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The Pilgrims met on coming out of the river.The Select Works of John Bunyan (1864)

An illustration for Pilgrim’s Progress (John Bunyan): Now, upon the bank of the river, on the other side, they saw the two shining men again, who there waited for them. Wherefore, being come out of th [...]

Keywords: angels, people, men, pilgrims, rivers, water, cherubs, wings, christianity, mythical creatures, religion, costumes, john bunyan, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2018-06-05

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Mickleham PriorySussex Painted (1906)

Ths priory shown here was by 1906 a private dwelling; there was a priory in the village of Mickleham as far back as 1253; there was a church in the village mentioned in the Domesday Book in the 11th c [...]

Keywords: colour, manors, rivers, water, towers

Places shown: Mickleham; Sussex; England

Added: 2010-05-06

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Heron BridgeThe River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875)

Heron Bridge appears to be just South of Chester, near Chester Meadows, probably in what is now called Handbridge, near Boughton. The picture shows a path with a gate or stile in a fence, cows ankle-d [...]

Keywords: rivers, bridges, water, cows, animals, trees, houses, birds, fences, country scenes, greyscale

Places shown: Heron Bridge; Chester; England

Added: 2019-01-15

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On the SerpentineThe Circling Year (1870)

A night-time Winter scene in Victorian London: it’s the Serpentine lake in Hyde Park, and it’s frozen over with ice. People are skating, carrying burning torches to light their way; in the foreground [...]

Keywords: christmas, xmas, ice, winter, holidays, skating, bridges, crowds, torchlight, roast chestnuts, people, trees, lakes, rivers, colour

Places shown: Hyde Park; London; England

Added: 2018-06-09

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The Christmas WagonThe Circling Year (1870)

A covered wagon, drawn by four pairs of horses, crosses a snow-covered stone bridge over a river in this chromolithograph. I’m not sure whether the wagon brings gifts or relatives or is coming to take [...]

Keywords: christmas, xmas, chromolithographs, colour, horses, wagons, carts, bridges, snow, winter, rivers, water, trees, people, cold, travel

Places shown: unspecified

Added: 2018-02-21

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Le Chateau de la Grangefort-sir-Allier. Vue Generale.Musée Artistique et Littéraire, Le (1881)

Château de la Grange Fort, Grangefort. The castle shown in the distance here dates back to the 15th century, although it was partly rebuilt in the 19th. The picture, engraved by Jules-Jacques Puyplat [...]

Keywords: castles, views, rivers, water, trees, hills, rural, countryside, fishers, people, towers, battlements, greyscale

Places shown: Auvergne; Puy de Dome; France

Added: 2019-01-26

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AngersCathedral Cities of France (1907)

“The French yearning to make everything new” has done its work in Angers, but through Fulk, Geoffrey, René, and the rest would be at a loss to recognise their old capital in the trim modern town, enou [...]

Keywords: cityscapes, views, rivers, water, cathedrals, spires, colour

Places shown: Angers; Maine-et-Loire; France

Added: 2008-07-09

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Rosenthal’s Elaine.The Table Book of Art (1880)

The body of the lady Elaine is in the ferry crossing the river styx; I can’t tell whether she has coins on her eyes or whether the ferryman as taken them. There’s a garland of flowers alongside the fe [...]

Keywords: death, spooky, mythology, boats, ferries, people, water, rivers, elaine, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2015-12-10

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BloisCathedral Cities of France (1907)

The spires of Blois cathedral are seen across the River Loire. “To most travellers in France the town of Blois is associated with a château rather than with a cathedral; it is oneof a group or towns k [...]

Keywords: cityscapes, views, rivers, water, cathedrals, spires, colour

Places shown: Blois; Loir-et-Cher; France

Added: 2006-09-16

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Old Riverside Farm, ZávistBohemia Volume 2: Vltava (1884)

The picture is captioned, Partie na Závisti, which refers to Závist, most likely the Celtic hill fort near the towns of Dolní Břežany and Zbraslav, at the confluence of the Vltava and Berounka rivers. [...]

Keywords: buildings, farms, rivers, water, boats, hills, people, greyscale

Places shown: Czech Republic

Added: 2025-09-12

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2087.—Westminster About 1600.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The city of Westminster, some four hundred years ago, had the churces and cathedrals of today, but was perhaps somewhat less built-up! Here we are looking across the River Thames at houses, the old pa [...]

Keywords: views, cities, rivers, water, churches, cathedrals, boats, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Westminster; London; England

Added: 2016-01-31

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Vorfrühling - Early SpringModerne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band XV (1901)

This colour engraving of a detailed painting shows a water-side lansdcape with perhaps a classical temple in the background amongst tall trees. There’s a cloudy sky. Near the riverbank or lakeside, a [...]

Keywords: water, rivers, people, women, temples, trees, rocks, shores, art, colour, art, painting

Places shown: none

Added: 2023-03-22

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Little Orphan IslandTravels Around the World (1873)

Two hundred and fifty miles above nanking, the [Yang-tse-kiang] river flows swiftly through a narrow gorge between two mountains, one called the Eastern, the other the Western Pillar. Above this stra [...]

Keywords: rivers, islands, monasteries, rocks, colour

Places shown: Little Orphan Island; Nanking; China

Added: 2004-01-02

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Basilica St. Anthony, PaduaEl Mundo Ilustrado (1883)

The early fourteenth-century cathedral of Saint Anthony in Padua, drawn I think form the South-East.

Keywords: cathedrals, gothic architecture, medieval architecture, churches, buildinfs, exteriors, rivers, trees, towers, domes, minarets, greyscale

Places shown: Padua; Veneto; Italy

Added: 2021-06-06

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Usk BridgeHistory of Wales (1853)

An engraving showing Usk Bridge, probably in the 18th century, complete with toll hosue at one end. I also found an online copy of the painting, and used the colur from it to make a Coloured picture o [...]

Keywords: bridges, rivers, water, greyscale

Places shown: Usk; Monmouthshire; Wales

Added: 2025-04-14

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Usk Bridge, Monmouth, Coloured from an old paintingHistory of Wales (1853)

This is a version of the engraving of Usk Bridge to which i have applied the colour from an old painting; the artist of the painting was not attributed, but the details were a very close match so the [...]

Keywords: bridges, rivers, water, colour, paintings, art, rivers

Places shown: Usk; Monmouthshire; Wales

Added: 2025-04-14

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Lutterworth.The Story of Some English Shires (1897)

This 1890s engraving of the road into the village or small town of Lutterworth shows the church tower in the background, River Swift Bridge on High Street near Riverside Road in the foreground. John W [...]

Keywords: bridges, rivers, churches, towers, greyscale

Places shown: Lutterworth; Leicestershire; England

Added: 2025-09-10

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Poitiers.Cathedral Cities of France (1907)

Saint Pierre at Poitiers [...] certain characteristics it has which connect it with the Angevin style, but unlike most of the Angevin churches, it has aisles throughout. From the outside the appearan [...]

Keywords: cityscapes, views, paintings, art, cities, cathedrals, churches, roofs, sunsets, rivers, water, bridges, houses, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: Poitiers; Poitou-Charentes; France

Added: 2012-05-31

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St. Ives BridgeThe Story of Some English Shires (1897)

This black and white engraving shows anancient stone bridge across the Great Ouse. A stone building part-way across the bridge, in the foreground, has remnants of an arched window, and a pointed arch [...]

Keywords: bridges, chapels, rivers, water, dormer windows, medieval architecture, masonry, greyscale

Places shown: St. Ives; Huntingdonshire; England

Added: 2025-10-05

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Zpíval Slavik (A Nightingale Sang)Zlatá Praha (Golden Prague) (1897)

A person stands on an overgrown bridge under the moonlight. A stream or river flows between reeds and under the bridge; in the background, buildings, and at the left edge of the bridge a tall evergree [...]

Keywords: spooky, bridges, moonlight, forests, streams, rivers, water, people, buildings, nighttime, night scenes, decay, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2015-03-19

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