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Micklegate BarIllustrated London News Vol 56 (1870)

“The gates, of which several remain in perfect preservation, and one of which, called the Micklegate Bar, forms the subject of our Engraving, are singularly imposing. The view is taken from the inside [...]

Keywords: battlements, castles, stairs, walls, towers, greyscale

Places shown: York; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2006-07-01

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569.—Staircase in the Conventual Buildings, CanterburyOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“Look at Canterbury [Cathedral]. How many changes of architectural taste are not there visible; how many different periods of architectural history may not there be traced: yet is the effect anywhere [...]

Keywords: churches, abbeys, stairs, arches, greyscale

Places shown: Canterbury; Kent; England

Added: 2005-10-25

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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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Christchurch CollegeOxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

Staircase to the hall at Christchurch College, Oxford
From an Etching by A. Brunet-Dubaines.

Keywords: stairs, interiors, vaulting, people, colleges, colour

Places shown: Christchurch College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-03-05

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An Egyptian Priest and ScribeMagazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

Scribes in ancient egypt seem to have been valued and inportant; a scribe was a high-ranking job, unlike in the Levant in the first century, when they were often slaves. The picture shows the bare-hea [...]

Keywords: art, paintings, priests, stairs, scribes, ancient egypt, religion, rituals, greyscale

Places shown: Egypt

Added: 2025-02-02

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132b.—Temple ofthe Sacred Tooth in KandyTravels In The Far East (1909)

The Temple of the Tooth Relic has its own web site, www.sridaladamaligawa.lk. It has a photograph of the same temple entrance on the page about the temple history. “Kandy, in the Eastern world, deriv [...]

Keywords: temples, stairs, greyscale

Places shown: Kandy; Sri Lanka

Added: 2005-03-04

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Methley HallOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“Methley Hall, or Methley Park, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, seven miles south-east from Leeds, is the seat of the Saviles, Earls Mexborough, which family have held the manor for several centuries [...]

Keywords: interiors, windows, ceilings, arches, stairs, colour, furniture, manors, halls

Places shown: Mickletown; West Riding; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2005-08-24

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Methley Hall, Wallpaper VersionOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A version of the Methley Hall coloured engraving; this version has been cropped slightly so that it’s the right size for a computer desktop background, or wallpaper. No, I don’t know why some people p [...]

Keywords: backgrounds, manors, colour, interiors, windows, ceilings, arches, stairs, furniture, wallpaper

Places shown: Mickletown; West Riding; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2005-08-24

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XV.—Scala Regia, House of Lords.Monumental Architecture (1910)

Monumental Architecture. XV.—Scala Regia, House of Lords. Sir John Soane, Architect. The Scala Regia is the ante-room and gallery (corridor) at the House of Lords in Westminster; Sir John Soane desig [...]

Keywords: interiors, ceilings, windows, entrances, stairs, steps, neoclassical, architecture, greyscale

Places shown: Westminster; London; England

Added: 2005-08-17

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The stairs leading to a Prambanam temple.Travels In The Far East (1909)

“We drove on, perhaps a mile farther, and came to a wonderful group of temples, dating about the same period, known as Prambanam, where we saw what excited our wonder and admiration. Though the ruins [...]

Keywords: temples, ruins, stairs, greyscale

Places shown: Leles; Sri Lanka

Added: 2005-03-17

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Padalo listí (fallen leaves)Zlatá Praha (Golden Prague) (1897)

An old overgrown stone stairway in a foggy forest. This is the second of a triptych of pictures by the Czech artist Ferdinand Engelmüler; the three pictures were printed on a double-page spread at the [...]

Keywords: spooky, forests, ruins, trees, steps, stairs, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2015-03-12

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