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1215x887, 2431x1775, 274x200, 750x548 | H Hendrich: Sea FablesModerne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band XV (1901) Seemärchen. Here we see a woman, or perhaps a mermaid, emerging from the sea onto a rock, dripping with water. She is gazing at a sea-monster or dragon some way away, coming through a natural stone ar [...] Keywords: people, women, water, monsters, sea creatures, mythological creatures, dragons, rocks, cities, illustrations for children, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2020-03-01 + S K L |
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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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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: 2006-01-03 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 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: 2006-06-03 + S K L R N |
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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 |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1124x991, 2248x1981, 227x200, 750x661 | Maps of Birmingham and Environs circa 1900The British Isles (1905) Birmingham city centre was largely destroyed by heavy bombing in the Second World War, and has both suffered through and benefited from extensive reconstruction since. This map was published in 1905 a [...] Keywords: maps, diagrams, greyscale Places shown: Birmingham; Warwickshire; England Added: 2025-11-02 + S K L R N |
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1024x768, 1024x640, 1152x864, 1152x720, 1280x960, 1280x800, 1400x1050, 1440x900, 1600x1200, 1680x1050, 1920x1200, 319x200, 3568x2230, 640x480, 700x438, 800x600 | Detail from verso, showing the letter-forms.A Single Leaf (1476) A small detail from the printed page, showing the shapes of the letters. Keywords: typography, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2010-06-28 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1024x640, 1280x800, 1440x900, 1600x900, 1680x1050, 1920x1080, 1920x1200, 321x200, 700x359, 900x462 | Heraldic Crest and Symbols of IndustryIl Museo Pio Clementino (1792) This heraldic crest is from the title page to Volume VI of the huge book. If you are able to give a formal description of this image I’d love to hear from you; informally, it shows an armorial bearin [...] Keywords: heraldry, shields, crests, science, symbols, coins, money, nudity, people, cherubs, boys, bare feet, travel, keys, masks, spirit, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2012-06-02 + S K L |
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136x200, 1721x2540, 508x750, 861x1270 | Packing a TrunkGodey’s Lady’s Book and Magazine (Vol LXXXI January to June) (1870) This was a frontispiece to the July 1870 issue of the Lady’s Book magazine. It was printed on stiff blue paper, but in regular black ink. The picture shows a man with a sad and dropping moustache jump [...] Keywords: people, humour, travel, children, men, women, luggage, cartoons, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2025-11-13 + S K L |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 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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![[p.242] The Bloody Tower](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Knight-LondonVolII/pages/vol2-p242-The-Bloody-Tower/vol2-p242-The-Bloody-Tower-q50-195x200.jpg "[p.242] The Bloody Tower 1841")
