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cityscapes: a view of a city from afar.

Synonyms: vistas, townscapes, urban landscape

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York Minster from the Walls

York Minster from the Walls

The British Isles (1905)

“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

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

View of Oxford

View of Oxford

Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

From an Etching by H. Toussaint.

Engraved by Davison.

Keywords: views, cities, trees, towers, cityscapes

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2006-01-04

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

Blois

Blois

Cathedral Cities of France (1907)

The spires of Blois cathedral are seen across the River Loire. “To most travellers in France the town of Blois is associated with a château rather than with a cathedral; it is oneof a group or towns k [...]

Keywords: cityscapes, views, rivers, water, cathedrals, spires

Places shown: Blois; Loir-et-Cher; France

Added: 2006-09-16

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

Frontispiece: Lâon, View From the Plain

Frontispiece: Lâon, View From the Plain

Cathedral Cities of France (1907)

The Cathedral of Lâon, or Laon, Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Laon, was built in the 12th century. “Voillet-le-Duc, in his review of the cathedral of Lâon, says that it has a certain ring of democracy and [...]

Keywords: colour, cityscapes, views, cathedrals, sheep, hills, trees

Places shown: Lâon; Picardy; France

Added: 2006-06-29

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

Angers

Angers

Cathedral Cities of France (1907)

“The French yearning to make everything new” has done its work in Angers, but through Fulk, Geoffrey, René, and the rest would be at a loss to recognise their old capital in the trim modern town, enou [...]

Keywords: cityscapes, views, rivers, water, cathedrals, spires

Places shown: Angers; Maine-et-Loire; France

Added: 2008-07-09

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

Chartres

Chartres

Cathedral Cities of France (1907)

Chartres Cathedral, Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres, “Cathedral of Our Lady in Chartres” was rebuilt in the 13th century after it was destroyed by lightning in 1194. “ “Chartres,” says Mr. Henry jam [...]

Keywords: cathedrals, cityscapes, views, colour, trees, water, sunsets, bridges

Places shown: Chartres; Eure-et-Loir; France

Added: 2006-06-30

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

Holyrood Palace From the Public Gardens Under Calton Hill

Holyrood Palace From the Public Gardens Under Calton Hill

Edinburgh (1912)

“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

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

Frontispiece: Auld Reekie

Frontispiece: Auld Reekie

In Search of Scotland (1929)

Auld Reekie, or Edinburgh; in the distance the castle, but everywhere there is smoke.

Keywords: cityscapes, colour

Places shown: Edinburgh; Lothian; Scotland

Added: 2008-01-13

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

2271.—Oxford from the Abingdon Road.

2271.—Oxford from the Abingdon Road.

Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“If in one of those magic freaks of which eastern tales are so full, a person who had never seen Oxford or Cambridge, nor paid much attention to aught he might have read about them, were set down just [...]

Keywords: views, people, cities, cityscapes, water, towers

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2006-03-19

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

400.—Winchester

400.—Winchester

Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“The successor of Henry Beauclerk was also an usurper. The rival pretensions of Stephen of Blois and the Empress Matilda filled the land with bloodshed and terror for nineteeen years. From the north t [...]

Keywords: views, churches, trees, cities, cityscapes

Places shown: Winchester; Hampshire; England

Added: 2005-12-20

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

View from City Walls (background version)

View from City Walls (background version)

Red Book Of York (1901)

A version of View from the City Walls cropped for use as a screen background. Choose the size nearest to your computer’s monitor resolution. There is also a widescreen version.

Keywords: wallpaper, backgrounds, cathedrals, cityscapes, views

Places shown: York; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2008-09-23

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

View From City Walls (Widescreen Version)

View From City Walls (Widescreen Version)

Red Book Of York (1901)

A version of View from the City Walls cropped for use as a screen background. Choose the size nearest to your computer’s monitor resolution. There is also a 1600x1200 (4:3) version.

Keywords: wallpaper, backgrounds, cathedrals, cityscapes, buildings, people, views, street scenes

Places shown: York; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2008-09-23

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