Items matching cities

Leys Street.

An old (undated) photograph of Laystraat in Antwerp. I can see signs for the Norwich Union, and for a large hotel (Metropole?) and also for F. Dierckx.

Keywords: cities, buildings, street scenes, old photogrphs, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Antwerp; Belgium

Added: 2007-08-15

+ S K L R N

4.—View on the Grand Canal

The Grand Canal, Venice; the Canal Grande is the largest canal in Venice.

Keywords: water, canals, colour, cities, buildings

Places shown: Venice; Veneto; Italy

Added: 2006-05-22

+ S K L R N

Plan of York

Plan of the city of York, from approx. 1890

Keywords: maps, plans, cities

Places shown: York; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2006-01-03

+ S K L R N

York Minster from the Walls

“It is almost impossible for a Yorkshireman to write of York in anything but the language of enthusiasm. To him York is what Rome is to the Roman, Paris to the Parisian, Jerusalem to the Jew. London a [...]

Keywords: cities, views, walls, roman remains, churches, cathedrals, abbeys, towers, cityscapes

Places shown: York; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2006-01-03

+ S K L R N

St. Anthony At the City

The city here may be Padua in Italy, or it could be Nurenberg, now in Germany.

Keywords: cities, people, religion

Places shown: unspecified

Added: 2006-01-08

+ S K L R N

Widow Mourning

The book describes a train journey from Cairo to Kafr et Zayat station at Tantah. This illustration appears to depict a woman clad in black and wearing a shawl, citing in amidst the ruins of some anc [...]

Keywords: cities, ruins, people, graveyards, tombs

Places shown: Egypt

Added: 2006-02-10

+ S K L R N

Slave Market

“I must mention, as one of the ex-Kedive’s best actions, the abolition of the slave trade, which was flourishing in Egypt only a short time since. Very few years have gone by since I myself was one of [...]

Keywords: slavery, streets, cities, bare feet

Places shown: Cairo; Egypt

Added: 2006-01-03

+ S K L R N

Harmsworth’s Encyclopædia (1904)

Overview map of Oxford from 1900 or so, showing the River Thames of Isis, giving the names of almost all the streets, marking the colleges of Oxford University, the railway and other items.

Keywords: maps, plans, cities, colleges

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2006-01-20

+ S K L R N

Oxford and its Colleges

The figure is captioned as follows: 1. Oriel. 2. St. John’s. 3. Christ Church Cathedral and Chapter House. 4. Christ Church and Tom Tower. 5. St. Mary’s and ‘the High. 6. Magdalen College and Bridge f [...]

Keywords: colleges, cathedrals, towers, churches, cities

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2006-01-20

+ S K L R N

High Street

“Most old towns are like palimpsests, parchments which have been scrawled over again and again, by their successive owners. Oxford, though not one of the most ancient of English cities, shows, more le [...]

Keywords: cities, buildings, streets, towns, colleges, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2006-04-26

+ S K L R N

View of Oxford

From an Etching by H. Toussaint.

Engraved by Davison.

Keywords: views, cities, trees, towers, cityscapes

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2006-01-04

+ S K L R N

Holyrood Palace From the Public Gardens Under Calton Hill

“Holyrood Palace stretches across the picture east and west, and is dominated by Arthur’s Seat and Salisbury Crags. The dark turret at the west end of the nearest and north wing contains the private s [...]

Keywords: abbeys, manors, cities, houses, trees, mountains, birds, palaces, views, cityscapes, colour, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Edinburgh; Lothian; Scotland

Added: 2006-01-03

+ S K L R N