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Sulgrave ManorAncestral Homes of Noted Americans (1915)

The English home of the WashingtonsNow little more than a farm house, the manor was a priory of St Andrew’s before the Reformation in the 16th Century. It’s located in Sulgrave, near Banbury in Oxford [...]

Keywords: manors, horses, trees, farms, george washington, colour

Places shown: Sulgrave; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2003-12-02

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Frontispiece: Sulgrave ManorIn Unfamiliar England (1910)

Sulgrave Manor, The Cradle of the Washingtons. Painted especially for the author by Daniel Sherrin. The printing quality was rather poor, unfortunately, so this image is included more because it might [...]

Keywords: colour, manors, farms, people, sunsets, trees, george washington

Places shown: Sulgrave; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2005-10-23

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Washington and his FatherThe American Boy’s Life of Washington (1870)

George Washington and his father: With a view to George’s gratification and surprise, this good father once prepared a smooth bed in the garden, and had written thereon with the point of a sharp stick [...]

Keywords: children, george washington, portraits, people, presidents, illustrations for children, costumes, greyscale

Places shown: Stafford County; Virginia; USA

Added: 2011-02-15

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The Young General [George Washington]The American Boy’s Life of Washington (1870)

George Washington, as a boy, stands with a short toy sword and marshalls four other boys into a line as they pretend to be soldiers. It was not to be wondered at that George, who had entered with grea [...]

Keywords: children, games, weapons, george washington, peoplechildren, illustrations for children, costume, greyscale

Places shown: Virginia; USA

Added: 2011-02-15

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Washington Brass, Sulgrave ChurchIn Unfamiliar England (1910)

We followed the rough cobblestone walk to the church door, but could not gain admittance until the caretaker was found, for Sulgrave Church has been kept strictly under lock and key ever since one of [...]

Keywords: george washington, brasses, gravestones, duogravures, monuments, colour

Places shown: Sulgrave; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2014-08-17

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Room in which Lawrence Washington was born, Sulgrave ManorAncestral Homes of Noted Americans (1915)

“It was in this rrom that Lawrence Washington, sone of Robert, and great-great-great grandfather of George Washington, was born.” (p. 106) “Lawrence Washington, of Gray’s Inn, lived in or near Northa [...]

Keywords: interiors, beds, george washington, greyscale

Places shown: Sulgrave; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2006-06-27

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They Crossed the Delaware in SafetyThe American Boy’s Life of Washington (1870)

The picture shows a boat of perhaps sixteen men in a small row-boat; George Washington stands near the stern looking behind anxiously for any sign of the British troops. Near the front, implausibly, s [...]

Keywords: george washington, people, boats, soldiers, snow, xmas, rivers, water, american uprising, traitors, rowing, illustrations for children, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2022-12-02

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A Severe Battle EnsuedThe American Boy’s Life of Washington (1870)

This picture illustrates the Battle of Princeton, New Jersey, USA, in 1777, between the British insurgent forces and the government army. When they reached Stony Brook, on the outskirts of Princeton, [...]

Keywords: battles, people, weapons, canon, guns, george washington, greyscale

Places shown: Stony Brook; Princeton; NY; USA

Added: 2018-03-01

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