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1335x1732, 154x200, 750x973 | Front Cover, The British Isles (Vol 1)The British Isles (1905) My copy is in 6 separate volumes, each bound in green with gold, and with one sections of the book in each volume. Keywords: book covers, colour Places shown: none Added: 2006-07-05 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 146x200, 615x840, 820x1120 | Title Page, The British Isles (Vol 1)The British Isles (1905) “The British Isles Depicted by pen and camera With thirty-nine coloured plates and siz Rembrandt photogravures Special Edition Volume I.—Section I. Cassel and Company Limited, London, Paris, New York [...] Keywords: title pages, page images, colour Places shown: none Added: 2006-07-05 + S K L |
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1107x768, 1384x960, 1845x1279, 288x200, 623x432, 830x576 | Bala Town and LakeThe British Isles (1905) Bala is a market town in Gwynedd, North Wales; when this picture was taken, the town was rather small. Keywords: old photographs, lakes, towns, views, greyscale Places shown: Y Bala; Merionethshire; Wales Added: 2008-07-14 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 155x200, 1729x2235, 580x750, 865x1118 | The City of London Seen from the National Liberal ClubThe British Isles (1905) From the Painting by charled W. Wyllie. This painting of the London cityscape uses pastel colours, light and perspective to convey distance and, at the same time, the greatness of the cathedral, with [...] Keywords: views, cityscapes, rivers, cathedrals, cities, bridges, colour Places shown: LondonLondon; England Added: 2014-09-27 + S K L R N |
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1440x900, 1680x1050, 1920x1200, 319x200, 720x450, 960x600 | On the Edge of Sherwood ForestThe British Isles (1905) From the Painting by John MacWhirter, R.A. John MacWhirter (1839 – 1911) was a Scottish painter. He showed great promise as a boy, and his work was shown at the Royal Academy of Art (entitling him to [...] Keywords: colour, trees, views, forests, deer, animals Places shown: Sherwood Forest; Nottinghamshire; England Added: 2005-12-31 + S K L R N |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1301x529, 493x200, 732x298, 976x397 | ClevedonThe British Isles (1905) Many are the pleasant and busy towns and villages which look forth upon [the River Severn at the Bristol channel] in its salted and merged condition and know it not. Of these, Clevedon alone may be in [...] Keywords: views, water, greyscale Places shown: Clevedon; Somerset; England Added: 2006-02-01 + S K L R N |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1270x853, 298x200, 714x480, 953x640 | York Minster from the WallsThe British Isles (1905) “It is almost impossible for a Yorkshireman to write of York in anything but the language of enthusiasm. To him York is what Rome is to the Roman, Paris to the Parisian, Jerusalem to the Jew. London a [...] Keywords: cities, views, walls, roman remains, churches, cathedrals, abbeys, towers, cityscapes, greyscale Places shown: York; Yorkshire; England Added: 2006-01-02 + S K L R N |
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1077x815, 1437x1088, 265x200, 808x612 | Chapel of Henry VII., Westminster AbbeyThe British Isles (1905) “Beyond the Confessor’s Chapel, and beyond the imposing Chantry of Henry V., is Henry VII.’s splendid chapel, in the Perlendicular style, with a richly decorated ceiling of fan tracery, and lined with [...] Keywords: cathedrals, churches, interiors, greyscale Places shown: Westminster; London; England Added: 2006-06-02 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 800x600 | Westminster HallThe British Isles (1905) “Westminster Hall, built [...] by [William] Rufus, and rebuilt by Richard II., is one of the largest chambers in the world, its fine timbered roof unsupported by pillars. Innumerable are its historic [...] Keywords: halls, interiors, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale Places shown: Westminster; London; England Added: 2006-05-18 + S K L R N |
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1700x1125, 302x200, 750x563 | Llanthony Priory, Valley of the HondduThe British Isles (1905) The ruins of Llanthony Abbey, later converted into farm buildings. The priory was built around the year 1200 by the Augustinians, but some three hundred years later the church had become corrupt and w [...] Keywords: ruins, abbeys, churches, hills, romantic ruins, arches, towers, sheep, fields, hills, trees, colour Places shown: Llanthony; Honddu valley; Monmouthshire; Wales Added: 2024-10-17 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1013x625, 2026x1250, 324x200, 750x463 | Criccieth CastleThe British Isles (1905) From the painting by Edwin Hayes, R.H.A. R.I. The first place of note you come to over the undulating road from Portmadoc is Criccieth, of which the demure aspect proclaims a watering-place of the be [...] Keywords: art, castles, water, views, towers, hills, ruins, colour, waves, storms, rocks Places shown: Criccieth; Eifionydd; Gwynedd; Wales Added: 2021-03-17 + S K L R N |
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285x200, 750x527, 916x643 | St. Peter Port, GuernseyThe British Isles (1905) From the painting by Edwin Hayes, R.H.A., R.I. A sailing boat is tossed about on heavy swell in the English Channel with the port, and a larger sailing ship, in the background, along with a small stea [...] Keywords: wavess, storms, boats, water, harbors, colour, art, sailing boats, ships, sails Places shown: St. Peter Port; Guernsey; Channel Islands Added: 2021-07-12 + S K L R N |
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1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 640x480, 800x600 | High Street, ChelmsfordThe British Isles (1905) The high street [US: main street] in Chelmsford, Essex, around 1900. There are people riding bicycles, carts and carriages drawn by horses, and a sign visible reading “Barnard Cabinet Maker Upholster [...] Keywords: street scenes, old photographs, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale Places shown: Chelmsford; Essex; England Added: 2008-07-14 + S K L R N |
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