| Description |
English: Tailpiece with lamp, books, and reading cherub
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| Date | |
| Source | The Magazine of Art Gift Book, 1880 (https://archive.org/stream/magazineofartgif00unse#page/n12/mode/1up) |
| Author | Anonymous engraver |
Category Archives: Books
A Saxon Housewife in the Middle Ages
“From a painting by Hugo Vogel.” From Frank Leslie’s Sunday Magazine, 1888.
Reading on a Hot Summer Afternoon
From Frank Leslie’s Sunday Magazine, 1888.
Child Reading on the Beach, by Walter Crane
From Legends for Lionel, 1887
Sunday Evening, by R. Westall
| Description |
English: Sunday Evening, engraved from a painting by Richard Westall, shows a family reading the Bible
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| Date | |
| Source | The Religions Souvenir for MDCCCXIII (https://archive.org/stream/religioussouveni1833phil#page/n70/mode/1up) |
| Author | Richard Westall, painter; J. W. Steel, engraver |
Holy Thoughts, by J. McRae
| Description |
English: A woman reading a Bible, engraved by J. McRae
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| Date | |
| Source | The Rose of Sharon, 1855 |
| Author | J. McRae |
The Astor Library, New York
Study Is Nourishment for the Mind
“Children should study so as not to be ignorant all their lives.” From The Child’s Pictorial Preceptor, 1842.
Reading the Bible Seriously
From a Sunday-school tract called “Amelia Finley; or, the Careless Reading of the Bible Reproved.”
The Royal Windsor Edition of the Complete Works of Shakespeare
| Description |
English: The Royal Windsor Edition of the Complete Works of Shakespeare, substantially bound in English Silk Cloth and stamped in gold on the side and back from special unique designs
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| Date | |
| Source | Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co. catalogue, 1893 (https://archive.org/stream/illustratedcatal00cars#page/251/mode/1up) |
| Author | Anonymous illustrator |