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210.—Edward the Confessor’s Chapel, Westminster Abbey,—now used as the Pix office. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“Under its original name of the Isle of Bramble or thorn-ea, Westminster was a place of importance before London existed.[...]“The Saxon king Sebert (597 – 616) built a monastery on the site now occup [...]

Keywords: abbeys, churches, castles, anglosaxon remains, greyscale

Places shown: Westminster; London; England

Added: 2005-03-17

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211.—Windows from the Palace of Westminster Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The windows are supposed here to be of Saxon origin; that is, dating between A.D. 440 and A.D. 1100 or so.“A doorway remaining of the old palace at Westminster exhibits the triangular arch (Fig. 212). [...]

Keywords: windows, arches, anglosaxon remains, greyscale

Places shown: Westminster; London; England

Added: 2005-05-05

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Great Tangley Manor, Surrey. Art in England During the Elizabethan and Stuart Periods (1908)

A half-timbered Elizabethan manor-house with tiled roof is here seen from the garden. Notice the cat sitting in the porch!The moated Manor House of Great Tangley, in West Surrey (facing page 24), thou [...]

Keywords: manors, colour, gardens, trees, buildings, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Wonersh; Surrey; England

Added: 2007-10-30

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[p.210] The Tower of London London (Volume II) (1841)

A birds-eye view: a map or plan of the castle.From a Print published by the Royal Antiquarian Society, and engraved from the Survey made in 1597, by W. Haiward and J. Gascoigne, by order of Sir J. Pey [...]

Keywords: castles, maps, plans, diagrams, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: London London; England

Added: 2005-07-15

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261.—Knole, Kent. English Homes Period III Vol. I, Late Tudor & Early Stuart (1558‒1649) (1922)

Plate 261 - The West Side of the Green Court.

Keywords: manors, creeper, windows, doors, entrances, chimneys, courtyards, colour

Places shown: Knole; Kent; England

Added: 2004-03-05

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262.—Knole, Kent. English Homes Period III Vol. I, Late Tudor & Early Stuart (1558‒1649) (1922)

Plate 260 - Bourchier’s Gate-house.

The home of the Sackvilles since 1603; it was first built in and around 1457 by Archbishop Bourchier.

Keywords: manors, castles, entrances, clocks, windows, towers, doors, colour

Places shown: Knole; Kent; England

Added: 2004-03-04

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View of St. Paul’s Cathedral from the Thames Alt-England (1888)

This is an unusual view of Sir Christopher Wren’s masterpiece, which replaced an earlier cathedral founded in A.D. 64 after it burned down in the Great Fire of London.We see a man leaning out of a sto [...]

Keywords: cathedrals, circles, windows, sailing boats, ships, boats, churches, domes, london, rivers, river thames, greyscale

Places shown: London London; England

Added: 2022-06-03

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Haslemere, Surrey Old English Country Cottages (1906)

A young woman stands at the gate to an English cottage garden. She holds a child in her arms, and she wears a long dress and a somewhat soiled apron. The gate is set in a thick hedge, but we can see s [...]

Keywords: cottages, people, flowers, colour

Places shown: Haslemere; Surrey; England

Added: 2008-08-09

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Chiddingfold, Surry (hand-coloured version) Contributed Images (2004)

A hand-coloured version ofChiddingford; the original picture was by Sidney Jones in 1906; Liam Quin did the colouring, rather hastily.

Keywords: cottages, colour

Places shown: Chiddingfold; Surrey; England

Added: 2008-08-24

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Chiddingfold, Surrey Old English Country Cottages (1906)

A cottage in Chiddingfold, Surrey (in the South of England), showing the use of tile to cover the upper storey’s walls and the chimney. It is signed by Sidney Jones and dated 1906.Hand-coloured versi [...]

Keywords: cottages, greyscale

Places shown: Chiddingfold; Surrey; England

Added: 2008-08-24

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Guildford Castle, Surrey Old English Country Cottages (1906)

the entrance to Guildford castle, SurreyOne of the features of the Surrey cottage, indeed of all those counties where tile was the principal roofing material, is the skill with which the tiling is ada [...]

Keywords: castles, street scenes, buildings, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Guildford; Surrey; England

Added: 2008-08-19

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Bas-Relief From the Entablature, Jerusalem Chamber, Westminster Abbey Pentateuch of Printing with a Chapter on Judges (1891)

A printing office, with an engraver (I think) at left, a proof-reader, a typesetter (at the back) next to the person operating the press itself, and, at right, a boy wearing tights and I think barefoo [...]

Keywords: typography, printing, children, pictures of books, books, people, furniture, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Westminster; London; England

Added: 2006-01-21

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381.—St. Mary’s Chapel, Hastings Cliff Castle. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Hastings Castle was built by William the Conqueror in 1070 or so, together with the chapel of St. Mary. Coastal erosion, and, later, French attacks, meant there wasn’t much left by 1400. After the Di [...]

Keywords: castles, ruins, arches, churches, people, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Hastings; Kent; England

Added: 2011-06-17

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Plate 3.—Rochester Castle.—Interior. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Two men stand on a ruined wall and peer into the Keep; the men are brightly dressed. The castle here today was built inA.D. 1080and the keep is also called Gundolph’s Tower after its builder.English H [...]

Keywords: castles, ruins, colour, people

Places shown: Rochester; Kent; England

Added: 2012-05-22

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IV.—West Front of Buckingham Palace. Monumental Architecture (1910)

The lack of a flag probably means the King (at the time) was not at home. Thewing on the left today is the Queen’s private disco and mosh pit.

Keywords: palaces, architecture, photographs, buildings, columns, greyscale

Places shown: London London; England

Added: 2012-06-09

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The Casuals Magazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

The oil painting on which this engraving was based was exhibted under the title,Applicants for Admission to a Casual Ward, at the Royal Academy in 1874; it was made to illustrate a scene from Dickens: [...]

Keywords: poverty, poor, victorian costumes, bare feet, men, women, people, children, street scenes, greyscale

Places shown: London London; England

Added: 2021-03-15

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Interior of the Temple Church. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The Temple Church was built by (orfor) the Knights Templar in London in the 12th Century. Some time after the Knights Templar were destroyed (in 1307) the temple was given by Edward II to the Knights [...]

Keywords: interiors, colour, churches, people, ceilings, columns, arches, pillars, costumes

Places shown: London London; England

Added: 2012-08-13

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43. St. Margarets at Cliffe, Kent, with its Normon clerestory [exterior view] Mediæval Styles of the English Parish Church (1936)

The treatment of the eaves illustrates a very characteristic, though by no means invariable Norman feature, namely, the corbel table, a series of prjecting stones at intervals, carrying a continuous c [...]

Keywords: churches, norman architecture, arches, towers, buildings, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Cliffe; Kent; England

Added: 2010-08-10

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43. St. Margarets at Cliffe, Kent, with its Normon clerestory [interior view] Mediæval Styles of the English Parish Church (1936)

Clerestories.—Those Norman churches which were built with aisles seem all to have had clerestories. I do not know of a Norman nave with original aisles without some indication that there was a cleres [...]

Keywords: churches, interiors, religion, buildings, columns, pillars, arches, pews, windows, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Cliffe; Kent; England

Added: 2010-08-10

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The Lion Gates, Hampton Court The Thames Illustrated: A Picturesque Journey from Richmond to Oxford (1897)

Hampton Court Palace was built by Cardinal Wolsey, starting in 1514, although some time in the 1520s it became the property of King Henry VIII.The Lion Gates are at the Bushey Park entrance to the Pal [...]

Keywords: gates, entrances, statues, trees, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: East Molesey; Surrey; England

Added: 2006-01-19

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