| Description | English: Decoration by Hans Weiditz from a book printed in 1534 |
| Date | 1534 |
| Source | Imperatorum et Cæsarum vitæ (https://archive.org/details/imperatorumetcae00hutt/page/n3/mode/2up) |
| Author | Hans Weiditz |
Horizontal Grotesque by Hans Weiditz
Tag Archives: Cherubs
Grotesque Headpiece with Cherubs Riding Half-Vegetable Dragons Backwards
| Description | English: Grotesque headpiece from the title page of Las Casas’ Brevissima relacion de la destruycion de las Indias, 1552 |
| Date | 1552 |
| Source | Brevissima relacion de la destruycio de las Indias (https://archive.org/details/breuissimarelaci00casa/page/n5/mode/2up) |
| Author | Anonymous |
Cleland Ornaments
| Description | English: Ornaments from the Cleland Ornaments collection from American Type Founders |
| Date | 1923 |
| Source | ATF specimen book (https://archive.org/details/1923AmericanTypeFoundersSpecimenBookCatalogue/page/n733/mode/2up?q=indexes) |
| Author | Anonymous |
These scalable ornaments can be used at any size.
Postscript
| Description | English: “Postscript” header with trumpet-blowing cherub |
| Date | 1830 |
| Source | Specimen of Printing-Types, and Ornaments, from the Letter Foundry of J. Howe & Co. (https://archive.org/details/specimenofprinti00jhow/page/n169/mode/2up) |
| Author | Anonymous |
This scalable illustration can be used at any size.
Lamp and Books Tailpiece
| 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 |
Tailpiece with Cherubs
From Gleason’s Pictorial, 1853.