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Pictures from Old English Country Cottages, edited by Charles Holme [1848-1923], London Paris and New York, 1906

There is a (black and white) copy of this book on archive.org.

This book (and all that it contains) is out of copyright, because it was published jointly in the US and UK before 1923.

Title: Old English Country Cottages

Author: Holme, Charles

Date: 1906

Total items: 35

Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.

Some sample images

[picture: Wooden Coffee Mill]

Wooden Coffee Mill

Detail from Fig. 42, [more...]

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[picture: Decorative element: overgrown well bucket]

Decorative element: overgrown well bucket

A woodcut of a well bucket with rope and overgrown winch, used at the end of a chapter. You could also see a letter “A” in it, so I have also marked it as a decorative initial A. [more...]

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[picture: Tonbridge, Kent]

Tonbridge, Kent

Sketch of an Elizabethan cottage in Kent.

“Kent, Sussex and Surrey are three of the most delightful counties in England”

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[picture: Long Wittenham, Oxfordshire.]

Long Wittenham, Oxfordshire.

From a water-colour by Wilfrid Ball, R.E. [more...]

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[picture: Frontispiece: Cranbrook, Kent]

Frontispiece: Cranbrook, Kent

From a water-colour drawing by Herbert Alexander, A.R.W.S.

Cropped version suitable for screen background

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Pictures from Old English Country Cottages, edited by Charles Holme [1848-1923], London Paris and New York, 1906

There is a (black and white) copy of this book on archive.org.

This book (and all that it contains) is out of copyright, because it was published jointly in the US and UK before 1923.


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