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Reading Abbey Plate 2

“This plate shews the south view of the remains of this once magnificent abbey, majestic even in its ruins!” (p. 17) The engraving is signed: Jan 24 1773 Godfrey Sc. I scanned this once before: the ol [...]

Keywords: ruins, abbeys, people

Places shown: Reading; Berkshire; England

Added: 2006-11-16

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Reading Abbey, Plate 1

Publish’d the 24th of May 1784 by S. Hooper. The abbey was founded in 1121 by King Henry I of England, who was buried here. The abbey was closed at the Reformation, and used as a private home for a ti [...]

Keywords: ruins, abbeys, windows, arches, entrances, trees

Places shown: Reading; Berkshire; England

Added: 2006-01-11

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Reading Abbey (Background 1)

Version of the Reading Abbey engraving stretched slightly to make it fit a computer desktop (background/wallpaper).

Keywords: ruins, abbeys, windows, arches, entrances, trees, backgrounds, wallpaper

Places shown: Reading; Berkshire; England

Added: 2006-01-11

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Reading Abbey (Background 2)

Version of the Reading Abbey engraving stretched slightly to make it fit a computer desktop (background/wallpaper) and also made darker and with reduced contrast, so it’s less distracting.

Keywords: ruins, abbeys, windows, arches, entrances, trees, backgrounds, wallpaper

Places shown: Reading; Berkshire; England

Added: 2006-01-11

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Reading Abbey (Background 3)

Version of the Reading Abbey engraving stretched slightly to make it fit a computer desktop (background/wallpaper) and also made lighter and with reduced contrast, so it’s less distracting.

Keywords: ruins, abbeys, windows, arches, entrances, trees, backgrounds, wallpaper

Places shown: Reading; Berkshire; England

Added: 2006-01-11

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Reading Abbey, Berkshire.

Engraving dated 1773. The paper is slightly buckled, sorry.

There is also another image of Reading Abbey.

There is a newer scan of this engraving.

Keywords: abbeys, ruins, people

Places shown: Reading; Berkshire; England

Added: 2006-01-11

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Reading Abbey (Coloured version)

Version of the Reading Abbey engraving stretched slightly to make it fit a computer desktop (background/wallpaper) and then coloured (by Liam Quin).

Keywords: ruins, abbeys, windows, arches, entrances, trees, colour, backgrounds, wallpaper

Places shown: Reading; Berkshire; England

Added: 2006-01-11

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Reading Abbey (Background 4)

Version of the Reading Abbey engraving stretched slightly to make it fit a computer desktop (background/wallpaper) and also made lighter and with reduced contrast, so it’s less distracting.

Keywords: ruins, abbeys, windows, arches, entrances, trees, backgrounds, wallpaper

Places shown: Reading; Berkshire; England

Added: 2006-01-11

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389.—Ruins of reading Abbey in 1721.

Reading Abbey was founded in 1121 by King Henry I; it became very wealthy, no doubt in part because of the corruption that was endemic to the Roman Catholic Church. At the Dissolution of the Monasteri [...]

Keywords: abbeys, ruins, arches, people, animals, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Reading; Berkshire; England

Added: 2005-12-20

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