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London, city of lost hospitals
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Vivekananda’s journey
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Windsor Forest and Windsor Great Park: two mounted huntsmen with their hounds; in the background, a mansion surrounded by trees. Coloured woodcut, ca. 1850.
Date: [1850?]Reference: 573415i
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The gnarled trunk of a beech tree (Fagus sylvatica L.) in Windsor forest, with deer and castle in distance. Soft-ground etching by W. Delamotte, 1805.
Delamotte, William, 1775-1863.Date: January 1806Reference: 20584i
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A lady and two children with a dog under a tree in a country park. Etching by P. Sandby, c. 1752, after himself.
Sandby, Paul, 1731-1809.Date: 1752Reference: 26625i- Pictures
An episode in The merry wives of Windsor: Sir John Falstaff is invited to a tryst in Windsor Forest at night, dressed in bizarre clothing: he is attacked by children dressed as fairies and by the merry wives. Stipple engraving by I. Taylor, 1795, after R. Smirke.
Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845.Date: [1795]Reference: 3162264i
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Old oak tree (Quercus species) in Windsor Forest. Charcoal drawing by G. B. (or B. G.), 1852.
B., G., active 1852.Date: 1852Reference: 22099i