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null | null | https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/cut-off-head/ | Cut Off the First Head | Speed, Lancelot | 1860 | 1931 | [
"UK"
] | The red fairy book | [
"Lang, Andrew"
] | [
"Longmans, Green and Co."
] | 1890 | https://openlibrary.org/books/OL7108965M/The_red_fairy_book | [
"1890s",
"19th century",
"black & white",
"children's book",
"fairy tale",
"fantasy",
"fight",
"giant",
"monster",
"Victorian"
] | [
"California Digital Library",
"the Internet Archive"
] | [
"http://www.cdlib.org/",
"https://archive.org/details/redfairybook00langiala"
] | Narratives | Portrait (taller) | [] | Cut Off the First Head | Then Halvor cut off the first head. | A man armed with a sword fights a nine-headed giant and starts cutting off his heads one after the other.
| |||
null | null | https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/ancient-mariner/ | An Ancient Mariner | Cole, Herbert | 1867 | 1930 | [
"UK"
] | The rime of the ancient mariner | [
"Coleridge, Samuel Taylor"
] | [
"L. C. Page and Company"
] | 1900 | https://openlibrary.org/books/OL7168360M/The_rime_of_the_ancient_mariner. | [
"1900s",
"20th century",
"black & white",
"frontispiece",
"hat",
"smug",
"The rime of the ancient mariner",
"Victorian"
] | [
"Robarts Library",
"the Internet Archive"
] | [
"https://onesearch.library.utoronto.ca/",
"https://archive.org/details/rimeofancientmar00coleuoft"
] | Narratives | Portrait (taller) | [
"Colls, Walter L."
] | An Ancient Mariner | It is an ancient mariner, | A bearded and skinny old man tries to hold back a wealthy young man strolling along with his companions.
| |||
null | null | https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/dreadful-scare/ | The burglar got a dreadful scare | Newell, Peter | 1862 | 1924 | [
"US"
] | The rocket book | [
"Newell, Peter"
] | [
"Harper & Brothers"
] | 1912 | https://openlibrary.org/books/ia:rocketbook00newe/The_rocket_book | [
"1910s",
"20th century",
"blue",
"children's book",
"color",
"crime",
"frightened",
"surprise"
] | [
"The Smithsonian Libraries",
"the Internet Archive"
] | [
"http://library.si.edu/",
"https://archive.org/details/rocketbook00newe"
] | Humor | Portrait (taller) | [] | Dreadful Scare | Just then, up through the silverware | A burglar has found the drawer to the silverware and is about to help himself, when a rocket shoots through, thwarting his plans.
| |||
null | null | https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/e-eccentricity/ | A man who wears a saucepan as a hat and smells a flower while his hat burns in the fireplace | Leighton, John (aka Luke Limner) | 1822 | 1912 | [
"UK"
] | The royal picture alphabet | [
"Leighton, John (aka Luke Limner)"
] | [
"Ward and Lock"
] | n.d. | https://openlibrary.org/books/OL7191650M/The_royal_picture_alphabet. | [
"19th century",
"alphabet",
"black & white",
"children's book",
"male",
"Victorian"
] | [
"University of California Libraries",
"the Internet Archive"
] | [
"http://libraries.universityofcalifornia.edu/",
"https://archive.org/details/royalpicturealph00leigiala"
] | Humor | Portrait (taller) | [
"Leighton, Henry"
] | E Is for Eccentricity | ECCENTRICITY, irregularity, strangeness. | The letter E is illustrated with a man who wears a saucepan as a hat and smells a flower while his hat burns in the fireplace, a book is in the frying pan, and the clock hangs upside down on the wall. The full verse reads:
We often see things seeming strange;
But scarce so strange as this:
Here everything is mis-applied,
Here every change amiss.
| |||
null | null | https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/johnston/ | Tartan of the Clan Johnstone showing a pattern of green and blue check | Unknown | nan | nan | [] | The Scottish clans and their tartans | [
"Anonymous"
] | [
"W. & A. K. Johnston Limited"
] | n.d. [1900?] | https://openlibrary.org/books/OL7126813M/The_Scottish_clans_andtheir_tartans | [
"1900s",
"20th century",
"color",
"green",
"reference book",
"Scotland",
"textile"
] | [
"The New York Public Library",
"the Internet Archive"
] | [
"http://www.nypl.org/",
"https://archive.org/details/scottishclansand00edin"
] | Ornaments & patterns | Portrait (taller) | [] | Clan Johnstone Tartan | Johnston. | Tartan of the Clan Johnstone showing a pattern of green and blue check enhanced with yellow and black lines.
| |||
null | null | https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/skeleton-cover/ | The Skeleton in Armor | Ipsen, Ludvig Sandöe | nan | nan | [] | The skeleton in armor | [
"Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth"
] | [
"James R. Osgood & Co."
] | 1877 | https://openlibrary.org/books/OL7025138M/The_skeleton_in_armor | [
"1870s",
"19th century",
"blue",
"cover",
"interlacing",
"Norse"
] | [
"California Digital Library",
"the Internet Archive"
] | [
"http://www.cdlib.org/",
"https://archive.org/details/skeletoninarmor00longrich"
] | Ornaments & patterns | Portrait (taller) | [] | The Skeleton in Armor—Cover | Front cover of "The Skeleton in Armor." | Front cover of The Skeleton in Armor by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, showing ornamental and architectural elements inspired by Viking art.
| |||
null | null | https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/opening/ | Glancing through | Gibson, Charles Dana | 1867 | 1944 | [
"US"
] | The social ladder | [
"Gibson, Charles Dana"
] | [
"John Lane",
"R. H. Russell"
] | 1902 | nan | [
"1900s",
"20th century",
"black & white",
"female",
"leisure",
"reading"
] | [
"the Frances Mulhall Achilles Library",
"the Internet Archive"
] | [
"http://whitney.org/Research/Library",
"https://archive.org/details/socialladd00gibs"
] | People | Portrait (taller) | [] | Glancing Through | Glancing through. | A woman in an armchair glances through an illustrated book or catalog.
| |||
null | null | https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/decoration-disks/ | Decoration by disks; Palazzo dei Badoari Partecipazzi. | Ruskin, John | 1819 | 1900 | [
"UK"
] | The stones of Venice, vol. 1 | [
"Ruskin, John"
] | [
"Smith, Elder & Co."
] | 1851 | https://openlibrary.org/books/OL6537598M/The_stones_of_Venice. | [
"1850s",
"19th century",
"color",
"Europe",
"Gothic",
"Italy",
"reference book",
"The stones of Venice",
"Venice",
"Victorian"
] | [
"The Getty Research Institute",
"the Internet Archive"
] | [
"http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/library/",
"https://archive.org/details/venicestones01rusk"
] | Buildings & monuments | Portrait (taller) | [
"Boys, Thomas Shotter"
] | Decoration by Disks | Decoration by disks | Arch of a window of Palazzo dei Badoari Partecipazzi, also known as Palazzo Gritti Badoer, Venice, with decorative stonework and colorful marble disks.
| |||
null | null | https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/variety-tunes/ | In front of a table, two men listen to music coming from a horn hung up on the ceiling | Strang, William | 1859 | 1921 | [
"UK"
] | The surprising adventures of Baron Munchausen | [
"Raspe, Rudolf Erich"
] | [
"Lawrence and Bullen"
] | 1895 | https://openlibrary.org/books/OL14029535M/The_surprising_adventures_of_Baron_Munchausen | [
"1890s",
"19th century",
"black & white",
"dining",
"male",
"Munchausen",
"music",
"smoking",
"Victorian"
] | [
"St. Michael's College Library",
"the Internet Archive"
] | [
"http://stmikes.utoronto.ca/kelly/",
"https://archive.org/details/munchausen00unknuoft"
] | Narratives | Portrait (taller) | [] | A Variety of Tunes | The honest fellow entertained us for some time with a variety of tunes. | In front of a table were a meal has been had, two men listen to music coming from a horn hung up on the ceiling.
| |||
null | null | https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/simpkin/ | He lived alone with his cat; it was called Simpkin | Potter, Beatrix | 1866 | 1943 | [
"UK"
] | The tailor of Gloucester | [
"Potter, Beatrix"
] | [
"Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd"
] | n.d. [ca. 1903?] | https://openlibrary.org/books/OL7106209M/The_tailor_of_Gloucester | [
"1900s",
"20th century",
"cat",
"children's book",
"color"
] | [
"Ontario Institute for Studies in Education",
"the Internet Archive"
] | [
"https://www.oise.utoronto.ca/oise/Home/",
"https://archive.org/details/tailorofgloucest00pottuoft"
] | Animals | Portrait (taller) | [] | Simpkin | He lived alone with his cat; it was called Simpkin. | A cat sits on a chair by a dresser, looking for something worthy of interest in an open drawer.
| |||
null | null | https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/peter-rabbit-cover/ | Front cover of The Tale of Peter Rabbit | Albert, Virginia | nan | nan | [
"US"
] | The tale of Peter Rabbit | [
"Potter, Beatrix"
] | [
"Saalfield Publishing Co."
] | 1916 | https://openlibrary.org/books/OL25267091M/The_tale_of_Peter_Rabbitt | [
"1910s",
"20th century",
"cartoon",
"children's book",
"color",
"cover",
"rabbit"
] | [
"SILS Library",
"the Internet Archive"
] | [
"https://library.unc.edu/sils/",
"https://archive.org/details/taleofpeterrabbipott"
] | Animals | Portrait (taller) | [] | The Tale of Peter Rabbit—Cover | Front cover of "The Tale of Peter Rabbit." | Front cover of The Tale of Peter Rabbit showing Peter walking by with one hand in his pocket and smiling while looking at sideways.
| |||
null | null | https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/abingdon/ | Abingdon | Law, David | 1831 | 1901/2 | [
"UK"
] | The Thames: Oxford to London | [
"Dullea, Owen John",
"Law, David"
] | [
"George Bell and Sons"
] | 1882 | https://openlibrary.org/books/OL7167867M/The_Thames | [
"1880s",
"19th century",
"Europe",
"river",
"UK",
"Victorian"
] | [
"Robarts Library",
"the Internet Archive"
] | [
"https://onesearch.library.utoronto.ca/",
"https://archive.org/details/thamesoxfordtolo00lawduoft"
] | Landscapes & places | Landscape (wider) | [] | Abingdon | Abingdon. | View of the Thames with boats, wooded banks on the sides, and a village in the center.
| |||
null | null | https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/ciphers-ae/ | Plate showing nine ciphers combining the letter A with E, F, and G | Turbayne, Albert Angus | 1866 | 1940 | [
"US"
] | Monograms & ciphers | [
"Turbayne, Albert Angus"
] | [
"T.C. and E.C. Jack"
] | n.d. [1906?] | https://openlibrary.org/books/OL7056493M/Monograms_ciphers | [
"1900s",
"20th century",
"black & white",
"cipher",
"lettering",
"reference book"
] | [
"Robarts Library",
"the Internet Archive"
] | [
"https://onesearch.library.utoronto.ca/",
"https://archive.org/details/monogramsciphers00turbuoft"
] | Ornaments & patterns | Portrait (taller) | [] | Ciphers—AE, AF, AG… | Plate IV—AE, AF, AG. | Plate showing nine ciphers combining the letter A with E, F, and G.
| |||
null | null | https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/no-welcoming/ | They looked up in no welcoming manner | Chambers, Charles Edward | 1883 | 1941 | [
"US"
] | The turmoil | [
"Tarkington, Booth"
] | [
"Harper & Brothers"
] | 1915 | https://openlibrary.org/books/OL6573965M/The_turmoil | [
"1910s",
"20th century",
"black & white",
"dark",
"mixed genders"
] | [
"the Internet Archive"
] | [
"https://archive.org/details/turmoilnovel00tark"
] | Narratives | Portrait (taller) | [] | No Welcoming Manner | They looked up in no welcoming manner at Bibb's entrance. | A man and a woman are sitting opposite each other in a room dimly lit by a desk lamp as a second man comes in.
| |||
null | null | https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/blue-leopard/ | The Blue Leopard | Newell, Peter | 1862 | 1924 | [
"US"
] | The wind in the rose-bush and other stories of the supernatural | [
"Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins"
] | [
"Doubleday, Page & Company"
] | 1903 | https://openlibrary.org/books/OL7176440M/The_wind_in_the_rose-bush_and_other_stories_of_the_supernatural | [
"1900s",
"20th century",
"black & white",
"eerie"
] | [
"University of California Libraries",
"the Internet Archive"
] | [
"http://libraries.universityofcalifornia.edu/",
"https://archive.org/details/windinrosebushan00freerich"
] | Narratives | Landscape (wider) | [] | Blue Leopard | The Blue Leopard seemed to crouch and spring with life. | A man walks on the side of a wavy road, heading towards a sign which depicts a crouching leopard about to come to life.
| |||
null | null | https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/indeed-david/ | This was indeed a David | Kerr, Charles Henry Malcolm | 1858 | 1907 | [
"UK"
] | The witch's head | [
"Haggard, Henry Rider"
] | [
"Spencer Blackett"
] | n.d. (after 1893) | https://openlibrary.org/books/OL24336517M/The_witch's_head. | [
"19th century",
"black & white",
"fight",
"male",
"performance"
] | [
"Robarts Library",
"the Internet Archive"
] | [
"https://onesearch.library.utoronto.ca/",
"https://archive.org/details/witchshead00hagg"
] | Narratives | Portrait (taller) | [
"Boussod, Valadon et Cie"
] | A David | This was indeed a David. | A crowd gathered in a circle watches two men engaged in fight as the shorter one punches his opponent on the jaw.
| |||
null | null | https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/windy-day/ | All I ask is a windy day | Clarke, Harry | 1889 | 1931 | [
"Ireland"
] | The year's at the spring | [
"Collective work",
"Monro, Harold (introduction)"
] | [
"Brentanos"
] | 1920 | https://openlibrary.org/books/OL7048419M/The_year%27s_at_the_spring | [
"1920s",
"20th century",
"black & white",
"ship",
"silhouette"
] | [
"California Digital Library",
"the Internet Archive"
] | [
"http://www.cdlib.org/",
"https://archive.org/details/yearsatspringant00waltrich"
] | Landscapes & places | Portrait (taller) | [] | Windy Day | All I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying. | A silhouetted ship on the ocean sails towards a cloudy horizon.
| |||
null | null | https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/education-sentimentale/ | A large woman reads a paper facing a younger woman who looks at the viewer | Beardsley, Aubrey | 1872 | 1898 | [
"UK"
] | The yellow book, vol. 1 | [
"Collective work"
] | [
"Copeland & Day",
"Elkin Mathews & John Lane"
] | 1894 | nan | [
"1890s",
"19th century",
"Art Nouveau",
"black & white",
"female",
"periodical",
"reading",
"Victorian",
"Yellow book"
] | [
"The Ryerson University Library",
"the Internet Archive"
] | [
"http://library.ryerson.ca/",
"https://archive.org/details/yellowapril189401uoft"
] | Narratives | Portrait (taller) | [
"Swan's Electric Engraving Co."
] | Sentimental Education | L'éducation sentimentale. | A large woman with a hat and a surly face reads a paper which probably belongs to the younger woman who stands before her and looks at the viewer with a knowing smile.
| |||
null | null | https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/kittens-scolded/ | Kittens keep playing around the living-room as their mother is upset with them | Unknown | nan | nan | [] | Three little kittens | [
"Ballantyne, Robert Michael"
] | [
"Thomas Nelson and Sons"
] | 1859 | https://openlibrary.org/books/OL7036084M/Three_little_kittens | [
"1850s",
"19th century",
"cat",
"children's book",
"color",
"Three little kittens",
"Victorian"
] | [
"The New York Public Library",
"the Internet Archive"
] | [
"http://www.nypl.org/",
"https://archive.org/details/threelittlekitte00ball"
] | Animals | Portrait (taller) | [] | Kittens Are Scolded | The kittens are scolded. | Three kittens keep offhandedly playing around the living-room as their mother is upset with them.
| |||
null | null | https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/white-silk-mittens/ | A boy kitten prances about while his two sisters are sad and crying behind him | Unknown | nan | nan | [] | Three little kittens, Chicken Little | [
"Pratt-Chadwick, Mara Louise"
] | [
"Educational Publishing Company"
] | n.d. [1905?] | https://openlibrary.org/books/OL7143524M/Three_little_kittens | [
"20th century",
"anthropomorphic",
"black & white",
"cat",
"children's book",
"crying",
"happy",
"sad",
"Three little kittens"
] | [
"University of California Libraries",
"the Internet Archive"
] | [
"http://libraries.universityofcalifornia.edu/",
"https://archive.org/details/threelittlekitte00pratrich"
] | Animals | Landscape (wider) | [] | They Found Their Mittens | They found their mittens. | A boy kitten prances about while his two sisters are still sad and crying behind him.
| |||
null | null | https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/milan-street/ | Milan | Stanfield, Clarkson | 1793 | 1887 | [
"UK"
] | Travelling sketches in the north of Italy, the Tyrol, and on the Rhine | [
"Ritchie, Leitch"
] | [
"Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green"
] | 1832 | https://openlibrary.org/books/OL23349619M/Travelling_sketches_in_the_north_of_Italy_the_Tyrol_and_on_the_Rhine. | [
"1830s",
"19th century",
"black & white",
"cityscape",
"Europe",
"Italy",
"Longman & Co.",
"Milan",
"street"
] | [
"University of California Libraries",
"the Internet Archive"
] | [
"http://libraries.universityofcalifornia.edu/",
"https://archive.org/details/travellingsketch00ritciala"
] | Buildings & monuments | Portrait (taller) | [
"Carter, James"
] | Milan | Milan. | View of a street of Milan with workers and passers-by and the cathedral in the background.
| |||
null | null | https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/full-flight/ | A man is running away from another wielding his cutlass at him | Rhead, Louis | 1857 | 1926 | [
"UK"
] | Treasure island (Rhead) | [
"Stevenson, Robert Louis"
] | [
"Harper & Brothers"
] | n.d. [1915?] | https://openlibrary.org/books/OL7142171M/Treasure_Island | [
"1910s",
"20th century",
"anger",
"children's book",
"color",
"frightened",
"pirate",
"running",
"sword",
"Treasure island"
] | [
"The New York Public Library",
"the Internet Archive"
] | [
"http://www.nypl.org/",
"https://archive.org/details/treasureisland00stev2"
] | Narratives | Portrait (taller) | [] | Black Dog in Full Flight | The next instant, I saw Black Dog in full flight. | A man is running away from another standing before the entrance of an inn and wielding at him his cutlass, which gets caught in the inn sign above the door.
| |||
null | null | https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/collected-group/ | Buccaneers are leaning over a book and studying it by a bright torchlight | Wyeth, Newell Convers | 1882 | 1945 | [
"US"
] | Treasure Island (Wyeth) | [
"Stevenson, Robert Louis"
] | [
"Charles Scribner's Sons"
] | 1933 | https://openlibrary.org/books/OL7041966M/Treasure_Island. | [
"1930s",
"20th century",
"book",
"children's book",
"color",
"knife",
"pirate",
"Treasure island"
] | [
"The New York Public Library",
"the Internet Archive"
] | [
"http://www.nypl.org/",
"https://archive.org/details/treasureisland00stev"
] | Narratives | Portrait (taller) | [] | Collected in a Group | About half way down the slope to the stockade, they were collected in a group. | A group of buccaneers is leaning over a book on the floor and studying it by a bright torchlight as one of them follows the lines or keeps it open with a knife.
| |||
null | null | https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/arm-in-arm/ | Two bearded men wearing top hats walk gloomily arm in arm on a bridge | Du Maurier, George | 1834 | 1896 | [
"UK"
] | Trilby, a novel | [
"Du Maurier, George"
] | [
"Harper & Brothers"
] | 1895 | https://openlibrary.org/books/OL7155888M/Trilby | [
"1890s",
"19th century",
"black & white",
"hat",
"male",
"Victorian"
] | [
"University of California Libraries",
"the Internet Archive"
] | [
"http://libraries.universityofcalifornia.edu/",
"https://archive.org/details/trilbynovel00dumarich"
] | People | Portrait (taller) | [] | Arm in Arm | Sorrowfully, arm in arm. | Two bearded men wearing top hats walk gloomily arm in arm on a bridge.
| |||
null | null | https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/six-banded-armadillo/ | Six-banded armadillo seen in a hilly landscape | Traviès, Édouard | 1809 | 1865? | [
"France"
] | Types du règne animal. Buffon en estampes | [
"Conty, Henry Auxcouteaux de"
] | [
"A. de Vresse",
"Ledot Aîné"
] | n.d. [1864?] | https://openlibrary.org/books/OL25518632M/Types_du_r%C3%A8gne_animal._Buffon_en_estampes | [
"1860s",
"19th century",
"children's book",
"Chlamyphoridae",
"color",
"mammal",
"reference book"
] | [
"Biodiversity Heritage Library",
"the Internet Archive"
] | [
"http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/64231",
"https://archive.org/details/TypesdureYgnean00Trav"
] | Animals | Portrait (taller) | [] | Six-Banded Armadillo | Six-banded armadillo. | The six-banded armadillo (Euphractus sexcinctus) is a South American species in the family Chlamyphoridae. Like all armadillos, its body is protected by a leathery carapace. It is seen here in a hilly landscape.
The caption reads in the original French: Le tatou encoubert.
| |||
null | null | https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/mountains-kintail/ | A Scot has stopped on a mountain path to look at something in the distance | Speed, Lancelot | 1860 | 1931 | [
"UK"
] | Under many flags, or, Stories of Scottish adventurers | [
"Adams, W. H. Davenport"
] | [
"Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd"
] | 1896 | https://openlibrary.org/books/OL22895932M/Under_many_flags_or_Stories_of_Scottish_adventurers | [
"1890s",
"19th century",
"black & white",
"costume",
"male",
"mountain",
"Scotland",
"Victorian"
] | [
"University of California Libraries",
"the Internet Archive"
] | [
"http://libraries.universityofcalifornia.edu/",
"https://archive.org/details/undermanyflagsor00adamrich"
] | People | Portrait (taller) | [
"William H. Ward & Co."
] | Lurking in the Mountains | Lurking in the mountains of Kintail. | A Scot in traditional dress has stopped by a stone on a mountain path and put his gun down to look at something in the distance down the slope.
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null | null | https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/blown-up/ | A deep-sea diver shoots through the surface of the water | Unknown | nan | nan | [] | Under the waves; or, diving in deep waters: a tale | [
"Ballantyne, Robert Michael"
] | [
"James Nisbet and Co."
] | 1887 | https://openlibrary.org/books/OL7197346M/Under_the_waves | [
"1880s",
"19th century",
"black & white",
"boat",
"diving",
"frontispiece",
"Victorian"
] | [
"University of California Libraries",
"the Internet Archive"
] | [
"http://libraries.universityofcalifornia.edu/",
"https://archive.org/details/underwavesordivi00balliala"
] | Narratives | Portrait (taller) | [
"Pearson"
] | Blown Up | Rooney blown up by his wife. | A deep-sea diver shoots through the surface of the water upside down due to his inflated diving suit. His wife and his assistants operating the air pump can be seen standing in a raw boat in the background.
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null | null | https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/astronomers/ | The astronomers got busy | Férat, Jules | 1829 | 1906 | [
"France"
] | Une ville flottante | [
"Verne, Jules"
] | [
"Hetzel"
] | n.d. [ca. 1871?] | https://openlibrary.org/books/OL18091721M/Une_ville_flottante | [
"1870s",
"19th century",
"astronomy",
"black & white"
] | [
"St. Michael's College Library",
"the Internet Archive"
] | [
"http://stmikes.utoronto.ca/kelly/",
"https://archive.org/details/unevilleflottan00vern"
] | Science & technology | Portrait (taller) | [
"Pannemaker, Adolphe François"
] | Astronomers | The astronomers got themselves busy. | Astronomers are setting up an observation station in the field. This picture is an illustration for the story, “The Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa.”
The caption reads in the original French: Les astronomes s’occupèrent.
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null | null | https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/flower-cutter/ | Mechanical cutter for artificial flowers | Valentin, Henry Augustin | 1822 | 1886 | [
"France"
] | L'Illustration | [
"Collective work"
] | [
"Dubochet et Cie"
] | 1857 | nan | [
"1850s",
"19th century",
"black & white",
"industrial",
"machine",
"periodical"
] | [] | [] | Science & technology | Portrait (taller) | [] | Mechanical Cutter for Artificial Flowers | Mechanical cutter for artificial flowers. | In mid-nineteenth century Paris, the making of artificial flowers was a flourishing business. In a time when mechanization already encompassed, to some degree or another, the production of most manufactured goods, this new device was by no means revolutionary. It replaced both the punch and embossing presses. A skilled worker could cut eight to sixteen items in ten seconds as each stroke of the cutting machine, which lasted two seconds at most, could deliver one hundred.
The caption reads in the original French: Découpoir mécanique pour les fleurs artificielles.
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null | null | https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/clothes-sellers/ | The street of the clothes sellers in Kalgan | Vaumort, Édouard | ? | 1886 | [
"France"
] | Le tour du monde | [
"Collective work"
] | [
"Hachette"
] | 1864 | nan | [
"1860s",
"19th century",
"Asia",
"black & white",
"China",
"cityscape",
"crowd",
"periodical",
"street"
] | [
"Robarts Library",
"the Internet Archive"
] | [
"https://onesearch.library.utoronto.ca/",
"https://archive.org/details/letourdumondenou10char"
] | Landscapes & places | Portrait (taller) | [] | Clothes Sellers | La rue des marchands d'habits, à Kalgan. | A street in Zhangjiakou (formerly known as Kalgan) busy with people and animals, where clothes sellers display their goods on a platform and give the sales pitch to passers-by.
This illustration was made from the writings of Catherine de Bourboulon, who left diaries and other documents of her travels in Asia where she spent several years with her husband.
The caption reads: “The street of the clothes sellers in Kalgan.”
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null | null | https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/willy-nilly/ | Into this universe, and why not knowing | Vedder, Elihu | 1836 | 1923 | [
"US"
] | Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám | [
"FitzGerald, Edward",
"Khayyám, Omar"
] | [
"Houghton Mifflin and Company"
] | 1894 | https://openlibrary.org/books/OL468920M/Rubai%CC%84ya%CC%84t_of_Omar_Khayya%CC%84m_the_astronomer-poet_of_Persia | [
"1890s",
"19th century",
"black & white",
"female"
] | [
"The Library of Congress",
"the Internet Archive"
] | [
"http://www.loc.gov/",
"https://archive.org/details/rubaiyatofomark00omar"
] | People | Portrait (taller) | [] | Willy-Nilly Flowing | Into this universe, and why not knowing, | Two female figures can be seen in a whirl of floating veils.
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null | null | https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/snowdrops/ | Art Nouveau ornamental patterns with snowdrop design | Pillard Verneuil, Maurice | 1869 | 1942 | [
"France"
] | La plante et ses applications ornementales | [
"Grasset, Eugène"
] | [
"E. Lévy"
] | n.d. [ca. 1896] | https://openlibrary.org/books/OL25591928M/La_plante_et_ses_applications_ornementales | [
"1890s",
"19th century",
"Art Nouveau",
"color",
"floral",
"flower"
] | [
"The Smithsonian Libraries",
"the Internet Archive"
] | [
"http://library.si.edu/digital-library/book/planteetsesappl00gras",
"https://archive.org/details/planteetsesappl00Gras"
] | Ornaments & patterns | Portrait (taller) | [] | Snowdrop | Snowdrop. | Set of four Art Nouveau ornamental patterns with stylized snowdrop design.
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null | null | https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/head-izamal/ | Colossal head at Izamal | Catherwood, Frederick | 1799 | 1854 | [
"UK"
] | Views of ancient monuments in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan | [
"Catherwood, Frederick"
] | [
"Frederick Catherwood"
] | 1844 | https://openlibrary.org/books/OL25574609M/Views_of_ancient_monuments_in_Central_America_Chiapas_and_Yucatan | [
"1840s",
"19th century",
"Americas",
"cat",
"color",
"hunting",
"Mexico",
"moon",
"night",
"Pre-Columbian",
"reference book",
"sculpture"
] | [
"The Getty Research Institute",
"the Internet Archive"
] | [
"http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/library/",
"https://archive.org/details/gri_33125012602591"
] | Buildings & monuments | Landscape (wider) | [] | Colossal Head | Colossal head at Izamal. | Below is the full text of the note associated with this illustration:
Izamal, at the height of its prosperity, must have been one of the most important of the Indian cities of Yucatan. There is abundant testimony to prove that it was inhabited at the time of the Spanish conquest. There are still remaining several mounds, one of which is the largest in Yucatan, but so dilapitated and disfigured, as to defy accurate measurement: it may be about seven hundred feet long and sixty high. It is said to contain interior chambers and colossal statues; but no entrance at present exists to these subterranean apartments. The great church and convent of the Franciscan monks stands on the upper platform of one of these ancient teocalli, and the open area fronting the church is probably not less than two hundred feet square, surrounded on three sides by an open colonnade, forming a noble promenade, overlooking the modern city of Izamal and the surrounding country to a great distance. On the side of a mound about two hundred feet long, and which formerly had stone and stucco ornaments from one end to the other, is the Colossal Head—perhaps of some deity—represented in the plate: it is seven feet eight inches in height, and seven feet in width. A stone, one foot six inches long, protrudes from the chin, intended perhaps for burning copal on.
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null | null | https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/capital-cloister-vezelay/ | Romanesque Capital with Rosette | Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène Emmanuel | 1814 | 1879 | [
"France"
] | Dictionnaire raisonné de l'architecture française du XIe au XVIe siècle, vol. 2 | [
"Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène Emmanuel"
] | [
"Vve A. Morel et Cie."
] | 1875 | https://openlibrary.org/books/OL14004051M/Dictionnaire_raisonn%C3%A9_de_l'architecture_fran%C3%A7aise_du_XIe_au_XVIe_si%C3%A8cle. | [
"1870s",
"19th century",
"black & white",
"capital",
"Europe",
"France",
"medieval",
"reference book",
"Romanesque",
"sculpture"
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"Robarts Library",
"the Internet Archive"
] | [
"https://onesearch.library.utoronto.ca/",
"https://archive.org/details/dictionnairerais02violuoft"
] | Ornaments & patterns | Portrait (taller) | [] | Romanesque Capital with Rosette | Twelfth-century Capital with Rosette. | Romanesque Capital showing a rosette on a background of foliage design. This twelfth-century capital is from the cloister of the Basilica of Saint Mary Magdalene at Vézelay.
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null | null | https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/grandville-auk/ | An auk wearing a tiara is sitting on a throne with a scepter in one hand and an egg in the other | Grandville, J.-J. | 1803 | 1847 | [
"France"
] | Vie privée et publique des animaux | [
"Collective work"
] | [
"Hetzel"
] | 1867 | https://openlibrary.org/books/OL23356522M/Vie_priv%C3%A9e_et_publique_des_animaux | [
"1860s",
"19th century",
"anthropomorphic",
"bird",
"black & white",
"king"
] | [
"Robarts Library",
"the Internet Archive"
] | [
"https://onesearch.library.utoronto.ca/",
"https://archive.org/details/viepriveetpubl00stahuoft"
] | Animals | Portrait (taller) | [
"Rouget, François"
] | King of the Auks | The king of the auks. | An auk wearing a sort of tiara and holding a scepter in one hand and an egg in the other is sitting on a throne at the edge of an ice field.
The caption reads in the original French: Le roi des pingouins
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null | null | https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/shipwrecked-man/ | A shipwrecked man | Neuville, Alphonse de | 1835 | 1885 | [
"France"
] | Vingt mille lieues sous les mers | [
"Verne, Jules"
] | [
"Hetzel"
] | n.d. [1871?] | https://openlibrary.org/books/OL24245739M/Vingt_mille_lieues_sous_les_mers | [
"1870s",
"19th century",
"black & white",
"retrofuturism",
"swimming",
"underwater"
] | [
"St. Michael's College Library",
"the Internet Archive"
] | [
"http://stmikes.utoronto.ca/kelly/",
"https://archive.org/details/vingtmillelieue00vern"
] | Narratives | Portrait (taller) | [
"Hildibrand, Henri Théophile"
] | Shipwrecked Man | "A man! a shipwrecked man!" I exclaimed. | Through a large porthole looking below sea level, two men are watching a third one swimming underwater.
The caption reads in the original French: ‘Un homme ! un naufragé !’ m’écriai-je .
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null | null | https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/rio-mateo/ | Bridge on the San Mateo river | Lassalle, Émile | 1813 | 1871 | [
"France"
] | Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale, vol. 8 | [
"Orbigny, Alcide Dessalines d'"
] | [
"P. Bertrand"
] | 1846 | https://openlibrary.org/books/OL6908996M/Voyage_dans_l'Ame%CC%81rique_me%CC%81ridionale | [
"1840s",
"19th century",
"Americas",
"black & white",
"Bolivia",
"mountain",
"reference book",
"river",
"South America",
"Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale"
] | [
"Biodiversity Heritage Library",
"the Internet Archive"
] | [
"http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/85973",
"https://archive.org/details/voyagedanslamriq81847orbi"
] | Landscapes & places | Portrait (taller) | [
"Lassalle, Émile"
] | Bridge on the San Matéo River | Bridge on the San Matéo River. | View of the Bolivian wilderness between Cochabamba and San Ignacio de Moxos. Wooded mountain slopes rise steeply on either side of the San Matéo River, across which two tree trunks are thrown by way of bridges.
The caption reads in the original French: Vue d’un passage sur le Rio San Matéo.
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null | null | https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/hog-nosed-skunk/ | Humboldt's hog-nosed skunk | Werner, Jean Charles | 1798 | 1856 | [
"France"
] | Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale, vol. 9 | [
"Orbigny, Alcide Dessalines d'"
] | [
"P. Bertrand"
] | 1847 | https://openlibrary.org/books/OL6908996M/Voyage_dans_l'Ame%CC%81rique_me%CC%81ridionale | [
"1840s",
"19th century",
"color",
"mammal",
"Mephitidae",
"South America",
"Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale"
] | [
"Biodiversity Heritage Library",
"the Internet Archive"
] | [
"http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/85973",
"https://archive.org/details/voyagedanslamr91847orbi"
] | Animals | Landscape (wider) | [
"Annedouche, Christophe"
] | Humboldt’s Hog-Nosed Skunk | Mephitis humboldtii, Blainv. | Humboldt’s hog-nosed skunk (Conepatus humboldtii) is a mammal in the family Mephitidae. It has a long, snout-like nose which it uses to dig out preys and plants. The Humboldt’s hog-nosed skunk is native to South America.
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null | null | https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/basalt-towers/ | The Cayuse Sisters, also known as Twin sisters, a basalt formation on the the Columbia River | Joliet, Auguste | 1839 | 1915 | [
"France"
] | Voyage pittoresque dans les grands déserts du Nouveau Monde | [
"Domenech, Emmanuel"
] | [
"Morizot"
] | 1862 | https://openlibrary.org/books/OL6930793M/Voyage_pittoresque_dans_les_grands_de?serts_du_Nouveau_monde | [
"1860s",
"19th century",
"Americas",
"color",
"North America",
"river",
"rock",
"US"
] | [
"The Library of Congress",
"the Internet Archive"
] | [
"http://www.loc.gov/",
"https://archive.org/details/voyagepittoresqu00dome"
] | Landscapes & places | Landscape (wider) | [
"Joliet, Auguste"
] | Cayuse Sisters | Basaltic towers. | View of the Cayuse Sisters, also known as Twin Sisters, a basalt formation standing on the east bank of the Columbia River, in the Wallula Gap, State of Washington.
The caption reads in the original French: Tours basaltiques.
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null | null | https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/took-pocket-perspective/ | Gulliver stands at the edge of a cliff, looking with a telescope at a city hovering in the sky | Gavarni, Paul | 1804 | 1866 | [
"France"
] | Voyages de Gulliver (4th edition) | [
"Swift, Jonathan"
] | [
"Laplace, Sanchez et Cie."
] | n.d. (after 1862) | https://openlibrary.org/books/OL24144574M/Voyages_de_Gulliver. | [
"19th century",
"black & white",
"Gulliver's travels",
"mountain",
"supernatural",
"watching"
] | [
"Robarts Library",
"the Internet Archive"
] | [
"https://onesearch.library.utoronto.ca/",
"https://archive.org/details/voyagesdegullive00swifuoft"
] | People | Portrait (taller) | [
"Willmann, Édouard"
] | I Took Out My Pocket-Perspective | I took out my pocket-perspective, and could plainly discover numbers of people moving up and down the sides. | Gulliver stands at the edge of a cliff in a mountainous landscape and looks with a telescope at a circular city hovering in the sky high up above him.
The caption reads in the French edition: Très étonné de ce phénomène, je m’armai de mon télescope.
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null | null | https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/borsen/ | View of Børsen with Christianborg Palace in the backround, Copenhagen | Mayer, Auguste Etienne François | 1805 | 1890 | [
"France"
] | Voyages en Scandinavie, en Laponie, au Spitzberg et aux Feröe (Atlas, vol. 1) | [
"Gaimard, Paul (under the direction of)"
] | [
"Arthus-Bertrand"
] | n.d. [1852] | nan | [
"1850s",
"19th century",
"boat",
"cityscape",
"Denmark",
"Europe",
"Voyages en Scandinavie..."
] | [
"the Internet Archive"
] | [
"https://archive.org/details/FOLSC0948_1NOR"
] | Buildings & monuments | Landscape (wider) | [
"Benoist, Philippe"
] | Børsen and Christianborg Palace, Copenhagen | Børsen and Christianborg Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark. | View of Børsen with Christianborg Palace in the backround. Børsen is a seventeenth-century building in the center of Copenhagen, famous for its spire in the shape of four entwined dragons’ tails. It housed the Copenhagen Stock Exchange until 1974.
The caption reads in the original French: La bourse et le palais de Christianborg à Copenhague. Danemark.
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null | null | https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/three-ships/ | I saw three ships | Crane, Walter | 1845 | 1915 | [
"UK"
] | Walter Crane's painting book | [
"Crane, Walter"
] | [
"George Routledge and Sons"
] | n.d. [1889?] | https://openlibrary.org/books/OL19578390M/Walter_Crane's_painting_book | [
"1880s",
"19th century",
"Arts and Crafts",
"children's book",
"chromoxylography",
"color",
"music",
"ship",
"song",
"Victorian"
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"SILS Library",
"the Internet Archive"
] | [
"https://library.unc.edu/sils/",
"https://archive.org/details/waltercranespain00cran"
] | Narratives | Square | [
"Evans, Edmund"
] | Three Ships | I saw three ships. | Three young women each stand on a ship facing the viewer, the first one playing the violin. These three ships look more like small sailing boats, despite their swan figureheads.
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null | null | https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/bolonchen/ | Well of Bolonchen | Catherwood, Frederick | 1799 | 1854 | [
"UK"
] | Views of ancient monuments in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan | [
"Catherwood, Frederick"
] | [
"Frederick Catherwood"
] | 1844 | https://openlibrary.org/books/OL25574609M/Views_of_ancient_monuments_in_Central_America_Chiapas_and_Yucatan | [
"1840s",
"19th century",
"Americas",
"climbing",
"color",
"Mexico",
"reference book",
"rock",
"underground"
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"The Getty Research Institute",
"the Internet Archive"
] | [
"http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/library/",
"https://archive.org/details/gri_33125012602591"
] | Landscapes & places | Portrait (taller) | [] | Well of Bolonchen | Well of Bolonchen. | Below is an excerpt of the note associated with this illustration:
Bolonchen derives its name from two Maya words,—Bolon, which signifies “nine,” and Chen, “wells;” and it means “the nine wells.”
[…] The custody and supply of these wells form a principal part of the business of the village authorities, but with all their care the supply of water lasts but seven or eight months in the year. At the period of our visit the time was approaching when the wells would fail, and the inhabitants be driven to an extraordinary cavern, at half a league’s distance from the village.
There was one grand difficulty in the way of our visiting the cavern, or well. Since the commencement of the rainy season it had not been used; and every year, before having recourse to it, there was a work of several days to be done in repairing the ladders.
Setting out, however, from the village of Bolonchen, by the Campeachy road, we turned off by a well beaten path, following which we fell into a winding lane, and, descending gradually, reached the foot of a rude, lofty, and abrupt opening, under a bold ledge of overhanging rock, seeming a magnificent entrance to a great temple for the worship of the God of nature.
[…] The cave was damp, and the rock and the ladder were wet and slippery. It was evident that the labour of exploring this cave was to be greatly increased by the state of the ladders, and there might be some danger attending it; but, even after all we had seen of caves, there was something so wild and grand in this that we could not bring ourselves to give up the attempt. Fortunately, the Cura had taken care to provide us with a rope, and fastening one end round a large stone, an Indian carried the other down to the foot of the ladder. We followed one at a time; holding the rope with one hand, and with the other grasping the side of the ladder : it was impossible to carry a torch, and we were obliged to feel our way in the dark, or with only such light as could reach us from the torches above and below. At the foot of this ladder was a large cavernous chamber, with irregular passages branching off in different directions to seven deposites or sources of water, from which the village of Bolonchen is supplied.
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null | null | https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/horses-san-marco/ | The Horses of San Marco | Wattier, Édouard | 1793 | 1871 | [
"France"
] | Le magasin pittoresque, vol. 8 | [
"Collective work"
] | [
"Édouard Charton"
] | 1840 | nan | [
"1840s",
"19th century",
"antiquity",
"art",
"black & white",
"Europe",
"horse",
"Italy",
"Le magasin pittoresque",
"periodical",
"sculpture",
"Venice"
] | [] | [] | Animals | Landscape (wider) | [
"Andrew, Best & Leloir"
] | The Horses of San Marco | The horses of Venice, formerly on the Arc du Carrousel, today above the porch of the Basilica of San Marco. | The four horses of San Marco can be seen on the west façade gallery of Saint Mark’s Basilica in Venice. These bronze sculptures used to be part of a Greco-Roman quadriga that was displayed for a long time at the Hippodrome of Constantinople. They were brought to Venice in 1204 at the time of the Fourth Crusade and set up at St Mark’s Basilica in the middle of the thirteenth century.
In 1797, Napoleon had them moved to Paris where they remained before being returned to Venice in 1815.
The caption reads in the original French: Les Chevaux de Venise, autrefois sur l’arc du Carrousel, aujourd’hui au portail de Saint-Marc.
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null | null | https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/red-lionfish/ | Plate showing a red Lionfish (Pterois volitans), a venimous fish in the family Scorpaenidae | Werner, Jean Charles | 1798 | 1856 | [
"France"
] | Histoire naturelle des poissons (volume of plates 9-140) | [
"Cuvier, Georges",
"Valenciennes, Achille"
] | [
"F. G. Levrault"
] | n.d. [1828-1849?] | https://openlibrary.org/books/OL13516498M/Histoire_naturelle_des_poissons | [
"19th century",
"color",
"fish",
"reference book",
"saltwater",
"tropical"
] | [
"The Ernst Mayr Library",
"the Internet Archive"
] | [
"http://library.mcz.harvard.edu/",
"https://archive.org/details/histoirenaturell09140cuvi"
] | Animals | Landscape (wider) | [
"Schmelz, Charles Simon Guillaume"
] | Red Lionfish | Red Lionfish (Pterois volitans). | Plate showing a red Lionfish (Pterois volitans), a fish in the family Scorpaenidae. It can be found in the tropical waters of the Pacific Ocean and the western Atlantic. red Lionfish bear long venimous spines and feed on other fishes and marine invertebrates, such as shrimps, etc.
The caption reads in the original French: Ptérois volant — Pterois volitans. n.
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null | null | https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/mollys-new-bonnet/ | Molly’s new bonnet | Du Maurier, George | 1834 | 1896 | [
"UK"
] | Wives and daughters, vol. 1 | [
"Gaskell, Elizabeth"
] | [
"Smith, Elder & Co."
] | 1866 | https://openlibrary.org/books/OL24341376M/Wives_and_daughters | [
"1860s",
"19th century",
"black & white",
"female",
"Victorian",
"Wives and daughters"
] | [
"the Duke University Libraries",
"the Internet Archive"
] | [
"http://library.duke.edu/",
"https://archive.org/details/wivesdaughtersev01gask"
] | People | Portrait (taller) | [
"Swain, Joseph"
] | Molly’s New Bonnet | Molly’s new bonnet. | A young woman helps herself up to reach a bonnet on a high chest of drawers.
| |||
null | null | https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/questions/ | One or two questions | Du Maurier, George | 1834 | 1896 | [
"UK"
] | Wives and daughters, vol. 2 | [
"Gaskell, Elizabeth"
] | [
"Smith, Elder & Co."
] | 1866 | https://openlibrary.org/books/OL24341376M/Wives_and_daughters | [
"1860s",
"19th century",
"black & white",
"horse",
"mixed genders",
"Victorian",
"Wives and daughters"
] | [
"the Duke University Libraries",
"the Internet Archive"
] | [
"http://library.duke.edu/",
"https://archive.org/details/wivesdaughtersev02gask"
] | Narratives | Landscape (wider) | [
"Swain, Joseph"
] | One or Two Questions | Lady Harriet asks one or two questions. | A man and a woman on horses are facing each other on a road; the woman rides sidesaddle and wears a long riding skirt.
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null | null | https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/redcliffe-south-east/ | View of the south side of St Mary Redcliffe in Bristol showing the transept and churchyard. | Wild, Charles | 1781 | 1835 | [
"UK"
] | Cathedral antiquities of England, vol. 6 | [
"Britton, John"
] | [
"Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown"
] | 1814-1835 | https://openlibrary.org/books/OL25463310M/Cathedral_antiquities | [
"19th century",
"black & white",
"Cathedral antiquities",
"church",
"Europe",
"Gothic",
"Longman & Co.",
"reference book",
"religious",
"UK"
] | [
"The Duke University Libraries",
"the Internet Archive"
] | [
"http://library.duke.edu/",
"https://archive.org/details/cathedralantiqui00brit"
] | Buildings & monuments | Landscape (wider) | [
"Rawle, Samuel"
] | St Mary Redcliffe—South-East | Redcliffe Church—Bristol | View of the south side of St. Mary Redcliffe in Bristol showing the transept and churchyard.
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null | null | https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/niton-church/ | View of the north side of Niton Church and of the churchyard | Winkles, Henry | 1800 | ca. 1860 | [
"UK"
] | Barber's picturesque illustrations of the Isle of Wight | [
"Barber, Thomas"
] | [
"Simpkin and Marshall"
] | n.d. [1834?] | https://openlibrary.org/books/ia:barberspicturesq00barb_0/Barber's_picturesque_illustrations_of_the_Isle_of_Wight_comprising_views_of_every_object_of_interest | [
"1830s",
"19th century",
"black & white",
"church",
"Europe",
"UK"
] | [
"The Getty Research Institute",
"the Internet Archive"
] | [
"http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/library/",
"https://archive.org/details/barberspicturesq00barb_0"
] | Buildings & monuments | Landscape (wider) | [
"Winkles, Henry"
] | Niton Church | Niton Church. | View of the north side of Niton Church with its tower and spire, and of the churchyard.
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null | null | https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/marked-down/ | At early dawn | Wolf, Joseph | 1820 | 1899 | [
"Germany"
] | Once a week, vol. 13 (June-December 1865) | [
"Collective work"
] | [
"Bradbury & Evans"
] | 1865 | nan | [
"1860s",
"19th century",
"black & white",
"deer",
"Once a week",
"periodical",
"Victorian"
] | [
"Robarts Library",
"the Internet Archive"
] | [
"https://onesearch.library.utoronto.ca/",
"https://archive.org/details/onceweek13londuoft"
] | Animals | Landscape (wider) | [
"Swain, Joseph"
] | Early Dawn | Marked down by the harbourer at early dawn. | A crouching deer in a wide clearing.
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null | null | https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/whispered-fiercely/ | Three men are on a boat which has just been lowered to the water from a yacht | Woods, Henry | 1846 | 1921 | [
"UK"
] | Miss or Mrs.? and other stories in outline | [
"Collins, Wilkie"
] | [
"Chatto & Windus"
] | 1894 | https://openlibrary.org/books/OL7021712M/Miss_or_Mrs._and_other_stories_in_outline. | [
"1890s",
"19th century",
"black & white",
"boat",
"mixed genders",
"seascape",
"Victorian"
] | [
"Robarts Library",
"the Internet Archive"
] | [
"https://onesearch.library.utoronto.ca/",
"https://archive.org/details/missormrsandothe00colluoft"
] | Narratives | Landscape (wider) | [] | Whispered Fiercely | "Remember what I told you about Launcelot Linzie!" he whispered fiercely. | A small boat has been lowered to the water from a yacht. On it, two men are maneuvering oars while a third one stands whispering to a man who remained on the yacht.
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null | null | https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/glance-detroit/ | Detroit from the city hall | Woodward, John Douglas | 1846 or 48 | 1924 | [
"US"
] | Picturesque America, vol. 1 | [
"Bryant, William Cullen (editor)"
] | [
"D. Appleton and Company"
] | n.d. [1872?] | https://openlibrary.org/books/ia:picturesqueameri01brya/Picturesque_America_or_The_land_we_live_in._A_delineation_by_pen_and_pencil_of_the_mountains_rivers_ | [
"1870s",
"19th century",
"Americas",
"Appleton",
"black & white",
"cityscape",
"North America",
"US"
] | [
"The UNC university library",
"the Internet Archive"
] | [
"https://library.unc.edu/",
"https://archive.org/details/picturesqueameri01brya"
] | Landscapes & places | Portrait (taller) | [] | Detroit from the City Hall | Glance at Detroit from the city hall. | A man with a dog at his side leans on a balustrade on the roof of the Detroit city hall, overlooking the square and the buildings around.
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null | null | https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/lady-percy/ | Portrait Of Lady Percy, a character from the play Henry IV | Wright, John William | 1802 | 1848 | [
"UK"
] | The heroines of Shakespeare | [
"Shakespeare, William"
] | [
"Phillips, Sampson & company"
] | n.d. [1850?] | https://openlibrary.org/books/OL24240061M/The_heroines_of_Shakespeare | [
"1850s",
"19th century",
"black & white",
"female",
"portrait",
"Shakespeare",
"theater",
"Victorian"
] | [
"The Library of Congress",
"the Internet Archive"
] | [
"http://www.loc.gov/",
"https://archive.org/details/heroinesofshakes00heat"
] | People | Portrait (taller) | [
"Glover, De Lay",
"Kelly, T."
] | Lady Percy | Lady Percy. | Portrait Of Lady Percy, a character from the play Henry IV depicted in act 2, scene 3 of Part I, smiling faintly and looking to the left.
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null | null | https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/frostbitten/ | Frost-Bitten Sun | Doré, Gustave | 1832 | 1883 | [
"France"
] | Wunderbare Reisen ... von Münchhausen | [
"Bürger, Gottfried August",
"Raspe, Rudolf Erich"
] | [
"Insel-Verlag"
] | n.d. [1923?] | https://openlibrary.org/books/OL23362540M/Wunderbare_Reisen_zu_Wasser_un_zu_Lande | [
"19th century",
"allegory",
"black & white",
"Munchausen",
"unwell"
] | [
"Robarts Library",
"the Internet Archive"
] | [
"https://onesearch.library.utoronto.ca/",
"https://archive.org/details/wunderbarereisen00doruoft"
] | Humor | Portrait (taller) | [
"Pannemaker, Adolphe François"
] | Frostbitten Sun | The winter was then so uncommonly severe all over Europe, that ever since the sun seems to be frostbitten. | The sun is represented as a human face with a running nose and suffering from frostbites.
The caption reads in the German edition: Es herrschte damals über ganz Europa ein so außerordentlich strenger Winter, daß die Sonne eine Art von Frostschaden erlitten haben muß, woran sie seit der ganzen Zeit her bis auf den heutigen Tag gesiecht hat.
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null | null | https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/unweariedly-kind/ | A man smoking a pipe is slooking at a boy looking at a parrot in a cage | Wyeth, Newell Convers | 1882 | 1945 | [
"US"
] | Treasure Island (Wyeth) | [
"Stevenson, Robert Louis"
] | [
"Charles Scribner's Sons"
] | 1933 | https://openlibrary.org/books/OL7041966M/Treasure_Island. | [
"1930s",
"20th century",
"children's book",
"color",
"smoking"
] | [
"The New York Public Library",
"the Internet Archive"
] | [
"http://www.nypl.org/",
"https://archive.org/details/treasureisland00stev"
] | Narratives | Portrait (taller) | [] | Unweariedly Kind | To me he was unweariedly kind; and always glad to see me in the galley. | A man smoking a pipe is sitting at a table and looking at a boy looking at a parrot in a cage suspended at the ceiling.
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