Items matching rocks

Cain and Abel.

A naked man lies dead in the background, his genitals conveniently hidden by a cloth. In the foreground, a man wearing only an animal-skin scurries barefoot away through the rocks. The biblical scene [...]

Keywords: punishments, bare feet, people, rocks, nudity, biblical scenes, death

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-06-17

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The Mock Turtle and Gryphon sing to Alice

‘This here young lady,’ said the Gryphon, ‘she wants for to know your history, she do.’ ‘I’ll tell it her,’ said the Mock Turtle in a deep, hollow tone: ‘sit down, both of you, and don’t speak a word [...]

Keywords: alice, mythical creatures, rocks, illustrations for children

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-10-18

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Ilfracombe

The rocky shore at Ilfracombe, North Devon.

Keywords: water, beaches, rocks, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Ilfracombe; Devonshire; England

Added: 2006-10-12

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Ploughing 51 B.C.

“Agriculture had a pretty hard start among these people, and where now the glorious fields of splendid pale and billowy oatmeal may be seen interspersed with every kind of domestic and imported fertil [...]

Keywords: people, cartoons, humour, agriculture, animals, horses, rocks, unicorns, mythical creatures

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-06-28

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33.—Carnbré Castle

There are two places called Carn Brae in Cornwall; one is the site of a medieval chapel and the other a castle. I think that this is the castle, near Redruth. “But there are many remarkable groups of [...]

Keywords: castles, ruins, rocks, hills, backgrounds, wallpaper

Places shown: Carnbrea; Cornwall; England

Added: 2005-12-20

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46.—Kilmarth Rocks, as seen from the South East.

“But there are some remains which have the appearance of works of art, which are, probably, nothing but irregular products of nature,—masses of stone thrown on a plane surface by some great convulsion [...]

Keywords: pillars, megaliths, ruins, rocks

Places shown: Scotland

Added: 2006-07-28

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47.—The Cheesewring, as seen from the North-west.

“But there are some remains which have the appearance of works of art, which are, probably, nothing but irregular products of nature,—masses of stone thrown on a plane surface by some great convulsion [...]

Keywords: pillars, megaliths, ruins, rocks, people, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Bodmin Moor; Cornwall; England

Added: 2006-07-28

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45.—Coronation Chair

“The celebrated stone which now forms the seat of the coronation chair of the sovereigns of England is a flat stone, nearly square. It formerly stood in Argyleshire, according to Buchanan; who also sa [...]

Keywords: royalty, chairs, rocks

Places shown: Westminster Abbey; Westminster; London; England

Added: 2006-07-09

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48.—Hugh Lloyd’s Pulpit

“The group of stones at Festiniog in Merionethshire, called Hugh Lloyd’s pulpit (Fig. 48), is also a natural production.” (p. 18)

Note: the spellings ffestiniog and Festiniog are both used.

Keywords: megaliths, ruins, rocks, people, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Festiniog; Merionethshire; Wales

Added: 2006-08-07

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44.—hare Stone, Cornwall

“In the parish of Sancred, in Cornwall, is a remarkable stone called the Hare Stone (hare or hoar meaning literally border or boundary), with a heap of stones lying around it (Fig. 44). It is held tha [...]

Keywords: pillars, megaliths, ruins, rocks, people, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Harestone; Stanmore; Cornwall; England

Added: 2006-07-07

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Little Orphan Island

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

Places shown: Little Orphan Island; Nanking; China

Added: 2006-01-03

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Entrance to the Cave of the Elephanta

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

Places shown: Elephanta Island; Bombay; India

Added: 2006-01-03

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