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The Bridge at DurhamThe Story of Some English Shires (1897)

Etched by J.C. Varrall from a drawing by Thomas Hearne in the British Museum. Walter & Boutall ph. sc. The picture shows Elvet Bridge, which was originally built in the 12th century, repaired in 1500 [...]

Keywords: bridges, gothic, people, water, backgrounds, wallpaper, colour

Places shown: DurhamDurham; England

Added: 2005-09-20

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Plate II. Canterbury Cathedral. South West View.The Cathedral Churches of England (1925)

Canterbury Cathedral Church, pictured here under a rather dramatic and gloomy sky, burned down in 1174, and was rebuilt as shown here; the building work was finished in the year 1184.

Keywords: cathedrals, churches, towers, gothic, gothic architecture, people, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: Canterbury; Kent; England

Added: 2010-05-22

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Plate III. Gloucester Cathedral. West Front and South Side.The Cathedral Churches of England (1925)

Gloucester Cathedral was built 900 years ago (it was completed in 1100); it was originally the Abbey of St. Peter, part of a Benedictine monastery. Here we see the towers and spires, the gothic windo [...]

Keywords: cathedrals, churches, towers, windows, gothic, gothic architecture, people, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: Gloucester; Gloucestershire; England

Added: 2010-05-22

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Rain-Water Head, Haddon HallArt in England During the Elizabethan and Stuart Periods (1908)

A rain-head, collecting water from gutters and divirting it to a down-pipe, elaorately carved in the Gothic style.

Keywords: architecture, decor, gothic, greyscale

Places shown: Bakewell; Derbyshire; England

Added: 2006-04-22

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21. Stokesay Castle (General View)The Growth of the English House (1909)

The hall and adjoining rooms are to the right; the south tower is in the centre; the Elizabethan gatehouse to the left. There are also pictures in Grose’s Antiquities and in Oman’s Castles. For some [...]

Keywords: manors, castles, towers, gravestones, gothic, greyscale

Places shown: Stokesay; Shropshire; England

Added: 2004-04-01

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Wollaton Hall From the North-EastEnglish Homes Period III Vol. I, Late Tudor & Early Stuart (1558‒1649) (1922)

Wollaton Hall was designed by Robert Smythson and completed in the 1588. It has been described as the first English house to abandon the traditional central courtyard; instead it had a high-ceilinged [...]

Keywords: manors, gothic, greyscale

Places shown: Nottingham; Nottinghamshire; England

Added: 2005-06-01

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Mournful / Contemplative Full-Page Border With StatuesVictor Hugo et Son Temps [Victor Hugo and His Times] (1881)

This full-page decorative border features trees without leaves, presumably in Winter, and statues that from the context we know to be monuments on tombs. In the foreground is a lilly-pond. In the book [...]

Keywords: poems, borders, melancholy, gothic, graveyards, statuary, trees, forests, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2015-01-22

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Goth skull with vinesTypo Ornamenty (1990)

This black and white goth skull line-drawing has a vine growing out of one eye-socket and all around the frame, with stylised aster flowers and acanthus leaves. There is also a coloured version of the [...]

Keywords: goth, gothic, skulls, death, vines, leaves, flowers, greyscale, fantasy

Places shown: none

Added: 2021-03-20

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Goth skull with vines, colour versionTypo Ornamenty (1990)

I coloured in a line-drawing of a skull with vines coming out of its eye-socket; this was a lot of fun and i tried to use an æsthetic compatiblewit a heavy metal album cover, although the image long [...]

Keywords: goth, colour, gothic, skulls, death, vines, leaves, flowers, fantasy

Places shown: none

Added: 2021-03-20

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Magdalen CloistersOxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

The tower is also featured in several paintings by Haslehust’s illustrations of Oxford.

Keywords: colleges, cloisters, entrances, courtyards, creeper, gothic, churches, towers, people, arches, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Magdalen College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-06-20

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Niches at OrielOxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

From a Drawing by A. Brunet-Debaines.

Keywords: gothic, windows, entrances, statues, colleges, colour

Places shown: Oriel College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2003-04-13

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The Grotesque (Le Stryge)Charles Meryon (1923)

This etching from 1852 is of a 19th century gargoyle on Nôtre Dame cathedral in Paris. The engraving shows a horned and winged grotesque figure with its tongue sticking out. Strictyl speaking is it no [...]

Keywords: gargoyles, statuary, sculpture, statues, spooky, tongue, towers, views, cityscapes, crows, birds, gothic architecture, gothic, goth, wings, mythological creatures, oval, greyscale

Places shown: Paris; Ile-de-France; France

Added: 2025-09-07

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Gargoyle, brighter versionCharles Meryon (1923)

This is a version of Meryon’s Gargoyle that has has the surface tone removed to make for better reproduction. Since the artist intended the background to be darkened, this should be printed on tinted [...]

Keywords: gargoyles, stryge, crows, gothic, goth, cityscapes, oval, greyscale

Places shown: Paris; Ile-de-France; France

Added: 2025-09-07

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The Gateway of St. John’s CollegeOxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

From an Etching by H. Toussaint. St. John’s College, Oxford, was founded in 1555, replacing an earlier college abolished during the Dissolution of the Monasteries. The statue of St. Bernard [I think] [...]

Keywords: colleges, gothic, arches, entrances, statues, people, greyscale

Places shown: St. John’s College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-08-29

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Gothic WindowCharles Meryon (1923)

La Galerie de Nôtre-Dame in Paris (1853) Another picture by Meryon with crows in it, and gothic architecture, and also use of surface tone (background not completely white) to add atmosphere, even tho [...]

Keywords: windows, gothic architecture, tracery, crows, birds, gothic, goth, columns, cathedras, colour

Places shown: Paris; Ile-de-France; France

Added: 2025-09-07

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Winchester CollegeMemorials of Hampshire. (1906)

Chamber Court, Winchester College. (From a Photograph by H. W. Salmon) Winchester College Web Site I found a reference to H. W. Salmon having a photograph used by the Illustrated London News in 1889; [...]

Keywords: gothic, towers, churches, windows, colour

Places shown: Winchester; Hampshire; England

Added: 2003-04-28

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Porch of St. Mary’sOxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

From a Drawing by A. Brunet-Debaines.

Keywords: entrances, colleges, churches, pillars, people, gothic, colour

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-03-05

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Plate XXV. The Cloisters, Norwich Cathedral.The Cathedral Churches of England (1925)

Cloisters; a man leads a dog through them, presumably to give a sense of scale. The arches of the vaulted ceiling are prominent. On the left there is a graveyard.

Keywords: churches, gothic, gravestones, churchyards, arches, windows, cathedrals, greyscale

Places shown: Norwich; Norfolk; England

Added: 2004-05-04

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2280.—The Pepysian Library, Magdalene College, CambridgeOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The Pepys library holds over 3,000 volumes; the building probably dates from 1700 or so. Samuel Pepys himself wrote his name in a number of ways, including Pepis, Pepys, Peeps and Pepes. Pepys Library [...]

Keywords: colleges, people, arches, trees, gothic, greyscale

Places shown: Magdalene College; Cambridge; Cambridgeshire; England

Added: 2005-07-21

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Quinta Giustiniani en PáduaEl Mundo Ilustrado (1883)

The caption, Quinta Giustiniani en Pádua, means Giustiniani farmhouse in Padua; the Giustiniani family were originally in Venice; Padua is some forty kilometres (25 miles) from Venice. The picture app [...]

Keywords: baroque architecture, gothic, spooky, people, arches, overgrown, grand, ornate, vines, trees, buildings, greyscale

Places shown: Padua; Veneto; Italy

Added: 2018-09-20

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