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"Requiescat" by Briton RiviÃ¨re

This oil on canvas painting by English artist Briton Rivière was purchased by the Art Gallery of New South Wales (from the artist) in 1897-1898. Completed in 1888, it depicts an armoured medieval knight lying supine on top of a wooden bed and…

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Door with Lead-light Panels, Earlsferry House, Guildford

Image of the entrance to heritage-listed Earlsferry House Bed and Breakfast on the Swan River in Guildford, Western Australia. The building is of typical late nineteenth century style, embodying elements of the Victorian gothic with its…

Tags: 19th century, accommodation, arch, arched, arches, architecture, bed, breakfast, Gothic, Gothic Revival, Guildford, heritage, hotel, lead light, leadlight, nineteenth century, nineteenth-century, Perth, Swan River, tourism, turret, Victorian, WA, Western Australia, window, windows

Earlsferry House Bed & Breakfast, Guildford - Front Room

A room inside the heritage-listed Earlsferry House Bed and Breakfast on the Swan River in Guildford, Western Australia. The building is of typical late nineteenth century style, embodying elements of the Victorian gothic with its turret, …

Tags: 19th century, accommodation, arch, arched, arches, architecture, bed, breakfast, Gothic, Gothic Revival, Guildford, heritage, hotel, nineteenth century, nineteenth-century, Perth, Swan River, tapestries, tapestry, tourism, turret, Victorian, WA, Western Australia