Items matching backgrounds taken from The Natural History of Selborne (1879)

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Pictures from The Natural History of Selborne by The Rev. Gilbert White (1788). See the title page for more information about the book.

There is also an entry in the Nuttall Encyclopædia for Gilbert White.

View of Selborne, Detail for use as Desktop Wallpaper

The Natural History of Selborne (1879)

A detail taken from the Frontispiece showing the deer under the tree, with ducks swimming on a pond in the background.

Keywords: views, animals, deer, ducks, wallpaper, backgrounds, trees

Places shown: Selborne; Hampshire; England

Added: 2006-01-14

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

The Magpie

The Natural History of Selborne (1879)

Magpies and jays flutter with powerless wings, and make no dispatch; herons seem incumbered with too much sail for their light bodies; but these vast hollow wings are necessary in carrying burdens, su [...]

Keywords: birds, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: none

Added: 2008-07-16

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Partridge Wallpaper

The Natural History of Selborne (1879)

A desktop background (wallpaper image) picture; it’s a version of the Partridges engraving with most of the background removed.

Keywords: wallpaper, backgrounds, birds

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-01-14

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

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