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The Tower Of London Castle Diagram (wallpaper version)

A version of The Tower of London woodcut with the borders and letters removed (and stretched vertically by about 5%) to make a cool wallpaper.

Keywords: wallpaper, backgrounds, castles, towers, battlements, boats, water, moats

Places shown: LondonLondon; England

Added: 2009-02-11

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The Tower of London

A woodcut showing a diagram of the Tower of London and its surringings. There are boats and conttages, battlements and towers, with the keep in the middle of it all. The letters annotating various pa [...]

Keywords: castles, diagrams, battlements, towers, boats, ships, moats

Places shown: LondonLondon; England

Added: 2009-02-11

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Seamen in great distress eat one another

These sailors have only a tattered sail on their mast, and are in a small lifeboat in a raging storm, with a sea inhabited by a strange giant fish. A sailor near the stern of the boat is about to be [...]

Keywords: boats, people, storms, ships, fish, waves, food

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-11-04

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The Tower of London

“London [...] was secured [for William] by the erection of a fortress which afterward grew into the Tower, but William desired to reign not as a conqueror but as a lawful king. At Christmas [A.D. 1066 [...]

Keywords: water, boats, ships, castles, towers, sails

Places shown: London; England

Added: 2007-03-27

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Bedford Bridge

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

Keywords: bridges, water, people, boats, trees

Places shown: Bedford; Bedfordshire; England

Added: 2006-01-11

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Magdalan Bridge and Tower

Magdalan Tower, rising 150 feet in exquisite proportion, and standing just where the Cherwell is spanned by the well-known bridge, is in the opinion of many the fariest sight in Oxford. [p. 9]

Keywords: bridges, towers, churches, water, boats, flowers, colour, colleges

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2006-01-20

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The College Barges and Folly Bridge

The River Cherwell; Folly Bridge is in the distance.

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

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2006-01-20

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Warwick Castle from the River

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: 2006-01-20

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The Leam at Leamington

“For from leafy Leamington every old, historic, and romantic spot in the whole of Shakeslpeare’s classic land can be visited and inspected in a day’s ride in carriage, coach, or motor car.” (p. 32)

Keywords: rivers, water, churches, towers, trees, boats, people, colour

Places shown: Leamington; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2006-01-20

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Plate 73. Ragland Castle

Ragland Castle: gateway and bridge (Ragland is also also called Raglan Castle) The siege and capture of Ragland castle, by Fairfax, in August, 1646, A.D., when the library, containing a great treasure [...]

Keywords: towers, castles, bridges, water, boats, people, clouds, rivers

Places shown: Raglan; Monmouthshire; Wales

Added: 2006-06-30

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Plate 63. Flint Castle

Drawn by H. Gastineau; engraved by S. Lacey.

Sadly, there’s quite a bit less of the castle left today. It was started in 1277 by King Edward I. Flint is spelled “Y Fflint” in Welsh.

Keywords: castles, ruins, towers, water, people, boats

Places shown: Flint; Flintshire; Wales

Added: 2006-06-30

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Plate 72. Caernarvon Castle

The Eagle Tower, Caernarvon (also spelt Caernarfon or Carnarfon). Drawn by H. Gastineau. Engraved by W. Wallis. The castle is seen from across the water, with is towers and turrets silhouetted against [...]

Keywords: castles, water, boats, towers, clouds

Places shown: Caernarvon; Gwynedd; Wales

Added: 2006-06-30

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