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Aldermaston, BerkshireThe Mansions of England in the Olden Time (1906)

Aldermaston Court, the manor house in Aldermaston Park, was largely destroyed by fire just a few years after Joseph Nash painted this picture. Today (2020) the Victorian replacement manor is for sale. [...]

Keywords: interiors, mansions, stately homes, staircases, ceilings, people, statuart, dogs, chidren, women, boys, sculpture, gothic architecture, medieval architecture, carving, costumes, greyscale

Places shown: Aldermaston; Berkshire; England

Added: 2020-10-15

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Steps at Powis Castle, Near WelshpoolArt in England During the Elizabethan and Stuart Periods (1908)

A sketch (with difficult perspective) of stone staircases and balustrades leading up to a doorway on the side of Powis Castle (Powys Castle, as it is today). From a drawing by William Twopeny. This dr [...]

Keywords: castles, steps, stairs, staircases, greyscale

Places shown: Powys; Welshpool; Glamorgan; Wales

Added: 2006-10-09

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Courtyard, Naworth CastleThe Story of Some English Shires (1897)

The story of the ill-planned rising of the Earls of Northumberland and Westmoreland has already been told. One of their associates was Leonard Dacre, who held the castle of Naworth, and gathered roun [...]

Keywords: castles, steps, staircases, entrances, windows, greyscale

Places shown: Brampton; Cumberland; England

Added: 2006-09-07

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Fig 36. — A staircase of the catacombsFabiola, or, the Church of the Catacombs (1887)

The Catacombs of Rome, said to have been used by early Christians to hide from persecution. Looking from within a tall tunnel with an arched roof towards the steps up and presumably out, into the ligh [...]

Keywords: catacombs, staircases, stairway to heaven, caves, corridors, graves, tombs, religion, christianity, roman remains, interiors, spooky, death, graveyards, tombs, greyscale

Places shown: Rome; Italy

Added: 2025-04-09

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The Conquest 1: Perhaps a kiss?A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy (1885)

Yes—and then—Ye, whose clay-cold heads and lukewarm hearts can argue down or mask your passions, tell me, what trespass is this that man should have them? or how his spirit stands answerable to the F [...]

Keywords: people, romance, backgrounds, wallpaper, staircases, interiors, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2008-01-04

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The Conquest 2: Walking down the stairsA Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy (1885)

If nature has so wove her web of kindness, that some threads of love and desire are entangled with the piece, must the whole web be rent in drawing them out? Whip me such stories, great Governor of N [...]

Keywords: people, romans, staircases, interiors, costumes, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2008-01-04

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Staircase at Claverton, SomersetshireOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

(From Richardson’s ‘Elizabethan Architecture.’) This ornate portico leads to a hallway with a wide staircase climbing upward; there’s a carved animal, perhaps, on the newel post at the foot of the sta [...]

Keywords: staircases, steps, interiors, elizabethan architecture, entrances, doorways, arches, colums, gothic architecture, greyscale

Places shown: Claverton; Somerset; England

Added: 2018-06-06

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The Prince With the Golden HandSlavonic Fairy Tales (1896)

A black-and-white version of The Prince With the Golden Hand; my copy of this picture from a fairy-tale was hand-cloured, presumably by some previous owner of the book. See that image page for a short [...]

Keywords: people, royalty, illustrations for children, borders, interiors, castles, fantasy, romance, staircases, steps, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-01-11

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