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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, Bernard Bolingbroke

City: London

Date: 1853

Total items: 33

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

[picture: Plate 18.---Llanthony Abbey]

Plate 18.—Llanthony Abbey

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

[picture: Plate 18.---Llanthony Abbey (Wallpaper Edition)]

Plate 18.—Llanthony Abbey (Wallpaper Edition)

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

[picture: Plate 20.---St. Dogmael's Priory]

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...] [$]

[picture: Plate 23.---Llanthony Abbey.]

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. [$]

[picture: Usk Bridge]

Usk Bridge

An engraving showing Usk Bridge, probably in the 18th century, complete with toll hosue at one end. [more...] [$]

[picture: Usk Bridge, Monmouth, Coloured from aon old painting]

Usk Bridge, Monmouth, Coloured from aon old painting

This is a version of the engraving of Usk Bridge to which i have applied the colour from an old painting; the artist of the painting was not attributed, but the details were a very close match so the [...] [more...] [$]


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