The Thames: Or, Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings and Picturesque Scenery on the Banks of that Noble River, Volume 1Vernor, Hood & Sharpe and W.B. Cooke, 1811 - England |
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... painted white . About the middle it is encircled with a black line to mark the place from whence a workman , employed in some repair , fell , not many years since , into the church - yard , a very considerable height , without receiving ...
... painted white . About the middle it is encircled with a black line to mark the place from whence a workman , employed in some repair , fell , not many years since , into the church - yard , a very considerable height , without receiving ...
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... painted in the Arabesque style , in which monkies were the predominant figures ; the island , from that circum- stance , received the name by which it is distinguished . When the present Duke disposed of Langley , this pleasant little ...
... painted in the Arabesque style , in which monkies were the predominant figures ; the island , from that circum- stance , received the name by which it is distinguished . When the present Duke disposed of Langley , this pleasant little ...
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... paintings , formed a magazine of arms ; while , at the same time , he enlarged the terrace made by Queen Elizabeth , and carried it round the south and east sides of the upper court . He also , in the year 1676 , faced it with a solid ...
... paintings , formed a magazine of arms ; while , at the same time , he enlarged the terrace made by Queen Elizabeth , and carried it round the south and east sides of the upper court . He also , in the year 1676 , faced it with a solid ...
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... painted by Sir James Thornhill , in the reigns of Queen Anne and George the First . Behind this , was a back stair - case , which was not without its decorations . These two stair - cases have now been removed , and in the space which ...
... painted by Sir James Thornhill , in the reigns of Queen Anne and George the First . Behind this , was a back stair - case , which was not without its decorations . These two stair - cases have now been removed , and in the space which ...
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... painted in 1609. The Duke Albert , of Saxony , by Rubens . Charles the First , his Queen , and two Children . James ... paintings embellish it . - A large landscape , with the figures of Pha- raoh's daughter , and Moses in the bulrushes ...
... painted in 1609. The Duke Albert , of Saxony , by Rubens . Charles the First , his Queen , and two Children . James ... paintings embellish it . - A large landscape , with the figures of Pha- raoh's daughter , and Moses in the bulrushes ...
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