Chamber Collection (page 9)

Rutland Boughton
RUTLAND BOUGHTON English musician, best known for his very successful The immortal hour but he wrote symphonies and chamber music too. Date: 1878 - 1960

Initiation Ceremony
The recipient is lead to the chamber of caverns and told to stab the man in the cave after having drunk from the fountain of life

The Infernal Chamber
Brother gaze upon paintings depicting demons and the damned in Hell, who do not seem to be suffering. In the centre, Hiram is being crowned by Eblis. 1890s

Princess Elizabeth travelling to Parliament
Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) glimpsed inside a royal car transporting her to the Houses of Parliament for a Commons debate on foreign affairs

Assassination attempt on Jules Ferry
Aubertin attempts to assassinate the French politician, Jules Ferry, (1832-1893) at the Chamber of Deputies, Paris. Ferry was later assassinated by an Alsatian fanatic on 10th December 1892

Star Chamber Ceiling
THE STAR CHAMBER The ceiling

Chamber Pot
The chamber pot shown as part of the bedroom furniture in a 15th century household Date: 1501

Hayot Quartet
THE HAYOT QUARTET making music: Hayot, Touche, Salmon and Denayer Date: 1903

Star Chamber Exterior
THE STAR CHAMBER The Star Chamber and Exchequer Buildings at Westminster. Date: 1836

Star Chamber Interior
THE STAR CHAMBER The interior - May 1835. Date: 1835

Colquhoun / Silhouette
PATRICK COLQUHOUN Police magistrate, scottish merchant and reformer. Founded Glasgow Chamber of Commerce 1783. Date: 1745 - 1820

Dormitory of a Common Lodging House
The dormitory of a common lodging house where a clean bed for the night and washing facilities could be had for (in 1930) between sixpence and a shilling

Gates in East Chamber, Gatim Locks, Panama Canal

Gates under construction, East chamber, Gatun locks, Panama Canal

View of all the Gates in West Chamber, Gatun Locks, Panama Canal

Upper and lower locks, showing chamber cranes, Miraflores, Panama Canal

West Chamber, looking South, Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal

The Search for M2
The Royal Navys new deep-sea observation chamber, invented by Robert H Davis of Siebe, Gorman & Co. the inventor of submarine life-saving apparatus

Winston Churchill defends the government at the Oxford Union
Mr. Winston Churchill as under-secretary of State for the colonies, replying to F.E Smith(M.P for Walton) during a debate at the Oxford Union on March 1st 1907

Princess Marie of Romania
Four photographs of Princess Marie of Edinburgh; one by the window, one arranging flowers in a pot, one in her luxurious chamber complete with polar bear rugs, the heads still attached

Carved gateway to Stupa at Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh
An ornately carved gateway to the Stupa at Sanchi, a small village in the province of Madhya Pradesh, Central India. The Stupa is a large hemispherical dome with a central chamber containing relics

Detail of a carving on the Stupa at Sanchi, Central India
Detail of a carving of a human figure on the Stupa at Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh Province, Central India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Seam welding aluminium plates - arc lamp
Two welders seam weld aluminium plates onto the roof of a liquid methane tank at Canvey Island under the light of an arc lamp. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Welding an aluminium roof - Liquid Methane tank
A welder seam welds the aluminium roof of a large domed liquid methane tank at Canvey Island. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Tower of London Armoury
The Armoury in the Council Chamber in the White Tower at Tower of London, opened to the public in 1863

Seam welding aluminium plate
Two welders seam weld aluminium metal plates onto the curved framework of a large domed liquid methane tank at Canvey Island. Photograph by Heinz Zinram Date: 1966

Installation of the roof for a liquid methane tank
Two welders, standing on a scaffold, use spanners to tighten the nuts securing sections of the centrepoint of a large domed roof for an aluminium liquid methane tank at Canvey Island

Seam welding under arc lighting
A stunning composition photograph of two welders seam welding the domed aluminium roof of a liquid methane tank at Canvey Island. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Building the framework for a domed roof
A welder seam welds aluminium plate whilst sitting on the edge of a centre section of a domed roof, built to cover a liquid methane tank at Canvey Island. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Building the roof of a liquid methane tank
Two welders work on the domed aluminium roof of a large liquid methane tank at Canvey Island. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Reber, Napoleon Henri 1807 - 1880
Napoleon Henri Reber. French composer of symphonies and chamber works

Donizetti, Gaetano 1791-1864
Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti. Prolific Italian composer, famed for his many operas but also composer of numerous orchestral and chamber works

Piccinni, Niccolo 1728 -1800
Niccol Piccinni, Italian composer of symphonies, sacred music, chamber music, and opera

Life Peeress Takes Oath
The first of the life peeresses, Baroness Swanborough, takes the oath on October 21 1958 in the House of Lords

Stupa at Sanchi, Central India
The Stupa at Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh Province, India. The Stupa is a large hemispherical dome with a central chamber containing relics of the Buddha. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Guildhall Chamber
The Common Council chamber

Shah at Guildhall
The Shah of Persia is entertained at the Guildhall - private supper in the Council Chamber

Henri de Lacretelle / Demare
Henri de Lacretelle (1815-1895) French politician, writer and member of the Chamber of Deputies

Anatole de la Forge / Gill
Anatole de la Forge (1821-1892) French politician, Vice-President of the Chamber of Deputies. Most noted for his action during the Franco-Prussian war of 1870 from whence came the nickname defender

Council Chamber Colonnade, New Delhi
A curving gallery with massive pillars, and effects of light and shade, producing an " impressive sensation of size and novelty" : the council chamber colonnade in New Delhi

The Discovery of The Chamber of Wonders, 1922
Howard Carter, Mrs Arthur Merton, Lady Allenby and Lord Carnarvon waiting to enter the newly discovered Chamber of Wonders

The excavation of Tutankhamun
The photograph show the second stage of entry into the sealed chamber of the only intact shrine of a pharaoh ever found

Locarno Peace Conference 5th-16th October 1925
The Locarno Treaties were seven agreements negotiated at Locarno, Switzerland on 5th October to the 16th October 1925 and formally signed in London on December 1

Penstock Chamber in Londons Sewers, 1879
Engraving showing the large metal door of a Penstock Chamber, somewhere in the sewers underneath London, 1879

Torpedo Room of a U-boat, pre-Second World War
Photograph showing the crew of a German submarine (U-boat) relaxing in their bunks in the bow torpedo chamber, c.1938. This photograph shows the cramped conditions typically of the submarines that

Underground warfare
Men working a mine-drill in a gallery, making a bore-hole for a camoflaut or secondary chamber, intended to cause the enemy work to fall in

Guys Hospital oxygen chamber
The oxygen chamber in the Addison ward. Patient pictured receiving oxygen treatment

Coup: High Court
The High Court of Justice is suspended when troops loyal to Napoleon invade the chamber

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