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Front Cover, The British Isles (Vol 1) The British Isles (1905)

My copy is in 6 separate volumes, each bound in green with gold, and with one sections of the book in each volume.

Keywords: book covers, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-07-05

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Title Page, The British Isles (Vol 1) The British Isles (1905)

“The British IslesDepicted by pen and cameraWith thirty-nine coloured plates and siz Rembrandt photogravuresSpecial EditionVolume I.—Section I.Cassel and Company Limited, London, Paris, New York and M [...]

Keywords: title pages, page images, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-07-05

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Bala Town and Lake The British Isles (1905)

Bala is a market town in Gwynedd, North Wales; when this picture was taken, the town was rather small.

Keywords: old photographs, lakes, towns, views, greyscale

Places shown: Y Bala; Merionethshire; Wales

Added: 2008-07-14

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The City of London Seen from the National Liberal Club The British Isles (1905)

From the Painting by charled W. Wyllie.This painting of the London cityscape uses pastel colours, light and perspective to convey distance and, at the same time, the greatness of the cathedral, with t [...]

Keywords: views, cityscapes, rivers, cathedrals, cities, bridges, colour

Places shown: London London; England

Added: 2014-09-27

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Cricklade The British Isles (1905)

“To all intents and purposes it is atCrickladethat the Thames comes into existence, and to ninety-nine Thams enthusiasts out of a hundred Cricklade itself is a mere name.” (p. 118)

Keywords: rivers, trees, water, greyscale

Places shown: Cricklade; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2006-07-05

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Stocks at Stanton Harcourt The British Isles (1905)

“Stanton Harcourt still preserves the stocks in which petty offenders were held in ludicrous durance. (p. 120)”People were forced to sit with their ankles locked into the wooden holes so that their fe [...]

Keywords: punishments, stocks, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Stanton Harcourt; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2005-12-31

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Stocks at Stanton Harcourt (Sepia-Tinted Edition) The British Isles (1905)

A “sepia-tinted photograph” version ofThe Stocks at Stanton Harcourt.

Keywords: colour, punishments, stocks, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Stanton Harcourt; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2005-12-31

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On the Edge of Sherwood Forest The British Isles (1905)

From the Painting by John MacWhirter, R.A.John MacWhirter (1839 – 1911) was a Scottish painter. He showed great promise as a boy, and his work was shown at the Royal Academy of Art (entitling him to [...]

Keywords: colour, trees, views, forests, deer, animals

Places shown: Sherwood Forest; Nottinghamshire; England

Added: 2005-12-31

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York Minster, From the South West The British Isles (1905)

Photo: Wilson, Aberdeen

Keywords: churches, cathedrals, towers, greyscale

Places shown: York; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2006-02-01

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Clevedon The 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,Clevedonalone may be indi [...]

Keywords: views, water, greyscale

Places shown: Clevedon; Somerset; England

Added: 2006-02-01

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Plan of York The British Isles (1905)

Plan of the city of York, from approx. 1890

Keywords: maps, plans, cities, greyscale

Places shown: York; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2006-01-02

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York Minster from the Walls The 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: 2006-01-02

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Chapel of Henry VII., Westminster Abbey The 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: 2006-06-02

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Westminster Hall The 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 a [...]

Keywords: halls, interiors, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Westminster; London; England

Added: 2006-05-18

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Criccieth Castle The British Isles (1905)

From the painting by Edwin Hayes,R.H.A.R.I.The first place of note you come to over the undulating road from Portmadoc isCriccieth, of which the demure aspect proclaims a watering-place of the better [...]

Keywords: art, castles, water, views, towers, hills, ruins, colour, waves, storms, rocks

Places shown: Criccieth; Eifionydd; Gwynedd; Wales

Added: 2021-03-17

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St. Peter Port, Guernsey The British Isles (1905)

From the painting by Edwin Hayes,R.H.A., R.I.A sailing boat is tossed about on heavy swell in the English Channel with the port, and a larger sailing ship, in the background, along with a small steame [...]

Keywords: wavess, storms, boats, water, harbors, colour, art, sailing boats, ships, sails

Places shown: St. Peter Port; Guernsey; Channel Islands

Added: 2021-07-12

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Gate of St John’s Abbey, Colchester The British Isles (1905)

Built around the 1400s to help defend an Abbey that was even then some 300 years old, today the gate is open to the public.

English Heritage age for St John’s Abbey Gate

Keywords: castles, abbeys, gates, greyscale

Places shown: Colchester; Essex; England

Added: 2010-09-16

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High Street, Chelmsford The 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

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