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Frontispiece: Alnwick CastlePicturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland Vol 2 (1870)

A colour engraving, printed using multiple plates (or stones) each engraved for a different colour. We see in the foreground a stone bridge over a river, with a tomb of, or monument to, a dog on it. T [...]

Keywords: towers, castles, bridges, battlements, turrets, trees, parks, people, fishing, stately homes, manors, buildings, exteriors, colour

Places shown: Alnwick; Northumberland; England

Added: 2023-02-24

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South Front of Belvoir Castle, LeicestershireThe People’s Gallery of Engravings (1844)

Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, seat of the duke of rutland. “ ’Tis an old and stately castle, In an old and stately wood, Thoughts and shadows gather round it, Of the ages it has stood.” Willia [...]

Keywords: castles, towers, turrets, battlements, windows, people, costumes, greyscale

Places shown: Belvoir Castle; Grantham; Leicestershire

Added: 2018-03-16

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18.—Carnarvon: the Castle.Round The Coast (1895)

Carnarvon Castle, with sailing boats (US: sailboats) and, in the foreground, two boys in a rowing boat (US: rowboat). The castle towers in the background are also part of the castle.

Keywords: castles, towers, battlements, water, boats, people, children, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Caernarvon; Gwynedd; Wales

Added: 2006-11-28

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29.—Portchester Castle, in Hampshire.The Antiquities of England and Wales (1786)

DESCRIPTION of PORTCHESTER-CASTLE, in Hampshire. This Castle which is about five miles from Portsmouth, takes its appellation from a village so called in which it is situate, formerly a confiderable t [...]

Keywords: castles, ruins, towers, battlements, bridges, people, greyscale

Places shown: Portchester; Hampshire; England

Added: 2015-08-26

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Taymouth CastlePicturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland Vol 2 (1870)

TAYMOUTH CASTLE Near Aberfeldy, Perthshire,—Marquis of Breadalbane. This magnificent seat may well carry us back in thought to the feudal times, and even in them it would have been conspicuous for siz [...]

Keywords: stately homes, castles, mountains, forests, trees, windows, towers, battlements, lawns, turrets, manors, colour

Places shown: Kenmore; Perthshire; Scotland

Added: 2024-12-23

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Cholmondeley CastlePicturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland Vol 2 (1870)

The first thing to say about this castle is that it’s pronounced Chumley. Really. The picture, in colour, shows the “castle” that was mostly built in the early part of the 19th Century, replacing an o [...]

Keywords: stately homes, castles, windows, towers, battlements, creeper, ivy, lawns, trees, turrets, colour

Places shown: Cholmondeley; Malpas; Cheshire; England

Added: 2023-02-24

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Micklegate BarIllustrated London News Vol 56 (1870)

“The gates, of which several remain in perfect preservation, and one of which, called the Micklegate Bar, forms the subject of our Engraving, are singularly imposing. The view is taken from the inside [...]

Keywords: battlements, castles, stairs, walls, towers, greyscale

Places shown: York; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2006-07-01

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379.—Carlisle Castle.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The knights arrive on horseback over the bridge and into the castle walls. Carlisle castle was built in 1090 on the site of an older Roman fortress. The Castle of Carlisle was founded by William Rufu [...]

Keywords: castles, knights, towers, battlements, bridges, greyscale

Places shown: Carlisle; Cumberland; England

Added: 2012-04-19

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382.—Alnwick Castle.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A dramatic view of Alnwick Castle in a storm, with its towers, castle walls and battlements standing high on the hillside. The wood engraving is signed J. W. Whimper; this is the same person as J. W. [...]

Keywords: castles, towers, bridges, water, battlements, hills, views, storms, greyscale

Places shown: Alnwick; Northumberland; England

Added: 2011-06-09

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383.—Rock of Bamborough with Castle.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

There has been a settlement here for at Bamborough for hundreds of years; a castle was mentioned here in the year 547, but was probably over 100 years old even then. That castle was destroyed by Viki [...]

Keywords: castles, towers, battlements, walls, cliffs, animals, cattle, people, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Bamburgh; Northumberland; England

Added: 2014-07-03

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415.—Entrance to Warwick Castle.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

[Piers] Gaveston endeavoured to defend himself in Scarborough Castle (of which the crumbling ruins now only remain, Fig. 919), while the king went to York to seek an army for his relief. But before a [...]

Keywords: towers, entrances, castles, battlements, arches, trees, moats, people, greyscale

Places shown: Warwick; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2022-01-29

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51.—Serving at a BanquetLa Vita Nuova (The New Life) (1910)

Two men, servants, wearing mediæval outfits with hose (tights) and hats, proceed presumably to a banquet, one with a flask and one with a pie. Overhead, cherubs play musical instruments. In the backgr [...]

Keywords: people, mediaeval, castles, battlements, food, servantspeople, christmas, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2012-12-25

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Mount EdgcombePicturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland Vol 2 (1870)

Mount Edgcombe House was built in the middle of the sixteenth century, but it was badly damaged by bombs in World War II. In 1971 the (then) Earl sold the new-ly-restored estate to the county council, [...]

Keywords: stately homes, castles, windows, towers, battlements, creeper, ivy, lawns, trees, turrets, colour

Places shown: Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park; Cremyll; Torpoint; Cornwall; England

Added: 2025-04-12

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Full-page template or border with castleStock Designs of Page Borders, Top Folio Headings, Tailpieces, Display Pages (1922)

A two-colour illustration of a mediæval castle and a rather tall tree sit on the right-hand side of this full-page template with a grey background and white solid lines on the right edge of the page f [...]

Keywords: borders, castles, full-page borders, illustrations, fantasy, spires, battlements, trees, clouds, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2020-11-16

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Agra Palace and part of wall and gateway to the fort.Travels In The Far East (1909)

While the centre of attraction in Agra is the Taj Mahal, the fort, palace, and Moti Musjid (Pearl Mosque) are of equal interest. here we see the impress of three rulers, Akbar (the grandson of the not [...]

Keywords: castles, forts, battlements, greyscale

Places shown: Agra; India

Added: 2007-10-17

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Haddon Hall, EnglandFamous Scenes and Cities (1894)

Almost in the centre of England stands this ideal specimen of an old baronial mansion, known as Haddon Hall. In the twelfth century it came into the possession of the Vernon family, who occupied it fo [...]

Keywords: manors, stately homes, windows, battlements, tudor architecture, courtyards, ivy, creeper, trees, greyscale

Places shown: Haddon Hall; Bakewell; Derbyshire

Added: 2020-09-19

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874.—Ancient Gate of CoventryOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

This is the Cook Street gate in Coventry. The original gate was started in 1329, but not finished until the City of Coventry was granted a licence to crennelate in 1363 (this licence gives the holder [...]

Keywords: towers, gates, buildings, stone, battlementstowers, arches, greyscale

Places shown: Coventry; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2021-01-12

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8800.—Soldiers.New Specimen of Cast-Metal Ornaments and Wood Types (1840)

This image was almost certainly made to have text inserted in the central black rectangle. If you do this, you should probably first fill the rectangle with solid black. The picture shows a line of s [...]

Keywords: soldiers, castles, frames, battlements, people, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2015-09-17

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922. West gate and Holy Cross Church, Canterbury.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

In the great insurrection just mentioned, perished, on Tower Hill, Simon de Sudbury, son of Nicolas Tibald, gentleman, of Sudbury, in Suffolk. He was eighteen years Bishop of London, and, on being el [...]

Keywords: churches, gates, battlements, towers, castleschurches, towers, carriages, people, children, greyscale

Places shown: Canterbury; Kent; England

Added: 2019-10-31

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926.—Arundel CastleOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

In this wood engraving, the castle is in the middle distance, with someone squatting or perhaps sitting and fishing, in the foregroud to give a sense of scale. Arundel Castle (Fig. 926) has for many c [...]

Keywords: castles, battlements, views, greyscale

Places shown: Arundel; Sussex; England

Added: 2008-08-02

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