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Re-constructed “Atlantic” Type Locomotive

This steam engine was rebuilt in 1930 to add a “booster” engine to the front axle of the bogie under the driver’s cab. The booster was a small steam engine used only at low speeds, to give additional [...]

Keywords: railways, transport, engines, wallpapers, backgrounds

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-03-22

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Queen Mab

A version of Queen Mab from Edgar’s Treasury of Verse, coloured by Liam Quin. You can use this as a stock image as long as you link back here and also send me a copy (or URL) of anything you do with i [...]

Keywords: backgrounds, wallpapers, colour, fairies, gallery

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-09-06

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1787.—Hunting.

Men hunting deer with dogs and horses. In the background a church steeple, reminding us that this is supposed to be a typical country scene.

Keywords: hunting, sport, animals, churches, wallpapers, backgrounds

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-10-26

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Polar Bear (Thalarctos maritimus)

Photo by A. R. Dugmore. “Polar Bear Thalarctos maritimus (Phipps) The Polar Bear is the beach ranger of the northern seas. Other bears the world over keep to the shady thickets and forest tangles, whe [...]

Keywords: animals, bears, captivity, wallpapers, backgrounds

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-01-25

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Berkeley Castle

“There are few English castles where the spirit of medievalism lingers as at Berkeley and few that have darker deeds recorded in their long annals of crime. [...] The castle, grim, many-towered, ivy-c [...]

Keywords: castles, overgrown, towers, entrances, wallpapers, backgrounds

Places shown: Berkeley; Gloucestershire; England

Added: 2007-09-18

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