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Chiddingfold, Surrey
A cottage in Chiddingfold, Surrey (in the South of England), showing the use of tile to cover the upper storey’s walls and the chimney. It is signed by Sidney Jones and dated 1906. [more...] |
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Guildford Castle, Surrey
the entrance to Guildford castle, Surrey [more...] |
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Letter T from page 47
A decorative initial used as a drop cap (drop capital) at the start of a chapter. The letter features an open casement window with two birds sitting on the top and another flying [...] [more...] |
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Nether Alderly, Cheshire
“To the great majority of the public, the study of architecture is generally of little interest, but these cottages of black-and-white, more especially those of Cheshire, have always found a place in [...] [more...] |
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Letter N from page 63
A decorative initial used as a drop cap (drop capital) at the start of a chapter. The letter features a candlestick with smoke. 327x500 23K, 60x92 2K, 154x236 7K, 205x314 11K, 274x419 17K, 487x745 38K, 649x993 55K, 866x1325 83K, 1155x1768 114K, 1540x2357 163K, 3080x4714 339K |
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Long Wittenham, Oxfordshire.
From a water-colour by Wilfrid Ball, R.E. [more...] |
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Long Wittenham, Oxfordshire (Wide-screen background version)
A version of Wilfrid Ball’s painting of a thatched house in the English village of Long Wittenham made to fit a wide-screen or high-definition screen, for use as a wallpaper or desktop background image. [more...] |
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Decorative element: overgrown well bucket
A woodcut of a well bucket with rope and overgrown winch, used at the end of a chapter. You could also see a letter “A” in it, so I have also marked it as a decorative initial A. [more...] |
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Suckley, Worcestershire.
From a water-colour drawing by E. A. Chadwick. [more...] |
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Pershoew, Worcestershire
From a [painting] by Wilmot Pilsbury. A bucolic pastoral scene of half-timbered english country cottages, complete with a hay-rick and a cattle barn, and a string of washing. [more...] |
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Lustleigh, Devonshire.
From an oil-painting by Grosvenor. [more...] |
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