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Frontispiece: Lâon, View From the Plain
Cathedral Cities of France (1907)
The Cathedral of Lâon, or Laon,Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Laon, was built in the 12th century.“Voillet-le-Duc, in his review of the cathedral of Lâon, says that it has a certain ring of democracy and is [...]
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colour, cityscapes, views, cathedrals, sheep, hills, trees
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Lâon; Picardy; France
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Frontispiece: A Dream: Tertiary Man.
Paris Avant l’Histoire (1885)
A naked man sits in a tree hugging his knees, his bare feet dangling. Behind him is a lake or river with elephants grazing. A bird wades through a marsh in the foreground. The man has short hair and a [...]
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people, nudity, bare feet, trees, elephants, animals, rivers, water, birds, greyscale
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Paris; Ile-de-France; France
Added: 2014-01-21
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11.—Gaulish Deity. Cernunnos.
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
The Celtic god Cernunnos is crowned with antlers. He is sometimes also called as Herne the Hunter, and may be the Green Man of British folklore.“[...] Under the church of Notre Dame, at Paris, were fo [...]
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spirit, druids, gods, religion, greyscale
Places shown:
Paris; Ile-de-France; France
Added: 2005-03-13
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13.—Two Druids. Bas-relief found at Autun.
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
This carved likeness was found in an earth burial-mound, abarrow.“These remarkable monuments contain not only the bones and the ashes of the dead, but various articles of utility and ornament, domesti [...]
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people, beards, astrology, druids, robes, greyscale
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Autun; Burgandy; France
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Young Bekie
Some British Ballads (1919)
The picture shows a young man lying on the floor of a prison cell or castle dungeon [donjon], his hands on his head, and with one ankle chained to the wall. There are a great number of rats or mice i [...]
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interiors, prisons, animals, people, chains, colour, spooky
Places shown:
Paris; Ile-de-France; France
Added: 2006-05-13
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Arches of Cloister of S. Aubin’s Abbey, Angers
A Short History of the English People (1902)
The Abbey of S. Aubin, founded in Merovingian times, seems to have been rebuilt by Geoffrey Greygown and Fulk the Black. “Only one huge tower remains, but fragments of it are still to be seen embedde [...]
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ruins, pillars, arches, abbeys, occult, spooky, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale
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Angers; Maine-et-Loire; France
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Durtal, Anjou.
A Short History of the English People (1902)
A street leading to a small town of stone buildings including a castle and a church. There seemed to be some plate wash in this engraving and i’ve retained that in the digital image, as it added atmos [...]
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castles, streets, spires, turrets, towns, buildings, churches, greyscale
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Durtal; Anjou; France
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345.—Castle of Lillebonne
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
General view of Ruins, Church, etc.“The character of William of Normandy [William the Conqueror] was so remarkable, and indeed was such an element of success in his daring attempt upon the English cro [...]
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castles, ruins, people, trees, towers, churches, towns, arches, views, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale
Places shown:
Lillebonne; Seine-Maritime; France
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867.—The Siege of Calais
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
“They sent to Edward; who, however, would listen to no terms but unconditional submission. The noble Sir Walter Manny, however, spoke for them; and, at last, mercy was promised to all but six of the c [...]
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bare feet, knights, warfare, battles, weapons, greyscale
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Calais; Pas-de-Calais; France
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Bayeux from the Meadows
Cathedral Cities of France (1907)
Bayeux itself is a quiet country town, built up one low hill and down another—a town of long streets and grey-shuttered houses, possessing three principle interests—the Cathedral, the Seminary Chapel [...]
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cityscapes, views, cathedrals, spires, rivers, meadows, art, colour
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Bayuex; Ca;vados; Normandy; France
Added: 2013-07-03
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Le Chateau de la Grangefort-sir-Allier. Vue Generale.
Musée Artistique et Littéraire, Le (1881)
The castle shown in the distance here dates back in part to the 16th century and in part to the 19th, when it was rebuilt.The picture, engraved by Jules-Jacques Puyplat I think (the book just says Puy [...]
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castles, views, rivers, water, trees, hills, rural, countryside, fishers, people, towers, battlements, greyscale
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Auvergne; Puy de Dome; France
Added: 2019-01-26
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Angers
Cathedral Cities of France (1907)
“The French yearning to make everything new” has done its work in Angers, but through Fulk, Geoffrey, René, and the rest would be at a loss to recognise their old capital in the trim modern town, enou [...]
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cityscapes, views, rivers, water, cathedrals, spires, colour
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Angers; Maine-et-Loire; France
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Blois
Cathedral Cities of France (1907)
The spires of Blois cathedral are seen across the River Loire.“To most travellers in France the town of Blois is associated with a château rather than with a cathedral; it is oneof a group or towns kn [...]
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cityscapes, views, rivers, water, cathedrals, spires, colour
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Blois; Loir-et-Cher; France
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Chartres
Cathedral Cities of France (1907)
Chartres Cathedral,Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres, “Cathedral of Our Lady in Chartres” was rebuilt in the 13th century after it was destroyed by lightning in 1194.“ “Chartres,” says Mr. Henry james [...]
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cathedrals, cityscapes, views, colour, trees, water, sunsets, bridges
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Chartres; Eure-et-Loir; France
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Porte du Croux, Nevers
Cathedral Cities of France (1907)
“The fourth attraction of Nevers, the high square gateway tower known as the Porte du Croux, may also be bregarded as a relic of feudaldays, seeing that it dates from 1398, and was evidently part of t [...]
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castles, towers, people, colour
Places shown:
Nevers; France
Added: 2007-02-05
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The Marseillaise
Great Men and Famous Women, vol. II (1894)
It was at this time [in 1792] that the formidable invasion under the Duke of Brunswick, consisting of 138,000 men, of whom 66,000 were under the King of Prussia in person, and 50,000 were Austrians un [...]
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pride, soldiers, peasants, people, flags, war, bare feet, rags, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale
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France
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Grotesque Head
Magazine of Art Illustrated (1878)
By M. Legrain. From the Cascade Basin. [at the Paris Exhibition of 1878]A good gargoyle picture for All-Souls Night or Halloween!“These masks, modelled by M. Legrain, were among the most amusing exam [...]
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heads, statues, fountains, gargoyles, spooky, horror, mythical creatures, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale
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Paris; Ile-de-France; France
Added: 2005-10-27
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