Items matching castles, colour (results page 19)

4. Castle Hedingham, Essex.The Growth of the English House (1909)

A window of the gallery in the hall.

Keywords: diagrams, plans, windows, castles, architecture, colour

Places shown: Castle Hedingham; Essex; England

Added: 2004-08-19

+ S K L R N

3. Castle Hedingham, EssexThe Growth of the English House (1909)

Plans of the Keep.
1. Ground Floor, or Basement.
2. First, or Entrance Floor.
3. The Great Hall.
4. Upper part of Hall, with Gallery.
5. Room over Hall.

Keywords: castles, plans, maps, architecture, colour

Places shown: Castle Hedingham; Essex; England

Added: 2004-08-19

+ S K L R N

Antique map of KentThe Antiquities of England and Wales Vol III (1783)

This map of Kent was published in 1783; it shows, in the Lathe of Sutton, Woolwich, Greenwich, Eltham, Lewisham, Brownley, Dartford, S. Mary Cray, Dunton, Farmingham, Sevenoke [Sevenoak], Westerham. S [...]

Keywords: maps, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-08-13

+ S K L

He received the kindest welcome from her; and shyness, coldness, reserve, could not stand against such a receptionWorks of Jane Austen (1906)

Mrs. Dashwood was surprised only for a moment at seeing him; for his coming to Barton was, in her opinion, of all things the most natural. Her joy and expression of regard long outlived her wonder. [...]

Keywords: people, jane austen, dogs, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-01-25

+ S K L

H Sperling: HorrifiedModerne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band XV (1901)

Heinrich Sperling was a German artist known for painting animals, especially dogs and horses, but also cats. His paintings were full of realism but also often humour. Here, in Entsetzt (Horrified), a [...]

Keywords: animals, pets, dogs, cats, surrealism, windows, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2020-03-01

+ S K L

Page 3. The Sunday WoodOut to Old Aunt Mary’s (1904)

The picture shows two boys carring small logs suitable for use in the woodstove in the background; the nearer boy is barefoot and the farther one (whose feet are not in the picture) wears a yellow hat [...]

Keywords: colour, people, bare feet, people, children, interiors, page images, illustrations for children

Places shown: USA

Added: 2006-01-16

+ S K L

33.—Carnbré CastleOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

There are two places called Carn Brae in Cornwall; one is the site of a medieval chapel and the other a castle. I think that this is the castle, near Redruth. “But there are many remarkable groups of [...]

Keywords: castles, ruins, rocks, hills, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale

Places shown: Carnbrea; Cornwall; England

Added: 2005-09-05

+ S K L R N

St. Simon Stylites, Hermit of the PillarHone’s Everyday Book (1826)

(page 35)

Saint Simon, partly bald but with a long flowing beard, kneels barefoot on the top of a pillar and holds up a cross. He is wearing sackcloth.

Keywords: people, crosses, religion, bare feet, clouds, pillars, beards, easter, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2003-03-31

+ S K L

37.—Writing My Master’s WordsLa Vita Nuova (The New Life) (1910)

The poet sits at a writing desk let by a candle. The image is printed in black and gold. “I resolved that I would make a ditty, before I left my chamber, according to the words my master had spoken.” [...]

Keywords: scholars, pictures of books, candles, colour, christmas

Places shown: none

Added: 2005-12-20

+ S K L

Plate III. Gloucester Cathedral. West Front and South Side.The Cathedral Churches of England (1925)

Gloucester Cathedral was built 900 years ago (it was completed in 1100); it was originally the Abbey of St. Peter, part of a Benedictine monastery. Here we see the towers and spires, the gothic windo [...]

Keywords: cathedrals, churches, towers, windows, gothic, gothic architecture, people, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: Gloucester; Gloucestershire; England

Added: 2010-05-22

+ S K L R N

Full-page foliated border from 1478.Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This ornate foliated border is festive (because I coloured it red) and swirly. It’s from the title page of a 1478 book, over 500 years old. See the full title page. Note that one side of the border is [...]

Keywords: borders, colour, floriated borders, criblé

Places shown: none

Added: 2013-04-28

+ S K L

Gloucester Cathedral Old Print - Wallpaper VersionThe Cathedral Churches of England (1925)

A version of Plate III without the border, scaled very slightly to make a computer desktop or wallpaper image.

Keywords: cathedrals, religion, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: Gloucester; Gloucestershire; England

Added: 2010-05-22

+ S K L R N

4.—View on the Grand CanalVenice (1907)

The Grand Canal, Venice; the Canal Grande is the largest canal in Venice.

Keywords: water, canals, colour, cities, buildings, colour

Places shown: Venice; Veneto; Italy

Added: 2006-05-22

+ S K L R N

Byron’s PoolCambridge (1920)

Cambridge is no city of spires. She lies belted with woods in the midst of a wide plain. To south, to west, to east stretches a lowland landscape, delicately moulded, rich in pasture and corn-bearing [...]

Keywords: colour, water, trees

Places shown: Grantchester; Cambridgeshire; England

Added: 2006-06-21

+ S K L R N

In winter I get up at night / And dress by yellow candle-light.A Child’s Garden of Verses (1905)

In this illustration a small child, probably a girl, stands barefoot by a bed lit by the yellow glow of a candle; she is in the process of getting dressed in the dark, by the light of the candle. I. [...]

Keywords: illustrations for children, children, poetry, bare feet, people, interiors, beds, bedrooms, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-03-08

+ S K L

Reconstructed Interior of Fourteenth-century Hall (Penshurst, Kent).Life and Work of the People of England: The Fourteenth Century (1929)

The lord and lady are dining on the daïs, the retainers grouped round the hearth. Notice the dog and the jester. From a model of the Great Hall at Penshurst. Metropolitan Museum of Fine Arts, New York [...]

Keywords: interiors, windows, halls, manors, people, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: Penshurst; Kent; England

Added: 2005-07-08

+ S K L R N

The Map of BerkshireThe Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783)

A public domain map of the County of Berkshire in England, from 1783. Note: I have only a very few of these: I own volumes one and two of the series, but volume two was sold to me via eBay and was ent [...]

Keywords: maps, colour

Places shown: Berkshire; England

Added: 2005-08-21

+ S K L R N

folio 4/recto, illumination, woman writingWorks, BL Harley MS 4431 (1414)

A woman is writing in a book; perhaps she is a scribe, or a nun in a monastery. She is wearing mediaeval [medieval]-style blue dress and a white headdress. She is seated at a table with a small open b [...]

Keywords: illumination, people, books, writing, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-08-05

+ S K L

calligraphy: mediaeval decorative letter “A”Works, BL Harley MS 4431 (1414)

A richly decorated capital letter “A” from an illuminated manuscript made in 1414. It is coloured in red and blue, with black outlines and gold leaf. It is from the recto (front) of folio 4 of the bo [...]

Keywords: lettera, calligraphy, initials, lettering, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-08-05

+ S K L

calligraphy: mediaeval pen-letter “A”Works, BL Harley MS 4431 (1414)

A red letter “C” made with a calligraphy pen in the early fifteenth century. The roughness of the edges is partly from the texture of the writing surface, but it gives an “antique” look to the letter. [...]

Keywords: letterc, calligraphy, initials, lettering, red, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-08-05

+ S K L