A Unique Resource to Understand the Architectural and Cultural Heritage of the U.K.
A comprehensive archive (1897 to 2005) of the weekly British culture and lifestyle magazine, Country Life Archive focuses on fine art and architecture, the great country houses, society news, and rural living. Beyond this, Country Life Archive chronicles affairs of interest to the United Kingdom’s upper classes across the whole of the twentieth century.
This British popular magazine serves as an important record of the changing ownership of the United Kingdom’s great houses, sometimes serving as the only source for restoration of early 20th-century structures. With significant coverage of not only art and art history, but also pursuits relevant to its audience, such as equestrian news, landscaping, hunting, and shooting, this archive illustrates a unique and rich piece of UK history and culture. Every page is fully searchable, and reproduced in full color and high resolution.
* Our policy is to include each issue from the first and to scan from cover to cover. Due to the rarity of some of the original print volumes, however, there are some gaps (issues or pages).
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Features
Digital Backfile
Coverage spanning 1897 to 2005 – over 100 years of content
Metadata and Searchability
Article-level metadata and searchable text
Document-Type Indexing
Easy retrieval of content such as advertisements, photographs, and illustrations
Full-Color Digitization
Cover-to-cover full-color digitization to maximize the visual content
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