Items in or near Northumberland (results page 2)

The Apartments of Mary Queen of Scots in Holyrood Palace Edinburgh (1912)

The bedroom of a Queen!An ancient bed hung with faded crimson silk stands in Queen Mary’s bed-chamber, together with chairs and other furniture of a later date. Under the raised tapestry on the far s [...]

Keywords: interiors, beds, colour, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Holyrood Palace; Edinburgh; Lothian; Scotland

Added: 2007-10-01

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419.—Warkworth Castle Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Dates from the 12th Century but extensvely modified in the 14th and 15th Centuries. Ruined.

Keywords: castles, hills, towers, backgrounds, wallpaper, views, greyscale

Places shown: Warkworth; Northumberland; England

Added: 2004-03-04

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Carlisle Castle, Cumberland The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783)

Keywords: castles, ruins, hills, clouds, sheep, trees, people, colour

Places shown: Carlisle; Cumberland; England

Added: 1999-11-18

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420.—Warkworth Castle Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Interior of a Room in Warkworth Castle.

Keywords: interiors, windows, colour

Places shown: Warkworth; Northumberland; England

Added: 2004-03-04

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Tyninghame on the Tyne The Leisure Hour (1904)

“Tyninghame on the Tyne (Residence of the Earl of Haddington)“The glory of Tyninghame is its gardens and trees. Since the days of the sixth Earl of Haddington, the Lords of Tyninghame, the charming m [...]

Keywords: manors, houses, trees, greyscale

Places shown: Tyninghame; East Lothian; Scotland

Added: 2006-07-23

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45. Warkworth Castle, Northumberland The Growth of the English House (1909)

The keep (cir. 1435 – 40)“Another interesting mixture of the ancient and the modern is to be seen at Warkworth Castle in Northumberland. This was a very old foundation retaining much early work in its [...]

Keywords: castles, towers, ruins, greyscale

Places shown: Warkworth; Northumberland; England

Added: 2005-08-18

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Warkworth Castle, Desktop Background Version The Growth of the English House (1909)

Version ofWarwkworth Castlecropped, resized and hand-coloured byLiam Quinto make a computer background for your desktop (a wallpaper image).I thought this looked like a nice imposing mediaeval castle [...]

Keywords: castles, colour, backgrounds, wallpaper

Places shown: Warkworth; Northumberland; England

Added: 2005-08-18

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Warkworth Castle, Northumberland: Plan of the Keep The Growth of the English House (1909)

1. Vestibule (leading from entrance in basement)2. Hall.3. Chapel.4. Great Chamber.5. Kitchens.6. Pantry and buttery.“[...] It has cellars and a great hall, with buttery and kitchens at one end, while [...]

Keywords: castles, plans, greyscale

Places shown: Warkworth; Northumberland; England

Added: 2005-08-18

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The Church of St. Giles from the Lawnmarket Edinburgh (1912)

“The status of the Duke of Buccleuch shows immediately under the tower of the Cathedral, backed by the modernised west end of the building. Farther down the High Street, to the east, is the Tron Churc [...]

Keywords: churches, streets, cities, cathedrals, people, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: Edinburgh; Lothian; Scotland

Added: 2006-01-03

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The Sanctuary, National War Shrine, Edinburgh In Search of Scotland (1929)

The Shrine is the highest building in Edinburgh. It rises from virgin rock. Its walls spring from jagged ledges. In shape it is a sanctuary facing north with an east and west transept.[...]The keyn [...]

Keywords: war memorials, shrines, interiors, arches, gothic architecture, stonework, masonry, columns, gates, colour

Places shown: Edinburgh; Lothian; Scotland

Added: 2014-08-22

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589.—Durham Cathedral. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Durham Cathedral is aUNESCOworld heritage site today. It was built in the 11th century and so is almost a thousand years old. But it still works.partial alterations, improvements, and some important a [...]

Keywords: cathedrals, interiors, pillars, churches, people, shadows, light, greyscale

Places shown: Durham Durham; England

Added: 2012-08-17

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590.—Stone Chair in the Chapter House, Durham. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The interior [of Durham Cathedral] presents many objects of high interest—[such] as the sumptuous bishop’s throne (Fig. 602), the stone chair (Fig. 590), and above all, the common tomb of St. Cuthbert [...]

Keywords: furniture, carving, chairs, greyscale

Places shown: Durham Durham; England

Added: 2014-03-16

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Scotland. Record of Fifty Years’ Work, A (1901)

From “An overland journey to the Great Eghibition of 1851”By Richard Doyle. Published for the Brothers Dalziel by Messrs. Chapman & Hall.“We gave Doyle a commission to do a Panorama of an Overland Jo [...]

Keywords: people, musical instruments, sports, bare feet, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Scotland

Added: 2006-01-08

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John Knox’s House, High Street Edinburgh (1912)

“To the left of the square stone water-conduit, which occupies the centre of the picture, is seen the west front of this picturesque structure, and still farther to the left a “fore-stair” of a buildi [...]

Keywords: colour, buildings, houses, people, streets

Places shown: Edinburgh; Lothian; Scotland

Added: 2006-05-31

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Stirling Castle In Search of Scotland (1929)

I paused on a hill and looked down on the plain of Stirling. It was early evening and the mists were rising. The rock on which the Castle stands was blue-black against the grey of the fields, the mig [...]

Keywords: castles, views, colour

Places shown: Stirling; Storling; Scotland

Added: 2008-08-02

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841.—Prudhoe Castle, Northumberland Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The ruins date from the 12th Century; modern photographs indicate that it’s in slightly better shape than this picture suggests. Prudhoe is about 10 miles West of Newcastle upon Tyne.

Keywords: castles, towers, ruins, water, trees, entrances, bridges, arches, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Prudhoe; Northumberland; England

Added: 2004-03-04

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The Shepherd Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character (1911)

The Shepherd, From a water-colour drawing by Henry W. Kerr, A.R.S.A., R.S.W.The shepherd here is an older man pictured outdoors wearing a traditional Scottish costume and leaning on his wooden crook.“ [...]

Keywords: people, portraits, costumes, colour

Places shown: Scotland

Added: 2009-02-07

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Quadrangle of George Heriot’s Hospital Edinburgh (1912)

“The picture shows parts of the north and east sides of the Quadrangle. In the centre of the north side is the entrance doorway to the chapel, above which rises an oriel window combined with a half o [...]

Keywords: people, buildings, towers, windows, colour

Places shown: Edinburgh; Lothian; Scotland

Added: 2006-08-01

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1052.—St. Nicholas Church, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“Among the more important churches erected in the period of which we treat, that ofNewcastle-Upon-Tyneholds an honourable place (Fig. 1052). It crowns a bold eminence, and forms from every point of vi [...]

Keywords: spires, churches, towers, people, shops, streets, clocks, houses, christmas, colour

Places shown: Newcatle-upon-tyne; Northumberland; England

Added: 2004-03-04

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1053.—Glasgow Cathedral. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“As St. Patrick’s Cathedral is the chief specimen of Gothic architecture in Ireland, so isGlasgow Cathedral(Fig. 1053) themost perfect relic of the kind in Scotland, or anywhere else, in the opinion o [...]

Keywords: cathedrals, churches, towers, waterfalls, water, people, windows, greyscale

Places shown: Glasgow Glasgow; Scotland

Added: 2007-01-22

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