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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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Plate 6. Fall of the Teify. History of Wales (1853)

Henry G. Gastineau painted this waterfall on the River Teify in 1832.

Samuel Fisher made an engraving based on this painting, although I am not sure if he did this version.

Keywords: rivers, trees, water, waterfalls, colour

Places shown: Cenarth; Cardiganshire; Wales

Added: 2003-10-26

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The Picket’s Off Duty Forever World’s Best Music (1900)

A soldier lies dead under a full moon at the edge of a forest, with the river Potomac in the background, presumably the Potomac River in America. It appears to be a scene from the American Civil War, [...]

Keywords: american civil war, war, soldiers, death, spooky, full moon, moons, forests, trees, rivers, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: America

Added: 2012-09-02

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Fort Dufferin and the moat, Mandalay Travels In The Far East (1909)

Mandalay was the capital of Burma until the British captured the country in 1885. After that, the headquarters of the region were based here, in Fort Dufferin. Today Mandalay is one of the largest c [...]

Keywords: temples, rivers, reflections, greyscale

Places shown: Fort Dufferin; Mandalay; Mandalay Division; Myanmar

Added: 2008-02-17

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Mickleham Priory Sussex Painted (1906)

Ths priory shown here was by 1906 a private dwelling; there was a priory in the village of Mickleham as far back as 1253; there was a church in the village mentioned in the Domesday Book in the 11th c [...]

Keywords: colour, manors, rivers, water, towers

Places shown: Mickleham; Sussex; England

Added: 2010-05-06

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Angers Cathedral Cities of France (1907)

“The French yearning to make everything new” has done its work in Angers, but through Fulk, Geoffrey, René, and the rest would be at a loss to recognise their old capital in the trim modern town, enou [...]

Keywords: cityscapes, views, rivers, water, cathedrals, spires, colour

Places shown: Angers; Maine-et-Loire; France

Added: 2008-07-09

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Blois Cathedral Cities of France (1907)

The spires of Blois cathedral are seen across the River Loire. “To most travellers in France the town of Blois is associated with a château rather than with a cathedral; it is oneof a group or towns k [...]

Keywords: cityscapes, views, rivers, water, cathedrals, spires, colour

Places shown: Blois; Loir-et-Cher; France

Added: 2006-09-16

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Little Orphan Island Travels Around the World (1873)

Two hundred and fifty miles above nanking, the [Yang-tse-kiang] river flows swiftly through a narrow gorge between two mountains, one called the Eastern, the other the Western Pillar. Above this stra [...]

Keywords: rivers, islands, monasteries, rocks, colour

Places shown: Little Orphan Island; Nanking; China

Added: 2004-01-02

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Poitiers. Cathedral Cities of France (1907)

Saint Pierre at Poitiers [...] certain characteristics it has which connect it with the Angevin style, but unlike most of the Angevin churches, it has aisles throughout. From the outside the appearan [...]

Keywords: cityscapes, views, paintings, art, cities, cathedrals, churches, roofs, sunsets, rivers, water, bridges, houses, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: Poitiers; Poitou-Charentes; France

Added: 2012-05-31

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The Leam at Leamington Warwick and Leamington (Haslehust and Morley) (1920)

“For from leafy Leamington every old, historic, and romantic spot in the whole of Shakeslpeare’s classic land can be visited and inspected in a day’s ride in carriage, coach, or motor car.” (p. 32)

Keywords: rivers, water, churches, towers, trees, boats, people, colour

Places shown: Leamington; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2004-10-12

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Neidpath Castle The Scott Country (Geddie and Haslehust) (1920)

“A mile out of [Peebles], to the west, is Neidpath Castle, the most commandingly and romantically situated, and, in spite of the yawning gaps made in its walls by Cromwell’s cannon, the best-preserve [...]

Keywords: castles, towers, rivers, water, colour

Places shown: Neidpath; Tweeddale; Scotland

Added: 2005-03-17

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Plate 73. Ragland Castle History of Wales (1853)

Ragland Castle: gateway and bridge (Ragland is also also called Raglan Castle) The siege and capture of Ragland castle, by Fairfax, in August, 1646, A.D., when the library, containing a great treasure [...]

Keywords: towers, castles, bridges, water, boats, people, clouds, rivers, colour

Places shown: Raglan; Monmouthshire; Wales

Added: 2008-10-27

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