Desktop Background Images - Bow Church, Cheapside Street, London

The images on this page are all derived from a single 1815 steel engraved print of Bow Church, Cheapside Street, London. Click here to get to the top of this set of background image pages.

Some notes are probably in order:

1. Except as noted, none of the images are distorted (i.e. if your pixels are square then you're seeing the image in the correct aspect ratio).
2. The maps and antique prints are old enough that any copyrights have expired.
3. The images related to my Grandfather's store are of documents which are recent enough to still have copyrights associated with them although I doubt (but don't guarantee) that anyone is likely to try to assert the copyrights.
4. The 1280x1024 images aren't quite the same as the other sizes due to the obvious fact that 1280x1024 is a 5x4 aspect ratio whereas the others are 4x3.
5. The IBM mainframe related images might be Copyright © IBM Corporation although I can't find any copyright notice on the reference cards.

If you use any of these images for commercial purposes or display them on your WWW site, please include a reference back to http://www.bouletfermat.com/backgrounds/ (using the IBM mainframe related images for commercial purposes is probably inappropriate without written permission from IBM).

Speaking of my Grandfather's store, I'm looking for photos, drawings, maps, paintings or any other documentation dealing with Dumas, Saskatchewan, Canada. Please contact me if you've got anything (danny@BouletFermat.com). I suppose that I should add that Dumas had less than 100 people living in it at its peak and, although there's a sign on the highway and a couple of houses left, Dumas doesn't really exist anymore.

Here's a 401x600 steel engraving of the Bow Church on Cheapside Street in London (the Bow Church is probably better known as Saint Mary's Le Bow and it is said that all true Cockneys were born within the sounds of this church's bells). The text below the engraving in the lower left reads "Engraved by Shury, from a Drawing by J.P.Neale". The text below the engraving in the lower right reads "for the Beauties of England & Wales.". The very small centered below the engraving reads "London Published by John Harris St.Pauls Church Yard, April 1, 1815.". The 401x600 version is intended for 800x600 screens. The 514x768 version (intended for 1024x768 screens) is here. The 685x1024 version is here. The 803x1200 version is here.

Here's a 800x600 clipping from the above steel engraving of the Bow Church focused on the street scene. The 1024x768 version is here. The 1280x1024 version is here. The 1600x1200 version is here.

Here's a set of four clippings taken from four different parts of the above steel engraving of the Bow Church focused on the street scene. Each clipping is at a resolution of 600dpi with the result that each size clipping provides the same level of detail. The amount of detail visible in these clippings is quite impressive. For example, the lines in the clouds at the top left of the 1280x1024 clipping are at a density of 96 lines per inch (38 lines per centimeter). Click on the small version of each clipping to get to the larger version. (1.3in x 1.0in - 800x600 - 3.4cm x 2.5cm) (1.7in x 1.3in - 1024x768 - 4.3cm x 3.25cm) (2.1in x 1.7in - 1280x1024 - 5.4cm x 4.3cm) (2.7in x 2.0in - 1600x1200 - 6.8cm x 5.1cm)

Here's a 800x600 clipping focusing on the lower part of the steeple and the nearby buildings in the above steel engraving of the Bow Church. The 1024x768 version is here. The 1280x1024 version is here. The 1600x1200 version is here.

Here's a 800x600 clipping focusing on just the lower part of the steeple in the above steel engraving of the Bow Church. The 1024x768 version is here. The 1280x1024 version is here. The 1600x1200 version is here.

Here's a 800x600 clipping focusing on the upper part of the steeple in the above steel engraving of the Bow Church. The 1024x768 version is here. The 1280x1024 version is here. The 1600x1200 version is here.

Here's a 800x600 clipping focusing on the sky with just a small part of the steeple in the above steel engraving of the Bow Church. The 1024x768 version is here. The 1280x1024 version is here. The 1600x1200 version is here.