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Warwick Castle from the River Warwick and Leamington (Haslehust and Morley) (1920)

The towers of Warwick Castle are silhouetted against a sunset; smoke from the chimneys of two thatched cottages rises up against trees in autumn foliage. In the foreground, a solitary boatsman punts d [...]

Keywords: castles, towers, colour, water, boats, people, houses, sunsets, trees

Places shown: Warwick; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2003-11-09

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Frontispiece: Magdalen Tower. Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

From an Etching by R. Kent Thomas.

Keywords: colleges, bridges, boats, people, trees, towers, colour

Places shown: Magdalen College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-03-05

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Windsor Castle, The Royal Residence Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland (1870)

The history of Windsor Castle is the history of England and of England’s Kings and Queens. [...] The building is worthy of England, and of the long and illustrious line of monarchs who have sat upon o [...]

Keywords: castles, towers, water, boats, flags, views, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: Windsor; Berkshire; England

Added: 2009-11-18

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1.—Scarborough: General View of the South Bay Round The Coast (1895)

A fairly crowded beach even by modern standards, with Victorian bathing machines. From a Photo. by Poulton & Son. “This has been called the “Queen of English Watering-Places,” and is at least unrivall [...]

Keywords: beaches, water, boats, towns, townscapes, cityscapes, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Scarborough; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2006-11-28

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Bedford Bridge The Antiquities of England and Wales (1783)

Published by S Hooper 10 December 1783. D.L. sculp.

Keywords: bridges, water, people, boats, trees, greyscale

Places shown: Bedford; Bedfordshire; England

Added: 2004-04-03

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57.—Ancient British Canoes. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“Some of the Roman writers might lead us to believe that the Britons had boats capable of distant navigation; but this is doubted by most careful inquirers. But the light boats which were peculiar to [...]

Keywords: boats, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-11-07

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58.—British Coracles. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“The primitive inhabitants of all sea-girt countries are fishermen. It is impossible not to believe that the people of Britain, having at their command the treasures of wide æstuaries and deep rivers, [...]

Keywords: people, boats, water, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-11-07

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82.—Roman General, Standard Bearers, etc. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Here are some Roman soldiers in suitable effeminate poses as they reach the shore by crossing a bridge supported by their boats. It was here, then, that the British and Roman weapons first came into c [...]

Keywords: boats, weapons, soldiers, costumes, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-11-07

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86.—Prow of a Roman Galley. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“In the latter part of the summer of the year 55 B. C. (Halley, the astronomer, has gone far to prove that the exact day was the 26th of August), a Roman fleet crossed the Channel, bearing the infantr [...]

Keywords: soldiers, boats, weapons, shields, roman soldiers, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-04-24

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88.—Dover Cliffs. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The white cliffs of dover, complete with fishing boats. The plate is signed “SIBLY” but that could be the original artist or the engraver (or both). “In the latter part of the summer of the year 55 B [...]

Keywords: cliffs, water, boats, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Dover; Kent; England

Added: 2008-09-17

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90.—Dover Cliffs. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The white cliffs of dover, complete with fishing boats in a storm, and with a barrel floating on a wave. “In the latter part of the summer of the year 55 B. C. (Halley, the astronomer, has gone far to [...]

Keywords: cliffs, water, boats, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Dover; Kent; England

Added: 2011-03-13

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93.—Roman Galley. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

An 1840s woodcut representing a Roman coin found in Britain; this coin shows a galley with cox and three (or six) oarsmen, or rowers. Counter to current practice, the rowers face forward. See Fig. 94 [...]

Keywords: boats, ships, slavery, people, roman coins, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-09-16

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