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1202x1601, 150x200, 676x901, 902x1201 | Frontispiece: Charles the King walked for the last time through the streets of LondonAn Island Story (1920) King Charles is followed by a priest, and surrounded by soldiers with lances. He wears 17th-century costume. [King Charles I] had been foolish, he had been wicked, but now, in the face of death, he b [...] Keywords: royalty, soldiers, people, illustrations for children, colour Places shown: London; England Added: 2009-05-05 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1113x1530, 146x200, 626x860, 835x1148 | The grand Door of Barfreston Church in Kent.The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783) On some of these arches is commonly over the key-stone represented God the Father, or our Saviour surrounded with angels; and below a melange of foliage, animals, often ludicrous, and sometimes even i [...] Keywords: entrances, norman architecture, churches, greyscale Places shown: Barfreston; Kent; England Added: 2008-04-23 + S K L R N |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 141x200, 1589x2258, 528x750, 794x1129 | Frontispiece: St. Paul’s Catheral from Cheapside.English Cathedrals (1910) St. Paul’s Cathedral in London replaced a much older building that was destroyed by the Great Fire of 1666. It was designed by Sir Christopher Wren. In the foreground a boy with a dustpan and trowel i [...] Keywords: churches, cathedrals, domes, buildings, roads, street scenes, children, horses, carriages, carts, trees, greyscale Places shown: London; Longon; England Added: 2020-10-15 + 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 | 152x200, 1802x2375, 569x750, 901x1188 | Frontispiece: The Snow Sweepers (1865)The Circling Year (1870) A man in boots and tall hat, scarf, jacket and rolled-up trousers, stands on the steps of a grand front porch with stone columns while two faces peer out of a window in this city scene. A boy on the s [...] Keywords: winter, street scenes, snow, people, cities, pillars, children, boys, men, snow shovels, victorian costume, top hats, colour Places shown: LondonLondon; England Added: 2018-01-20 + S K L R N |
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1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200 | Frontispiece: Cranbrook, KentOld English Country Cottages (1906) From a water-colour drawing by Herbert Alexander, A.R.W.S. Cropped version suitable for screen background, lightened Keywords: cottages, flowers, gardens, houses, colour, wallpaper, backgrounds Places shown: Cranbrook; Kent; England Added: 2004-07-31 + S K L R N |
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1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200 | Frontispiece: Cranbrook, KentOld English Country Cottages (1906) From a water-colour drawing by Herbert Alexander, A.R.W.S. Cropped version suitable for screen background Keywords: cottages, flowers, gardens, houses, colour, wallpaper, backgrounds Places shown: Cranbrook; Kent; England Added: 2004-07-29 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 155x200, 701x905, 935x1207 | FrontispieceLaws and History of the New Forest (1811) At the edge of a clearing in the forest stands a tall tree; a knight’s sword, shield and stirrup hang from the tree, and two hunting dogs are tied to it. A richly dressed man stands talking to a wood- [...] Keywords: forests, trees, people, weapons, water, animals, christmas, greyscale Places shown: New Forest; Hampshire; England Added: 2005-07-13 + S K L R N |
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1082x1703, 127x200, 487x766, 649x1022, 866x1362 | Bust of William of Wykeham. 1394.The Lives of British Architects from William of Wykeham to Sir William Chambers (1909) On a corbel in Muniment Room, Winchester College. The photograph shows a stone bust of William of Wykeham, wearing a bishop’s mitre and carrying a bishop’s crook. “Although William of Wykeham can in a [...] Keywords: portraits, carving, statuary, people, religion, interiors, greyscale Places shown: Winchester; Hampshire; England Added: 2007-05-28 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 152x200, 636x837, 848x1116 | Hollingbourne, KentOld English Country Cottages (1906) A half-timbered cottage in Kent. The steep tiled roof was probably once thatched. From a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham, R.W.S. The image is also marked “by permission of Mrs. Lionel Beddingt [...] Keywords: cottages, flowers, moss, rooves, gardens, houses, colour, people, birds, colour, christmas Places shown: Hollingbourne; Kent; England Added: 2004-07-31 + S K L R N |
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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 |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 149x200, 1753x2349, 560x750, 877x1175 | Aldermaston, BerkshireThe Mansions of England in the Olden Time (1906) Aldermaston Court, the manor house in Aldermaston Park, was largely destroyed by fire just a few years after Joseph Nash painted this picture. Today (2020) the Victorian replacement manor is for sale. [...] Keywords: interiors, mansions, stately homes, staircases, ceilings, people, statuart, dogs, chidren, women, boys, sculpture, gothic architecture, medieval architecture, carving, costumes, greyscale Places shown: Aldermaston; Berkshire; England Added: 2020-10-15 + S K L R N |
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1024x768, 1600x1200, 1647x1314, 267x200, 800x600 | Plate II. Canterbury Cathedral. South West View.The Cathedral Churches of England (1925) Canterbury Cathedral Church, pictured here under a rather dramatic and gloomy sky, burned down in 1174, and was rebuilt as shown here; the building work was finished in the year 1184. Keywords: cathedrals, churches, towers, gothic, gothic architecture, people, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour Places shown: Canterbury; Kent; England Added: 2010-05-22 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 800x600 | Map of the New Forest and Adjacent CountryLaws and History of the New Forest (1811) Map of the New Forest and surrounding area, published in 1811; it shows Christchurch Bay and the Southampton River to the South, Titchfield and Owselbury to the East, Christchurch and Cranborne to the [...] Keywords: maps, colour, forests, wallpaper, backgrounds Places shown: New Forest; Hampshire; England Added: 2005-07-13 + S K L R N |
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Image status: stock image royalty-free for non-commercial uses only, usage credit required | 1040x746, 1387x995, 1849x1326, 279x200 | Rumwood CourtArt in England During the Elizabethan and Stuart Periods (1908) Rumwood Court, Langley, Kent, from a water-colour drawing by E. Arthur Rowe [1863-1922]. Today, Rumwood Court is a Grade II listed building; this Elizabethan manor could be yours, since it’s for sale. [...] Keywords: colour, houses, flowers, gardens, manors Places shown: Rumwood Court; Langley; Kent; England Added: 2005-02-07 + S K L R N |
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![Rumwood Court [screen background version]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Holme-ArtInEngland/pages/002-Rumwood-court-bg/002-Rumwood-court-bg-q58-267x200.jpg "Rumwood Court [screen background version] 1908")
