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Frontispiece: Francis Peck, A.M.
Desiderata (1779)
The engraving was taken from life and shows Francis Peck standing, holding some of his own books, and wearing perhaps an academic gown. The inscription says (in Latin) that he was born on the 4th May [...]
Keywords:
portraits, people, frontispieces, greyscale
Places shown:
none
Added: 2012-06-03
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Title Page from Peck’s Desiderata
Desiderata (1779)
The title page from this collection of random fascinating articles by Fracis Peck in 1779. I have left it in colour to give a feel for the yellowed paper. The book is over twelve by nine inches in siz [...]
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title pages, typography, page images, colour
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none
Added: 2012-06-03
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Burghley House from the Gardens
Desiderata (1779)
A spectacularly beautiful Elizabethan house, Burghley was built by William Cecil, the Lord High Treasurer of Queen Elizabeth I., between 1555 and 1587; William Cecil’s family (their descendents, that [...]
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manors, houses, greyscale
Places shown:
Stamford; Lincolnshire; England
Added: 2005-08-10
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View at Leicester
Desiderata (1779)
The caption reads as follows:“1. The Rialto Bridge of one Arch over which K[ing] Richard 3d was carried into the Grey Friers to be buried, which Bridge is now walled up and disused.2. The Place where [...]
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bridges, people, soldiers, knights, weapons, battles, greyscale
Places shown:
Leicester; Leicestershire; England
Added: 2005-08-10
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View at Leicester, Background Version
Desiderata (1779)
Scaled to make a mediaeval wallpaper (US: medieval wallpaper) or computer desktop background image.
original image
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backgrounds, wallpaper, bridges, knights, weapons, battles, greyscale
Places shown:
unspecified
Added: 2005-08-10
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Woodcroft House in Etton Parish in Northamptonshire where Dr. Michael Hudson was murthered 6 June 1648
Desiderata (1779)
It seems that Dr. Hudson had tried to hide in a tower, but was caught; he tried to escape, and ended up dangling over the edge of the tower by his hands. His hands (or fingers, accounts vary) were cu [...]
Keywords:
violence, murder, manors, moats, people, battles, greyscale
Places shown:
Etton; Northamptonshire; England
Added: 2006-08-18
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