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The Lion Gates, Hampton Court
The Thames Illustrated: A Picturesque Journey from Richmond to Oxford (1897)
Hampton Court Palace was built by Cardinal Wolsey, starting in 1514, although some time in the 1520s it became the property of King Henry VIII.The Lion Gates are at the Bushey Park entrance to the Pal [...]
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gates, entrances, statues, trees, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale
Places shown:
East Molesey; Surrey; England
Added: 2006-01-19
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Priot Bolton’s Garden-house at Canonbury
London (Volume II) (1841)
From the house we pass to the lawn, which is terminated by a wall with a raised and embowered terrace, from which we look over on the other side to the kitchen-garden, the New River, and thence onward [...]
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gardens, greyscale
Places shown:
Islington; London; England
Added: 2009-04-27
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Stone Henge in Wiltshire, wallpaper version
The Antiquities of England and Wales (1786)
A version ofStone Henge in Wiltshire [1780]with the publisher’s name removed from the bottom, making it the right shape for many computer screens. There is also awidescreen stonehenge wallpaperversion [...]
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wallpaper, backgrounds, ruins, temples, megaliths, druids, stone circles, spooky, greyscale
Places shown:
Stonehenge; Salisbury Plain; Wiltshire; England
Added: 2008-08-27
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49.—Stone Henge, in Wiltshire.
The Antiquities of England and Wales (1786)
Stonehenge in a woodcut from 1786. I would not assume that the drawing is very accurate. In the foreground is a group of people on the ground, to give a sense of scale.Stone Henge, in Wiltshire.Publ [...]
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ruins, temples, megaliths, druids, stone circles, greyscale
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Stonehenge; Salisbury Plain; Wiltshire; England
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Stone Henge in Wiltshire, wide-screen version
The Antiquities of England and Wales (1786)
A version ofStone Henge in Wiltshire [1780]cropped and resized for use on an HDTV or a wide-screen computer monitor. There is also a4:3version, e.g. 1600x1200 or 1024x768.
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wallpaper, backgrounds, monuments, ruins, people, spooky, greyscale
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Stonehenge; Salisbury Plain; Wiltshire; England
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Chatsworth.
Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland (1870)
CHATSWORTH.near Bakewell, Derbyshire.—Duke of Devonshire.Thesituation of Chatsworth is exceedingly beautiful, in the romantic part of Derbyshire which Sir Walter Scott has celebrated in “Peveril of th [...]
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manors, stately homes, exteriors, views, parks, deer, animals, people, trees, palaces, colour
Places shown:
Chatsworth; Bakewell; Derbyshire; England
Added: 2018-03-27
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The Minster, North Side
Red Book Of York (1901)
York Minster is a pre-Norman church but was extensively rebuilt starting in 1154; the main work was started in 1220.One thing every visitor to the city of York will surely notice is that the Minster s [...]
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churches, trees, colour
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York; Yorkshire; England
Added: 2004-04-25
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West Gate, Warwick
Warwick and Leamington (1920)
A shepherd herds his sheep up Warwick’s main street, past mediaeval house.
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towns, colour, churches, mediaeval, people, animals
Places shown:
Warwick; Warwickshire; England
Added: 2003-11-09
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Farley Castle
Youth’s Instruction (1830)
“The venerable remains of Farley Castle, the renowned baronial residence of the Hungerfords, is situated about six miles south-east from bath, in the county of Somerset. It is supposed to derive its n [...]
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castles, towers, entrances, walls, animals, trees, ruins, spooky, greyscale
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Farley; Somerset; England
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525.—The Crypt, St. Bartholomew’s Church.
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
A dark stone-vaulted crypt extends as far as we can see; a man walks away from us, holding a burning taper out to light his way and carrying a heavy key. In the foreground a wine-barrel serves to hold [...]
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crypts, people, drinking, barrels, darkness, interiors, churches, arches, pillars, lamps, spooky, greyscale
Places shown:
London
London; England
Added: 2013-06-04
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Jailer walking into the dark
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
A man walks with a lighted taper into the back of the crypt. In the foreground we see empty wine-bottles and a wine-barrel (or beer-barrel).This is a detail taken from a larger picture,The crypt of Sa [...]
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wallpaper, backgrounds, crypts, darkness, spooky, people, darkness, arches, interiors, greyscale
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London
London; England
Added: 2013-06-04
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527.—The Western Entrance, Interior, St. Bartholomew’s church.
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
There can be no doubt that we have the original walls, pillars, and arches of the twelfth century; the massive, grand, and simple style of the whole tells truly through the date of their erection. (p. [...]
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churches, interiors, norman architecture, people, arches, pillars, windows, greyscale
Places shown:
London
London; England
Added: 2013-09-24
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Guy’s Cliffe.
Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland (1870)
A strikingly beautiful manor house, with the moat in the foreground; today it lies in ruins. There are several other pictures of the same site; see the Location link. I have included a 1680x1050 pix [...]
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manors, stately homes, exteriors, parks, buildings, colour, water, trees, colour
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Guy’s Cliffe; Warwick; Warwickshire; England
Added: 2007-06-16
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Hastings: The Castle.
Round The Coast (1895)
From a Photo. by Poulton & Son.“HASTINGS.—Hastings Castle stands on the brink of the cliff, and presents the most striking view to be found in Sussex. Its principal entrance was necessarily on the lan [...]
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ruins, castles, arches, beaches, views, water, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale
Places shown:
Hastings; Sussex; England
Added: 2006-12-20
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