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The National Gallery and St Martin in the Fields, Trafalgar Square, London, c1910

The National Gallery and St Martin in the Fields, Trafalgar Square, London, c1910. The National Gallery, established in 1824, houses an internationally important art collection. The church of St Martin in the Fields was designed by James Gibbs in 1722-1726. Postcard

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Bruni, or Borneo Proper - from a sketch by a correspondent, 1845. Creator: Unknown

Bruni, or Borneo Proper - from a sketch by a correspondent, 1845....Borneo, the capital of the kingdom of Borneo Proper, or Brunai, lying on the north-west coast of the Island of Borneo, on the banks of the river, about ten miles from the sea...the river has a considerable depth, and here the shipping lies, particularly the Chinese junks...The town, which is on low ground, contains a considerable number of houses, built on posts, four or five feet high, which, at the rise of the tide, allow the water to pass freely under them The streets are formed by canals, either natural or artificial, which facilitate communication; and they are always covered with boats, which are managed by women with great dexterity...The exports are rice, black pepper, camphor, cinnamon, bees-wax, sea-slugs, turtle-shell, pearls, and mother-of-pearl, with tea, wrought and raw silk, and nankeen...'. From "Illustrated London News", 1845, Vol VII

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Washington from Arlington Heights, 1874. Creator: Robert Hinshelwood

Washington from Arlington Heights, 1874. View across the Potomac to the Capitol Building, Washington DC, USA. The site chosen by the first Congress for the capital of the United States, and christened by the name of the first president, is a broad plateau, which...rises to a graceful elevation, and is bounded on two sides by the river Potomac and its tributary called the "Eastern Branch". The main portion of the city, including its business quarter, its public buildings, its main thoroughfares, and its aristocratic residences, stands upon a rather level plain...while the Capitol rears itself upon a sloping elevation, and overlooks a wide extent of country'. From "Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes...with Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American Artists" Vol. II, edited by William Cullen Bryant. [D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1874]

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