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![[picture: Front Cover, My Boy Life]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Carroll-BoysLife/tn/000-front-cover-q75-362x500.jpg "[picture: Front Cover, My Boy Life]")
Images from “My Boy Life, Presented in a Succession of True Stories” by John Carroll D.D. (1809 – 1884), William Briggs, Toronto, 1882, an autobiographical novel. My copy is bound with “Ben Owen: A Lancashire Story” by Jennie Perrett, Wlliam Briggs, Toronto, 1882, and it seems likely they were issued together.
The images are out of copyright.
Title: My Boy Life
Published by: William Briggs
City: Toronto
Date: 1882
Total items: 6
Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.
![[picture: Front Cover, My Boy Life]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Carroll-BoysLife/wm/big/000-front-cover-q75-145x200.jpg "[picture: Front Cover, My Boy Life]")
![[picture: Tailpiece ornament: flower]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Carroll-BoysLife/wm/big/bell-49-ornament-q50-537x200.jpg "[picture: Tailpiece ornament: flower]")
![[picture: Title Page from My Boy Lfe]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Carroll-BoysLife/wm/big/000-title-page-q75-133x200.jpg "[picture: Title Page from My Boy Lfe]")
![[picture: Ornate chapter headpiece with vignette of curled-up boy]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Carroll-BoysLife/wm/big/000-ix-headpiece-curled-up-boy-q70-812x200.jpg "[picture: Ornate chapter headpiece with vignette of curled-up boy]")
Ornate chapter headpiece with vignette of curled-up boy
This chapterhead, or headpiece, is an ornament from the top of the first page of a section of the book. It features diamond knotwork branching into grape vines with rococo stylized leaves, but the prominent feature is the central circle containing a boy, his head resting on one knee, his chest, legs and feet bare; he wears [more...] [$]
Images from “My Boy Life, Presented in a Succession of True Stories” by John Carroll D.D. (1809 – 1884), William Briggs, Toronto, 1882, an autobiographical novel. My copy is bound with “Ben Owen: A Lancashire Story” by Jennie Perrett, Wlliam Briggs, Toronto, 1882, and it seems likely they were issued together.
The images are out of copyright.
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![[picture: Rococo headpiece]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Carroll-BoysLife/wm/big/000-xi-headpiece-q39-833x200.jpg "[picture: Rococo headpiece]")
