FOBO - History of Wales (page 4/7)

History of Wales (page 4/7)

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[picture: Front Cover, History of Wales]

Pictures from The History of Wales by B. B. Woodward, B.A., London, (Quarto, 1853 [First edition] vi + (ii) + 608pp, illustrated with 76 steel-engraved plates)

If you use these pictures for anything, or would like me to scan more, let me know. You can refer to the list of illustrations. All of these images are out of copyright (in the public domain). Henry Gastineau (the principal artist) died in 1876.

There is a low-quality scan of this entire book at Google Books but they forgot to scan the plates, I think.

Title: History of Wales

Author: Woodward, B. B.

City: London

Date: 1853

Total items: 31

Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.

Plate 18.—Llanthony Abbey

West Front, Monmouthshire [more...] [$]

Plate 18.—Llanthony Abbey (Wallpaper Edition)

A cropped and resized version of Plate 18 for use as a dekstop background image. [$]

Plate 20.—St. Dogmael’s Priory

St. Dogmael’s Prioty was founded by the Tironensians, a French order of monks similar to the Benedictines. [more...] [$]

Plate 23.—Llanthony Abbey.

This engraving shows the ruins of Llanthony Priory in Wales.

I have left the sepia tint from the old ink and paper. [$]

Llantisilio Church

Llantisilio Church, Vale of Llangollen, Denbighshire
Drawn by H. Gastineau; Engraved by H. Adlard. [more...] [$]

Coity Castle, Glamorganshire

A wood-engraving of the ruins of Coity Castle, complete with a young woman carrying a basket and a spade, perhaps growing vegetables in the former courtyard! The castle does not appear to be mentioned in the book, except for [...] [more...] [$]

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