Items taken from Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) (results page 7)

114.—Conflict between Romans and Barbarians. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The wood engraving shows men with curved square shields and helmets fighting men with round shields at close range. The winners are always the ones to call the losers barbarians.For ninety-seven years [...]

Keywords: people, soldiers, battles, fighting, weapons, shields, death, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2012-07-09

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115.—Rome—A fragment after Piranesi. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

An engraving showing a fragment of a statue, or, more likely, a reproduction of a drawing by Piranesi of a Roman statue.

A short 1812 biography of Piranesi

Keywords: statuary, sketches, art, people, roman remains, shields, ruins, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2012-09-11

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116.—Roman Victory. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Succeeding emperors left the Britons in the quiet advancement of their civilization, until Claudius (Fig. 118) was stirred up to the hazard of an invasion. In the sonorous prose of Milton—“He, who wai [...]

Keywords: symbols, art, writing, statuary, roman remains, shields, cartici, borders, frames, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2012-09-12

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117.—Augustus. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

For ninety-seven years after the second expedition of Cæsar the country [England] remained at peace with Rome. Augustus (Fig. 117) threatened an invasion; but his prudence told him that he could not e [...]

Keywords: portraits, people, roman coins, coins, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2014-02-03

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118.—Claudius. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Succeeding emperors left the Britons in the quiet advancement of their civilization, until Claudius (Fig. 118) was stirred up to the hazard of an invasion. In the sonorous prose of Milton—“He, who wai [...]

Keywords: people, portraits, roman emperors, royalty, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2013-03-19

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Claudius Looks On Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Detail of thePortrait of the Roman Emporer Claudiusshowing just a face looking out to empty space; I made this so it could be used as a computer desktop, wallpaper, or root image.

Keywords: roman emperors, faces, people, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2013-03-20

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119.—Coin of Claudius, representing his British triumph. From the British Museum. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

One side of this coin shows the head of the Roman emperor Claudius and the other a chariot pulled by four horses and with the wordingDE BRITANNISon it.Succeeding emperors left the Britons in the quiet [...]

Keywords: coins, portraits, roman emperors, chariots, war, conquest, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2015-05-07

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122.—The earliest figure of Britannia on a Roman coin. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Then came the terrible revolt of Boadicea or Bonduca,—a merciless rising, followed by a bloody revenge.[. . .]The Roman dominion in Britain nearly perished in this revolt. Partial tranquillity was sec [...]

Keywords: coins, money, portraits, shields, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2012-07-26

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124.—Silchester. The North Wall. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The striking characteristic of Silchester is the ruined wall, with the flourising trees upon it and around it, and the old trees that have grown up around centuries ago, and are now perishing with it. [...]

Keywords: ruins, roman remains, trees, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: Silchester; Hampshire; England

Added: 2003-11-09

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125.—Silchester. Plan of City. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

a, The Western Gate, near to which the Road now leads to the church nearb, the Eastern Gate;c, the South Gate;d, the North Gate.

Silchester was a Romantown in England.

Keywords: plans, maps, roman remains, greyscale

Places shown: Silchester; Hampshire; England

Added: 2004-03-04

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126.—Amphitheatre at Dorchester. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

From a Sketch taken from the south-west.

The amphitheatre is at Mambury Rings, a stone age site not far from Dorchester.The Modern Antiquarianhas some photographs of the area.

Keywords: amphitheatres, people, horses, animals, cattle, sheep, roman remains, ruins, wallpaper, backgrounds, views, greyscale

Places shown: Mambury Rings; Dorchester; Dorset; England

Added: 2004-03-04

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127.—Bestarii Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A Sculpture FromPompeii

Keywords: people, animals, nudity, bare feet, weapons, battles, greyscale

Places shown: Pompeii; Italy

Added: 2004-04-14

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128.—Amphitheatre at Pompeii. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

This engraving shows, in poor perspective, a large circular amphitheatre. In the background we see Mount Ætna gently smoking, and in the foreground various people in Victorian costume disporting thems [...]

Keywords: roman remains, antiquities, amphitheatres, architecture, buildings, people, sports, greyscale

Places shown: Pompeii; Campania; Italy

Added: 2020-08-04

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129.—Wall of Burgh Castle Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Burgh Castle is next to Breydon Water on the Norfolk/Suffolk border (today it seems to be in Norfolk, but this Web site uses the 1900 borders so as to be closer to historical sources). It is (or was) [...]

Keywords: castles, ruins, roman remains, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale

Places shown: Burgh Castle; Suffolk; England

Added: 2004-04-06

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131.—Wall of Severus, on the Sandstone Quarries, Denton Dean, near Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The engraving shows a part of Hadrian’s Wall, calling it the Wall of Severus in a confusion common since the 17th century.Hadrian’s Wall here seens to go along the edge of a bank, so that the land beh [...]

Keywords: roman remains, ruins, walls, people, cliffs, buildings, greyscale

Places shown: Hadrian’s Wall; Denton Dean; Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Northumberland; England

Added: 2018-04-13

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132.—Wall of Severus, near Housestead, Northumberland. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The engraving shows a part of Hadrian’s Wall, calling it the Wall of Severus in a confusion common since the 17th century. The Wall of Hadrian is aUNESCOworld heritage site.The appearance of the Wall [...]

Keywords: roman remains, walls, ruins, people, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Housesteads Roman Fort; Hadrian’s Wall; Bardon Mill; Northumberland; England

Added: 2014-11-12

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133.—Roman Citizen. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The engraving shows a statue of a man, the head long gone. the feet also missing; he wears a toga and stands in a niche.When Hutton surveyed the Wall, he found one solitary house upon the site of the [...]

Keywords: roman remains, people, statues, statuary, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2021-01-08

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135.—Roman Image of Victory. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Victory, or more properlyVictoria, was a Roman goddess personifying victory, including victory after war. Depictions (in painting, sculpture, coins, and elswhere) of Victoria with wings, such as this [...]

Keywords: statuary, roman remains, sculpture, victory, gods, mythological creatures, wings, people, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2015-09-07

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136.—Roman Soldier. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

In the 18th and 19th centuries there was a lot of speculation about Hadrian’s Wall, and people thought parts of it must have been the remains of some large city; you can see some of that confusion in [...]

Keywords: roman remains, statuary, soldiers, people, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2016-05-20

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142.—Ancient Arch on Road leading into Rome. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Keywords: roman remains, arches, ruins, walls, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2014-10-18

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