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druids: This keyword is used whenever an author associates something with the Celts, Picts, or prehistoric inhabitants of Britain and Northern Europe.

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Pictures and Maps from “Complete HISTORICAL DESCRIPTIONS of a New and Elegant COLLECTION of PICTURESQUE VIEWS and REPRESENTATIONS of the ANTIQUITIES of ENGLAND and WALES: Being a Grand Copper-Plate Repository of Elegance, Taste, and Entertainment containing a New and Complete Collection Of superb VIEWS of RUINS and ANTIENT BUILDINGS [etc. etc.]” by Henry Boswell, Esq. F.A.S., London, some time around 1786.

The plates in this book are copies of the ones in Grose’s Antiquities, which obviously saved Mr. Boswell a lot of money in preparing his book but these days might be considered a little improper. Or to put it another way, it’s an eighteenth-century rip.

The maps are not taken from Grose’s book, however.

I do not own a copy of this book. The scans were made at low resolution (300dpi) and in uncorrected colour; I bought them on a CD at an ebay store, Outpost164; if you do the same you might also want the CD of vol III of Grose’s Antiquities sold there. It does bother me that the seller is clearly buying the books, scanning the images, then rippping the books apart to sell the plates.

I have put up the Unedited images and also a few that I have edited. If you want me to edit more you will need to send me your socks, or something.

Stone Henge in Wiltshire, wallpaper version

Stone Henge in Wiltshire, wallpaper version

The Antiquities of England and Wales (1786)

A version of Stone Henge in Wiltshire [1780] with the publisher’s name removed from the bottom, making it the right shape for many computer screens. There is also a widescreen stonehenge wallpaper ver [...]

Keywords: wallpaper, backgrounds, ruins, temples, megaliths, druids, stone circles, spooky

Places shown: Stonehenge; Salisbury Plain; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2008-08-27

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

49.—Stone Henge, in Wiltshire.

49.—Stone Henge, in Wiltshire.

The Antiquities of England and Wales (1786)

Stonehenge in a woodcut from 1786. I would not assume that the drawing is very accurate. In the foreground is a group of people on the ground, to give a sense of scale. Stone Henge, in Wiltshire. Pu [...]

Keywords: ruins, temples, megaliths, druids, stone circles

Places shown: Stonehenge; Salisbury Plain; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2008-08-27

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

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