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Frontispiece: Charles the King walked for the last time through the streets of London An Island Story (1920)

King Charles is followed by a priest, and surrounded by soldiers with lances. He wears 17th-century costume. [King Charles I] had been foolish, he had been wicked, but now, in the face of death, he b [...]

Keywords: royalty, soldiers, people, illustrations for children, colour

Places shown: London; England

Added: 2009-05-05

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45.—Coronation Chair Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“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, greyscale

Places shown: Westminster Abbey; Westminster; London; England

Added: 2006-07-09

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Houses of Parliament from the River, temp Charles II. London (Volume II) (1841)

The Houses of Parliament in Westminster, in the time of King Charles II, so between (roughly) 1650 and 1685; this is of course long before th 19th century changes, and before Big Ben was built.

Keywords: government, buildings, royalty, water, towers, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: London; England

Added: 2009-04-21

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Brewer’s Vat. London (Volume IV) (1841)

A giant beer-barrel at a brewery in London in the 1840s. “The wonderful magnitude of the great London breweries is a familiar source of wonderment. The stacks of casks that might reach, placed side by [...]

Keywords: beer, barrels, people, greyscale

Places shown: London; England

Added: 2007-06-04

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210.—Edward the Confessor’s Chapel, Westminster Abbey,—now used as the Pix office. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“Under its original name of the Isle of Bramble or thorn-ea, Westminster was a place of importance before London existed. [...] “The Saxon king Sebert (597 – 616) built a monastery on the site now occ [...]

Keywords: abbeys, churches, castles, anglosaxon remains, greyscale

Places shown: Westminster; London; England

Added: 2005-03-17

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211.—Windows from the Palace of Westminster Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The windows are supposed here to be of Saxon origin; that is, dating between A.D. 440 and A.D. 1100 or so. “A doorway remaining of the old palace at Westminster exhibits the triangular arch (Fig. 212) [...]

Keywords: windows, arches, anglosaxon remains, greyscale

Places shown: Westminster; London; England

Added: 2005-05-05

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[p.210] The Tower of London London (Volume II) (1841)

A birds-eye view: a map or plan of the castle. From a Print published by the Royal Antiquarian Society, and engraved from the Survey made in 1597, by W. Haiward and J. Gascoigne, by order of Sir J. Pe [...]

Keywords: castles, maps, plans, diagrams, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: London London; England

Added: 2005-07-15

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Bas-Relief From the Entablature, Jerusalem Chamber, Westminster Abbey Pentateuch of Printing with a Chapter on Judges (1891)

A printing office, with an engraver (I think) at left, a proof-reader, a typesetter (at the back) next to the person operating the press itself, and, at right, a boy wearing tights and I think barefoo [...]

Keywords: typography, printing, children, pictures of books, books, people, furniture, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Westminster; London; England

Added: 2006-01-21

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IV.—West Front of Buckingham Palace. Monumental Architecture (1910)

The lack of a fag probably means the King (at the time) was not at home. Thewing on the left today is the Queen’s private disco and mosh pit.

Keywords: palaces, architecture, photographs, buildings, columns, greyscale

Places shown: London London; England

Added: 2012-06-09

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Interior of the Temple Church. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The Temple Church was built by (or for) the Knights Templar in London in the 12th Century. Some time after the Knights Templar were destroyed (in 1307) the temple was given by Edward II to the Knights [...]

Keywords: interiors, colour, churches, people, ceilings, columns, arches, pillars, costumes

Places shown: London London; England

Added: 2012-08-13

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Priot Bolton’s Garden-house at Canonbury London (Volume II) (1841)

From the house we pass to the lawn, which is terminated by a wall with a raised and embowered terrace, from which we look over on the other side to the kitchen-garden, the New River, and thence onward [...]

Keywords: gardens, greyscale

Places shown: Islington; London; England

Added: 2009-04-27

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524.—Plan of the Priory of St. Bartholomew. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

This twelfth-century priory (founded in 1123) was largely ruined, but the church was restored starting in the 1860s; this plan of the area was published in 1840 and predates any restoration work. Of t [...]

Keywords: plans, churches, greyscale

Places shown: Smithfield; London; England

Added: 2012-08-15

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