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1200x750, 1280x800, 1440x900, 1680x1050, 319x200, 900x563 | 114.—Conflict between Romans and Barbarians.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) The wood engraving shows men with curved square shields and helmets fighting men with round shields at close range. The winners are always the ones to call the losers barbarians. For ninety-seven year [...] Keywords: people, soldiers, battles, fighting, weapons, shields, death, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2012-07-09 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1125x1368, 164x200, 633x770, 844x1026 | 115.—Rome—A fragment after Piranesi.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) An engraving showing a fragment of a statue, or, more likely, a reproduction of a drawing by Piranesi of a Roman statue. A short 1812 biography of Piranesi Keywords: statuary, sketches, art, people, roman remains, shields, ruins, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2012-09-11 + S K L |
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1198x1382, 173x200, 607x700, 898x1037 | 116.—Roman Victory.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) Succeeding emperors left the Britons in the quiet advancement of their civilization, until Claudius (Fig. 118) was stirred up to the hazard of an invasion. In the sonorous prose of Milton—“He, who wai [...] Keywords: symbols, art, writing, statuary, roman remains, shields, cartici, borders, frames, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2012-09-12 + S K L |
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1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 640x480, 800x600 | Claudius Looks OnOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) Detail of the Portrait of the Roman Emporer Claudius showing just a face looking out to empty space; I made this so it could be used as a computer desktop, wallpaper, or root image. Keywords: roman emperors, faces, people, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2013-03-20 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1293x554, 2586x1108, 457x200, 750x321 | 119.—Coin of Claudius, representing his British triumph. From the British Museum.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) One side of this coin shows the head of the Roman emperor Claudius and the other a chariot pulled by four horses and with the wording DE BRITANNIS on it. Succeeding emperors left the Britons in the qu [...] Keywords: coins, portraits, roman emperors, chariots, war, conquest, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2015-05-07 + S K L |
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1164x1118, 208x200, 655x629, 873x839 | 122.—The earliest figure of Britannia on a Roman coin.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) Then came the terrible revolt of Boadicea or Bonduca,—a merciless rising, followed by a bloody revenge. [. . .] The Roman dominion in Britain nearly perished in this revolt. Partial tranquillity was s [...] Keywords: coins, money, portraits, shields, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2012-07-26 + S K L |
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1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 640x480 | 124.—Silchester. The North Wall.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) The striking characteristic of Silchester is the ruined wall, with the flourising trees upon it and around it, and the old trees that have grown up around centuries ago, and are now perishing with it. [...] Keywords: ruins, roman remains, trees, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour Places shown: Silchester; Hampshire; England Added: 2003-11-09 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1196x1290, 185x200, 897x968 | 125.—Silchester. Plan of City.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) a, The Western Gate, near to which the Road now leads to the church near b, the Eastern Gate; c, the South Gate; d, the North Gate. Silchester was a Romantown in England. Keywords: plans, maps, roman remains, greyscale Places shown: Silchester; Hampshire; England Added: 2004-03-04 + S K L R N |
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1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200 | 126.—Amphitheatre at Dorchester.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) From a Sketch taken from the south-west. The amphitheatre is at Mambury Rings, a stone age site not far from Dorchester. The Modern Antiquarian has some photographs of the area. Keywords: amphitheatres, people, horses, animals, cattle, sheep, roman remains, ruins, wallpaper, backgrounds, views, greyscale Places shown: Mambury Rings; Dorchester; Dorset; England Added: 2004-03-04 + S K L R N |
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1439x858, 2877x1716, 335x200, 750x447 | 128.—Amphitheatre at Pompeii.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) This engraving shows, in poor perspective, a large circular amphitheatre. In the background we see Mount Ætna gently smoking, and in the foreground various people in Victorian costume disporting thems [...] Keywords: roman remains, antiquities, amphitheatres, architecture, buildings, people, sports, greyscale Places shown: Pompeii; Campania; Italy Added: 2020-08-04 + S K L R N |
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1600x1183, 271x200, 3202x2367, 5120x3784, 750x554 | 131.—Wall of Severus, on the Sandstone Quarries, Denton Dean, near Newcastle-upon-Tyne.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) The engraving shows a part of Hadrian’s Wall, calling it the Wall of Severus in a confusion common since the 17th century. Hadrian’s Wall here seens to go along the edge of a bank, so that the land be [...] Keywords: roman remains, ruins, walls, people, cliffs, buildings, greyscale Places shown: Hadrian’s Wall; Denton Dean; Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Northumberland; England Added: 2018-04-13 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1024x768, 1600x1200, 200x150, 267x200, 3257x2677, 640x480, 800x600 | 132.—Wall of Severus, near Housestead, Northumberland.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) The engraving shows a part of Hadrian’s Wall, calling it the Wall of Severus in a confusion common since the 17th century. The Wall of Hadrian is a UNESCO world heritage site. The appearance of the Wa [...] Keywords: roman remains, walls, ruins, people, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale Places shown: Housesteads Roman Fort; Hadrian’s Wall; Bardon Mill; Northumberland; England Added: 2014-11-12 + S K L R N |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 110x200, 1757x3187, 439x797, 879x1594 | 135.—Roman Image of Victory.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) Victory, or more properly Victoria, was a Roman goddess personifying victory, including victory after war. Depictions (in painting, sculpture, coins, and elswhere) of Victoria with wings, such as this [...] Keywords: statuary, roman remains, sculpture, victory, gods, mythological creatures, wings, people, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2015-09-07 + S K L |
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