The three beautiful daughters of James, second Earl Waldegrave was painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds in 1780-1 for Horace Walpole.
The three daughters of the 2nd Earl Waldegrave by Joshua Reynolds.
View of the Cascade at Tivoli. Italian scenery.
This second fall is by most preferred to the great one above, where the waters, descending in one sheet, pass under the bridge seen above.
Monasteries and Cloisters as Centres of learning and Culture.
The history of monasticism reveals the fact that In every field of thought and activity this institution wrought good and evil.
The Wartburg, a famous castle in Thuringia, Germany.
THE WARTBURG lies on the north-western slope of the Thuringer Forest. Romantic castles and palaces as seen and described by famous writers
The daily life of the monks. The Benedictine system.
In the Benedictine system early Western monasticism is to be seen at its best. Its rule was generally adopted by the monasteries of Western Europe.
The Temples of Baalbek in Lebanon.
The Temples of Baalbek in Lebanon. Egypt and Palestine by Francis Frith
Saint John and the hymn writers of Mar Saba.
Early monastic life. Mar Saba, center of earlier Greek Hymns. John of Damascus, Cosmas of Maiuma, Stephen the Sabaean
Citizens of New Amsterdam during the 17th century
Historic dress in America 1640-1686. Dutch lady. English gentleman. A patroon.
The Hagia Sophia of Trebizond, Turkey. Byzantine Architecture.
The Hagia Sophia, former Byzantine monastic church in Trabzon. Byzantine Art, History and Architecture.
The Holy House of Loreto. The Basilica della Santa Casa.
In the slope of the eastern Apennines, overlooking the Adriatic gulf, stands what may be called the European Nazareth.