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Mermaid Street, Rye

Another old street is Mermaid Street, with its famous inn of that name and its beautiful timbered hospital In this street lived Samuel Jeakes, a well-known Rye worthy, born in 1623; he was a lawyer an [...]

Keywords: drawings, streets, buildings

Places shown: Rye; Sussex; England

Added: 2008-10-30

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The Old year and the New

A jester crowns the new year as a young woman, and ushers out the old year, an old woman. This picture was obviously made for the end of 1866 and the start of 1867; it is dated 1867 in the text. It w [...]

Keywords: comics, drawings, people, new year, jesters, women, people

Places shown: none

Added: 2008-12-23

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The West Front, From the Minster-yard.

The Exchequer Gate [...] admits us into a small paved square—the Minster-yard—surrounded on three sides by low ecclesiastical dwellings. Filling the whole of the fourth side, just in front of us, ri [...]

Keywords: cathedrals, gothic architecture, street scenes, costumes, victoriana, crowds, drawings, buildings, arches, entrances

Places shown: Lincoln; Lincolnshire; England

Added: 2008-09-11

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The Exchequer Gate and the West Front of the Cathedral.

At Lincoln [Cathdral,] Lancet-Pointed work is again preponderant, but Decorated work is very conspicuous and singularly fine, Norman features still remain, and Perpendicular art completes the majestic [...]

Keywords: cathedrals, gothic architecture, street scenes, crowds, drawings

Places shown: Lincoln; Lincolnshire; England

Added: 2008-09-11

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