Items taken from The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 3) (1878) (results page 1)

Dress of the Commonality, Time of Charles I. A.D. 1630.The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 3) (1878)

A colour engraving showing a cluster of people coming out of the door of a church, presumably after a service. They may be the common people but these are not working clothes. The man in the foregroun [...]

Keywords: costumes, colour, people, men, women, beards, arches, hats, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: none

Added: 2017-05-04

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John Bunyan at Bedford Gaol.The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 3) (1878)

John Bunyan was born at Elstow, near Bedford, in 1628. His parents were poor, and he received the merest rudiments of education. As a youth he became notorious for his profanity, but his vigorous n [...]

Keywords: john bunyan, people, writers, prisons, punishments, chains, leg irons, cats, animals, arches, children, men, women, hats, costume, misery, greyscale

Places shown: Bedford; Bedfordshire; England

Added: 2018-08-12

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John Bunyan’s chained leg in prisonThe National and Domestic History of England (Vol 3) (1878)

This detail from John Bunyan at Bedford Gaol shows a manacle or leg-iron around John Bunyan’s black-stocking’d leg fastened to a heavy chain which is set into the wall of the prison. I’ve sized this i [...]

Keywords: chains, feet, leg irons, prison, punishments, shoes, john bunyan, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2018-08-13

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Cavalier Costumes, Time of Charles II. A.D. 1670.The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 3) (1878)

The coloured engraving shows four adults in a room decorated with pictures in ornate frames and wallpaper; the room has pillars leading to an entrance with a view. The people in the view are, from lef [...]

Keywords: costumes, cavaliers, people, men, women, goatees, interiors, music, musical instruments, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2018-08-10

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PsalterThe National and Domestic History of England (Vol 3) (1878)

Part of a page from Fust & Schoiffer’s second Psalter. A.D. 1459. Johann Fust of Mainz was one of the earliest German printers; Peter Schoiffer, or Peter Schoffer, was his son-in-law. They set up a p [...]

Keywords: music, printing, history of printing, typography, christmas, colour, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: none

Added: 2008-06-16

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Halfpenny, William IIIThe National and Domestic History of England (Vol 3) (1878)

This wood-engraving shows the two sides of a halfpenny from 1699, in the reign of King William III of England. The coin has the King’s portrait on the front and Britannia seated in her chariot on the [...]

Keywords: coins, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2008-08-19

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Shilling, William IIIThe National and Domestic History of England (Vol 3) (1878)

This wood-engraving shows the two sides of a shilling from 1699, in the reign of King William III of England. The coin has the King’s portait in profile on one side and shields on the other for Ierlan [...]

Keywords: coins, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-05-06

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Sir Isaac NewtonThe National and Domestic History of England (Vol 3) (1878)

Sir Isaac Newton, inventor of the apple.

Biography of Isaac Newton from 1812.

Another portrait of Isaac Newton.

Keywords: people, portraits, wigs, newton, physics, science, scientists, men, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2008-06-16

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Specimens of Furniture, Time of Anne.The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 3) (1878)

A wood-engraved line drawing of various items of Queen Anne furniture arranged in a group. there are three chairs, a stool, a clock on a table, an armoire or wardrobe, a cupboard and I think a mirror [...]

Keywords: furniture, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2008-06-16

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Queen Anne ClockThe National and Domestic History of England (Vol 3) (1878)

An sketch or line-drawing of an ornate clock from the early eighteenth century (C18, 18th C., the Queen Anne period). This is a detail from Specimens of Furniture, Time of Anne.

Keywords: furniture, clocks, clipart, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2008-06-16

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Queen Anne ChairThe National and Domestic History of England (Vol 3) (1878)

A sketch or line-drawing of an upholstered airmchair from the early eighteenth century (C18, 18th C., the Queen Anne period). This is a detail from Specimens of Furniture, Time of Anne.

Keywords: furniture, chairs, clipart, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2008-06-16

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The Royal FamilyThe National and Domestic History of England (Vol 3) (1878)

Portraits of some of the British Royal Family in 1878... DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE. PRINCESS ROYAL. THE LATE PRINCE CONSORT. DUKE OF EDINBURGH. PRINCESS ALICE. PRINCE OF WALES. THE QUEEN. PRInCESS OF W [...]

Keywords: portraits, royalty, borders, beards, people, faces, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2017-05-02

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Rustic twig and leaf border (portrait version)The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 3) (1878)

This full-page border features rustic twigs and stylized acanthus leaves at the corners. It was used to frame portraits of the Victorian Royal Family. There is also a landscape or sideways version of [...]

Keywords: borders, frames, twigs, leaves, rustic, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2017-05-04

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Rustic twig and leaf border (landscape, or wide version)The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 3) (1878)

This full-page border features rustic twigs and stylized acanthus leaves at the corners. It was used to frame portraits of the Victorian Royal Family.

There is also an upright version of this border.

Keywords: borders, frames, twigs, leaves, rustic, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2017-05-04

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