Items taken from Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) (results page 6)

94.—Roman Galley. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The engraving shows a Roman coin, with a picture of a galley being rowed, whether by slaves or soldiers we cannot tell; the coinbears the words,ilicita avg s c cosiiipp.The galleys in which the cavalr [...]

Keywords: boats, ships, slavery, people, roman coins, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-10-03

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95.—Roman Galley Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A picture of a Roman coin showing a lighter sort of Roman galley, or rowing-boat. The rowers here appear to be wearing helmets, so presumably are soldiers rather than slaves. Compare with Fig. 94.di [...]

Keywords: boats, ships, soldiers, people, roman coins, coins, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-11-03

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96.—Roman Standard Bearers. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Two Roman men, with long curly hair and skirts, adopt feminine poses, one holding a stick with a carved eagle on it, universal symbol of despotism, and the other has a banner with SPQR, the Latin that [...]

Keywords: soldiers, people, symbols, hair, costumes, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-09-18

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97.—Roman Soldiers. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Three Roman soldiers are shown: one with a round shield and two short spears or arrows, one with a tall shield obviously for riot control, and a long spear or javelin, and one seated on the ground.[.. [...]

Keywords: soldiers, people, weapons, shields, costumes, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-11-03

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98.—Plan of Richborough. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A (rather minimal) plan of Richborough castle, an ancient Roman fort on the south-east coast of England, dating to maybe A.D. 43. There is also an amphitheatre at the site. Richborough was the first [...]

Keywords: plans, castles, ruins, roman remains, greyscale

Places shown: Richborough; Kent; England

Added: 2010-11-17

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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 [...]

Keywords: roman remains, walls, ruins, forts, houses, greyscale

Places shown: Richborough; Kent; England

Added: 2012-05-22

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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.

Keywords: roman remains, walls, ruins, forts, people, dogs, hunting, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Richborough; Kent; England

Added: 2012-06-12

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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.

Keywords: diagrams, plans, roman remains, greyscale

Places shown: Richborough; Kent; England

Added: 2012-03-21

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102.—Bronze, found at Richborough. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A woodcut showing three views of a bronze statuette, supposedly Ancient Roman, depicting a Roman soldier playing the bagpipes. I couldnot find a modern picture of the object.In the bean-field within t [...]

Keywords: roman remains, statuary, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-07-20

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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 [...]

Keywords: ruins, churches, anglosaxon remains, buildings, towers, spires, water, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Reculver; Kent; England

Added: 2011-03-28

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104.—Plan of Porchester Castle, Hants. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

[...] the fact is certain that in several of the undoubted Roman castles, or camps, is a small building of cruciform shape, placed not far from the centre of the enclosure. At Porchester (Fig. 104) an [...]

Keywords: plans, castles, roman remains, ruins, churches, greyscale

Places shown: Porchester; Hampshire; England

Added: 2011-06-05

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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 [...]

Keywords: ruins, castles, roman remains, norman architecture, trees, people, greyscale

Places shown: Pevensey; Sussex; England

Added: 2012-06-22

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106.—Plan of Pevensey Castle. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

On the north side was a few years since a fragment of a supposed Saxon keep, held to be an addition to the original Roman Castrum (Fig. 109). But the most important and interesting adaptation to anoth [...]

Keywords: maps, plans, castles, roman remains, greyscale

Places shown: Pevensey; Sussex; England

Added: 2012-06-24

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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 [...]

Keywords: ruins, roman remains, castles, towers, walls, people, sheep, greyscale

Places shown: Pevensey; Sussex; England

Added: 2012-07-24

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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 [...]

Keywords: ruins, roman remains, castles, towers ruins, people, architecture, greyscale

Places shown: Pevensey; Sussex; England

Added: 2012-08-09

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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 [...]

Keywords: ruins, castles, towers, arches, sheep, animals, greyscale

Places shown: Pevensey; Sussex; England

Added: 2012-07-25

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110.—Sally Port, Pevensey. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The ponderous walls of the Roman dominion are almost merged in the greater interest of the moated keep of the Norman conquest. It will be sufficient for us here to present engravings of the Norman wor [...]

Keywords: castles, walls, arches, entrances, ruins, norman architecture, people, animals, greyscale

Places shown: Pevensey; Sussex; England

Added: 2012-07-27

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111.—Norman Keep, Pevensey. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A ruined castle with broken towers overgrown with ivy looms in the background on a hill or mound; in the foreground people admire the view; to emphasise the pastoral nature of the scene there are also [...]

Keywords: castles, towers, ruins, towers, ivy, people, animals, norman architecture, greyscale

Places shown: Pevensey; Sussex; England

Added: 2012-08-09

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112.—Interior of Norman Tower, Pevensey. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

But the most important and interesting adaptation to another period of the Roman Pevensey is the Norman keep, the form of which is indicated on the Plan 106, at the south-east, and which was evidently [...]

Keywords: castles, ruins, interiors, norman architecture, windows, walls, people, greyscale

Places shown: Pevensey; Sussex; England

Added: 2012-07-11

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113.—The Thames at Coway Stakes. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Tall trees sway either side of a dirt road down which a cart is pulled way from us by a pair of heavy horses; two women and a dog approach us on the same road. In the background a barge is pulled alon [...]

Keywords: views, rivers, water, carts, trees, roads, people, boats, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Coway Stakes; Weybridge; Surrey; England

Added: 2012-08-14

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