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Sample Pictures (Photographs and Illustrations)

The Ward Lock guides reflect the period of publication through the various photographs included. Some of the earlier books, in the late 19th century, used illustrations instead, some of them in colour. Typical examples follow below and at left, with links to view the corresponding pictures or pages:

Subject or Description of Picture	from guide	date
Illustrated picturesque scene with horseman	English Lakes	1895
Illustration of Windermere Ferry (in colour)	English Lakes	1895
Illustration of William Wordsworth's grave	English Lakes	1895
Illustration of small boat on lake	English Lakes	1895
The Eiffel Tower	Paris	1903
The Champs Elysées	Paris	1903
Yacht race	Cromer	1903
Beach bathing machines	Cromer	1903
Launching the lifeboat	Cromer	1903
Rural horse-drawn transportation	Cromer	1903
A public house	Cromer	1903
Coastline fisherman	Cromer	1903
A wherry on the water	Cromer	1903
Ann Hathaway cottage	Stratford	1910
Minehead Pier	Minehead	1913
A Hobbyhorse	Minehead	1913
Shorwell village	Isle of Wight	1932
Brighstone village	Isle of Wight	1932
Buckingham Palace	London	c1940
Windsor from River Thames	London	c1940
Aldwych & the Strand	London	c1940
The Strand	London	c1940