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Frontispiece: Magdalen Tower. Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

From an Etching by R. Kent Thomas.

Keywords: colleges, bridges, boats, people, trees, towers, colour

Places shown: Magdalen College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-03-05

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Front Cover, Oxford Pictured by Haslehust, described by How Oxford (1910)

A brownish gray cover with a thick green border around a colour image. This book is part of a series produced from around 1900 until well into the 1950s as far as I can tell.

Keywords: book covers, colleges, colour

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2006-10-19

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Frontispiece: View Near Selborne The 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

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View of Selborne, Detail for use as Desktop Wallpaper The Natural History of Selborne (1879)

A detail taken from theFrontispieceshowing 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

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Frontispiece: Denchworth Quiet Roads and Sleepy Villages (1914)

“Denchworth [...] is one of the prettiest villages hereabouts. What little there is of it consists of one short street lined mostly with timber framed and straw-thatched cottages. As one advances from [...]

Keywords: streets, villages, houses, thatched cottages streets, colour, christmas

Places shown: Denchworth; Berkshire; England

Added: 2006-01-27

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Frontispiece, Denchworth, hand coloured Quiet Roads and Sleepy Villages (1914)

This is a version of the Frontispiece sepia-tinted photograph ofDenchworththat I coloured usingTheGimp .

Keywords: streets, villages, houses, thatched cottages streets, colour

Places shown: Denchworth; Berkshire; England

Added: 2006-01-27

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Sheldonian Theatre from Title Page The Itinerary of John Leland the Antiquary (1745)

The engraving of the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford where the book was printed. The engraving appears on thetitle pageof each volume.

Keywords: buildings, colour

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2006-11-11

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Frontispiece Laws 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

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1.—Ground Plan of Stonehenge in its present state. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

This plan of Stonehenge is, of course, from 1845 or earlier.“Keeping in view the ground plan of Stonehenge in its present state (Fig. 1), we will ask the reader to follow us while we describe the appe [...]

Keywords: plans, ruins, temples, megaliths, druids, stone circles, greyscale

Places shown: Salisbury Plain; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2005-02-01

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2.—Stonehenge. – Restored Plan. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Dr. Stukely’s drawing; the shaded stones were the ones remaining in the early 1840s when this plan was prepared.“The centre of the enclosed space is usually denominated the temple. It consists of an o [...]

Keywords: plans, ruins, temples, megaliths, druids, stone circles, greyscale

Places shown: Stonehenge; Salisbury Plain; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2005-02-01

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3.—Stonehenge. – Perspective Elevation, restored. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“The external appearance which the whole work would have if restored, is shown in the perspective elevation. (Fig. 3.)” (p. 3)

Keywords: ruins, megaliths, temples, druids, stone circles, greyscale

Places shown: Stonehenge; Salisbury Plain; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2005-02-01

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4.—Stonehenge: section 1 to 2 (Restored Plan, Fig. 2), 105 feet. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“The internal arrangment is exhibited in the section.” (p. 3)

Keywords: plans, ruins, megaliths, temples, druids, stone circles, greyscale

Places shown: Stonehenge; Salisbury Plain; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2005-02-02

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5.—Stonehenge. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“The present arrangement of the ruin [of Stonehenge] is shown in Figs. 5 and 6.” (p. 3)

Keywords: ruins, megaliths, temples, people, animals, sheep, druids, backgrounds, wallpaper, stone circles, greyscale

Places shown: Stonehenge; Salisbury Plain; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2005-02-02

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6.—Stonehenge Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“The present [1845] appearance of the ruin [Stonehenge] is shown in Figs. 5 and 6.” (p. 3)“The description which we have thus given, brief as it is, may appear somewhat tedious; but it is necessary to [...]

Keywords: ruins, megaliths, people, sheep, temples, druids, stone circles, greyscale

Places shown: Stonehenge; Salisbury Plain; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2005-02-11

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Sheldons, Wiltshire [Frontispiece]. The Growth of the English House (1909)

“Sheldons Manor in Wiltshire is a charming example of alteration. The original house, of which the porch is a part, was built by the Gascelyns in the fourteenth century. The sixteenth-century addition [...]

Keywords: manors, entrances, trees, gates, colour

Places shown: Sheldons; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2004-04-01

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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 w [...]

Keywords: portraits, carving, statuary, people, religion, interiors, greyscale

Places shown: Winchester; Hampshire; England

Added: 2007-05-28

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Windsor Castle, The Royal Residence Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland (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

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14.—Druidial Ornaments Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“These remarkable monuments contain not only the bones and the ashes of the dead, but various articles of utility and ornament, domestic utensils, weapons of war, decorations of the person, perhaps in [...]

Keywords: druids, jewellery, greyscale

Places shown: Stonehenge; Salisbury Plain; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2005-03-17

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16.—Ancient British Weapons of bone and flint. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“Mela says that the Druidical belief in a future state led the people to bury with the dead things useful to the living. The contents of these barrows indicate different stages of the arts. In some th [...]

Keywords: weapons, druids, greyscale

Places shown: Stonehenge; Salisbury Plain; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2005-03-17

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17.—Sarum Plain Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

In the foreground a barefoot shepherd with crook and straw hat, probably a boy, accompanied by his sheep, who graze on grassy burial mounds perhaps of ancient kings. In the far background, over Salisb [...]

Keywords: bare feet, people, sheep, stonehenge, megaliths, druids, ruins, views, burial mounds, greyscale

Places shown: Salisubury Plain; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2005-03-26

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