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143x200, 2864x4000, 537x750, 716x1000 | King’s College Chapel, Cambridge.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) The Sixteenth-Century chapel at King’s College in Cambridge University is famous not only for its music but also for its fabulous architecture. This 1845 engraving shows not only the amazing vaulted s [...] Keywords: colour, interiors, chapels, architecture, windows, columns, religion, valuting, ceilings Places shown: Cambridge; Cambridgeshire; England Added: 2014-01-31 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 146x200, 1610x2202, 548x750, 805x1101 | Chapel of St. John’s College, CambridgeOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) The chapel is one of the original structures of St. John’s College, the foundation-charter of which is dated April 9, 1511; it forms a part of the east court, or first court, which was completed in 15 [...] Keywords: interiors, chapels, churches, christianity, windows, colour Places shown: St. John’s College; Cambridge; Cambridgeshire; England Added: 2025-12-16 + S K L R N |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1024x640, 1152x720, 1280x800, 1440x900, 1680x1050, 1920x1200, 2560x1600, 320x200, 5120x3200, 960x600 | Plate 23.—Llanthony Abbey.History of Wales (1853) This engraving shows the ruins of Llanthony Priory in Wales. I have left the sepia tint from the old ink and paper. Keywords: ruins, churches, abbeys, arches, sheep, animals, people, sepia, widescreen, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour Places shown: Abergavenny; Monmouthshire; Wales Added: 2015-01-18 + S K L R N |
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| 1052x1330, 158x200, 561x709, 748x946, 789x998 | Silent they stoodRecord of Fifty Years’ Work, A (1901) “Silent they stood, each gazing on the dust Of kindred;—on the well-beloved ones Whom they should never lie beside in slumber.” “The Exiles of Glen Oona.”—Robert Buchanan. [picture] By William Small. [...] Keywords: people, death, music, musical instruments, dogs, gravestones, spooky, colour Places shown: none Added: 2010-10-27 + S K L |
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1124x1545, 146x200, 475x653, 632x869, 843x1159 | Hall of Christ Church College OxfordOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) “Christchurch, you have no doubt heard, is the richest, most magnificent, and most celebrated of all the collegiate establishments of Oxford. It is the especial resort of the sons of the richest gentr [...] Keywords: colour, colleges, interiors, people, ceilings Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England Added: 2005-11-06 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1108x777, 1385x971, 1680x1050, 286x200, 665x466, 831x582 | Bab En NasrPictureseque Egypt Vol I (1878) Bab En Nasr, or Bab El-Nasr, is the ancient Victory Gate of Cairo, built around 1090 and rebuilt in 1212. It is the North Gate to the city. Bab El-Fotouh, The West Gate The engraving is taken from an [...] Keywords: towers, gates, ancient egypt, camels, people, ruins, colour Places shown: Cairo; Egypt Added: 2010-11-22 + S K L R N |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 640x480, 800x600 | Arch of ConstantineRome (1905) Erected by the Senate in his honour A.D. 312. Eighteen years later he retired to Byzantium, leaving the Roman Bishops in virtual possession of the eternal city. (p. 234) Keywords: arches, roman remains, ruins, colour, backgrounds, wallpaper, trees Places shown: Rome; Italy Added: 2011-02-28 + S K L R N |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 142x200, 1624x2295, 531x750, 812x1148 | Kneeling at prayer by candlelightJugend [German art magazine] (1900) The poem that appeared at upper left is given below, first in automatically translated English and then in my transcription of the German. The fairy tale of the king’s heart It struck a royal hear [...] Keywords: people, prayer, candles, women, kneeling, devout, illustrations for children, mediaeval costumes, costumes, colour Places shown: none Added: 2019-02-21 + S K L |
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1300x1944, 1300x1944, 134x200, 650x972 | Fisher Row and Remains of Oxford CastleOxford (1910) The square tower in the background is part of the remains of Oxford Castle. Keywords: castles, houses, water, bridges, canals, people, roads, colour, trees Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England Added: 2004-04-02 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 133x200, 539x808, 718x1077, 957x1436 | Porte du Croux, NeversCathedral Cities of France (1907) “The fourth attraction of Nevers, the high square gateway tower known as the Porte du Croux, may also be bregarded as a relic of feudal days, seeing that it dates from 1398, and was evidently part of [...] Keywords: castles, towers, people, colour Places shown: Nevers; France Added: 2007-02-06 + S K L R N |
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1137x640, 2274x1280, 356x200 | Plate I.—Section of Locomotive Engine [coloured letters]Steam and the Steam Engine (1880) This is a version of Plate I in which I have coloured the letters blue, to try to make it easier to follow the description, which I have also repeated here: In this sectional elevation F is the furnac [...] Keywords: railways, machinery, diagrams, transport, engines, steam engines, colour Places shown: none Added: 2006-02-07 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1200x718, 1448x867, 334x200, 724x434, 9656x5780 | Napoleon and the SphinxGreat Men and Famous Women, vol. II (1894) [Napoleon Bonaparte] was bent on the conquest of Egypt. He appears to have had something visionary in his temperament, and to have dreamed of founding a mighty empire from the stand-point of the East [...] Keywords: napoleon, monuments, portraits, people, horses, soldiers, deserts, mythological creatures, colour Places shown: Egypt Added: 2006-09-02 + S K L |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 164x200, 1724x2100, 410x500, 616x750, 862x1050 | Plate XXIV.—Knowledge Is PowerThe Art of Decorative Design (1862) The example here has a slogan, Knowledge Is Power, inside a diamond filled with intricate coloured patterns. A class of decorations of a distinctive character arise from the ground being wholly covere [...] Keywords: slogans, patterns, decoration, colour Places shown: none Added: 2025-01-14 + S K L |
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![Plate I.—Section of Locomotive Engine [coloured letters]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Evers-SteamAndTheSteamEngine/pages/240-Plate-I-Section-of-Locomotive-Engine-colouredletters/240-Plate-I-Section-of-Locomotive-Engine-colouredletters-q75-356x200.jpg "Plate I.—Section of Locomotive Engine [coloured letters] 1880")
