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Front Cover Die Österreichisch-ungarische Monarchie in Wort und Bild (1888)

The front cover of this late 1880s book is ornately decorated: it’s a dark blue-green with black printing and gold foil-stamping.

Keywords: book covers, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2017-09-18

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Wolfsthal Castle: Last view from Austria Die Österreichisch-ungarische Monarchie in Wort und Bild (1888)

The Ruins of Pottenburg Castle, Wolfsthal, AustriaSomeone wearing a hat sits on a grassy bank in a forest of old mature trees and gazes up at the moon over the tuins of a castle, mysterious in the dar [...]

Keywords: castles, ruins, forests, woods, trees, moon, towers, monlight, nightime, spooky, halloween, greyscale

Places shown: Wolfsthal; Bruck an der Leitha; Lower Austria; Austria

Added: 2020-10-04

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Border of ancient skulls Die Österreichisch-ungarische Monarchie in Wort und Bild (1888)

This full-page border surrounded the opening of an article on the hstory of Lower Austria. It includes carefully-drawn skulls and other bones from long-extinct creatures, presumably based on fossils. [...]

Keywords: borders, full-page borders, skulls, fossilsnatural history, tusks, death, extinction, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2020-03-05

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Border of overgrown ruins with Roman inscription Die Österreichisch-ungarische Monarchie in Wort und Bild (1888)

The border includes a stone pillar with perhaps ivy growing over it, some old coins (possibly Roman) and a Latin inscription with a bas-relief sculpture of a winged boy, a cupid. There’s a ruined arch [...]

Keywords: borders, roman remains, antiquities, inscriptions, pillars, ivy, full-page borders, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2020-03-07

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A Mighty Queen Die Österreichisch-ungarische Monarchie in Wort und Bild (1888)

This engraving shows a queen holding herglobus cruciger(an orb with a cross on top symbolizing spiritual and temporal power) and a wand or sceptre (or possibly a spear); she wears a crown and what mig [...]

Keywords: people, royalty, queens, cherubs, religion, christianity, tailpieces, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2017-09-22

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Castles 8: Khaya, Starhemberg, Grundriss von Lichtenfels Die Österreichisch-ungarische Monarchie in Wort und Bild (1888)

This is the 8th illustrated page of the chapter “Castles and Homes in Lower Austria” (Burgen und Wohnstätten in Niederösterreich) and shows Khaya (modern name Kaja), the ruins of Starhemberg (modern n [...]

Keywords: castles, plans, towers, ruins, greyscale

Places shown: Lower Austria; Austria

Added: 2014-09-10

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Khaya (Kaja) Castle Die Österreichisch-ungarische Monarchie in Wort und Bild (1888)

Burgruine Kaja, or the ruined castle of Khaya, is a castle in Lower Austria.This is a detail fromCastles Page 8, one of a series of full-page sets of engravings of castles and manors in Lower Austria [...]

Keywords: castles, towers, ruins, greyscale

Places shown: Kaja; Weinviertel; Lower Austria; Austria

Added: 2014-09-13

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Farmer and his Wife, Ybbstal Valley Die Österreichisch-ungarische Monarchie in Wort und Bild (1888)

The picture shows a farmer and his wife wearing (one assumes) clothing that was typical for such people in the 1880s in the Ybbstal Valley in Austria. I think, however, that these are not their workin [...]

Keywords: people, farming, costumes, men, women, boots, hats, dresses, colour

Places shown: Ybbstal; Austria

Added: 2014-05-14

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