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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 640x480, 800x600 | 421.—Ludlow CastleOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) Ludlow was the capital of Wales in the 16th Century, and this 12th Century (or earlier) castle was the centre for administration. Today it is in ruins, having declined since the engraving was made, b [...] Keywords: castles, towers, hills, trees, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale Places shown: Ludlow; Shropshire; England Added: 2004-03-04 + S K L R N |
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1238x1057, 1650x1409, 234x200, 4688x4003, 696x595, 928x793 | 422.—Goodrich CastleOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) Goodrich stands in the Wye Valley (see History of Wales), and has a 12th century central keep about 8 metres (25’) on a side. It’s actually in much better condition than this romantic engraving might [...] Keywords: ruins, castles, entrances, trees, greyscale Places shown: Goodrich; Herefordshire; England Added: 2004-08-31 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 800x600 | 423.—Clifford’s Tower, and Entrance to York Castle.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) Clifford’s Tower is the site of a 12th century massacre of 100 or so Jews probably as a result of the anti-semitic teaching of the Roman Catholic Church. It is the circular structure on the left of th [...] Keywords: ruins, castles, towers, trees, people, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale Places shown: York; Yorkshire; England Added: 2005-07-14 + S K L R N |
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| 1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 800x600 | 424.—Peverel CastleOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) “One of the most grandly situated of castles is that of Peveril of the Peak (FIg. 424), built by a natural son of the Conquerer [i.e. a son of William the Conquerer], whose name it bars. This was some [...] Keywords: castles, ruins, hills, animals, trees, houses, wallpaper, backgrounds, views, greyscale Places shown: Castleton; Derbyshire; England Added: 2005-04-16 + S K L R N |
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1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 800x600 | 425.—Interor of Newark CastleOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) The ruins we can still see today were built by Bishop Alexander (“the Magnificent”) of Lincoln in the first half of the twelfth century, although there was a castle here at least as early as 1089, alm [...] Keywords: castles, ruins, animals, sheep, people, trees, arches, entrances, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale Places shown: Newark; Nottinghamshire; England Added: 2005-07-25 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1250x786, 2500x1571, 318x200, 750x471 | Tailpiece of hunting paraphernaliaOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) This arrangement of antlers, quiver and arrows, hunting horn, spears, dagger, fur skins and iphone appeared at the end of Book Two, Chapter One, from the Norman Conquet [year 1066] to the death of Kin [...] Keywords: tailpieces, antlers, horns, quivers, arrows, weapons, spears, hunting horns, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2025-05-13 + S K L |
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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 |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 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 |
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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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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 |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1125x903, 1499x1204, 249x200, 843x677 | 565.—Canterbury Cathedral, South Side.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) “Look at Canterbury. How many changes of architectural taste are not there visible; how many different periods of are history may not be there traced: yet is the effect anywhere discordant?—Oh, he wer [...] Keywords: churches, cathedrals, buildings, towers, windows, greyscale Places shown: Canterbury; Kent; England Added: 2006-08-24 + S K L R N |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1019x1347, 151x200, 611x808, 815x1077 | 567.—Chapel in Canterbury Cathedral.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) “[...] an ancient chair in the chapel of the Holy Trinity, formed also of grey marble, in pieces, which is used for the enthronization of the Archbishops of the See, and which, sayeth tradition, was t [...] Keywords: chairs, furniture, interiors, cathedrals, churches, arches, windows, greyscale Places shown: Canterbury; Kent; England Added: 2006-08-26 + S K L R N |
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106x200, 1084x2048, 325x614, 434x819, 542x1024 | 568.—Capital and base, S.E. Transept, CanterburyOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) A column, or stone pillar, in Canterbury Cathedral. Keywords: pillars, architecture, greyscale Places shown: Canterbury; Kent; England Added: 2006-10-28 + S K L R N |
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1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 640x480, 800x600 | 574.—Lincoln Cathedral.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) The individual images of Lincoln Cathedral are not called out in the text. This engraving shows an overall view of this Early English style cathedral. Keywords: cathedrals, architecture, towers, spires, religion, churches, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale Places shown: Lincoln; Lincolnshire; England Added: 2011-06-18 + S K L R N |
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