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"Exploring the Timeless Charm of Places

Background imagePlaces Collection: Samuel Johnson / Temple

Samuel Johnson / Temple
DR SAMUEL JOHNSON " Dr Johnsons Staircase" at the writers old home in Inner Temple Lane, London Date: 1709 - 1784

Background imagePlaces Collection: Cowper / Olney Summerhouse

Cowper / Olney Summerhouse
WILLIAM COWPER English poets home: the summerhouse in his garden at Olney, Buckinghamshire Date: 1731 - 1800

Background imagePlaces Collection: George Eliot / Rosehill

George Eliot / Rosehill
GEORGE ELIOT (MARY ANN EVANS) Home of the English novelists friends, the Brays, at Rosehill, near Coventry Date: 1819 - 1880

Background imagePlaces Collection: Tennyson Farringford

Tennyson Farringford
Alfred lord Tennyson (1809 - 1892) the poets home at Farringford, Isle of Wight

Background imagePlaces Collection: Beethoven / Home in Vienna

Beethoven / Home in Vienna
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN His home in Vienna - the room in which he composed his ninth symphony Date: 1770 - 1827

Background imagePlaces Collection: Thomas Newcomen / Smiles

Thomas Newcomen / Smiles
THOMAS NEWCOMEN His house in Lower Street, Dartmouth (the centre building with supported gables), pulled down in the 19th century

Background imagePlaces Collection: Walpole / Strawberry 1788

Walpole / Strawberry 1788
HORACE (HORATIO) WALPOLE FOURTH EARL OF OXFORD Grounds of Strawberry Hill, near Twickenham, home of the English gothic novelist and man of letters Date: 1717 - 1797

Background imagePlaces Collection: Life of Charles Dickens - Newgate Prison Barnaby Rudge

Life of Charles Dickens - Newgate Prison Barnaby Rudge. Part of Box 330 Charles Dickens (Life and Works) slide no. 3 Date: circa 1890s

Background imagePlaces Collection: Life of Charles Dickens - Entrance to Newgate Prison. London

Life of Charles Dickens - Entrance to Newgate Prison. London.. Part of Box 330 Charles Dickens (Life and Works), slide no. 4 Date: circa 1890s

Background imagePlaces Collection: Princes Hotel, Brighton, advertisement WW1

Princes Hotel, Brighton, advertisement WW1
An advertisement for Princes Hotel, Grand Avenue, Hove facing the sea opposite the famous Hove Lawns, the favourite promenade of King Edward VII

Background imagePlaces Collection: Earl of Crawford tomb robbed, 1881

Earl of Crawford tomb robbed, 1881
Four scenes relating to the tomb robbery of Alexander William Crawford Lindsay(1812-1880), 25th Earl of Crawford, 8th Earl of Balcarres. 1. Dunecht House, near Aberdeen. 2. The Chapel. 3

Background imagePlaces Collection: Deserted village of Slievemore, Achill Island, County Mayo, Connacht province

Deserted village of Slievemore, Achill Island, County Mayo, Connacht province, Republic of Ireland, Europe

Background imagePlaces Collection: Newton / Woolsthorpe Lincs

Newton / Woolsthorpe Lincs
SIR ISaC NEWTON Woolsthorpe Manor House, near Grantham, Lincolnshire: birthplace of the English scientist and mathematician

Background imagePlaces Collection: Maria Edgeworth / Library

Maria Edgeworth / Library
MARIA EDGEWORTH The novelist writing in her library at her home in Edgeworthstown, near Dublin

Background imagePlaces Collection: Charles Lamb / Mackery End

Charles Lamb / Mackery End
CHARLES LAMB English writers farmhouse at Mackery End, Hertfordshire

Background imagePlaces Collection: Turners Home

Turners Home
Sandycombe Lodge, Turners villa at Twickenham, Surrey

Background imagePlaces Collection: Galileo / Padua / Observtry

Galileo / Padua / Observtry
his observatory at Padova (Padua)

Background imagePlaces Collection: William Barnes home in Dorset, England

William Barnes home in Dorset, England
Winterborne Came rectory, the home of William Barnes (1801 - 1886), the Dorset poet. Date: circa 1890

Background imagePlaces Collection: Robert Burns / Ayr Cottage

Robert Burns / Ayr Cottage
ROBERT BURNS the Scottish national poets cottage at Ayr Date: 1859

Background imagePlaces Collection: Hastings

Hastings front, Victorias watching a punch and Judy show on the beach. Date: 1895

Background imagePlaces Collection: The Welcome Club at Earls Court by Tom Browne

The Welcome Club at Earls Court by Tom Browne
The Welcome Club at Earls Court, a feature of London amusements in the late 19th and early 20th century, where people could dine

Background imagePlaces Collection: Advertisement for Liverpool Adelphi Hotel, 1914

Advertisement for Liverpool Adelphi Hotel, 1914
Advertisement for the newly opened Midland Adelphi Hotel in Liverpool, heralded as, " Englands latest and greatest triumph in hotel construction.@ Date: 1914

Background imagePlaces Collection: London in 1593

London in 1593
Map of centre of London in 1593 Date: 1593

Background imagePlaces Collection: Residence of Llywelyn

Residence of Llywelyn
The reputed residence of prince LLYWELYN ap IOR-WERTH at Beddgelert, North Wales. Date: CIRCA 1220

Background imagePlaces Collection: Redwoods, Lady Bird Johnson Grove in fog, Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, Redwoods National

Redwoods, Lady Bird Johnson Grove in fog, Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, Redwoods National and State Parks, California

Background imagePlaces Collection: Italy, Tuscany, Pienza. Colorful petunias spill from a basket on a stone wall

Italy, Tuscany, Pienza. Colorful petunias spill from a basket on a stone wall

Background imagePlaces Collection: Washington DC, USA - Library of Congress Mural - Orpheus

Washington DC, USA - Library of Congress Mural - Orpheus
Washington DC, USA - Mural Painting - The Greek Heroes by Walter McEwen (1860-1943). Found in the Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building. Orpheus. Slain by the Bacchantes. Date: 1920

Background imagePlaces Collection: Washington DC, USA - The Interior Department Building

Washington DC, USA - The Interior Department Building Date: 1920

Background imagePlaces Collection: The Cloud Bar, worlds first official cloud spotting outpost, beside beach, Anderby Creek

The Cloud Bar, worlds first official cloud spotting outpost, beside beach, Anderby Creek, Lincolnshire, England, June

Background imagePlaces Collection: Campbells Home, Sydenham

Campbells Home, Sydenham
THOMAS CAMPBELLs HOME at Sydenham, South London. Date: 1777 - 1844

Background imagePlaces Collection: Robert Burns Church

Robert Burns Church at Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Date: 1950s photo

Background imagePlaces Collection: Piazza Di Spagna, Rome

Piazza Di Spagna, Rome
The Piazza di Spagna, one of the most popular meeting places and visually pleasing squares in Rome, Italy. Date: 1930s

Background imagePlaces Collection: Lady Blessingtons Tomb

Lady Blessingtons Tomb
The pyramid-shaped tomb of Marguerite, countess of Blessington, Irish writer, photographed by her lover, the count d Orsay. Date: 1849

Background imagePlaces Collection: Eynsham Village Cross

Eynsham Village Cross
The old cross in the village of Eynsham, Oxfordshire, England, one of two (the other being at nearby Yarnton), marking halting places of religious processions. Date: Medieval

Background imagePlaces Collection: Goldsmith / Brick Court

Goldsmith / Brick Court
OLIVER GOLDSMITH 2 Brick Court, Middle Temple, where the Irish writer died Date: 1730 - 1774

Background imagePlaces Collection: The Padre and his old church

The Padre and his old church
A British Artillery chaplain during the Somme advance of 1918 surveys the ruins of a Nissen hut which once served as a makeshift church in 1916

Background imagePlaces Collection: Wellington poster

Wellington poster
Poster advertising Wellington, New Zealand contrasting the comparatively rural looking town of 1844 with a contemporary photograph of a sprawling Wellington of the twentieth century

Background imagePlaces Collection: Bright Soiree, Liverpool

Bright Soiree, Liverpool
BRIGHT AT LIVERPOOL Soiree given to Mr Bright in the Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, by the Financial Reform Association

Background imagePlaces Collection: Wordsworth / Hawkshead

Wordsworth / Hawkshead
A corner of the Square, and tiny Methodist chapel, which has been operative since 1862, at Hawkshead, Cumbria, the village where William Wordsworth lived as a boy

Background imagePlaces Collection: Baking a Pie

Baking a Pie
The baker places a pie in his oven, using a long-handled appliance which doubtless has its own name, but I don t know it

Background imagePlaces Collection: Shakespeares School

Shakespeares School
The Grammar School, where Shakespeare was educated

Background imagePlaces Collection: O connell / Derrynane

O connell / Derrynane
DANIEL O CONNELL Irish National leaders country seat, Derrynane Abbey, County Kerry, Ireland

Background imagePlaces Collection: O connell / Cahirciveen

O connell / Cahirciveen
DANIEL O CONNELL Irish National leaders birthplace at Cahirciveen, near Tralee, Ireland

Background imagePlaces Collection: Home of Charles Dickens in Devonshire Terrace, London

Home of Charles Dickens in Devonshire Terrace, London
The home of Charles Dickens, English novelist, at 1 Devonshire Terrace, London

Background imagePlaces Collection: Darwin / Downe / Study

Darwin / Downe / Study
Charles Darwins home at Downe, in Kent - the study

Background imagePlaces Collection: Morris / Kelmscott House

Morris / Kelmscott House
WILLIAM MORRIS English writers home, Kelmscott House in Hammersmith

Background imagePlaces Collection: Morris / Kelmscott Study

Morris / Kelmscott Study
WILLIAM MORRIS English writers study at Kelmscott House, Hammersmith, in 1901 Date: 1834 - 1896

Background imagePlaces Collection: Byron / Newstead / Bedroom

Byron / Newstead / Bedroom
NEWSTEAD ABBEY Bedroom of Byron, aristocrat and Romantic poet, at his Nottinghamshire home




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