Illustrative Title Pages

Decorative title pages from historical publications, combining elaborate designs and imagery, indicative of the time period's artistic style.

Haarlem, Loosjes, widow Adriaan Pietersz., Amsterdam, Best, Johannes Alexander Rudolf, Title page for: H. Muller, Youth and Virtue; or the Example of the children at Rozendaal, proposed to all young people to follow, Haarlem 1840, Boy in the garden of the castle, verso middle - stamped, print, prints, height 153 mm, width 100 mm, 1797 - 1855-01-12, print maker, printmaker, 1807 - 1840, first quarter 19th century, second quarter 19th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publicatie, publisher, uitgever, 1840 - 1840
Haarlem, Loosjes, widow Adriaan Pietersz., Amsterdam, Best, Johannes Alexander Rudolf, Title page for: H. Muller, Youth and Virtue; or the Example of the children at Rozendaal, proposed to all young people to follow, Haarlem 1840, Boy in the garden of the castle, verso middle - stamped, print, prints, height 153 mm, width 100 mm, 1797 - 1855-01-12, print maker, printmaker, 1807 - 1840, first quarter 19th century, second quarter 19th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publicatie, publisher, uitgever, 1840 - 1840
46 assets in this story
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Livre de Tables de Diverses Formes (Title Page). Designer: Jean Bernard Toro (French, Dijon 1672-1731 Toulon). Dimensions: Plate: 13 × 8 7/8 in. (33 × 22.5 cm)Sheet: 16 7/8 × 11 1/8 in. (42.8 × 28.3 cm) irregular edges. Etcher: de Rochefort (French, active first half 18th century). Publisher: Jacques-Nicolas Le Pas Dubuisson (French, 1663-1733). Date: 1716 or after. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Title page for: 'Fanny Wilkes', 1788. Title page with a minnent couple whose woman opens a curtain from the four-poster bed next to them. The lady lying in bed looks shocked.
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Fables. Author: Written by Jean de La Fontaine (French, Château-Thierry 1621-1695 Paris). Dimensions: Overall: 20 1/4 x 15 in. (51.4 x 38.1 cm). Illustrator: Charles Percier (French, Paris 1764-1838 Paris). Publisher: Published by Pierre Didot l'ainé (French, 1761-1853) , Paris. Date: 1802.This two-volume edition of La Fontaine's Fables is one of several illustrated editions of the poet's work that Didot published. It is fourth in Didot's five-part "Louvre editions," following the The Works of Racine (1801-5) and preceding The Works of Boileau (1816). The twelve headpiece illustrations were designed by Charles Percier, who also designed the illustrations for the second installment of the "Louvre editions," namely the The Works of Horace. Like the other "Louvre editions," it is a large folio printed on wove paper from the famous factory at Annonay. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Print, Title Page; Designed by Jules-François Boucher le fils (French, 1736 - 1782); France; drawing on off white laid paper; Album H47.9xW33.9xD3.5 cm
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Haarlem, Loosjes, widow Adriaan Pietersz., Amsterdam, Best, Johannes Alexander Rudolf, Title page for: H. Muller, Youth and Virtue; or the Example of the children at Rozendaal, proposed to all young people to follow, Haarlem 1840, Boy in the garden of the castle, verso middle - stamped, print, prints, height 153 mm, width 100 mm, 1797 - 1855-01-12, print maker, printmaker, 1807 - 1840, first quarter 19th century, second quarter 19th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publicatie, publisher, uitgever, 1840 - 1840
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Calligraphic title page to Volume 2 with bust of the poet John Gay with garlands, dramatic masks, panpipes, torch. Copperplate engraving by John Hall from Fables by John Gay, with a Life of the Author, John Stockdale, London, 1793.
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Title page for: A. Pz. Lessons, "The woman in the four eras hairs 'lives', 1809. Title page with a globe, where four putti represent the four times in the life of the woman.
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Cartouche framed with attributes of the Free Arts, Franz Cleyn, 1645 paper etching ornament ~ cartouche. predatory birds: eagle. the liberal arts, 'Artes Liberales'. the liberal arts represented otherwise, e.g. by emblems, symbols
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Title page for: Pieter van Winter, 'Horatius Lierzangen', 1804. Title page with a portrait in the profile of the Roman poet Quintus Horace Flaccus. The portrait is caught in an ornamental picture frame with palm leaves, a winch, trumpets and a arrows beam.
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Title page for: Rhijnvis Feith, 'Oden and Poems', 1796, Reinier Vinkeles (I), 1796 print Amsterdam paper etching / engraving writer, poet, author. incense-burner ~ scents, perfumes
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Portrait of Floris V, Graaf van Holland and Zeeland, Reinier Vinkeles (I), 1808 print Amsterdam paper etching
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Photo production of a portrait of John Bunyan; Portrait of John Bunyan (...). .
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. Title page of: scene of a remuting of three Scheveningen visschers, with a boat from England to Holland, in January by Den Jare 1781. The three fishermen in a small boat on the high seas.
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Titelpagina voor: Belinfante, Parabelen van Agnes Franz, 1830.Veiled woman is sitting on cloud and holds mirror for facing sitting woman, possibly personification of caution, at globe or mirror with snake.
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Allegory with architecture; Title page for: S.N. The friend of children, 1792. A personification of architecture and two putti with attributes on clouds.
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Two hunters in the forest and title, Johannes Alexander Rudolf Best, After H.P. Oosterhuis, 1837 print print maker: Amsterdampublisher: Haarlem paper etching hunters hunting (N.B.: In 1988-1990 this notation denoted the concept of 43C11421 'hunters resting during the hunt')
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Woman with a harp at a waterfall; Title page for: Almanac for the beautiful and good, 1835. Woman with a harp at a waterfall in a landscape.
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Title vignette with learned writing at a table in study, François van Bleyswijck, 1720 print Title vignette with learned writing at a table in a study. On the table a snake curls around a mirror and looks at its reflection. The frame of the vignette has been crowned with various attributes such as musical instruments, religious symbols such as an incense barrel and also the double head of Janus and a winged hourglass. print maker: Leidenpublisher: Delft paper etching / engraving bard, lyric poet. scholar in his study. Janus' head, two-faced head. hourglass
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Title page for volume II of 'A collection of prints, from pictures painted for the purpose of illustrating the dramatic works of Shakspeare' , Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, Characters, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Antony and Cleopatra. Thomas Pennant Barton Collection
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Journey for Eternity ca. 1830 J. J. Grandville. Journey for Eternity. J. J. Grandville (French, Nancy 1803-1847 Vanves). ca. 1830. Lithograph on green paper. Prints
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Le sacre de Louis XV, roy de France & de Navarre, dans l'église de Reims, le dimanche XXV octobre MDCCXXII 1723 Pierre Dulin. Le sacre de Louis XV, roy de France & de Navarre, dans l'église de Reims, le dimanche XXV octobre MDCCXXII. Pierre Dulin (French, 1669-1748). 1723. Paris, France. Charles Nicolas Cochin I (French, Paris 1688-1754 Paris)
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Meet Me, My Dearest!, 1800s. England, 19th century. Lithograph;
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Belvédère Nijmegen, Derk Anthony van de Wart, 1815 - 1824
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Title plate for La Maison Hantée Made 1896 France. Lithograph in black on off-white chine . Odilon Redon
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Silhouettes of the wife and son of Gerrit Pape, Anonymous, After Gerrit Pape, 1792 print Title with the silhouette of the woman and the son of statesman and poet Gerrit Pape in the middle. paper etching mother and baby or young child
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Title page for: Adriaan Pietersz. Loosjes, 'The life of Maurits Lijnlager', 1808, Reinier Vinkeles (I), 1808 print Title page with two men who sound their glasses together. In the background musician figures. print maker: Amsterdampublisher: Haarlem paper etching / engraving instrumental and vocal music together. banquet of elegant company (+ toast at meal, banquet)
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Montmorin Saint-Hérem, Armand Marc Comte de.
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Title page for: Pieter Huisinga Bakker, 'Poëzy, third part', 1790, Reinier Vinkeles (I), 1751 - 1806 print Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Cupids: 'Amores', 'Amoretti', 'Putti'. flowers
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Photo production of a painted portrait of Johannes Calvin by Holbein, Anonymous, After Holbein, c. 1859 - in or before 1864 photograph paper albumen print picture, painting. historical persons
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Sleeping Boy, Daniël Vrevalwaard (I), 1823 print A sleeping boy on a rock in the water. Haarlem paper etching / engraving sleeping; unconsciousness. boy (child between toddler and youth)
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Haarlem, Loosjes, widow Adriaan Pietersz., Steyn, Johannes, Amsterdam, Best, Johannes Alexander Rudolf, Title page for: Captain Marryat, Rattlin the Sailor, Haarlem 1838, Rattlin the sailor balances cheerfully on a drinking bottle for two friends, verso bottom center - stamped, print, prints, height 241 mm, width 148 mm, 1797 - 1855-01-12, print maker, printmaker, 1807 - 1838, first quarter 19th century, second quarter 19th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Dutch, 1805-11-30 - 1840-12-18, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher
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Wood engraving by N. Hofmann commemorating the arrival of Elisabeth, Duchess in Bavaria, in Linz on April 21, 1854, featuring two portrait medallions and blind embossing.
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Silhouettes of the woman and son of Gerrit Pape; Title page for: Gerrit Pape, mine cheerful philosophy in my exile, 1792.Title with the Middle the Silhouette of the Woman and the Son of Statesman and Poet Gerrit Pape.
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An etching by Claude Auguste Berey from 1710 depicting the title page of La Gallerie du Palais du Luxembourg, based on paintings by Rubens and designs by Nattier.
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Title page with calligraphy and vignette of three skeletons on a gravestone, the Last of the Graces. Drawn and engraved on steel by Richard Dagley from his own Deaths Doings, Consisting of Numerous Original Compositions in Verse and Prose, J. Andrews, London, 1827. Dagley (1761-1841) was an English painter, illustrator and engraver.
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Title page for: 'De Waereld', 1786, Reinier Vinkeles (I), After Jacobus Buys, 1786 print Title page with Adam and Eva that are driven out of paradise. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving an angel chases Adam and Eve out of paradise with a (flaming) sword
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Opera 1799 Horace Roman This is the second book in Didot's five-part project known as the "Louvre editions" (1798-1816). Situated between The Works of Virgil and The Works of Racine, it marked the pivotal transition in Didot's suite between authors from antiquity and those from modern France. The twelve headpiece illustrations were designed by Charles Percier, who also designed the headpieces in the penultimate installment of Didot's project, La Fontaine's Fables.. Opera 351789
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Portret van Joseph Dominique Aldebert de Chambrun, Adolphe Braun & Cie., C. 1870 - C. 1880 photograph paper carbon print historical persons (+ (full) bust portrait)
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Coastal landscape with ruins and an allegorical representation of Greece as a chained woman in a graveyard; Title page for: Marie-Gabriel-Florent-Auguste de Choiseul-Gouffier, Voyage Pittoresque de la Grèce, 1782..
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Contemporary artistic gallery: painters and sculptors, Henri Demess, Ludovic Baschet, 1881 Paris paper. cardboard. leather agate marbled paper / combed marbled paper / printing Paris paper. cardboard. leather agate marbled paper / combed marbled paper / printing
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Summering in Colorado. Joseph Collier (American, born Scotland, 1836 - 1910)
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Tribute to Goya, 1885 print Cover for an album of six prints from Redon. print maker: Franceprinter: Paris paper title-page
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Bookplate: Ex libris G.W. Boot., 1960, Wellington, by E Mervyn Taylor. Gift of Mrs E Henderson, 1987.
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James McNeill Whistler, 1834-1903, American, active in Britain (from 1859), Title Page of "A Series of Sixteen Etchings of Scenes of the Thames and Other Subjects", 1871. Letterpress on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.
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Portfolio for Yvette Guilbert 'Série anglise' , Actresses, Guilbert, Yvette, 1865-1944. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901). Prints and Drawings
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Study for Portfolio Cover: "Folk Art of Rural Pennsylvania". Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 46.5 x 37 cm (18 5/16 x 14 9/16 in.). Medium: gouache on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: American 20th Century.