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Frontispiece: St. Paul’s Catheral from Cheapside.English Cathedrals (1910)

St. Paul’s Cathedral in London replaced a much older building that was destroyed by the Great Fire of 1666. It was designed by Sir Christopher Wren. In the foreground a boy with a dustpan and trowel i [...]

Keywords: churches, cathedrals, domes, buildings, roads, street scenes, children, horses, carriages, carts, trees, greyscale

Places shown: London; Longon; England

Added: 2020-10-15

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32.—Silbury Hill, in WiltshireOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

An engraving of Silbury Hill, near Avebury; a man leads a team of horses pulling a hay wain, on top of which sits a boy. A man and woman walk alongside. In the background lies the great hill, and in [...]

Keywords: people, carts, trees, hills, views, druids, backgrounds, wallpaper, stone circles, greyscale

Places shown: Silbury; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2005-09-02

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74.—Welsh Agricultural CartOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“There are no remains of those terrible war-chariots of the Britons which Cæsar describes as striking terror into his legions. King, who labours very hard to prove that the people who stood up not onl [...]

Keywords: carts, trees, horses, animals, agriculture, greyscale

Places shown: Wales

Added: 2007-04-16

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75.—British War Chariot, Shield and Spears.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A war chariot, with scythed blades coming out from the wheels, lies with an axe (US: ax, battle-axe, battle-ax) underneath it, and with two spears and a shield resting on it. “There are no remains of [...]

Keywords: weapons, carts, chariots, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-05-27

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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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159.—Horse and Carriage.New Specimen of Cast-Metal Ornaments and Wood Types (1840)

At one time people had different names for different sorts of carriage. This one is like a stage coach. It is enclosed, with a door, and windows either side of the door each bearing a star, and also w [...]

Keywords: carts, horses, carriages, transport, people, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-04-09

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160. – Horse and Carriage.New Specimen of Cast-Metal Ornaments and Wood Types (1840)

This woodcut is similar to Fig. 159, except that the carriage and horses are moving to the right, the wheels are smaller, and the spokes are drawn to give an effect of rapid motion.

Keywords: carts, horses, carriages, transport, people, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-04-09

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FebruaryHone’s Everyday Book (1826)

“— — Then came cold February, sitting In an old waggon, for he could not ride, Drawne of two fishes, for the season fitting, Which through the flood before did softly slyde And swim away; yet had he b [...]

Keywords: months, calendars, february, fish, people, carts, february, zodiac, pisces, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-02-14

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254.—Saxon Emblems of the Month of JulyOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

In the main scene here we see three men with sickles harvesting wheat as tall as they are, and another man standing on a rock with a long stick or cane and blowing a bugle, presumably a foreman. Four [...]

Keywords: calendars, months, july, people, farming, farmers, harvest, harvesting, wheat, corn, carts, costumes, anglo-saxon costumes, greyscale

Places shown: England

Added: 2022-03-16

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Bocardo, destroyed in 1771.Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

Lang says that the Bocardo Prison predated the University.

The image is signed “S. R.”

Keywords: churches, streets, carts, carriages, people, clocks, colour

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-03-05

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RufflecumtuffleDoings of the Bodley Family in Town and Country (1876)

THE FOUR QUEER ELVES Rufflecumtuffle and Floppytyfly, Bibbetybobble and Kickitteygo,   Were four queer elves   Who lived by themselves   On a mountain high, And scorned the fairies thta dwelt below [...]

Keywords: fairies, pagan, bare feet, beards, elves, mythical creatures, illustrations for children, carts, transport, humour, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2012-11-25

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Postilion galloping uphillA Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy (1885)

A passenger in a two-wheeled carriage (a chaise) is being pulled up a steep hill by a pair of horses, the driver, or postilion, is gesturing up the hill. The postilion managed the point to a miracle: [...]

Keywords: carts, transport, people, horses, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-09-05

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Castle StreetOxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

From an Engraving by A. Brunet-Debaines.

Keywords: streets, towns, buildings, people, carts, houses, greyscale

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2005-12-14

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Cathedral from the N.E. and part of City Wall.The River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875)

“[...] there is good reason to believe that during the Roman occupation of Chester, a church, dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul, stood upon this spot; and most interesting it is thus to connect this [...]

Keywords: churches, cathedrals, abbeys, towers, carts, people, animals, trees, spires, greyscale

Places shown: Chester; Cheshire; England

Added: 2007-04-23

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915.—Southampton Gate: North Front.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A castellated (fortified) tower with a cout of arms, various statues, and an arched entrance; a horse and cart are going through, and a man wearing a top hat pushes a barrow.

Keywords: castles, entrances, arches, carts, greyscale

Places shown: Southampton; Hampshire; England

Added: 2004-03-04

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Ancient Half-Timbered Houses, Foregate StreetThe River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875)

“Turning now from the outside of the walls to the inside, we must remember that the four Roman Streets, intersecting one another at right angles, have always been the features which determined the who [...]

Keywords: houses, street scenes, horses, carts, greyscale

Places shown: Chester; Cheshire; England

Added: 2006-10-11

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Porta San PaoloMediaeval Rome (1901)

p. 135. Porta San Paolo
Gate of St. Paul.

Keywords: arches, carts, colour

Places shown: Rome; Italy

Added: 2003-04-30

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1375.—Shooting at ButtsOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A “butt” is an old name for a target used for longbow archery practice; the place where people practice to fire arrows is called an archery butts. The targets were usually placed on mounds of earth. [...]

Keywords: archery, weapons, knights, people, carts, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-05-11

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The Christmas WagonThe Circling Year (1870)

A covered wagon, drawn by four pairs of horses, crosses a snow-covered stone bridge over a river in this chromolithograph. I’m not sure whether the wagon brings gifts or relatives or is coming to take [...]

Keywords: christmas, xmas, chromolithographs, colour, horses, wagons, carts, bridges, snow, winter, rivers, water, trees, people, cold, travel

Places shown: unspecified

Added: 2018-02-21

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2106.—Inn at Charmouth.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

I’m not sure if The Queens Arms is the same place. let me know!

Keywords: inns, animals, people, horses, carts, streets, cobbles, christmas, colour

Places shown: Charmouth; Dorset; England

Added: 2004-03-04

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