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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1024x768, 1024x640, 1152x720, 1280x800, 1440x900, 1600x1200, 1680x1050, 267x200, 640x480, 750x469, 800x600 | Military Costume, Middle of Fifteenth Century.The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 2) (1878) An archer with a longbow, sword, shiel and arrows; a knight in plate mail armour with a sword; a knight in full armour including a crested helm with pink and white feathers, a short sword or dagger, a [...] Keywords: soldiers, people, weapons, knights, armour, swords, shields, helmets, costumes, colour, cartici, wallpaper, backgrounds Places shown: unspecified Added: 2011-05-01 + S K L |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 106x200, 337x639, 449x852, 599x1136 | Costume of Fifteenth Century BowmanThe National and Domestic History of England (Vol 2) (1878) A soldier from “Three knights from the 15th century” without the background or border. This man is holding a bow and arrow, drawn and ready to fire. He has more arrows tucked into his belt; he also ha [...] Keywords: soldiers, weapons, armour, arrows, bows, shields, people, costumes, colour Places shown: none Added: 2011-05-01 + S K L |
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| 346x700, 362x732, 482x975, 49x100, 99x200 | Costume of Fifteenth Century KnightThe National and Domestic History of England (Vol 2) (1878) A soldier from “Three knights from the 15th century” without the background or border. This man rests on his long-sword (posing for the engraver?) and also appears to carry a stout stick hung from his [...] Keywords: soldiers, war, weapons, knights, armour, swords, people, colour Places shown: none Added: 2011-05-01 + S K L |
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104x200, 395x759, 52x100, 526x1012 | Costume of Fifteenth Century PikemanThe National and Domestic History of England (Vol 2) (1878) A soldier from “Three knights from the 15th century” without the background or border. This man holds a pike, or a cross between an axe and a spear. He also has a longsword at his right hip and a dagg [...] Keywords: soldiers, costumes, armour, helmets, weapons, pikes, swords, plumes, colour Places shown: none Added: 2011-05-01 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1136x779, 292x200, 636x436, 852x584 | Three Gothic ArchesThe National and Domestic History of England (Vol 2) (1878) A frame, almost like a rood screen or a picture frame for a triptych, this cartouche of three arches provided three niches for soldiers in the illustration “Three knights from the 15th century.” The a [...] Keywords: arches, frames, windows, borders, cartouches, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2011-05-01 + S K L |
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1280x800, 1440x900, 1680x1050, 1895x1364, 1920x1200, 278x200, 3840x2160, 3840x2626, 948x682 | Costumes, 1480The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 2) (1878) Captions under the people in the picture read: Judge; Gentleman; Lady of rank; Courtier; Lady of quality. The room, unsurprisingly, is styled in the manner of the late fifteenth century; the clothes a [...] Keywords: costumes, people, interiors, manors, colour, wallpaper, backgrounds Places shown: England Added: 2014-01-17 + S K L |
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1150x1412, 163x200, 2299x2823, 611x750, 863x1059 | The Dukes of Gloucester and Clarence. (Royal MSS.)The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 2) (1878) Two men are wearing 1480s costume are in dialogue; one appears angered and the other remonstrates. They are dukes, and are about to duke it out. The man on the left has a full-length robe or gown and [...] Keywords: costumes, people, hats, conversation, debate, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2014-01-16 + S K L |
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1015x555, 1269x694, 1280x780, 1280x800, 1440x900, 1680x1050, 1692x925, 366x200, 762x416, 800x480 | Specimen of the Würzburg Missal. Written about 1470 or 1480.The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 2) (1878) This full-page plate occurs next to the discussion on the invention of printing, and the dramatic effect it to reduce the power of the Church. The plate does not appear to be mentioned in the text. T [...] Keywords: calligraphy, colour, christmas, easter, gothic letters, religion Places shown: none Added: 2008-03-07 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1003x1048, 1338x1398, 1672x1747, 191x200, 752x786 | Timber Houses, CoventryThe National and Domestic History of England (Vol 2) (1878) Timber was largely used in the construction of houses, some speciments of which yet remain, the most celebrated being parts of Crosby Hall, in Bishopsgate, London. Coventry also contains some fine and [...] Keywords: buildings, architecture, greyscale Places shown: Coventry; Warwickshire; England Added: 2008-03-08 + S K L R N |
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1140x1024, 1436x1290, 1784x1617, 1795x1613, 223x200, 250x225, 557x500, 752x682, 808x726 | Builders at Work.The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 2) (1878) The view of builders at work, taken from a fifteenth century manuscript, sufficiently explains some of the mechanical appliances then in use. (p. 174) We see builders using a winch and pulley to raise [...] Keywords: people, construction, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2008-03-07 + S K L |
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1024x576, 1280x720, 1600x900, 1920x1080, 356x200, 700x394 | Bakehouse of the Fifteenth CenturyThe National and Domestic History of England (Vol 2) (1878) In this wood engraving two people are working in a bakery, or bake-house. One is putting dough into a brick oven to bake using a long spoon-shaped device, and the other is carrying a ball of dough rea [...] Keywords: people, trades, baking, food, cotumes, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2012-05-05 + S K L |
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138x200, 173x250, 3610x5236, 542x785, 69x100, 722x1047, 903x1309 | Reading Desks. MS. Bodleian Library. (detail)The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 2) (1878) The right-hand of two wooden reading desks that were depicted in a 15th century manuscript. This one has a an open book, and the stand (or lectern) is carved with decorations. See also the picture of [...] Keywords: lecterns, books, furniture, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2008-06-06 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1112x918, 1482x1223, 1976x1631, 242x200, 833x688 | The Tower of LondonThe National and Domestic History of England (Vol 2) (1878) A woodcut showing a diagram of the Tower of London and its surringings. There are boats and conttages, battlements and towers, with the keep in the middle of it all. The letters annotating various pa [...] Keywords: castles, diagrams, battlements, towers, boats, ships, moats, greyscale Places shown: LondonLondon; England Added: 2009-02-11 + S K L R N |
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1024x768, 1152x864, 1280x960, 1400x1050, 1600x1200, 267x200, 320x240, 640x480, 800x600 | The Tower Of London Castle Diagram (wallpaper version)The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 2) (1878) A version of The Tower of London woodcut with the borders and letters removed (and stretched vertically by about 5%) to make a cool wallpaper. Keywords: wallpaper, backgrounds, castles, towers, battlements, boats, water, moats, greyscale Places shown: LondonLondon; England Added: 2009-02-11 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1266x1791, 141x200, 534x755, 712x1007, 950x1344 | Elizabeth Woodville Surrendering Her SonThe National and Domestic History of England (Vol 2) (1878) Elizabeth Woodville was the consort of King Edward IV. and the mother of Edward V., King of England for only two months, at the age of thirteen, in 1483, before being locked up in the Tower of London [...] Keywords: people, royalty, children, costumes, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2010-05-06 + S K L |
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