Carving Collection (page 4)

Ancient Egyptian carving of a Sphinx, Egypt. Date: circa 1900s

Comic postcard, Lodgers and landlady - carving the poultry Date: 20th century

Daibutsu, statue of Buddha, Kamakura, Japan, late 19th century

Page from The Sphere with a selection of pictures showing art students at work at three of Londons art schools - Heatherleys in Newman Street

House altar with knight in armour, German, 15th century
House altar with knight in armour holding sword and shield, Count von Pocci, Munich, 15th century. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Altenecks Costumes

View of the ruins of Persepolis or Chehel Minar, capital of the Achaemenid Empire, Iran. Prospetto generale della rovine di Persepoli

Crowns and jeweled crosses from Monza Cathedral
Medieval gold crowns and jeweled crosses from Monza Cathedral. Corone o donari della reale Basilica di Monza. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Roberti from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient

View of the Basilica of San Michele Maggiore, Pavia, 1800s. Chiesa di S. Michele in Pavia. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Pietro Giarre from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient

St Georges Church, Dittisham, Dartmouth, Devon
Interior of St Georges Church, Dittisham, Dartmouth, Devon, with a view of the altar. Date: circa 1960s

Montacute House, Montacute, Somerset
Front faþíñe of Montacute House, Montacute, Somerset, a late Elizabethan mansion. Date: circa 1960s

Phyllis Barron and her hand-block printing on stuffs
Phyllis Barron seen cutting her own hand blocks for printing fabrics. After leaving the Slade School, she began designing patterns for cretonne printers

Ruins of Bayon Temple, Angkor Thom, Cambodia
Ruins of the Bayon Temple, Angkor Thom, Cambodia, showing the four-faced towers, thought to represent the four faces of Brahma. Date: circa early 1930s

Gateway to Hall of the Classics, Beijing, China
Gateway (part of a triple archway of sculpted marble) leading to the Hall of the Classics (Guozijian), at the Old University, Peking (Beijing), China. Date: circa early 1930s

Old House (1536) in Brunswick, Germany
Old House (1536) in Brunswick, Lower Saxony, Germany. Date: circa 1900s

Doorway, St Marys Church, Stone, near Dartford, Kent
Doorway at St Marys Church, Stone, near Dartford, Kent, nicknamed the Lantern of Kent, dating back to the 13th century. Date: circa 1845

Effigy of King Edward II in Gloucester Cathedral
Effigy of King Edward II on his tomb in Gloucester Cathedral. Date: 14th century

Portable shrine of Ethelbert, King of the East Angles
Portable shrine or pyx of Ethelbert, King of the East Angles (Kent). Date: circa 1845

Baroque Keystones - Crypt beneath Queen Annes building
Baroque Keystones in the Crypt beneath Queen Annes building at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London - possibly intended for one of the rooms of Greenwich Palace, but never used. Date: 1946

Cover design, Chester School of Art Prospectus, Grosvenor Museum, 1914

Porch of an old Interregnum house in Hanover
South east view of the porch of an old Interregnum house known as General Monks house in Hanover Court, near Grub Street, 1809. Built circa 1650

Ruyters cavalry encampment and trebuchet
Ruyters cavalry encampment and a trebuchet from an ancient carving in ivory. Copperplate engraving by N.C. Goodnight from Francis Groses Military Antiquities respecting a History of the English Army

Singer, writer, and vaidya or physician with wood carving
Singer or kan, writer or kayastha, and vaidya or physician with wood carving. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri after Francois Solvyns from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Ancient temples and carved rocks in the city
Ancient temples and rocks covered with bas relief carving in the city of Mahabalipuram, India. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Decorated horn and Runic tablets of the Vikings. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giarre from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Florence, 1847

Temple of Edfu, Egypt
Elevation of the Temple of Edfu (Apollonopolis Magna), Egypt, with carved hieroglyphs. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique

Elevation and plan of the Temple of Hathor at Dendera (Tentyra) Temple complex. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique

Stone mason carving a stone with mallet and chisel on a bevel. In the background, another mason cuts a block of stone with a saw

Portrait bust of Shakespeare, Temple of Worthies, Stowe
Portrait bust of William Shakespeare, Temple of British Worthies, Elysian Fields, Stowe, Buckinghamshire. circa 1934

Principal entrance to the Zoological Museum, London 1880
Principal entrance to the Zoological Museum (now the Natural History Museum), South Kensington, London. Date: 1880

Three illustrations in The Gentlemans Magazine
Three assorted illustrations in The Gentlemans Magazine - A phenomenon caused by haze at sea; New invented machine for drilling and hoeing; various items of stonework from a church

Eric Gill panel shown at Goupil Galleries
A piece of carving contained in Eric Gills War Memorial, exhibited at the Goupil Galleries in 1927. 1927

Bantu craftsman of Douala, Cameroon, Central West Africa
Bantu craftsman of Douala (Duala) making wooden carvings, Cameroon, Central West Africa (at the time a French colony). Date: 1922

Ruins of Hathor Temple, Dendera, Egypt
Man and camel at the Ruins of the Hathor Temple, Dendera, Egypt. Date: 1922

Inscriptions on temple wall, Medinet Habu, Luxor, Egypt
Inscriptions of hunting scenes on the wall of the Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu, Luxor, Egypt. Date: 1922

Curious carvings by James Henry Pullen at Earlswood Asylum. Pullen was a 70 year old with a genius for model-making and was patronised by King Edward VII who from time to time sent him tusks of ivory

New Illinois Athletic Club, Michigan Avenue, Chicago, USA
New Illinois Athletic Club, 145 Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA. 1907

Bishop Lloyds House, Chester. circa 1900

Saxon stone cross, St Michaels Church, Cropthorne, Worcs
Anglo-Saxon stone cross dating back to 825-850, in the churchyard of St Michaels Church, a Grade II listed building in Cropthorne, Worcestershire. Date: circa 1900s

Priors door, Ely Cathedral, Ely, Cambridgeshire, dating back to the 11th century, showing detail of ornate stone carving. Date: circa 1900s

Detail of column, St Peters Church, Conisbrough, Doncaster
Detail of a column capital in the nave of St Peters Church, Conisbrough, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, dating back to the 8th century

Galilee Porch, Lincoln Cathedral, Lincolnshire, dating back to the 11th century. Date: circa 1900s

Triforium, Lincoln Cathedral, Lincolnshire
Triforium (upper gallery), Lincoln Cathedral, Lincolnshire, dating back to the 11th century. Date: circa 1900s

East window, Lincoln Cathedral, Lincolnshire, dating back to the 11th century. Date: circa 1900s

Norman doorway, Ullard Church, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Norman-Romanesque doorway, Ullard Church, County Kilkenny, Ireland, dating back to the 12th century. Date: circa 1900s

North arcade, St Laurence Church, Pittington, Durham
View of the north arcade of St Laurence Church, Pittington, Durham, dating back to around 1100. Date: 1911

Fountain of the Organ at Villa d Este, Tivoli, Rome, Italy
Fountain of the Organ at the Villa d Este, Tivoli, near Rome, Italy, dating back to 1568. The movement of the water causes music to play. Date: circa 1890s

Cross of Portugal, Silves, Algarve, southern Portugal -- carved from limestone, it is said to date back to the 15th century and was declared a national monument in 1910. Date: circa 1908

Reading Centre, Reus, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain
Faþíñe of the Reading Centre (Centro de Lectura), Reus, Tarragona province, Catalonia, Spain. Date: circa 1910s

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