Items matching forests

On the Edge of Sherwood Forest

From the Painting by John MacWhirter, R.A. John MacWhirter (1839 – 1911) was a Scottish painter. He showed great promise as a boy, and his work was shown at the Royal Academy of Art (entitling him to [...]

Keywords: colour, trees, views, forests, deer, animals

Places shown: Sherwood Forest; Nottinghamshire; England

Added: 2005-12-31

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There Sleeps Titania (detail without the frame)

This is the central image from There Sleeps Titania, with the architectural arch removed. There is also a magnified detail so you can see more clearly the fabulous technique of one of the greatest eng [...]

Keywords: people, fairies, cherubs, nudity, bare feet, forests, snails, soldiers, royalty, shakespeare, spooky

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-10-22

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There Sleeps Titania

“From the Midsummer Night’s Dream. R. Huskisson. Pinx. Fred Heath. Sculp. The engraving shows Titania as a nearly-naked woman with a tiara of pearls, surrounded by her female maids-in-waiting. In the [...]

Keywords: people, fairies, cherubs, nudity, bare feet, forests, snails, soldiers, royalty, shakespeare, spooky

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-10-22

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Ophelia.

(Hamlet.) A. Hughes, Pinxt. C. Cousin, Sculpt. Ophelia is perhaps Hamlet’s former lover. She sits by the river plucking flowers one by one and worrying them in her hands; shortly afterwards she drown [...]

Keywords: people, water, flowers, trees, forests, shakespeare

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-03-17

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In Needwood Forest

“. . . the Roman road from leicester to Chester skirted the Forest of Needwood, and was held by a station at Uttoxeter” (p. 177) In Needwood Forest is some of Britain’s most ancient woodland. It is ma [...]

Keywords: forests, trees, backgrounds, wallpaper, spooky

Places shown: Needwood Forest; Tutbury; Staffordshire; England

Added: 2005-09-20

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In a Gloomy Wood

In the midway of this our mortal life, I found me in a gloomy wood, astray Gone from the path direct: and e’en to tell It were no easy task, how savage wild That forest, how robust and rough its growt [...]

Keywords: forests, spooky, people, trees

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-10-28

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Bucolic scene from a glade in a forest.

A young man, topless and bare-legged, sits on a rock in a forest and dangles his feet as he plays a pipe or recorder. His dog is by his side. In the background, a young woman, wearing a dress, appro [...]

Keywords: people, forests, nudity, bare feet, dogs

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-10-18

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Decorative initial letter B

An almost-naked young mang sits on a rock and plays a recorder or pipe in a forest; his dog sits next to him, and in the background a young woman approaches. There is a large letter “B” in the German [...]

Keywords: initials, letterb, people, bare feet, dogs, animals, forests

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-10-18

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A Glade in the New Forest

(From a Photograph by F. G. Short, Lyndhurst) Frederick Golden Short died in 1936, 70 years ago, in the UK; this images is therefore out of copyright and I place the scanned image in the public domain [...]

Keywords: paths, forests, trees, spooky

Places shown: New Forest; Hampshire; England

Added: 2003-04-28

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Magdalen Tower From Christchurch

From an Etching by A. Brunet-Debaines

Keywords: colleges, churches, towers, trees, forests, christmas

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2006-01-04

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Frontispiece

At the edge of a clearing in the forest stands a tall tree; a knight’s sword, shield and stirrup hang from the tree, and two hunting dogs are tied to it. A richly dressed man stands talking to a wood- [...]

Keywords: forests, trees, people, weapons, water, animals, christmas

Places shown: New Forest; Hampshire; England

Added: 2006-01-20

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Map of the New Forest and Adjacent Country

Map of the New Forest and surrounding area, published in 1811; it shows Christchurch Bay and the Southampton River to the South, Titchfield and Owselbury to the East, Christchurch and Cranborne to the [...]

Keywords: maps, colour, forests, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: New Forest; Hampshire; England

Added: 2006-01-20

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