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Warwick Castle from the River Warwick and Leamington (Haslehust and Morley) (1920)

The towers of Warwick Castle are silhouetted against a sunset; smoke from the chimneys of two thatched cottages rises up against trees in autumn foliage. In the foreground, a solitary boatsman punts d [...]

Keywords: castles, towers, colour, water, boats, people, houses, sunsets, trees

Places shown: Warwick; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2003-11-09

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Frontispiece: Magdalen Tower. Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

From an Etching by R. Kent Thomas.

Keywords: colleges, bridges, boats, people, trees, towers, colour

Places shown: Magdalen College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-03-05

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Frontispiece: Burkard Keller of Yburg. Legends of the Black Forest (1890)

A ghostly woman glowing white floats in the air, her bare feet not touching the ground, as she reaches out to a knight, kneeling in awestruck adoration. In the background a statue of the same woman at [...]

Keywords: people, ghosts, spirit, spooky, owls, forests, knights, colour

Places shown: Baden; Germany

Added: 2009-03-24

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Front Cover Jugend [German art maagazine] (1900)

The front cover of Jugend from 1900 is a sort of German Industrial design that forshadows the next thirty or more years. A gianr Janu, or two-faced statue, draped with garlands, is inscribed with the [...]

Keywords: book covers, art deco, statuary, statues, people, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2012-05-23

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Ruins of Lindisfarne Priory The Antiquities of England and Wales (1783)

The caption reads, History Preserving the Monuments of Antiquity. The side View of Lindisfarne, or Holy Island Monastery, Northumberland. Pub. 25 May 1781 by S. Hooper The image is signed, S. Spurrow [...]

Keywords: abbeys, castles, windows, arches, ruins, people, clouds, bare feet, nudity, colour

Places shown: Lindisfarne; Northumberland; England

Added: 2003-02-28

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Frontispiece: Francis Peck, A.M. Desiderata (1779)

The engraving was taken from life and shows Francis Peck standing, holding some of his own books, and wearing perhaps an academic gown. The inscription says (in Latin) that he was born on the 4th May [...]

Keywords: portraits, people, frontispieces, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2012-06-03

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Frontispiece: Clerk Colvill Some British Ballads (1919)

The young man clutches his hat with one hand and with the other holds aloft a sword as he kneels at the edge of a pond. From that same pond a mermaid rises up, arms raised, breasts bare. This beautifu [...]

Keywords: people, trees, water, swords, mermaids, colour

Places shown: Slane; County Meath; Ireland

Added: 2006-05-13

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End Paper: the young mad read to her from a small book. The Forest of Arden With Some of its Legends (1914)

The end-papers (inside the covers) are printed with an untitled design signed by the author. The picture shows a mediaeval scene: a young lady on an ornate seat in front of a log fire; behind her is a [...]

Keywords: romance, love, people, fire, fireplaces, books, reading, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-08-17

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Title Page Image (detail) Architecture: Gothic and Renaissance (1896)

A knight in armour [US: armor] rides a horse. He carries a lance, wears a sword, and fights a dragon; presumably this is St. George, patron saint of England. In the background is a castle or tower on [...]

Keywords: knights, horses, animals, people, dragons, battles, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-08-08

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Frontispiece: The Right Hon. Lord Penzance. National Portrait Gallery, The (1888)

A colour portrait of Mr. James Plaisted Wilde, the fourth son of Edward Archer Wilde, Esq., born in 1816. He became Judge of the Court of Probate and Judge Ordinary of the Divorce Court in 1863; he wa [...]

Keywords: portraits, colour, people

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-07-28

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Frontispiece: Edward VII Taking the Oath Royal Children of English History (1904)

Edward (not yet King Edward) strikes a kingly pose with one hand on his hip, wearing attractive purple, with an ermine robe and a gold chain, as he prepares to try on the crown, which he thinks is ver [...]

Keywords: kings, people, beards, royalty, colour, robes, costumes, crowns

Places shown: none

Added: 2012-09-08

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Frontispiece: Charles the King walked for the last time through the streets of London An Island Story (1920)

King Charles is followed by a priest, and surrounded by soldiers with lances. He wears 17th-century costume. [King Charles I] had been foolish, he had been wicked, but now, in the face of death, he b [...]

Keywords: royalty, soldiers, people, illustrations for children, colour

Places shown: London; England

Added: 2009-05-05

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