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Warwick Castle from the RiverWarwick and Leamington (1920)

The towers of Warwick Castle are silhouetted against a sunset; smoke from the chimneys of two thatched cottages rises up against trees in autumn foliage. In the foreground, a solitary boatsman punts d [...]

Keywords: castles, towers, colour, water, boats, people, houses, sunsets, trees

Places shown: Warwick; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2003-11-09

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Frontispiece: Magdalen Tower.Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

From an Etching by R. Kent Thomas.

Keywords: colleges, bridges, boats, people, trees, towers, colour

Places shown: Magdalen College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-03-05

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Paddle steamer on stormy seasIllustrirtes Familienbuch zur Unterhaltung & Belehrung häuslicher Kreise, V Band (1858)

This vignette, with irregular sides, is engraved on the title page. It shows a steam-powered paddle-boat that’s also fitted with masts for sails, funnel belching smoke, with a amaller sailing boat in [...]

Keywords: ships, boats, storms, waves, water, lighthouses, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2021-02-21

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Chester, from the Alford Road.The River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875)

Probably this view was drawn from the road between Chester and Aldford, as it’s written today, at the bank of the River Dee.

Keywords: views, cityscapes, cows, animals, water, rivers, boats, towers, trees, fences, cities, cityscapes, towers, churches, buildings, cathedrals, greyscale

Places shown: Chester; Cheshire; England

Added: 2018-08-07

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Windsor Castle, The Royal ResidencePicturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland Vol 1 (1870)

The history of Windsor Castle is the history of England and of England’s Kings and Queens. [...] The building is worthy of England, and of the long and illustrious line of monarchs who have sat upon o [...]

Keywords: castles, towers, buildings, water, boats, flags, views, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: Windsor; Berkshire; England

Added: 2009-11-18

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1.—Scarborough: General View of the South BayRound The Coast (1895)

A fairly crowded beach even by modern standards, with Victorian bathing machines. From a Photo. by Poulton & Son. “This has been called the “Queen of English Watering-Places,” and is at least unrivall [...]

Keywords: beaches, water, boats, towns, townscapes, cityscapes, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Scarborough; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2006-11-28

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Bedford BridgeThe Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783)

Published by S Hooper 10 December 1783. D.L. sculp.

Keywords: bridges, water, people, boats, trees, greyscale

Places shown: Bedford; Bedfordshire; England

Added: 2004-04-03

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57.—Ancient British Canoes.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“Some of the Roman writers might lead us to believe that the Britons had boats capable of distant navigation; but this is doubted by most careful inquirers. But the light boats which were peculiar to [...]

Keywords: boats, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-11-07

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58.—British Coracles.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“The primitive inhabitants of all sea-girt countries are fishermen. It is impossible not to believe that the people of Britain, having at their command the treasures of wide æstuaries and deep rivers, [...]

Keywords: people, boats, water, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-11-07

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82.—Roman General, Standard Bearers, etc.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Here are some Roman soldiers in suitable effeminate poses as they reach the shore by crossing a bridge supported by their boats. It was here, then, that the British and Roman weapons first came into c [...]

Keywords: boats, weapons, soldiers, costumes, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-11-07

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86.—Prow of a Roman Galley.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“In the latter part of the summer of the year 55 B. C. (Halley, the astronomer, has gone far to prove that the exact day was the 26th of August), a Roman fleet crossed the Channel, bearing the infantr [...]

Keywords: soldiers, boats, weapons, shields, roman soldiers, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-04-24

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88.—Dover Cliffs.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The white cliffs of dover, complete with fishing boats. The plate is signed “SIBLY” but that could be the original artist or the engraver (or both). “In the latter part of the summer of the year 55 B [...]

Keywords: cliffs, water, boats, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Dover; Kent; England

Added: 2008-09-17

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90.—Dover Cliffs.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The white cliffs of dover, complete with fishing boats in a storm, and with a barrel floating on a wave. “In the latter part of the summer of the year 55 B. C. (Halley, the astronomer, has gone far to [...]

Keywords: cliffs, water, boats, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Dover; Kent; England

Added: 2011-03-13

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93.—Roman Galley.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

An 1840s woodcut representing a Roman coin found in Britain; this coin shows a galley with cox and three (or six) oarsmen, or rowers. Counter to current practice, the rowers face forward. See Fig. 94 [...]

Keywords: boats, ships, slavery, people, roman coins, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-09-16

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94.—Roman Galley.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The engraving shows a Roman coin, with a picture of a galley being rowed, whether by slaves or soldiers we cannot tell; the coinbears the words, ilicita avg s c cosiiipp. The galleys in which the cava [...]

Keywords: boats, ships, slavery, people, roman coins, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-10-03

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95.—Roman GalleyOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A picture of a Roman coin showing a lighter sort of Roman galley, or rowing-boat. The rowers here appear to be wearing helmets, so presumably are soldiers rather than slaves. Compare with Fig. 94. d [...]

Keywords: boats, ships, soldiers, people, roman coins, coins, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-11-03

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GodstoweOxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

“ Any places of strength in Oxford would command the roads leading to the north and west, and the secure, raised paths that ran through the flooded fens to the ford or bridge, if bridge there then was [...]

Keywords: trees, views, bridges, animals, ruins, canals, boats, people, greyscale

Places shown: Godstowe; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2006-01-04

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113.—The Thames at Coway Stakes.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Tall trees sway either side of a dirt road down which a cart is pulled way from us by a pair of heavy horses; two women and a dog approach us on the same road. In the background a barge is pulled alon [...]

Keywords: views, rivers, water, carts, trees, roads, people, boats, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Coway Stakes; Weybridge; Surrey; England

Added: 2012-08-14

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The Discovery of Tin in BritainBill Nye’s History of England (1900)

A cartoon illustrating how the Romans discovered that Britain had... er... tin.

Keywords: people, boats, soldiers, weapons, romans, cartoons, humour, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-06-10

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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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