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The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 2) (page 4/5)

[picture: Dr. Martin Luther.]

Dr. Martin Luther.

Martin Luther was the man whose actions and words led atthe end of the Middle Ages to the Reformation, and with it the possibility of Englightenment. [more...] [$]

[picture: Henry VIII and His Six Wives]

Henry VIII and His Six Wives

Henry VIII. (centre) with his six wives: [more...] [$]

[picture: Free clip-art: Victorian border of twigs and leaves]

Free clip-art: Victorian border of twigs and leaves

A decorative full-page border used to frame an illustration in the book. Twigs and leaves. [more...] [$]

[picture: Free clip-art: Victorian border of twigs and leaves (finer version)]

Free clip-art: Victorian border of twigs and leaves (finer version)

This is a version of the border of leaves and twigs in which the border is smaller, closer to the edge of the page. [more...] [$]

[picture: Free clip-art: Victorian border of twigs and leaves (landscape version)]

Free clip-art: Victorian border of twigs and leaves (landscape version)

This is a simplified version of the rustic full-page border of twigs with smaller decoration (leaving more room for content) and without the centre pieces, and rotated to be in “landscape” orientation. [more...] [$]

[picture: Free clip-art: Victorian border of twigs and leaves (simplified version)]

Free clip-art: Victorian border of twigs and leaves (simplified version)

A slightly less ornate and more modern version of the rustic full-page border of twigs with the illumination in the top left (flip it about a vertical axis to get something better for right-to-left text such as Arabic or Hebrew). [more...] [$]

[picture: Free clip-art: Victorian border of brown twigs and green leaves]

Free clip-art: Victorian border of brown twigs and green leaves

I coloured the border of twigs to make some colour clip-art. There is also a brown border. A rustic border or frame. [more...] [$]

[picture: Free clip-art: Victorian border of brown twigs]

Free clip-art: Victorian border of brown twigs

I coloured the border of twigs to make a sepia border or frame. some colour clip-art. There is also a brown and green Victorian Border. [more...] [$]

[picture: Portrait of King Henry the Eighth]

Portrait of King Henry the Eighth

King Henry VIII (Henry 8th) taken from the engraving King Henry VIII and His Six Wives. I have also made two cropped versions available for use as wide-screen (8:5) screen desktop backgrounds (“computer wallpaper”): (1) The head of Henry VIII and (2) Henry The 8th Stares Back. [more...] [$]

[picture: Free Wallpaper: The head of Henry VIII]

Free Wallpaper: The head of Henry VIII

A detail from the Portrait of King Henry the 8th, scaled and cropped so that it makes a screen background image at an 8:5 aspect ratio. There is also a scarier version. [more...] [$]

[picture: King Henry VIII Stares Back]

King Henry VIII Stares Back

A detail from the Portrait of King Henry the 8th, tightly cropped so that it makes a screen background image at an 8:5 aspect ratio. There is also a full-head version. [more...] [$]

[picture: Sir Thomas More]

Sir Thomas More

A beautiful engraving showing Sir Thomas More in his prison cell; the gaoler [jailer] approaches, carring a heavy bundle of keys. Sir Thomas More (also Saint Thomas More) was executed by beheading when he did not acknowledge King [...] [more...] [$]


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