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The Coronation Chair
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
The celebrated stone which now forms the seat of the coronation chair of the sovereigns of England is a flat stone, nearly square. It formerly stood in Argyleshire, according to Buchanan; who also say [...]
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London; England
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Houses of Parliament from the River, temp Charles II.
London (Volume II) (1841)
The Houses of Parliament in Westminster, in the time of King Charles II, so between (roughly) 1650 and 1685; this is of course long before th 19th century changes, and before Big Ben was built.
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London; England
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87.—Country near Dover.
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
“In the latter part of the summer of the year 55 B. C. (Halley, the astronomer, has gone far to prove that the exact day was the 26th of August), a Roman fleet crossed the Channel, bearing the infantr [...]
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Dover; Kent; England
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88.—Dover Cliffs.
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
The white cliffs of dover, complete with fishing boats. The plate is signed “SIBLY” but that could be the original artist or the engraver (or both).“In the latter part of the summer of the year 55 B. [...]
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cliffs, water, boats, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale
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Dover; Kent; England
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89. Roman Lighthouse, Church and Trenches in Dover Castle.
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
In that curious record, in old French, of the foundation of the Castle of Dover, which we find in Dugdale’s ‘Monasticon,’ we are told that when Arviragus reigned in Britain, he refused to be subject t [...]
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lighthouses, castles, ruins, people, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale
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Dover; Kent; England
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90.—Dover Cliffs.
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
The white cliffs of dover, complete with fishing boats in a storm, and with a barrel floating on a wave.“In the latter part of the summer of the year 55 B. C. (Halley, the astronomer, has gone far to [...]
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Dover; Kent; England
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99.—Richborough. General View, from the East.
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
Giant and ancient ruined stone walls on a sharp rise dwarf a small cottage.It is not a lofty castle of the middle ages, such as we sometimes look upon, with tower and bastion crumbling into picturesqu [...]
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roman remains, walls, ruins, forts, houses, greyscale
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Richborough; Kent; England
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100.—North Wall of Richborough.
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
A man hunts with rifle and dog beside the overgrown Roman walls of Richborough in Southern England. See Fig. 99 for the extract from the book.
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roman remains, walls, ruins, forts, people, dogs, hunting, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale
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Richborough; Kent; England
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101.—Plan of the Platform and Cross, Richborough
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
This appears to be a side view, or elevation, rather than a plan, of the platform and cross-shaped mound at the Roman fort of Richborough. See Fig. 98 for more details.
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diagrams, plans, roman remains, greyscale
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Richborough; Kent; England
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103.—Ruins of the Ancient Church of Reculver.
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
The Roman remains still existing at Reculver are less interesting than those at Richborough, chiefly because they are of less magnitude and are more dilapidated. Very close to the ruins of the ancient [...]
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Reculver; Kent; England
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105.—General View of the Ruin of Pevensey Castle.
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
Anderida, the sea-fort of Sussex, is held by some to be Hastings, by others to be East Bourn. It is not our purpose to enter upon any controversial discussion of such matters; but it appears to us tha [...]
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ruins, castles, roman remains, norman architecture, trees, people, greyscale
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Pevensey; Sussex; England
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107.—Walls and Gate, Pevensey.
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
Here, as at Richborough, have the Roman galleys anchored; sheltered by the bold promontory of Beachy Head from the south-west gales, and secured from the attacks of pirates by the garrison who guarded [...]
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ruins, roman remains, castles, towers, walls, people, sheep, greyscale
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Pevensey; Sussex; England
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108.—Walls, Pevensey.
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
The walls at Pevensey Castle show some Roman features as well as later additions.The external towers, which are indicated on the plan, are quite solid; some of these have been undermined and have fall [...]
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Pevensey; Sussex; England
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109.—Supposed Saxon Keep, Pevensey.
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
Sheep graze in the foreground; in the background a stone archway frames a tunnel through heavy masonry, a ruined tower.The ruin on this side is highly picturesque, large masses of the original wall ha [...]
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ruins, castles, towers, arches, sheep, animals, greyscale
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Pevensey; Sussex; England
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