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London: Westminster Bridge From the North on Lord Mayor's Day
An image of "London: Westminster Bridge from the North on Lord Mayor's Day", created by Canaletto in 1746 (Oil on canvas, 96 x 137,5 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: The River Thames Looking Towards Westminster From Lambeth
An image of "The River Thames looking towards Westminster from Lambeth", created by Canaletto in 1747 (Oil on canvas, 118 x 238 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: The Building of Westminster Bridge
An image of "The Building of Westminster Bridge", created by Samuel Scott in 1750 (Oil on canvas, 79 x 151 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: London: Seen Through an Arch of Westminster Bridge
An image of "London: Seen Through an Arch of Westminster Bridge", created by Canaletto from 1746-47 (Oil on canvas, 57 x 95 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: Part of Old Westminster Bridge
An image of "Part of Old Westminster Bridge", created by Samuel Scott, c. 1750 (Oil on canvas).
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Web Gallery of Art: The Thames Below Westminster
An image of "The Thames below Westminster", created by Claude Monet, c. 1871 (Oil on canvas, 47 x 63 cm).
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Etc: Clip Art Etc: Caxton in the Almonry, Westminster
William Caxton (c. 1415~1422 - c. March 1492) was an English merchant, diplomat, writer and printer. He was the first English person to work as a printer and the first person to introduce a printing press into England. He was also the...
Other
Thomas Babington Macaulay:impeachment of Warren Hastings
This historical essay by Thomas Macaulay provides a detailed account of the day of Governor Warren Hastings' impeachment at Westminster. Includes footnotes explaining references and unfamiliar terms; includes links to famous people...
World Wide School
World Wide School: Etext of Miscellaneous Papers
This site provides the complete etext for the Charles Dickens work, Miscellaneous Papers.
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: Excerpt From Ackroyd's the "Life of Thomas More"
A great look at both More's life and this great biography written by Ackroyd.
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: George Eliot
Read about Mary Ann Cross -- better known as George Eliot -- who was the author of "Middlemarch" and "Silas Marner." This page includes biographical information as well as insight into individual literary works by Eliot.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Chaucer: Background: Geoffrey Chaucer
This page provides background on Geoffrey Chaucer including his connections to royal society, his life, and his works. It provides links to his biography, Caxton's Chaucer, the One Hundred Years War (which Chaucer fought in), King Edward...
Other
Transcript of the Balfour Declaration, 1926 [Pdf]
The full text of the Balfour Declaration of 1926 that pronounced that all the dominions of Britain, including Britain itself, were all of equal status. A precursor to the Statute of Westminster.
National Archives (UK)
National Archives: The Plague [Pdf]
This was the worst outbreak of plague inEngland since the black death of 1348.London lost roughly 15% of its population. While 68,596 deaths were recorded in thecity, the true number was probably over 100,000. Other parts of the country...
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians London
From Wordsworth's Westminster Bridge to Blake's Chimney Sweepers; from Dickens's pickpockets to Jack the Ripper; and from Wells's War of the Worlds to Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes; discover the diverse ways in which writers in this...
Other
About Britain: Houses of Parliament
AboutBritain.com offers information on the history of England's Houses of Parliament. Also includes images and tourist information.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: Claude Monet
This site presents a detailed biography of Claude Monet, as well as images of many of his works. His work is broken into numerous sub-sections for display purposes, and many include detailed accounts of the work.
Other
The Julian of Norwich Website/life and Works of Julian
This site gives a brief biography of Julian of Norwich, which is then followed by almost 70 links to sources about her life and works. Click on "Showing of Love" in the third line for both text and analysis. An amazing number of resources.
University of Toronto (Canada)
University of Toronto: William Wordsworth
View a set of links to selected poetry and prose of William Wordsworth. Many of the poems have explanatory notes.
Travel Document Systems
Tds: Dominica: Government
You can find out about the government of Dominica and its unicameral Parliament system from the information from the U.S. State Dept. Background Notes.
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: William Wordsworth
Poets.org provides a brief biographical overview of William Wordsworth including information on his life and links to selected poems. A column of links to additional reading information on Wordsworth is also provided.
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians Romanticism
What inspired the iconic poetry of the Romantic period, and how did the Romantic poets portray landscape, class, radicalism, and the sublime? Find out from this collection of articles.
English Verse
English Verse: William Wordsworth (1770 1850)
Full text of a number of Wordsworth's famous poems is available here, along with an abbreviated biography of his lengthy life.
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: Samuel Johnson
An account of the life and times of Samuel Johnson. Includes a list of selected works by Samuel Johnson.