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Contains 86 Results:

Lion, ox, man

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6, Object: 22
Scope and Contents

Lion, ox, man is a drawing of a man's from behind folding a spear with tropical plants in the background. A lion is also draw as well as a black and white sketch og an ox. This image has no larger piece of paper pasted behind it like many of the other drawings in this folder.

Dates: 1879-1956

Bookplate and Shield

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6, Object: 23
Scope and Contents Bookplate and Shield is a drawing of a turtle with wings and a banner. The background is green with flower and book decorations. "Bookplate" is written below this drawing. Below this image is another drawing of a shield with two animals, likely rats. One animal has the sun behind it and the other has the moon behind it. "Sheild" is written below this drawing. "Time eEats the Day and and Night" is written at the bottom right of the paper. The drawing is pasted to another piece of paper but...
Dates: 1879-1956

Jesus and Animals

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6, Object: 24
Scope and Contents

Jesus and the Animals is an image of a blond haired Jesus with a halo surronded by a lion, horse, cat, and three birds. A tree is drawn in the background. The drawning is pasted to a larger piece of paper with "20 D'apre B-J WaterColor.BondThin" written on the back.

Dates: 1879-1956

Peregrine Falcon

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6, Object: 25
Scope and Contents

Peregrine Falcon is a black and white drawing od three Peregrine Falcons with intricate detail especially in the feathering. "EMK Peregrine Falcon. Trucal. South Persian Gulf" is written at the bottom right of the drawing. The drawing is not pasted to a larger piece of paper like the majority of the other objects in this folder.

Dates: 1879-1956

"On the Caging of Song Birds"

 Item — Box: 1, Frame: 6, Object: 26
Scope and Contents

"On the Caging of Song Birds" is a black and white drawing of a a bird of prey overlooking a desk with small people in three cages. An owl is in the background. The drawing is posted to a larger piece of paper that has "On the Caging of Song Birds" written at the bottom of it. The back of the paper has "Brush-Ink" written on the bottom of it.

Dates: 1879-1956

"Flee fro the press an dwelle" (Truth, Ballade de bon Conseil of Goeffrey Chaucer)

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7, Object: 2
Scope and Contents

"Flee fro the press an dwelle" (Truth, Ballade de bon Conseil of Goeffrey Chaucer) is a sheet of text with decorated border and a historiated inital. The text Truth by Geoffrey Chaucer. Text is in black and red.

Dates: 1879-1956

"Somtyme this world was so... (Lack of Stedfastnesse Balade)"

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7, Object: 3
Scope and Contents

"Somtyme this world was so... (Lack of Stedfastnesse Balade)" is a sheet of text with black, red, and blue text. Decorated intials and colorful space fillers are also on the page. The text is Goeffrey Chaucer's Lack of Stedfastnesse Balade.

Dates: 1879-1956

"Or see your colour lyk the sonne bright"

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7, Object: 4
Scope and Contents

"Or see your colour lyk the sonne bright" is a page of text in black and red. The front of the page is text from Chaucer's poem titled The Complaint of Chaucer to his Purse. The back of the page seems incomplete with room for an undrawn itital at the top left. An initial with metallic gold paint is present near the bottom of the page.

Dates: 1879-1956

"Of holynesse, of regnys, of victory is,"

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7, Object: 5
Scope and Contents

"Of holynesse, of regnys, of victory is," is a page of tect in black and red. The front of the page has a decorated intial in green with gold paint. The back has several small decorated initials.

Dates: 1879-1956

"'He thoughthe thus...' (Chaucer's Dream From The Dethe of Blaunche the Duchesse"

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7, Object: 6
Scope and Contents

"'He thoughthe thus...' (Chaucer's Dream From The Dethe of Blaunche the Duchesse" is a page of text in red, blue, and black. The back has two decorated initials. The front of the page is unfinished with room for a large inital in the top left corner. The text of the page is Chaucer's Dream from the Book of the Duchess by Geoffrey Chaucer.

Dates: 1879-1956