Items matching interiors (results page 4)

The Old BachelorIllustrirtes Familienbuch zur Unterhaltung & Belehrung häuslicher Kreise, V Band (1858)

Der alte Junggeselle — Il vecchio celibe a man is down on one knee cleaning a pot. The room around him appears untidy and includes a coffee-grinder that has not been put away, along with clothing, an [...]

Keywords: people, interiors, cleaning, men, kneeling, working, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2021-04-11

+ S K L

71. Penshurst Place, KentThe Growth of the English House (1909)

Penshurst Place, Kent. The Great Hall. There’s another picture in Wharton’s book, English Ancestral Homes of Noted Americans. Penshurst Place dates from the first half of the 14th Century, and was ori [...]

Keywords: manors, interiors, fireplaces, windows, ceilings, colour

Places shown: Penshurst; Kent; England

Added: 2003-08-04

+ S K L R N

733.—Oxford Cathedral.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The picture shows great stone pillars or columns supporting semicircular arches, tall ceilings, and, in the foreground, perhaps a choirmaster’s chair and a choir stall with two books seemingly strewn [...]

Keywords: norman architecture, cathedrals, churches, interiors, arches, pillars, columns, church architecture, greyscale

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2025-04-13

+ S K L R N

735.—St. Peter’s, Northampton.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Vast stone pillars and semicircular arches, with the characteristic Norman zigzag decoration, identify this as a Norman building and indeed it’s from the early 12th century, between 1120 nd 1140. Sain [...]

Keywords: churches, interiors, norman architecture, pillars, arches, greyscale

Places shown: Northampton; Northamptonshire; England

Added: 2014-01-29

+ S K L R N

The Columbarium.South by East: Notes of Travel in Southern Europe (1877)

It is a funeral procession: the mourners walk in line down the steps and into the columbarium where the ashes of the dead will be placed. The chamber is lit by torches carried by mourners and also by [...]

Keywords: death, burial, interiors, gloomy, roman remains, spooky, people, music, greyscale

Places shown: Rome; Italy

Added: 2012-05-29

+ S K L R N

Galileo at the Florentine Royal CourtModerne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band VII (1893)

Galilei am Florentinischen Fürstenhofe, which is, Galileo at the Florentine Royal Court. The engraving, by IJ Sommer, after a painting by Annibale Gatti, is one of several showing Galileo meeting with [...]

Keywords: galileo, milton, science, telescopes, people, beards, interiors, arches, history of science, greyscale

Places shown: Italy

Added: 2021-06-23

+ S K L

Christchurch CollegeOxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

Staircase to the hall at Christchurch College, Oxford
From an Etching by A. Brunet-Dubaines.

Keywords: stairs, interiors, vaulting, people, colleges, colour

Places shown: Christchurch College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-03-05

+ S K L R N

931.—Chapter House, Salisbury.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The chapter-house is 58 feet in diameter, internally, and 52 feet high to the vaulting. (p. 258) [...] The chapter-house (Fig. 931) is an interesting building. Internally it is very beautiful and hig [...]

Keywords: interiors, cathedrals, windows, churches, religion, gothic architecture, arches, gothic arches, tracery, vaulting, vaulted ceilings, columns, mullions, greyscale

Places shown: Salisbury; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2018-10-18

+ S K L R N

Old Advert: Arts and Crafts FurnitureScribner’s Magazine 1903 No. 11 (1903)

Arts and Crafts furniture Built true to the household art established by William Morris. No nails or screws are used in construction. A furniture of character and richness. Send for our free booklet [...]

Keywords: advertisements, furniture, interiors, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2008-01-05

+ S K L

Old Advert: Razall Loose Leaf SystemScribner’s Magazine 1903 No. 11 (1903)

An old advertisement for a book-keeping system. A person stands holding a pen on the left, and on the right a man with a monocle sports a moustache. behind them is a desk with folders and an open ledg [...]

Keywords: advertisements, offices, interiors, people, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2008-01-05

+ S K L

The Sabôt Maker’s FamilyThe Forest of Arden With Some of its Legends (1914)

A sabôt is a sort of wooden shoe or clog. One may hear [the wooden-shoe maker’s] noisy laughter and loud song ringing out to the accompaniment of the strokes of his short hatchet with which he shapes [...]

Keywords: people, interiors, colour, work, windows, children, mothers, chairs, tables, carpentry, motherhood

Places shown: none

Added: 2013-11-03

+ S K L

The Vigil of ArmsBill Nye’s History of England (1900)

“The most peculiar condition required for entry into knighthood was the “vigil of arms,” which consisted in keeping a long silent watch in some gloomy spot—a haunted one preferred—over the arms he was [...]

Keywords: people, cartoons, humour, spooky, ghosts, occult, interiors, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-10-31

+ S K L

The Dancing DollsThe Table Book of Art (1880)

Burnett’s The Dancing Dolls Simple and home-like. A little Italian boy, with puppets, has “struck luck,” in finding a grandfather and grandmother entertaining two grandchildren. Delight is universal [...]

Keywords: art, people, children, toys, games, interiors, dolls, dance, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2012-11-15

+ S K L

Sheepkeeper - Sheep ShopkeeperThrough the Looking-Glass And What Alice Found There (1871)

“Oh, much better!” cried the Queen, her voice rising to a squeak as she went on. “Much be-etter! Be-etter! Be-e-e-etter! Be-e-ehh!” The last word ended in a long bleat, so like a sheep that Alice q [...]

Keywords: alice, illustrations for children, interiors, shops, sheep, costumes, people, animals, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2015-05-26

+ S K L

Alice and the Sheep in a Rowing BoatThrough the Looking-Glass And What Alice Found There (1871)

The tea-shop turned into a river and Alice was rowing the boat...

Keywords: alice, illustrations for children, people, boats, animals, sheep, interiors, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2015-05-25

+ S K L

1047.—Stone Church, Nave and Chancel.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Stone is a town in Cheshire.

Keywords: churches, interiors, arches, greyscale

Places shown: Stone; Cheshire; England

Added: 2003-07-31

+ S K L R N

Room in which Lawrence Washington was born, Sulgrave ManorAncestral Homes of Noted Americans (1915)

“It was in this rrom that Lawrence Washington, sone of Robert, and great-great-great grandfather of George Washington, was born.” (p. 106) “Lawrence Washington, of Gray’s Inn, lived in or near Northa [...]

Keywords: interiors, beds, george washington, greyscale

Places shown: Sulgrave; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2006-06-27

+ S K L R N

A Laboratory.Astrology (1806)

Eighteenth century science labs had elegant curtains!

Keywords: people, science, interiors, diagrams, windows, alchemy, astrology, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-12-28

+ S K L

SummerIm Wechsel Der Tage (1885)

A girl in a long formal pleated dress sits reading a book; she is sitting on a wooden chair with an upholstered cushion for the back and another for the seat; she clutches her frilly lace collar with [...]

Keywords: people, sitting, interiors, victoriana, dresses, women, girls, costumes, potted plants, summer, reading, books, concentration, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2018-02-11

+ S K L

At the booksellerA Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy (1885)

The bookseller climbs a ladder to reach a book, which he is about to hand to a customer, a lady in 18th century dress and bonnet, in this bookshop [US: bookstore]. The bookseller made a bow, and was g [...]

Keywords: people, interiors, books, pictures of books, bookshops, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2008-05-15

+ S K L