Ruins of Lindisfarne Priory details

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Ruins of Lindisfarne Priory

Source:

Grose, Francis: “The Antiquities of England and Wales” (1783)

Place shown:

Lindisfarne, Northumberland, England

Keywords:

abbeys, castles, windows, arches, ruins, people, clouds, bare feet, nudity, colour

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public domain in the USA, out of copyright in Canada, hence royalty-free stock image for all purposes and no usage credit required

Notes:

The caption reads, History Preserving the Monuments of Antiquity. The side View of Lindisfarne, or Holy Island Monastery, Northumberland. Pub. 25 May 1781 by S. Hooper The image is signed, S. Spurrow sc.

Death is represented as a naked winged man with a scythe, reaping away our past; History is a woman in a white dress, preventing him.

External link to a haunting picture of Lindisfarne Priory by S. Lowrey

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