Items matching cathedrals taken from Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) (results page 1)

565.—Canterbury Cathedral, South Side. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“Look at Canterbury. How many changes of architectural taste are not there visible; how many different periods of are history may not be there traced: yet is the effect anywhere discordant?—Oh, he wer [...]

Keywords: churches, cathedrals, buildings, towers, windows, greyscale

Places shown: Canterbury; Kent; England

Added: 2006-08-24

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566,—Cathedral Precinct Gateway. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Entrance to Canterbury Cathedral precinct. “VVe need not subjoin any detailed architectural descriptions. The Cathedral is pleasantly situated in an extensive court, surrounded by gardens, cemetery, t [...]

Keywords: entrances, cathedrals, greyscale

Places shown: Canterbury; Kent; England

Added: 2006-01-18

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567.—Chapel in Canterbury Cathedral. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“[...] an ancient chair in the chapel of the Holy Trinity, formed also of grey marble, in pieces, which is used for the enthronization of the Archbishops of the See, and which, sayeth tradition, was t [...]

Keywords: chairs, furniture, interiors, cathedrals, churches, arches, windows, greyscale

Places shown: Canterbury; Kent; England

Added: 2006-08-26

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574.—Lincoln Cathedral. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The individual images of Lincoln Cathedral are not called out in the text. This engraving shows an overall view of this Early English style cathedral.

Keywords: cathedrals, architecture, towers, spires, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Lincoln; Lincolnshire; English

Added: 2011-06-18

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576.—Lincoln Cathedral. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Lincoln Cathedral in the 1800s. The individual images of Lincoln Cathedral are not called out in the text. This wood-engraving shows an overall view of this Early English style cathedral. (the page in [...]

Keywords: cathedrals, architecture, towers, spires, greyscale

Places shown: Lincoln; Lincolnshire; English

Added: 2011-07-22

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577.—Interior of Lincoln Cathedral. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The Nave, unequalled, it is supposed, in the world for its combined magnitude and beauty of proportion, and the curious Galilee porch, so richly decorated, are among the next additions; the use of the [...]

Keywords: interiors, cathedrals, churches, windows, pews, people, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Lincoln; Lincolnshire; England

Added: 2011-04-25

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The Coronation Chair Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The celebrated stone which now forms the seat of the coronation chair of the sovereigns of England is a flat stone, nearly square. It formerly stood in Argyleshire, according to Buchanan; who also say [...]

Keywords: colour, chairs, royalty, interiors, cathedrals

Places shown: London; England

Added: 2012-11-17

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580. – EEarly English Turret, Lincoln. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The individual images of Lincoln Cathedral are not called out in the text. Early English is an architectural term, meaning the English style of building with Gothic pointed arches that was used predom [...]

Keywords: cathedrals, architecture, towers, spires, greyscale

Places shown: Lincoln; Lincolnshire; English

Added: 2008-09-18

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589.—Durham Cathedral. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Durham Cathedral is a UNESCO world heritage site today. It was built in the 11th century and so is almost a thousand years old. But it still works. partial alterations, improvements, and some importan [...]

Keywords: cathedrals, interiors, pillars, churches, people, shadows, light, greyscale

Places shown: Durham Durham; England

Added: 2012-08-17

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929.—North West View of Salisbury Cathedral. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The bishopric of Salisbury was created by the union of the sets of Wilton and Sherbourne, which was done by order of Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury, in 1075. [...] The ceremony of laying the found [...]

Keywords: cathedrals, buildings, towers, spires, windows, gothic architecture, people, arches, roofs, greyscale

Places shown: Salisbury; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2011-06-11

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1053.—Glasgow Cathedral. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“As St. Patrick’s Cathedral is the chief specimen of Gothic architecture in Ireland, so is Glasgow Cathedral (Fig. 1053) the most perfect relic of the kind in Scotland, or anywhere else, in the opini [...]

Keywords: cathedrals, churches, towers, waterfalls, water, people, windows, greyscale

Places shown: Glasgow Glasgow; Scotland

Added: 2007-01-22

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1055.—St. Magnus, Kirkwall. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The Reformation in Scotland, which had so nearly caused the destruction of Glasgow Cathedral, spared one other building of the same kind, and only one—the Cathedral of St. Magnus, at the seaport twn o [...]

Keywords: churches, cathedrals, buildings, towers, greyscale

Places shown: Kirkwall; Orkney Islands; Scotland

Added: 2010-04-10

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