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138x200, 1419x2056, 518x750, 710x1028 | Cartouche with Sculpture, Art and ArchitectureArt-Journal (1850) This is the main engraving from the title page of the 1850 Art-Journal, without the writing. A group of three topless women stand on an ancient sarcophagus; the women represent sculpture (with a hamme [...] Keywords: cartici, frames, borders, art, architecture, sculpture, painting, people, statuary, circular, sarcophagi, greyscale Places shown: unspecified Added: 2015-09-24 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 149x200, 561x752, 749x1004, 998x1338 | Frontispiece: Cathedral o MessinaSouth by East: Notes of Travel in Southern Europe (1877) This engraving was published in 1877; since then, the cathedral was damaged in an earthquake in 1919 and mostly rebuilt, only to be bombed in the Second World War and again partly rebuilt. In spite of [...] Keywords: cathedrals, buildings, churches, architecture, gothic architecture, greyscale Places shown: Messina; Sicily; Italy Added: 2012-05-29 + S K L R N |
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143x200, 1558x2179, 536x750, 679x950 | Architecture (full page print)The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783) The characteristic marks of this [early Norman] style are these: The walls are very thick, generally without buttresses; the arches, both within and without, as well as those over the doors and window [...] Keywords: architecture, pillars, columns, norman architecture, colour Places shown: England Added: 2014-08-30 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1194x1481, 161x200, 537x666, 716x888, 955x1185 | Inigo JonesThe Lives of British Architects from William of Wykeham to Sir William Chambers (1909) Inigo Jones, along with Sir Christopher Wren, is surely one of the most famous of architects in England. “Inigo Jones was born on July 15, 1573, in the Parish of St. Bartholemew’s Smithfield, and was [...] Keywords: portraits, architecture, people, architects, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2007-05-28 + S K L |
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| 1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 3200x2400, 640x480, 800x600 | Plate 1: Book I, Chapter 2Die Kirchliche Baukunst des Abendlandes (1884) Figs. 1 – 13: Plans of various Roman buildings, including the Pantheon in Rome and the Baths of Caracalla. Also a cross-section of the Palace of Augustus in Rome. Keywords: architecture, diagrams, roman architecture, plans, temples, palaces, towers, backgrounds, wallpaper, colour Places shown: Rome; Italy Added: 2014-03-01 + S K L R N |
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1000x1000, 200x200, 2000x2000, 750x750 | Initial letter I with Transitional CapitalEnglish Cathedrals (1910) This letter “I” is set about a sketch of an English “transitional” capital from the Galilee Chapel of Durham cathedral. The decorated top-part of a pillar is called a capital, and transitional architc [...] Keywords: capitals, sketches, architecture, historiated initials, letteri, initials, pillars, architecture, transitional architecture, cathedrals, greyscale Places shown: Durham; County Durham; England Added: 2025-03-31 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1280x800, 1920x1200, 2560x1600, 320x200, 768x480 | Rome: PantheonDie Kirchliche Baukunst des Abendlandes (1884) This architectural drawing of the Pantheon in Rome features intricate detail, drawings of the statues and columns with their capitals, a cut-away showing the passages inside the walls, and includes sh [...] Keywords: architecture, diagrams, temples, roman remains, backgrounds, wallpaper, widescreen, domes, pillars, colour Places shown: Rome; Italy Added: 2014-03-05 + S K L R N |
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114x200, 566x992, 755x1323 | 3. Castle Hedingham, EssexThe Growth of the English House (1909) Plans of the Keep.
1. Ground Floor, or Basement.
2. First, or Entrance Floor.
3. The Great Hall.
4. Upper part of Hall, with Gallery.
5. Room over Hall. Keywords: castles, plans, maps, architecture, colour Places shown: Castle Hedingham; Essex; England Added: 2004-08-19 + S K L R N |
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1000x1459, 137x200, 563x821, 750x1094 | I.—Detail of Façade of the Old Museum, Berlin, with sculpture group.Monumental Architecture (1910) I.—Old Museum, Berlin: Detail of Façade, with Sculpture Group “The Amazon.” Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Architect. Kiss, Sculptor. These steps sre indeed of monumental proportions! The naked woman in th [...] Keywords: sculpture, statues, entrances, columns, animals, lions, people, bare feet, nudity, weapons, neoclassical, architecture, greyscale Places shown: BerlinBerlin; Germany Added: 2005-08-17 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 130x200, 450x694, 600x926, 800x1234 | Gable End, Shrewsbury.Art in England During the Elizabethan and Stuart Periods (1908) The gable-end post is at one end of the roof; this one has a figure, probably female, on the top, standing on a face, with a coiled rope carved beneath that, and a smiling bearded man’s face at the bo [...] Keywords: gothic architecture, architecture, carving, statuary, faces, beards, greyscale Places shown: Shrewsbury; Shropshire; England Added: 2012-06-27 + S K L R N |
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1280x800, 1440x900, 1680x1050, 1920x1200, 2616x1650, 320x200, 5120x3200 | Chatsworth, DerbyshireThe People’s Gallery of Engravings (1844) The engraving, based on a picture by Thomas Allom, shows in the foreground deer and people on horseback under large tree, but the view is dominated by the massiveness of the house itself. It is still [...] Keywords: houses, palaces, stately homes, architecture, exteriors, deer, trees, hunting, peope, parks, greyscale Places shown: Chatsworth; Derbyshire; England Added: 2018-03-20 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1114x457, 1485x609, 488x200, 835x342 | 108.—Walls, Pevensey.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) The walls at Pevensey Castle show some Roman features as well as later additions. The external towers, which are indicated on the plan, are quite solid; some of these have been undermined and have fal [...] Keywords: ruins, roman remains, castles, towersruins, people, architecture, greyscale Places shown: Pevensey; Sussex; England Added: 2012-08-09 + S K L R N |
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146x200, 521x715, 629x863, 838x1150 | The Feathers Inn, Ludlow, ShropshireArt in England During the Elizabethan and Stuart Periods (1908) Thus, in former times (as may be seen, for instance, in the older houses at Bury St. Edmunds or Lavenham, in Suffolk) brackets would be made to spring from Gothic caps, which again formed the crown o [...] Keywords: tudor buildings, houses, architecture, greyscale Places shown: Ludlow; Shropshire; England Added: 2012-06-26 + S K L R N |
Image status: stock image royalty-free for non-commercial uses only, usage credit required | 1439x858, 2877x1716, 335x200, 750x447 | 128.—Amphitheatre at Pompeii.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) This engraving shows, in poor perspective, a large circular amphitheatre. In the background we see Mount Ætna gently smoking, and in the foreground various people in Victorian costume disporting thems [...] Keywords: roman remains, antiquities, amphitheatres, architecture, buildings, people, sports, greyscale Places shown: Pompeii; Campania; Italy Added: 2020-08-04 + S K L R N |
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Image status: stock image royalty-free for non-commercial uses only, usage credit required | 151x200, 1545x2050, 565x750, 678x900, 904x1200 | The House Built upon the Sand.Bible Pictures and Stories (New Testament) (1892) What a foolish man the builder of the house shown in our picture must have been! Of course, when the wind blew and the waves dashed against his house, it would fall. Look how the sea has washed the [...] Keywords: biblical scenes, illustrations for children, storms, ruins, architecture, domes, bricks, waves, water, night scenes, disaster, ruins, people, greyscale Places shown: Palestine Added: 2013-09-28 + S K L |
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