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1039x1435, 145x200, 584x807, 779x1076 | Donnington CastleCastles (1926) The Gate HouseThe gatehouse dates from 1386, when King Richard II granted Richard Abberbury the Elder the right to fortify ("crenellate") his manor. There is also a plan of Donnington; use the Locatio [...] Keywords: towers, castles, ruins, trees, greyscale Places shown: Donnington; Berkshire; England Added: 2004-06-30 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 640x480, 800x600 | 389.—Ruins of reading Abbey in 1721.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) Reading Abbey was founded in 1121 by King Henry I; it became very wealthy, no doubt in part because of the corruption that was endemic to the Roman Catholic Church. At the Dissolution of the Monasteri [...] Keywords: abbeys, ruins, arches, people, animals, wallpaper, backgrounds, anglosaxon remains, greyscale Places shown: Reading; Berkshire; England Added: 2005-05-22 + S K L R N |
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1024x640, 1280x800, 1440x900, 1680x1050, 319x200, 752x470 | IV.—West Front of Buckingham Palace.Monumental Architecture (1910) The lack of a flag probably means the King (at the time) was not at home. Thewing on the left today is the Queen’s private disco and mosh pit. John Nash, Architect. Keywords: palaces, architecture, photographs, buildings, columns, greyscale Places shown: LondonLondon; England Added: 2012-06-09 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1550x875, 354x200, 775x438 | The CasualsMagazine of Art Illustrated (1878) The oil painting on which this engraving was based was exhibted under the title, Applicants for Admission to a Casual Ward, at the Royal Academy in 1874; it was made to illustrate a scene from Dickens [...] Keywords: poverty, poor, victorian costumes, bare feet, men, women, people, children, street scenes, greyscale Places shown: LondonLondon; England Added: 2021-03-15 + S K L R N |
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| 141x200, 551x780, 734x1039, 979x1386 | Interior of the Temple Church.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) The Temple Church was built by (or for) the Knights Templar in London in the 12th Century. Some time after the Knights Templar were destroyed (in 1307) the temple was given by Edward II to the Knights [...] Keywords: interiors, colour, churches, people, ceilings, columns, arches, pillars, costumes Places shown: LondonLondon; England Added: 2012-08-13 + S K L R N |
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1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 800x600 | The Lion Gates, Hampton CourtThe 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 Pa [...] Keywords: gates, entrances, statues, trees, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale Places shown: East Molesey; Surrey; England Added: 2006-01-19 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 164x200, 736x900, 981x1200 | Priot Bolton’s Garden-house at CanonburyLondon (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 [...] Keywords: gardens, greyscale Places shown: Islington; London; England Added: 2009-04-27 + S K L R N |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1621x1933, 168x200, 608x725, 811x967 | 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 [...] Keywords: crypts, people, drinking, barrels, darkness, interiors, churches, arches, pillars, lamps, spooky, greyscale Places shown: LondonLondon; England Added: 2013-06-04 + S K L R N |
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1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 640x480, 800x600 | Jailer walking into the darkOld 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 [...] Keywords: wallpaper, backgrounds, crypts, darkness, spooky, people, darkness, arches, interiors, greyscale Places shown: LondonLondon; England Added: 2013-06-04 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1093x1254, 1457x1672, 174x200, 614x705, 820x941 | 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. [...] Keywords: churches, interiors, norman architecture, people, arches, pillars, windows, greyscale Places shown: LondonLondon; England Added: 2013-09-24 + S K L R N |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1057x1479, 143x200, 594x832, 793x1110 | Dickens at the Blacking WarehouseThe Leisure Hour (1904) From a drawing by Fred Bernard. Reproduced in “The Dickens Country” by kind permission of Messrs. Chapman and Hall Charles Dickens is here shown as a boy of between eight and twelve years of age, work [...] Keywords: people, misery, dickens, work, labour, sketches, drawings, tiredness, fatigue, boys, greyscale Places shown: London; England Added: 2006-10-08 + S K L R N |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1139x687, 1518x916, 331x200, 854x515 | New Post Office, LondonYouth’s Instruction (1830) “March 1830. The New Post-Office, London. (With an Engraving) The magnificent building recently opened as the new metropolitan Post-Office is situated near the junction of Cheapside and Newgate-stree [...] Keywords: columns, neoclassical, carriages, horses, people, streets, buildings, greyscale Places shown: LondonLondon; England Added: 2005-08-19 + S K L R N |
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1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 640x480, 800x600 | 736.—Sanctuary, Westminster.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) From a sketch by Dr. Stukeley, before its destruction in 1775 One of the most important events recorded in our annals in connection with the privilege of Sanctuary, furnishes us incidentally with a ve [...] Keywords: buildings, castles, forts, ruins, people, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale Places shown: Westminster; London; England Added: 2012-09-25 + S K L R N |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 640x480, 800x600 | 928.—Betchworth Castle.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) [...] Not many months after, the earl’s brother, thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury, banished in the same cause, set the crown of Richard on Bolingbroke’s head. Of course the Arundels found favour with [...] Keywords: castles, ruins, views, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale Places shown: Betchworth; Surrey; England Added: 2009-03-14 + S K L R N |
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