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Follaton House, seat of Stanley Carey, Totnes Devon. Built by the architect George Stanley Repton in 1826. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rudolph Ackermanns Repository of Arts, London, 1827
St Jermain, Cornwall, the seat of the Earl St. GermainSt.. Jermain, Port Eliot, Cornwall, the seat of John Craggs Eliot, Earl St. Germain. Crenellated mansion in a park. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by John Gendall
North Court, Isle of Wight, the seat of Mrs. Bennet, sister to Isabella Percy, Countess of Beverley. Jacobean mansion with gardens
Enmore Castle, Somerset, the seat of the 3rd Earl of EgmontEnmore Castle, Somerset, the seat of John James Perceval, 3rd Earl of Egmont. Gothic rectangular castle with dry foss and drawbridge, crenellated church nearby
East Cowes Castle, Isle of Wight, the seat of architect John Nash. Gothic style castellated mansion designed by Nash with turrets and towers, gardens and fountain, completed in 1800
Orchard Cottage, Isle of Wight, the seat of Sir WilloughbyOrchard Cottage, Isle of Wight, the seat of General Sir James Willoughby Gordon. Italian style villa with fountain in garden
Mount Edgcumbe, Cornwall, seat of the Richard Edgcumbe, 2nd Earl of Edgcumbe. Castellated mansion with octagonal towers and French and English gardens
View of Waterloo Place, looking toward Carlton Palace. Hackney cab in center. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rudolph Ackermanns Repository of Arts, London, 1812
Pencarrow, Bodmin, Cornwall, the seat of Lady Molesworth, widow of Sir Arscott Ourry Molesworth, 7th Baronet. The Molesworth family owned Spring Garden estate in Jamaica
Belhus, seat of Sir Thomas Barrett LennardBelhus, Essex, seat of slave owner Sir Thomas Barrett Lennard. Gothic style house with deer in the gardens. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rudolph Ackermanns Repository of Arts, London, 1826
Guys Cliff, Warwickshire, the seat of Bertie GreatheedGuys Cliff, Warwickshire, the seat of slave owner Bertie Greatheed. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by W. Westall from Rudolph Ackermanns Repository of Arts, London, 1826
Avington House, Winchester, the seat of the DukeAvington House, Winchester, the seat of the slave owner Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos. Neoclassical stately home with Doric portico
The Vine, Basingstoke, the seat of William John Chute. House reformed by Chaloner Chute from designs by Webb, Inigo Jones son in law
Hackwood Park House, seat of Baron BoltonHackwood Park House, Basingstoke, seat of Thomas Orde Powlett, 1st Baron Bolton. Statue of King George I in front of Ionic portico designed by architect Lewis Wyatt
Stratton Park, Winchester, the seat of Sir Thomas BaringStratton Park, Winchester, the seat of the banker and slave owner Sir Thomas Baring. Neoclassical design by George Dance with Doric portico and gardens landscaped by Humphry Repton
Watermouth, Devon, the seat of Joseph Davie Bassett. View of the house with its eastern terrace and romantic scenery. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by F.W.L
St. Pierre manor house, Monmouthshire, Wales, seat of Charles Lewis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by F.W.L
Saltram House, seat of John Parker, 1st Baron BoringdonSaltram House, Plymouth, Devon, seat of John Parker, 1st Baron Boringdon. Georgian country house with interior by architect Robert Adam
Piercefield, Monmouthshire, seat of Nathaniel Wells. Built by architect Sir Mark Wood in Bath stone in the Grecian style. Slave owner Nathaniel Wells was the son of sugar planter William Wells
Swainston Manor, Isle of Wight, seat of Sir Fitzwilliam Barrington, 10th baronet. Built in the 18th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by John Gendall from Rudolph
Dunster Castle, Somerset, seat of John Fowles Luttrell. Motte and bailey castle built by William de Mohun, later a country house
Powderham Castle, seat of Lord Viscount William CourtenayPowderham Castle, Devon, seat of Lord Viscount William Courtenay, 9th Earl of Devon, gay lover of slave owner William Beckford
Burghley House, seat of Henry Cecil, Marquis of ExeterBurghley House, Cambridgeshire, seat of Henry Cecil, Marquis of Exeter. South front of the Elizabethan house with the lake landscaped by Capability Brown
Moor Park, Hertfordshire, the seat of Robert Williams, 1825. Built in the Palladian style by surveyor Sir James Thornhill from designs by Giacomo Leoni and gardens by Capability Brown
Belvoir Castle, seat of John Manners, 5th Duke ofBelvoir Castle, Leicestershire, seat of John Manners, 5th Duke of Rutland. Built in the romantic Gothic Revival style to designs by the architect James Wyatt and restored by Sir James Thornton
Wimbledon Park House, built in 1801 by Earl SpencerWimbledon Park House. Built in 1801 by George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer, designed by architect Henry Holland with gardens by Capability Brown
Group of villas on Herne Hill, Camberwell, London, 1825. Ornamental cottage, family home, picturesque house and two-story house with Sicilian roof
Bunney Hall or Bunny Hall, Nottinghamshire, 1825Bunney Hall or Bunny Hall, Nottinghamshire, the residence of Lord Rancliffe, 1825. Renovated Elizabethan redbrick house with tower. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by F.W.L
Pencarrow House, seat of Lady Mary Molesworth. Stately home in Cornwall. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rudolph Ackermanns Repository of Arts, London, 1826
Uniform of a sailor in boarding clothes, French Navy, 1844Uniform of a sailor in boarding clothes (matelot, costume d abordage) French Navy, 1844. Handcoloured woodblock print by Pauquet after Goyer from Eugene Paninis Marine, arsenaux, navires, equipages
Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs - Porte de la Concorde (designed by Patout). Date: 1925
Exhibition of needlework by Mary Linwood, LondonExhibition of needlework by Mary Linwood (1755-1845) at Old Savile House, Leicester Square, London. early 19th century
Miss M C Dawes, Master of Arts, August 1884Illustration of Miss M C Dawes, the first female Master of Arts in England, University of London. Date: 1884
Robert John Thornton, author of New Family HerbalRobert John Thornton (1768-1837), English physician and botanical writer, author of New Family Herbal: Or Popular Account of the Natures and Properties of the Various Plants Used in Medicine
Little Women - Amys attempts at ArtLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott - Amys attempts at Art. 1880
King William I, Normans, Architecture, Laws, Art, LearningKing William I (The Conqueror), Normans, architecture, laws, art and learning. (4 of 4) 11th century
Poster, Eclair Coloured Films, the world in colour before your eyes. circa 1912
King John and the Magna Carta, view of RunnymedeKing John and the Magna Carta, with a view of Runnymede where it was signed. Date: 1215
The British Valhalla -- William the Conqueror (his funeral and burial), a suggestion for the scheme to decorate the newly built Houses of Parliament with frescoes. Date: 1087
The British Valhalla -- King Alfred reading to his mother, Queen Osburh or Osburga, a suggestion for the scheme to decorate the newly built Houses of Parliament with frescoes. 9th century
The British Valhalla -- King Alfred, coming to the Danish camp as a minstrel, and (right) hailed as the saviour of his people (meeting with the Welsh monk, Asser, who wrote a biography of the King)
The British Valhalla -- conversion to ChristianityThe British Valhalla -- the conversion to Christianity of the Anglo-Saxon people (Paulinus before Edwin), a suggestion for the scheme to decorate the newly built Houses of Parliament with frescoes
The British Valhalla -- Spensers Faerie Queene, a suggestion for the scheme to decorate the newly built Houses of Parliament with frescoes. Date: 1845
Portrait of Lady Aird by Frank Dicksee. She was probably Alicia Ellen Renton, the wife of Major Sir John Aird, 2nd Baronet. 1906
Advert, A Stephens & Co, Artistic CostumesAdvert for A Stephens & Co, Art Fabrics and Artistic Costumes, Regent Street, London. 1889
Cover design, Chester School of Art Prospectus, Grosvenor Museum, 1914
Ackermanns Library for Works of Art, LondonAckermanns Library for Works of Art, 101 The Strand, London. View of the library room with people looking at paintings, books and prints under gas light fittings by F.C. Accum
Interior of the Wedgwood and Byerley shop on St. James Square, London, 1809. Chromolithograph (after an illustration in the Repository of Arts) from Frederick Rathbones Old Wedgwood