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barefootliam<p><a href="https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Subert-Cechy-Vol2/pages/131-initial-letter-v-with-mermaid/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fromoldbooks.org/Subert-Cechy-</span><span class="invisible">Vol2/pages/131-initial-letter-v-with-mermaid/</span></a></p><p>A decorated letter V for a dropped capital, formally an inhabited initial, from an 1884 book about Vltava in Bohemia (Czechia). The V has a mermaid in it, &amp; fishes &amp; an eel swim about her. She’s naked (do mermaids wear clothes?).</p><p>Decorated initials are used in print at the start of a chapter, or at the start of a section without a title so you can find it easily.</p><p><a href="https://floss.social/tags/fantasyArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fantasyArt</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/mermaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mermaid</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/initial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>initial</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/letterV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>letterV</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>typography</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/initialLetter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>initialLetter</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/fromOldBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fromOldBooks</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/woman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>woman</span></a></p>
barefootliam<p><a href="https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Cassell-TheBritishIsles/pages/v2s2-000-frontispiece-llanthony-priory/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fromoldbooks.org/Cassell-TheBr</span><span class="invisible">itishIsles/pages/v2s2-000-frontispiece-llanthony-priory/</span></a></p><p>A photograph of the ruins of Llanthony Abbey published in 1905 using a proprietary photogravure process from the Rembrandt Intaglio Printing Co.</p><p>The abbey ws built around 1200CE by Augustinian monks, and closed at the Dissolution by King Henry VIII; it was abandoned, and eventually used as a farm.</p><p><a href="https://floss.social/tags/romanticRuin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>romanticRuin</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/fromOldBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fromOldBooks</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/vintagePhotograph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintagePhotograph</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/sepia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sepia</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/stoneBuilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stoneBuilding</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/llanthonyPriory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>llanthonyPriory</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/HondduValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HondduValley</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Wales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wales</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Cymru" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cymru</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Welsh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Welsh</span></a></p>
barefootliam<p>Llanthony Priory, Vally of the Honddu, Wales, UK, from a 1905 photograph.</p><p>The priory was built around 1200 by Augustinian monks, but was closed at the Dissolution in the 16th century, and fell into a ruin; it was partly reused as a farm.</p><p>Process: Rembrandt Photogravure.</p><p><a href="https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Cassell-TheBritishIsles/pages/v2s2-000-frontispiece-llanthony-priory/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fromoldbooks.org/Cassell-TheBr</span><span class="invisible">itishIsles/pages/v2s2-000-frontispiece-llanthony-priory/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://floss.social/tags/ruins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ruins</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/abbey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abbey</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/priory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>priory</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/llanthony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>llanthony</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/llanthonyPriory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>llanthonyPriory</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Welsh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Welsh</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/wales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wales</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/vintagePhotograph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintagePhotograph</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/hills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hills</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/cows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cows</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/romanticRuin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>romanticRuin</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/fromOldBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fromOldBooks</span></a></p>
barefootliam<p>A painting by Arthur Rackham (1867--1937) for a 1906 edition of The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm</p><p>I also made the border available as a separate image.</p><p><a href="https://floss.social/tags/arthurRackham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arthurRackham</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/watercolour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>watercolour</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/waterColourArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waterColourArt</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/watercolor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>watercolor</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/fantasyArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fantasyArt</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>painting</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/fromOldBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fromOldBooks</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/barefoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>barefoot</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/ogre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ogre</span></a></p>
barefootliam<p><a href="https://www.fromoldbooks.org/DasBuchFurAlle/pages/421-washing-the-viola/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fromoldbooks.org/DasBuchFurAll</span><span class="invisible">e/pages/421-washing-the-viola/</span></a></p><p>The washer-woman or maid has already put the violin through the tub or hot water and soap and is now orking on the viola. The owner rushes into the room in a panic!</p><p>An engraving from 1890.</p><p>The original painting was auctioned in 2021, as “Spring Cleaning, or, A Diligent Housekeeper.”</p><p>Amusing but strong classist undertones.</p><p><a href="https://floss.social/tags/vintageEngraving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintageEngraving</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/fobo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fobo</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/humour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humour</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humor</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/funny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funny</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/cleaner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cleaner</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/classistBigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>classistBigotry</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/LouisGunnis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LouisGunnis</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/angry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>angry</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/anger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anger</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/viola" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>viola</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/fromOldBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fromOldBooks</span></a></p>
barefootliam<p>Is that a quidditch snitch in her hand? </p><p>This engraving was made to sell the borders in it, &amp; appeared in a printer’s catalogue of 1917.</p><p><a href="https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Strong-BookOfDesigns/pages/36a-banner-with-woman-and-sphere/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fromoldbooks.org/Strong-BookOf</span><span class="invisible">Designs/pages/36a-banner-with-woman-and-sphere/</span></a></p><p>More at <a href="https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Strong-BookOfDesigns/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fromoldbooks.org/Strong-BookOf</span><span class="invisible">Designs/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://floss.social/tags/artDeco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artDeco</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/artNouveau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artNouveau</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/jugendStile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jugendStile</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/fromOldBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fromOldBooks</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/vintageEngraving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintageEngraving</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/quidditch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quidditch</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/harryPotter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harryPotter</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/GIMP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GIMP</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/xsane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>xsane</span></a></p><p>PS: mention of quidditch is NOT an endorsement of the views of its inventor...</p>
barefootliam<p><a href="https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Ridpath-GreatRacesOfMankind-Vol3/pages/200-land-of-the-semites/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fromoldbooks.org/Ridpath-Great</span><span class="invisible">RacesOfMankind-Vol3/pages/200-land-of-the-semites/</span></a></p><p>Land of the Semites. Desert and Caravan. From John Ridpath’s 1893 “Great Races of Mankind”. Described in the text as showing Palestine.</p><p><a href="https://floss.social/tags/palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>palestine</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/vintagePhotograph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintagePhotograph</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/fromOldBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fromOldBooks</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/desert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>desert</span></a></p>
barefootliam<p><a href="https://www.fromoldbooks.org/ModerneKunst-07/pages/079-my-dearest-child/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fromoldbooks.org/ModerneKunst-</span><span class="invisible">07/pages/079-my-dearest-child/</span></a></p><p>A “genre painting” by Arnaldo Ferragut (1862-1925), engraved by Richard Bong in 1893.</p><p><a href="https://floss.social/tags/fobo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fobo</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/motherhood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>motherhood</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/woman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>woman</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/child" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>child</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/boy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boy</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/love" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>love</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/affection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>affection</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/comfort" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>comfort</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/hugging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hugging</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/fromOldBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fromOldBooks</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/clipart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>clipart</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/woodEngraving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>woodEngraving</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/genrePainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genrePainting</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/vintageArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintageArt</span></a></p>
barefootliam<p>A Summer Evening - a painting by Hermann Schlittgen (1859&nbsp;– 1830) that was exhibited at the Berlin Great Exhibition of 1893</p><p><a href="https://www.fromoldbooks.org/ModerneKunst-07/pages/170-chinese-lantern/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fromoldbooks.org/ModerneKunst-</span><span class="invisible">07/pages/170-chinese-lantern/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://floss.social/tags/fobo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fobo</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/fromOldBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fromOldBooks</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/woodEngraving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>woodEngraving</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/chineseLantern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chineseLantern</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/vintage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintage</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>painting</span></a></p>
barefootliam<p><a href="https://www.fromoldbooks.org/WilliamMorris-KelmscottChaucer/pages/397-astrolabe-illo-with-closest-border/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fromoldbooks.org/WilliamMorris</span><span class="invisible">-KelmscottChaucer/pages/397-astrolabe-illo-with-closest-border/</span></a></p><p>Illustration of man holding an astrolabe from the <a href="https://floss.social/tags/William" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>William</span></a> Morris edition of the works of <a href="https://floss.social/tags/GeoffreyChaucer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeoffreyChaucer</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://floss.social/tags/fobo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fobo</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/fromOldBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fromOldBooks</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/clipart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>clipart</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>border</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/woodEngraving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>woodEngraving</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/boy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boy</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/castle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>castle</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/astrolabe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrolabe</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/medieval" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medieval</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/mediaeval" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mediaeval</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/artsAndCrafts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artsAndCrafts</span></a></p>
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