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Pictures from Old English Country Cottages, edited by Charles Holme [1848-1923], London Paris and New York, 1906

This book (and all that it contains) is out of copyright, because it was published jointly in the US and UK before 1923.

Long Wittenham, Oxfordshire (Wide-screen background version)

Long Wittenham, Oxfordshire (Wide-screen background version)

Old English Country Cottages (1906)

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 imag [...]

Keywords: backgrounds, cottages, colour

Places shown: Long Wittenham; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2008-02-19

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

Biddenden, Kent

Biddenden, Kent

Old English Country Cottages (1906)

Signed Sydney R Jones 1906.

Biddenden village Web site

Keywords: cottages, houses, windows, sketches, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Biddenden; Kent; England

Added: 2006-01-20

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

Frontispiece: Cranbrook, Kent

Frontispiece: Cranbrook, Kent

Old English Country Cottages (1906)

From a water-colour drawing by Herbert Alexander, A.R.W.S.

Cropped version suitable for screen background, lightened

Keywords: cottages, flowers, gardens, houses, colour, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Cranbrook; Kent; England

Added: 2006-01-20

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

Lustleigh, Devonshire.

Lustleigh, Devonshire.

Old English Country Cottages (1906)

From an oil-painting by Grosvenor. “Of these cottages it can truly be said that they are growths of the soil, trimmed and clipped somewhat by man, but never enough that they can be described as “works [...]

Keywords: cottages, trees, people, houses, thatched cottages, windows, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Lustleigh; Teignbride; Devon

Added: 2006-01-20

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

Frontispiece: Cranbrook, Kent

Frontispiece: Cranbrook, Kent

Old English Country Cottages (1906)

From a water-colour drawing by Herbert Alexander, A.R.W.S.

Cropped version suitable for screen background

Keywords: cottages, flowers, gardens, houses, colour, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Cranbrook; Kent; England

Added: 2006-01-20

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

Guildford Castle, Surrey

Guildford Castle, Surrey

Old English Country Cottages (1906)

the entrance to Guildford castle, Surrey One of the features of the Surrey cottage, indeed of all those counties where tile was the principal roofing material, is the skill with which the tiling is ad [...]

Keywords: castles, street scenes, buildings, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Guildford; Surrey; England

Added: 2008-08-21

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

Suckley, Worcestershire.

Suckley, Worcestershire.

Old English Country Cottages (1906)

From a water-colour drawing by E. A. Chadwick.

A brick cottage, with a half-timbered part. A girl kneels and another person, probably a child, seems to be talking with her. Lots of trees.

Keywords: cottages, houses, people, children, trees, colour, christmas, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Suckley; Worcestershire; England

Added: 2006-10-07

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

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