921x1175
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Border with mathematical instruments
Musée Artistique et Littéraire, Le (1881)
This chapter head is made of two parts: to the left and top, an L-shaped steel ruler or square, perhaps, with a weight hanging by a string (a pumb-line probably; it may have been a roofing square); un [...]
Keywords:
borders, chapterheads, mathematics, scientific instruments, rulers, technology, science, engineering, astrolabes, full-page borders, greyscale
Places shown:
none
Added: 2019-01-26
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public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested
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