Items in or near England (results page 16)

53.—Towcester, Dunchurch, Daventry Britannia Depicta (1720)

This is a route-map for people traveling in Great Britain; an early travel guide from 1720.The route goes from Towcester (spelt “Tosceter”) through Duncote (Northamptonshire), Fosters’ Booth, Oscot, C [...]

Keywords: maps, colour

Places shown: England

Added: 2006-05-29

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54.—Coventry, Coleshill, Lichfield Britannia Depicta (1720)

This is a route-map for people traveling in Great Britain; an early travel guide from 1720.

I have also scanned the other side of this page.

Keywords: maps, colour

Places shown: England

Added: 2006-10-18

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The Birthplace of Charles Dickens The Leisure Hour (1904)

1 Mile End Terrace, Portsea (now [i.e. 1904] 393 Commercial Road, Portsmouth)(By permission of Messrs. A. and C. Black)The magazine (Leisure Hour, 1904) contains several illustrations fromThe Dickens [...]

Keywords: birthplaces, houses, buildings, windows, dickens, greyscale

Places shown: Portsmouth; Hampshire; England

Added: 2006-10-08

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Fort Pitt, Chatham The Leisure Hour (1904)

The playground of Dickens in his childhood, and the scene of the duel (which never took place!) inPickwick(By permission of Messrs. A. and C. Black)“The happiest days of Dickens’s childhood were spent [...]

Keywords: fields, people, fences, dickens, greyscale

Places shown: Fort Pitt; Kent; England

Added: 2006-10-08

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Dickens at the Blacking Warehouse The Leisure Hour (1904)

From a drawing by Fred Bernard. Reproduced in “The Dickens Country” by kind permission of Messrs. Chapman and HallCharles Dickens is here shown as a boy of between eight and twelve years of age, worki [...]

Keywords: people, misery, dickens, work, labour, sketches, drawings, tiredness, fatigue, boys, greyscale

Places shown: London; England

Added: 2006-10-08

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Gad’s Hill Place, near Rochester (Kent, UK) The Leisure Hour (1904)

Gad’s Hill Place, Near Rochester [Kent]; The home of Charles Dickens from 1857 to 1870.The prinetd photograph also has the captions, (By permission of Messrs. A. and C. Black) and,Photochrom Co., Ltd. [...]

Keywords: houses, buildings, trees, creepers, dickens, greyscale

Places shown: Gads Hill Place; Higham-by-Rochester; Kent; England

Added: 2014-08-07

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565.—Canterbury Cathedral, South Side. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“Look at Canterbury. How many changes of architectural taste are not there visible; how many different periods of are history may not be there traced: yet is the effect anywhere discordant?—Oh, he wer [...]

Keywords: churches, cathedrals, buildings, towers, windows, greyscale

Places shown: Canterbury; Kent; England

Added: 2006-08-24

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566,—Cathedral Precinct Gateway. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Entrance to Canterbury Cathedral precinct.“VVe need not subjoin any detailed architectural descriptions. The Cathedral is pleasantly situated in an extensive court, surrounded by gardens, cemetery, th [...]

Keywords: entrances, cathedrals, greyscale

Places shown: Canterbury; Kent; England

Added: 2006-01-18

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567.—Chapel in Canterbury Cathedral. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“[...] an ancient chair in the chapel of the Holy Trinity, formed also of grey marble, in pieces, which is used for the enthronization of the Archbishops of the See, and which, sayeth tradition, was t [...]

Keywords: chairs, furniture, interiors, cathedrals, churches, arches, windows, greyscale

Places shown: Canterbury; Kent; England

Added: 2006-08-26

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568.—Capital and base, S.E. Transept, Canterbury Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A column, or stone pillar, in Canterbury Cathedral.

Keywords: pillars, architecture, greyscale

Places shown: Canterbury; Kent; England

Added: 2006-10-28

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569.—Staircase in the Conventual Buildings, Canterbury Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“Look at Canterbury [Cathedral]. How many changes of architectural taste are not there visible; how many different periods of architectural history may not there be traced: yet is the effect anywhere [...]

Keywords: churches, abbeys, stairs, arches, greyscale

Places shown: Canterbury; Kent; England

Added: 2005-10-25

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574.—Lincoln Cathedral. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The individual images of Lincoln Cathedral are not called out in the text. This engraving shows an overall view of this Early English style cathedral.

Keywords: cathedrals, architecture, towers, spires, religion, churches, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Lincoln; Lincolnshire; England

Added: 2011-06-18

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576.—Lincoln Cathedral. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Lincoln Cathedral in the 1800s. The individual images of Lincoln Cathedral are not called out in the text. This wood-engraving shows an overall view of this Early English style cathedral. (the page in [...]

Keywords: cathedrals, architecture, towers, spires, greyscale

Places shown: Lincoln; Lincolnshire; England

Added: 2011-07-22

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577.—Interior of Lincoln Cathedral. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The Nave, unequalled, it is supposed, in the world for its combined magnitude and beauty of proportion, and the curious Galilee porch, so richly decorated, are among the next additions; the use of the [...]

Keywords: interiors, cathedrals, churches, windows, pews, people, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Lincoln; Lincolnshire; England

Added: 2011-04-25

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580. – Early English Turret, Lincoln. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The individual images of Lincoln Cathedral are not called out in the text.Early Englishis an architectural term, meaning the English style of building with Gothic pointed arches that was used predomin [...]

Keywords: cathedrals, architecture, towers, spires, greyscale

Places shown: Lincoln; Lincolnshire; England

Added: 2008-09-18

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Who ploughs with pain his native lea / And reaps the labour of his hands The Leisure Hour (1904)

The farmer stands in a muddy field with one hand on his hip, behind a pair of horses hitched to a single-furrow plough [US: plow]. He wears a hat, a tied neckerchief and tall boots.Specially drawn for [...]

Keywords: people, ploughs, farming, agriculture, rural, fields, horses, animals, farm machinery, ovals, cartici, greyscale

Places shown: England

Added: 2011-03-16

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583.—Bracket, Chapter Housse, Lincoln. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

They don’t make brackets like this any more! A carved stone folaiate bracket with a human face or head at the base. This is surely the sort of Gothic ornament that inspired the Gothic Revival!

Keywords: architecture, ornaments, carving, greyscale

Places shown: Lincoln; Lincolnshire; England

Added: 2012-03-27

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584.—Bracket, Lincoln. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A bracket, possibly a corbel supporting the end of an arch, in the form of a winged angel holding a shield with a cross on it.

Keywords: angels, statuary, carving, religion, spirit, christmas, greyscale

Places shown: Lincoln; Lincolnshire; England

Added: 2008-12-09

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585.—Boss, Nave, Lincoln. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A woodcut showing a medieval wooden boss, or decorative carving, in this case with a rose motif, used to cover a joint in the Nave of Lincoln Cathedral, possibly in the ceiling.I also made a somewhat [...]

Keywords: ornaments, architecture, carving, greyscale

Places shown: Lincoln; Lincolnshire; England

Added: 2011-04-27

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Boss, Nave, Lincoln Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

I took th woodcut of thebosssnd coloured it as it might (or might not) have been painted.

Keywords: colour, art, carving, ornaments, architecture

Places shown: Lincoln; Lincolnshire; England

Added: 2011-04-27

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