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Old English Country Cottages (page 1/4)

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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: Guildford Castle, Surrey]

Guildford Castle, Surrey

the entrance to Guildford castle, Surrey [more...] [$]

[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” [$]

[picture: Endpiece: Tree in a tub]

Endpiece: Tree in a tub

A mature tree is growing in a wooden planter held in shape with an iron ring. There’s an apple drawn on either side to tell us, if the shape of the tree did not, that it is an apple tree. [more...] [$]

[picture: Letter N from page 63]

Letter N from page 63

A decorative initial used as a drop cap (drop capital) at the start of a chapter. The letter features a candlestick with smoke. [$]

[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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