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The Queen and the Cat
Atalanta Magazine (1888)
“I will be mother to every one of you [cats],” said theBaroness; “my heart is big enough to hold you all. Kiss me my dear children, all of you. I will love you all, have no fear. [...]”The Baroness, [...]
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illustrations for children, people, royalty, birds, trees, summer, cats, greyscale
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A walk in a romantic dream
Atalanta Magazine (1888)
A finely-dressed lady and a prince, a young man, walk together through the grass. The prince carries a rose: clearly they are in love. In the background, a peacock fans its tail, and the prince’s do [...]
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people, birds, peacocks, dogs, romance, roses, greyscale
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Spring hedge-border corner image with love-birds
Atalanta Magazine (1888)
A Valentine’s Day image from 1888; this border was in the upper-left of a page of poetry for Valentine’s Day, and features leaves and berries and two romantic little song-birds.The signature is unclea [...]
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birds, romance, spring, borders, flowers, berries, corners, greyscale
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Added: 2014-01-09
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Boy Fairy Resting on a Flower
Atalanta Magazine (1888)
An end-of-chapter tailpiece showing a small nude boy laying on a sunflower, and holding a daisy in one hand; his feet rest on another daisy. I think he is meant to be a flower fairy, although he does [...]
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fairies, cherubs, illustrations for children, people, mythical creatures, children, nudity, bare feet, relaxing, warmth, summer, greyscale
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Artistic Cats
Atalanta Magazine (1888)
Three groups of cats are in this engraving. THe left-most pair are wearing human clothing and standing upright. In the centre, one cat is dressed as an artist, and is using a paintbrush and pallette, [...]
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cats, humour, art, illustrations for children, books, greyscale
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Added: 2010-10-20
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Atalanta Scholarship and Reading Union
Atalanta Magazine (1888)
This chapter head illustration features a central shield in a scrollwork cartouche bearing the title. On the left a woman gives succor to a youth or maid in distress, a scene in a rainstorm in a fores [...]
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chapterheads, people, forests, children, infants, rain, storms, bare feet, greyscale
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A Fair Reader
Atalanta Magazine (1888)
A Fair Reader—perhaps a somewhat sexist caption by today’s standards! A lady, presumably fair or beautiful, is sitting at a desk holding an open book, reading; other books lie on the desk in front of [...]
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people, books, reading, pictures of books, bonnets, greyscale
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Tottering Under the Weight of Knowledge
Atalanta Magazine (1888)
An unidentified elderly gentleman carries a large stack of heavy books; he holds the top one in place with his nose as he shuffles forward.This sketch accompanied an article on the Reading Room at the [...]
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books, people, pictures of books, people, greyscale
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Reaching After Knowledge
Atalanta Magazine (1888)
A well-dressed lady, complete with bonnet, climbs a step-ladder to reach down a book.The sketch or cartoon is one of a number accompanying an article about the British Library and some of the people w [...]
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sketches, people, books, humour, greyscale
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Hark! the sea is crying to me in pain!
Atalanta Magazine (1888)
Thus the two lived on, each for the other, in one long summertime, lit by their great love. The nights grew long; day after day the sea fought fiercely with the cruel winds that broke its rest. and t [...]
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romance, warriors, people, nighttime, storms, water, beards, people, weapons, colour
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Cherub wth harvest fruit
Atalanta Magazine (1888)
This engraving looks as if it’s of a stone carving; it depicts a cherub, (a sort of putti), together with flowers, vines and fruits; apples, pears, grapes and more; perhaps to celebrate fertility, or [...]
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cherubs, nudity, bare feet, harvest, thanksgiving, greyscale
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Added: 2010-10-20
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Four Cherubs With Garlands, Ribbons and Flowers
Atalanta Magazine (1888)
These four winged cherubs, tastefully nude, have spring flowers, ribbbons or garlands, and are dancing playfully in the air. They were used as a tail-piece at the end of a chapter. Maybe it’s love on [...]
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cherubs, romance, bare feet, nudity, flowers, greyscale
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Added: 2011-01-13
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