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43.—Harold’s Stones, Trelech, Monmouthshire Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“It is stated by Rowland, the author of ‘Mona Antiqua,’ that wherever there are heaps of stones of great apparent antiquity, stone pillars are also found near them. This is probably too strong an asse [...]

Keywords: animals, cattle, megaliths, ruins, tombs, druids, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale

Places shown: Telech; Monmouthshire; Wales

Added: 2006-04-26

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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 Antiquarian has 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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Oxen, from p. 69 Bible Symbols (1908)

Oxen, with one ox standing and one laying down, others in the background. Taken from the clip-art Bible. See page 69 for the context.

Keywords: animals, cattle, clip art, bible pictures, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-06-21

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Taurus (the Bull) Astrology (1806)

Zodiac sign for Taurus taken from The Zodiac

Keywords: zodiac, taurus, astrology, symbols, cattle, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-09-28

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1023.—Howden Church Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The perfect Romantic Ruin, an abbey that was once a place of worship and a seat of power, and has now fallen so low that cattle graze where there was once a High Altar. A poem written by William Words [...]

Keywords: ruins, abbeys, arches, cattle, animals, churches, greyscale

Places shown: Howden; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2006-02-12

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1023.—Howden Church (detail for use as computer desktop background image) Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A detail taken from the engraving of Howden Church, sized so that it makes a good screen background, or desktop wallpaper; cows graze in the ruins of a mediæval monastery.

Keywords: wallpaper, backgrounds, churches, ruins, abbeys, cattle, arches, greyscale

Places shown: Howden; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2006-02-12

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British Breeds of Cattle I (3/3) Harmsworth’s Encyclopædia (1904)

The three parts of this full-page illustration had leaves to intertwine them, which I have removed except at the very top and bottom.

Keywords: cows, cattle, animals, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2008-06-18

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British Breeds of Cattle I (2/3) Harmsworth’s Encyclopædia (1904)

3. [top left] Shorthorn, ‘Calico Belle.’ 4. [top right] Hereford ‘Vishnu.’ 5. [bottm left] Devon Cow, ‘Sally.’ 6. [bottom right] Sussex ‘Alfred.’ The three parts of this full-page illustration had lea [...]

Keywords: cows, cattle, animals, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2008-06-18

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British Breeds of Cattle I (1/3) Harmsworth’s Encyclopædia (1904)

1. [left] Breeds wild bull, ‘Chartley.’ (Photo by Gambler Bolton.) 1. Longhorn Cow ‘Fradley Beauty.’ The three parts of this full-page illustration had leaves to intertwine them, which I have removed [...]

Keywords: cows, cattle, animals, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2008-06-18

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1423.—Hever Castle. (From an Original Sketch) Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Anne Bullen [Anne Boleyn] behaved throughout the whole affair with the utmost prudence. Shehad determiend to be the king’s wife, not his mistress; and from that determnation ensued events, the import [...]

Keywords: castles, cattle, sheep, animals, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Hever; Kent; England

Added: 2008-03-03

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Plate 17. Cyfartha Castle History of Wales (1853)

Merthyr Tydvil, Glamorganshire

Drawn by H. Gastineau, Engraved by S. Lacey

The castle was built in 1824 with 160 acres of park around it. The gardens and parks are still there.

Keywords: castles, trees, people, animals, cattle, dogs, greyscale

Places shown: Merthyr Tydvil; Glamorgan; Wales

Added: 2004-03-23

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Tutbury Castle The Story of Some English Shires (1897)

Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned in this castle, which dated from Norman times or before, but was destroyed in the Civil War around the 1640s. Mary was imprisoned in a maediaeval tower. For the most [...]

Keywords: castles, ruins, cattle, arches, greyscale

Places shown: Tutbury; Staffordshire; England

Added: 2010-10-01

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