Items matching interiors (results page 7)

Hall of Christ Church College OxfordOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“Christchurch, you have no doubt heard, is the richest, most magnificent, and most celebrated of all the collegiate establishments of Oxford. It is the especial resort of the sons of the richest gentr [...]

Keywords: colour, colleges, interiors, people, ceilings

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2005-11-06

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84.—The Alcazar at Toledo (Begun 1548)Architecture: Gothic and Renaissance (1896)

Several people stand or sit around, disconnected individuals, on the flagstone floor of the Alcázar, made to seem insiginficant by the height of the pillars and arches, perhaps 60 feet or more (10 met [...]

Keywords: castles, pillars, arches, people, interiors, columns, fortifications, balustrades, balconies, roman remains, greyscale

Places shown: ToledoToledo; Spain

Added: 2025-08-17

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2440.—The Cockpit.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“We may be grateful that the Cockpit (Fig. 2440) does deal with an amusement that no longer exists—there is hardly even a type left of the class to which it belonged, its gambling adjunct of course ex [...]

Keywords: games, birds, people, interiors, greyscale

Places shown: London; England

Added: 2006-01-04

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Trop tard!La France Illustrée: Journal Literaire, Scientifique & Religieux (1878)

A young man, barefoot and dressed in rags, is half-kneeling, his head i his hands, at a bench in front of an enclosed bed, on which sleeps, or perhaps is dead, an old man. A priest holding a book loo [...]

Keywords: death, people, bare feet, poverty, priests, men, interiors, beds, furniture, grief, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2020-10-31

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The Angel Appears Unto Zacharias.Religion in the Home (1913)

The Angel Appears Unto Zacharias.—Luke 1 12,13. Zacharias is shown holding a thurible, spreading incense before an altar. A tablet in the background bears the numbers one through ten in Roman numerals [...]

Keywords: christmas, angels, bare feet, interiors, religion, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-12-21

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The Angel Appears Unto Mary.Religion in the Home (1913)

The Angel Appears Unto Mary.—Luke 1:35. Here the angel is a barefoot man with wings and a long robe, carrying I think an olive branch, and a dove flies overhead. Mary stands by a reading-stand. The p [...]

Keywords: christmas, religion, angels, people, wings, interiors, greyscale

Places shown: Nazareth; Palestine

Added: 2007-12-13

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Jesus teaching in the TempleReligion in the Home (1913)

“Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.”— Luke 2:52. When Herod died, Joseph brought our blessed Lord and His mother back from Egypt, and went to live at Nazareth. We d [...]

Keywords: people, religion, christmas, scholars, beards, bare feet, interiors, temples, greyscale

Places shown: Jerusalem; Palestine

Added: 2010-11-18

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It is the home comforts and fireside virtuesGems by the Way-Side: An Offering of Purity and Truth (1878)

A lady—we may assume the mother—sits on a couch, or chaise-longue, with a girl on her lap and another against her shoulder; a boy sits next to her with a picture-book. In the background, two men are h [...]

Keywords: people, interiors, children, victorian costumes, mothers, reading, books, couches, drawing rooms, candelabra, victorian gentlemen, boys, girls, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-04-24

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A Cathedral CryptEngland Beautiful (1936)

Stone pillars support ancient arches; on the right lies an ornate carved tomb of some long-forgotten knight, shrouded in darkness and alone in death.

Keywords: tombs, cathedrals, interiors, arches, spooky, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: England

Added: 2006-06-07

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Wycliffe’s Pulpit at LutterworthThe Story of Some English Shires (1897)

Today John Wycliffe is remembered most for his translation of the Bible; he preached from this stone pulpit in Lutterworth Church. The last half of the fourteenth century found Leicester again connect [...]

Keywords: pulpits, arches, interiors, church architecture, churches, religion, greyscale

Places shown: Lutterworth; Leicestershire; England

Added: 2013-05-24

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Ashurbanipal sacrificing the lions he has killedLa Civilizacion (1881)

King Ashurbanipal ruled over what was then the largest empire the world had ever seen, now called the Neo-Assyrian Empire. The empire lasted for around three hundred years (911 – 612 BCE). The scene i [...]

Keywords: people, royalty, assyria, religion, sacrifices, interiors, colour, lions, animals, costumes, processions

Places shown: Assyria

Added: 2018-05-22

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Mosque of CordovaTurrets Towers and Temples (1899)

The interior of the great Mosque of Cordova, the La Mezquita. Abd al-Rahman I began construction in A.D. 785 (give or take a year). The stones are actually red and white. The building was converted t [...]

Keywords: temples, mosques, interiors, religion, arches, architecture, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Cordova; Spain

Added: 2006-12-07

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Cavalier Costumes, Time of Charles II. A.D. 1670.The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 3) (1878)

The coloured engraving shows four adults in a room decorated with pictures in ornate frames and wallpaper; the room has pillars leading to an entrance with a view. The people in the view are, from lef [...]

Keywords: costumes, cavaliers, people, men, women, goatees, interiors, music, musical instruments, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2018-08-10

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Oak gallery at Hauteville HouseVictor Hugo et Son Temps [Victor Hugo and His Times] (1881)

La Galerie de chène de Hauteville-House. Victor Hugo was proud of his library. This room contains an extremely elaborate candelabra for lighting and has ornate oak panels on the walls and door. There [...]

Keywords: interiors, rooms, candelabra, paneling, dark, books, pictures of books, gloomy, greyscale

Places shown: Guernsey

Added: 2018-06-15

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The AlhambraTurrets Towers and Temples (1899)

“When you issue from these dark passages into this large space flooded with light, the effect is similar to that produced by a diorama. You can almost fancy that an enchanter’s wand has transported yo [...]

Keywords: mosques, temples, interiors, arches, greyscale

Places shown: Grenada; Spain

Added: 2007-04-02

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Ointment of the ZodiacDie Holzschnitte des Petrarca-Meisters zu Petrarcas (1532)

On the left is a pharmacist (chemist) at work in his apothecary; he is preparing bandages by brushing them with an ointment. On the right is a diagram showing the supposed planetary influences of diff [...]

Keywords: people, medicine, zodiac, woodcuts, petrarch, interiors, shops, apothecaries, illness, nudity, bare feet, astrology, greyscale

Places shown: unspecified

Added: 2018-01-18

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Inside a feudal castle hallLa Civilizacion 3 (1881)

Interior de salon de un castillo feudal Which is, in English, Inside the hall of a feudal castle. A man wearing white tights (hose) and a red doublet, with a feather in his red hat, is reading perhaps [...]

Keywords: interiors, halls, men, women, people, medieval costumes, medievalinteriors, stained glass, windows, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2025-09-02

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First tube train passengersIllustrated London News Vol 56 (1870)

The inside of the carriage, with seated passengers, including a lady in a formal gown, men with top hats, a woman with a muffler to warm her hands, and a boy in school uniform with his bag and his pho [...]

Keywords: railways, trains, carriages, passengers, people, interiors, transport, victorian costumes, greyscale

Places shown: London; England

Added: 2025-11-20

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And then began a murder, grim and greatGood Words (1865)

Hereward the Wake is about to kill his brother, who pleads for mercy but to no avail. The scene is set inside an Anglo-Saxon hall (although the stone pillar in the backgroundmakes it a rather fancy on [...]

Keywords: murder, attack, anglo-saxons, warriors, weapons, swords, interiors, people, men, socked feet, costumes, death, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2025-01-08

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Scheuerfest - Spring CleaningDas Buch für Alle [the book for everyone] (1890)

The washer-woman or maid has already put the violin through the tub or hot water and soap and is now working on the cello. The owner rushes into the room in a panic! The original painting was auctione [...]

Keywords: humour, musical instruments, cleaning, housework, chores, maids, anger, washing, interiors, water, violins, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2024-09-07

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