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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

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Frontispiece: A Dream: Tertiary Man.Paris Avant l’Histoire (1885)

A naked man sits in a tree hugging his knees, his bare feet dangling. Behind him is a lake or river with elephants grazing. A bird wades through a marsh in the foreground. The man has short hair and a [...]

Keywords: people, nudity, bare feet, trees, elephants, animals, rivers, water, birds, greyscale

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

Added: 2014-01-21

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11.—Gaulish Deity. Cernunnos.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The Celtic god Cernunnos is crowned with antlers. He is sometimes also called as Herne the Hunter, and may be the Green Man of British folklore. “[...] Under the church of Notre Dame, at Paris, were f [...]

Keywords: spirit, druids, gods, religion, greyscale

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

Added: 2005-03-13

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12.—Gaulish Deity. Hesus.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A Celtic war god

Keywords: spirit, druids, gods, religion, spooky, greyscale

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

Added: 2005-03-13

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13.—Two Druids. Bas-relief found at Autun.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

This carved likeness was found in an earth burial-mound, a barrow. “These remarkable monuments contain not only the bones and the ashes of the dead, but various articles of utility and ornament, domes [...]

Keywords: people, beards, astrology, druids, robes, greyscale

Places shown: Autun; Burgandy; France

Added: 2005-02-13

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Young BekieSome British Ballads (1919)

The picture shows a young man lying on the floor of a prison cell or castle dungeon [donjon], his hands on his head, and with one ankle chained to the wall. There are a great number of rats or mice i [...]

Keywords: interiors, prisons, animals, people, chains, colour, spooky

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

Added: 2006-05-13

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7.—House of Jacques Cœur at Bourges (Begun 1443)Architecture: Gothic and Renaissance (1896)

“‘Second only in importance to the churches and religious buildings come the military and domestic buildings of the Gothic period (Fig. 7).” A perspective view of a complex house with a courtyard. Jac [...]

Keywords: buildings, diagrams, rooves, towers, manors, greyscale

Places shown: Bourges; Cher; France

Added: 2006-08-08

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Arches of Cloister of S. Aubin’s Abbey, AngersA Short History of the English People (1902)

The Abbey of S. Aubin, founded in Merovingian times, seems to have been rebuilt by Geoffrey Greygown and Fulk the Black. “Only one huge tower remains, but fragments of it are still to be seen embedde [...]

Keywords: ruins, pillars, arches, abbeys, occult, spooky, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Angers; Maine-et-Loire; France

Added: 2008-07-07

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Durtal, Anjou.A Short History of the English People (1902)

A street leading to a small town of stone buildings including a castle and a church. There seemed to be some plate wash in this engraving and i’ve retained that in the digital image, as it added atmos [...]

Keywords: castles, streets, spires, turrets, towns, buildings, churches, greyscale

Places shown: Durtal; Anjou; France

Added: 2018-07-21

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345.—Castle of LillebonneOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

General view of Ruins, Church, etc. “The character of William of Normandy [William the Conqueror] was so remarkable, and indeed was such an element of success in his daring attempt upon the English cr [...]

Keywords: castles, ruins, people, trees, towers, churches, towns, arches, views, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Lillebonne; Seine-Maritime; France

Added: 2003-08-31

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867.—The Siege of CalaisOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“They sent to Edward; who, however, would listen to no terms but unconditional submission. The noble Sir Walter Manny, however, spoke for them; and, at last, mercy was promised to all but six of the c [...]

Keywords: bare feet, knights, warfare, battles, weapons, greyscale

Places shown: Calais; Pas-de-Calais; France

Added: 2006-09-12

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Bayeux from the MeadowsCathedral Cities of France (1907)

Bayeux itself is a quiet country town, built up one low hill and down another—a town of long streets and grey-shuttered houses, possessing three principle interests—the Cathedral, the Seminary Chapel [...]

Keywords: cityscapes, views, cathedrals, spires, rivers, meadows, art, colour

Places shown: Bayuex; Ca;vados; Normandy; France

Added: 2013-07-03

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Le Chateau de la Grangefort-sir-Allier. Vue Generale.Musée Artistique et Littéraire, Le (1881)

The castle shown in the distance here dates back in part to the 16th century and in part to the 19th, when it was rebuilt. The picture, engraved by Jules-Jacques Puyplat I think (the book just says Pu [...]

Keywords: castles, views, rivers, water, trees, hills, rural, countryside, fishers, people, towers, battlements, greyscale

Places shown: Auvergne; Puy de Dome; France

Added: 2019-01-26

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AngersCathedral Cities of France (1907)

“The French yearning to make everything new” has done its work in Angers, but through Fulk, Geoffrey, René, and the rest would be at a loss to recognise their old capital in the trim modern town, enou [...]

Keywords: cityscapes, views, rivers, water, cathedrals, spires, colour

Places shown: Angers; Maine-et-Loire; France

Added: 2008-07-09

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BloisCathedral Cities of France (1907)

The spires of Blois cathedral are seen across the River Loire. “To most travellers in France the town of Blois is associated with a château rather than with a cathedral; it is oneof a group or towns k [...]

Keywords: cityscapes, views, rivers, water, cathedrals, spires, colour

Places shown: Blois; Loir-et-Cher; France

Added: 2006-09-16

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ChartresCathedral Cities of France (1907)

Chartres Cathedral, Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres, “Cathedral of Our Lady in Chartres” was rebuilt in the 13th century after it was destroyed by lightning in 1194. “ “Chartres,” says Mr. Henry jam [...]

Keywords: cathedrals, cityscapes, views, colour, trees, water, sunsets, bridges

Places shown: Chartres; Eure-et-Loir; France

Added: 2006-06-29

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Porte du Croux, NeversCathedral Cities of France (1907)

“The fourth attraction of Nevers, the high square gateway tower known as the Porte du Croux, may also be bregarded as a relic of feudal days, seeing that it dates from 1398, and was evidently part of [...]

Keywords: castles, towers, people, colour

Places shown: Nevers; France

Added: 2007-02-05

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The MarseillaiseGreat Men and Famous Women, vol. II (1894)

It was at this time [in 1792] that the formidable invasion under the Duke of Brunswick, consisting of 138,000 men, of whom 66,000 were under the King of Prussia in person, and 50,000 were Austrians un [...]

Keywords: pride, soldiers, peasants, people, flags, war, bare feet, rags, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: France

Added: 2011-04-24

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Colossal BullMagazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

By M. Cain. Grand Basin of the Trocadéro Palace.) “One of the chief features of the paris Exhibition of 1878 was the magnificent waterfall beneath the Trocadéro Palace and the grand basin at the foot [...]

Keywords: statues, bulls, animals, greyscale

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

Added: 2005-10-27

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Grotesque HeadMagazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

By M. Legrain. From the Cascade Basin. [at the Paris Exhibition of 1878] A good gargoyle picture for All-Souls Night or Halloween! “These masks, modelled by M. Legrain, were among the most amusing ex [...]

Keywords: heads, statues, fountains, gargoyles, spooky, horror, mythical creatures, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

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

Added: 2005-10-27

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