1033x701, 2065x1402, 295x200, 4130x2804, 750x509 | Edinburgh from Calton HillNorthland Journeys, Part I (1881) Edinburgh von Calton Hill aus gesehen This is a view of Edinburgh fromCalton Hill, but predates a lot of more recent building. Edinburgh Castle is in the far background. Keywords: cityscapes, views, castles, towers, greyscale Places shown: Edinburgh; Lothian; Scotland Added: 2020-03-17 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1210x900, 2420x1800, 269x200, 4840x3600, 750x558 | Chester, from the Alford Road.The River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875) Probably this view was drawn from the road between Chester and Aldford, as it’s written today, at the bank of the River Dee. Keywords: views, cityscapes, cows, animals, water, rivers, boats, towers, trees, fences, cities, cityscapes, towers, churches, buildings, cathedrals, greyscale Places shown: Chester; Cheshire; England Added: 2018-08-07 + S K L R N |
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1154x1854, 125x200, 2308x3707, 467x750, 577x927 | Frontispiece: Dinant, Showing Old Castle and CathedralThe Forest of Arden With Some of its Legends (1914) The building with the elongated dome structure is the main church, the thirteenth century Notre Dame de Dinant. When we fared forth into the streets of Dinant the morning after our arrival, we found a [...] Keywords: views, cityscapes, churches, mountains, rivers, water, colour, art, buildings, houses, rooves Places shown: Dinant; Wallonia; Namur; Belgium Added: 2018-08-24 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1059x717, 1412x956, 295x200, 794x538 | Frontispiece: Lâon, View From the PlainCathedral Cities of France (1907) The Cathedral of Lâon, or Laon, Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Laon, was built in the 12th century. “Voillet-le-Duc, in his review of the cathedral of Lâon, says that it has a certain ring of democracy and [...] Keywords: colour, cityscapes, views, cathedrals, sheep, hills, trees Places shown: Lâon; Picardy; France Added: 2006-06-29 + S K L R N |
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| 132x200, 481x727, 642x970, 856x1294 | Frontispiece: View Near SelborneThe Natural History of Selborne (1879) View looking, I imagine, towards the distant Church in the village of Selborne. There are deer in the foreground, under the shade of a large tree. Keywords: views, animals, deer, trees, greyscale Places shown: Selborne; Hampshire; England Added: 2005-11-08 + S K L R N |
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1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 800x600 | View of Selborne, Detail for use as Desktop WallpaperThe Natural History of Selborne (1879) A detail taken from the Frontispiece showing the deer under the tree, with ducks swimming on a pond in the background. Keywords: views, animals, deer, ducks, wallpaper, backgrounds, trees, greyscale Places shown: Selborne; Hampshire; England Added: 2005-11-08 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1024x640, 1280x800, 1440x900, 1680x1050, 2486x1662, 319x200 | Windsor Castle, The Royal ResidencePicturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland Vol 1 (1870) The history of Windsor Castle is the history of England and of England’s Kings and Queens. [...] The building is worthy of England, and of the long and illustrious line of monarchs who have sat upon o [...] Keywords: castles, towers, buildings, water, boats, flags, views, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour Places shown: Windsor; Berkshire; England Added: 2009-11-18 + S K L R N |
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1006x801, 1341x1068, 251x200, 754x601 | 17.—Sarum PlainOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) In the foreground a barefoot shepherd with crook and straw hat, probably a boy, accompanied by his sheep, who graze on grassy burial mounds perhaps of ancient kings. In the far background, over Salisb [...] Keywords: bare feet, people, sheep, stonehenge, megaliths, druids, ruins, views, burial mounds, greyscale Places shown: Salisubury Plain; Wiltshire; England Added: 2005-03-26 + S K L R N |
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1084x936, 1445x1248, 231x200, 813x702 | 18.—Various Barrows.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) The text reads: “a. Long barrow. b, c. Druid Barrows. d. Bell-shaped Barrow. e. Conical Barrow. f. Twin Barrow.” A stone circle (probably meant to be Stonehenge) is visible in the distance. Keywords: stonehenge, megaliths, druids, views, burial mounds, stone circles, greyscale Places shown: Salisubury Plain; Wiltshire; England Added: 2005-04-02 + S K L R N |
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1181x451, 524x200, 886x338 | 20.—Varieties of Druid BarrowOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) The caption (retained in the image) reads as follows: 4, 10, 11. Varieties of Druid Barrow. 5. Another variety. 7. Twin-barrow. 12. Tumulus called Mil-barrow, Wilts. 14. Tumulus, New Grange, Drogheda. Keywords: druids, stonehenge, megaliths, ruins, burial mounds, diagrams, views, stone circles, greyscale Places shown: Salisbury Plain; Wiltshire; England Added: 2005-05-01 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 800x600 | 23.—Remains of Old SarumOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) “Across the plain [Salisbury plain], at a distance [from Stonehenge] not exceeding twenty miles, was the great temple and Druidical settlement of Avebury. The town and hill-fort of Sarum was close at [...] Keywords: ruins, castles, hills, trees, views, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale Places shown: Old Sarum; Wiltshire; England Added: 2005-07-26 + S K L R N |
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1140x382, 1710x573, 595x200, 641x215, 855x287 | 28.—Abury. Bird’s eye view, from the South.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) “The bird’s-eye view (Fig. 28), exhibits the restoration of Abury and its neighbourhood somewhat more clearly. 1 is the circumvallated bank, 2 and 3 the inner temples, 4 the river Kennet, 5 and 6 the [...] Keywords: views, megaliths, temples, druids, ruins, stone circles, greyscale Places shown: Avebury; Wiltshire; England Added: 2005-08-29 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 640x480, 800x600 | 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 + S K L R N |
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1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 640x480, 800x600 | 49.—Huts in a Cingalese Village.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) The Cingalese people are the natives of Ceylon, now called Sri Lanka. “Of the domestic buildings of the early Britons there are no remains, if we except some circular stone foundations, which may have [...] Keywords: people, forests, buildings, trees, views, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale Places shown: Sri Lanka Added: 2005-08-30 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1114x730, 1485x973, 1808x1212, 305x200, 835x547, 904x606 | View of OxfordOxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896) We see the ancient city in the distance between trees in the foreground. From an Etching by H. Toussaint. Engraved by Davison. Keywords: views, cities, trees, towers, cityscapes, greyscale Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England Added: 2005-08-12 + S K L R N |
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1024x768, 1600x1200, 1902x1413, 267x200, 800x600 | 76.—The Herefordshire Beacon.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) There are disagreements about whether the Herefordshire Beacon is the remains of an iron-age hill fort or perhaps is an unfinished Norman motte-and-bailey castle of the 11th century; an excavation in [...] Keywords: celts, earthworks, castles, hills, views, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale Places shown: Colwall; Malvern; Herefordshire; England Added: 2007-07-24 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1293x945, 1724x1260, 274x200, 726x530, 970x709 | 87.—Country near Dover.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) “In the latter part of the summer of the year 55 B. C. (Halley, the astronomer, has gone far to prove that the exact day was the 26th of August), a Roman fleet crossed the Channel, bearing the infantr [...] Keywords: views, hills, sheep, greyscale Places shown: Dover; Kent; England Added: 2008-09-15 + S K L R N |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1280x800, 1440x900, 1680x1050, 319x200 | View From City Walls (Widescreen Version)Red Book Of York (1901) A version of View from the City Walls cropped for use as a screen background. Choose the size nearest to your computer’s monitor resolution. There is also a 1600x1200 (4:3) version. Keywords: wallpaper, backgrounds, cathedrals, cityscapes, buildings, people, views, street scenes, greyscale Places shown: York; Yorkshire; England Added: 2008-09-23 + S K L R N |
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