Items matching animals taken from The Story of Some English Shires (1897)

New search

animals: items depicting or describing creatures, whether wild or tame. The animals must be clearly depicted but need not be the main focus of an image or text.

one matching result.

Pictures from The Story of Some English Shires by Mandell Creighton, D.D., Lord Bishop of London (1843 – 1901). My copy says there were one hundred and fifty copies made.

There is also an entry in the Nuttall Encyclopædia for Mandell Creighton.

Much Wenlock Abbey.

The Story of Some English Shires (1897)

A man stands smoking his pipe in the ruined arch of this ancient abbey. Sheep gaze on are much away at the grass growing in the ruins of the cloisters. The man is presumably a shepherd, although it’ [...]

Keywords: abbeys, ruins, people, animals, sheep, cloisters, backgrounds, wallpaper

Places shown: Much Wenlock; Shropshire; England

Added: 2007-01-17

+ S K L R N

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

[1]