spent the better part of today marking up pages for Fees. I’ve never liked tweaking code, but a very fun part of making the pages is finding graphics. While trying to find an illustration, or a piece of clip art suitable for Merrie Haskell’s Rampion in the Belltower (more on this soon, and be sure to keep an eye out for Merrie talking about her experience as a carillonneur interest in carillons), I stumbled upon this site, a clipart library provided by the folks at Florida’s Educational Technology Clearinghouse.
Of genus Amaryllis- A genus of bulbous plants, natural order amaryllidac�, with large, bright colored, lily-shaped flowers upon a stout scape—Whitney, 1902.
All the images are in the public domain, and most of them appear to come from some lovely-sounding old books. This illustration of belladonna, for instance, is from William Dwight Whitney, The Century Dictionary, an Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York: The Century Co., 1902).
These images of dragonflies, too, are so pretty that I think I may be actively searching for something dragonfly related soon!
And then there’s the fairy tale art. A quick search yields 78 records for tower, while decorative letters, famous people, and literary characters each have their own category.
Fairy tale, meantime, returns 158 results, including illustrations (see below), borders, and letter art. Images are available as .gif or .tiff, and instructions on downloads and use are provided at the bottom of each page.
And finally, an image to catch your fancy on a late Tuesday night…
From The Brothers Grimm and Louis Rhead, Grimm’s Fairy Tales, Stories and Tales of Elves, Goblins, and Fairies (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1917)
Thankyou soooo much. Exactly what I was searching for.