Items matching interiors (results page 8)

Victor Hugo at his writing deskVictor Hugo et Son Temps [Victor Hugo and His Times] (1881)

Victor Hugo in his study – A Sketch from Nature by M. Régamey. The picture shows the poet Victor Hugo standing at his writing desk, which the text implies was in his bedroom. The engraving is also sig [...]

Keywords: people, portraits, interiors, victorian gentlemen, windows, beards, books, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2016-02-26

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Entrance to the Cave of the ElephantaTravels Around the World (1873)

We ascended an easy flight of stone steps to a plateau one hundred and fifty feet above the sea. [...] Passing to the centre of the plateau and turning to the right, we confronted a work of human art [...]

Keywords: people, trees, temples, water, rocks, bare feet, ceilings, interiors, colour

Places shown: Elephanta Island; Bombay; India

Added: 2004-01-02

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The Kiss: the two lovers in the bedroom, a woodcut from page 501.The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer [William Morris, Kelmscott Press] (1896)

A man and a woman stand together in a bedroom; one kisses the cheek of the other. They are dressed in medieval costume. Although Troilus and Criseyde is set in ancient Greece, Chaucer was writing in [...]

Keywords: romance, people, interiors, wallpaper, backgrounds, arts and craft movement, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-02-04

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An Orphan Family’s ChristmasGood Words (1862)

This picture, by Thomas Morten, was engraved by the Brothers Dalziel. It shows a woman and two children sitting near a lit fireplace, their heavy clothing suggesting the house is not warm. One child h [...]

Keywords: christmas, xmas, interiors, victorian costumes, andirons, fireplaces, holly, orphans, poverty, people, children, women, boys, girls, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2025-12-22

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Stokesay Castle—The Solar RoomCastles (1926)

Solar Room

Keywords: interiors, windows, fireplaces, manors, colour

Places shown: Stokesay; Shropshire; England

Added: 2004-03-04

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Father William somersaulting in through the doorAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865)

‘You are old,’ said the youth, ‘as I mentioned before,     And have grown most uncommonly fat; Yet you turned a back-somersault in at the door—     Pray, what is the reason of that?’ ‘In my youth,’ sa [...]

Keywords: alice, people, interiors, illustrations for children, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-06-20

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Father William finished the gooseAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865)

‘You are old,’ said the youth, ‘and your jaws are too weak     For anything tougher than suet; Yet you finished the goose, with the bones and the beak—     Pray how did you manage to do it?’ ‘In my [...]

Keywords: alice, people, food, interiors, illustrations for children, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-06-20

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Cook, Duchess, Cheshire Cat, Baby, and AliceAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865)

“The door led right into a large kitchen, which was full of smoke from one end to the other: the Duchess was sitting on a three-legged stool in the middle, nursing a baby; the cook was leaning over th [...]

Keywords: alice, people, cats, infants, interiors, kitchens, food, illustrations for children, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-06-23

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King Henry II whipped by the Pope’s OrderWonderful Prodigies of Judgement and Mercy (1685)

The text reads “K. Hen. 2. whipt by the Popes Order pa. 88” “henry the Second our King, was much vexed by this Pope [Alexander III] for the death of Thomas Becket, whom the Pope made St. Thomas for op [...]

Keywords: penance, punishments, religion, people, royalty, bare feet, woodcuts, cathedrals, interiors, monks, religion, christianity, grayscale

Places shown: Canterbury; Kent; England

Added: 2005-02-26

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G. Tornai: At the haremModerne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band XV (1901)

A woman, baring her breasts, is dancing in a harem, one arm over her heard, her feet bare. In the background a musician plays a lyre; another woman serves Moroccan-style tea on an octagonal side-table [...]

Keywords: harems, slavers, slavery, nudity, breasts, women, people, dancing, music, dance, oriental, middle eastern, interiors, bare feet, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2019-05-16

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Chapel of Henry VII., Westminster AbbeyThe British Isles (1905)

“Beyond the Confessor’s Chapel, and beyond the imposing Chantry of Henry V., is Henry VII.’s splendid chapel, in the Perlendicular style, with a richly decorated ceiling of fan tracery, and lined with [...]

Keywords: cathedrals, churches, interiors, greyscale

Places shown: Westminster; London; England

Added: 2006-06-02

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Westminster HallThe British Isles (1905)

“Westminster Hall, built [...] by [William] Rufus, and rebuilt by Richard II., is one of the largest chambers in the world, its fine timbered roof unsupported by pillars. Innumerable are its historic [...]

Keywords: halls, interiors, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Westminster; London; England

Added: 2006-05-18

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