Dramatic Collection (page 17)

Housesteads Fort
The approach from the east towards the fort of Housteads, perched atop a limestone crag on Hadrians Wall. The fort is very well preserved, and housed an early Roman hospital

West Gate at Housesteads
The Western Gate of Housesteads Fort (Borcovius). This substantially excavated fort is on a dramatic stretch of the wall perched atop limestone crags

Mr Whatsisname
A dramatic scene from Mr What s-his-name at Wyndhams Theatre, London - the pointing fingers seem to indicate that the man on the bed has been up to hanky-panky of some sort

Azerbaijan / Baku Mid 19C
Baku: natural oil fires in a temple

Meyerbeer / Prophete / 3
The audience at the Paris Opera watch the dramatic scene in Act Four, where John of Leyden, claiming divine origin, is about to be crowned when he is recognised by his mother

Mascagni / Cav - Postcar
Turiddu, Lola and Santuzza in a dramatic confrontation, during this idyll of rustic life

Donizetti / Lucia
A dramatic moment from the English production, with Madame Dorus-Gras as Lucia, Sims Reeves as Edgardo

Marriage Vision 1858
A dramatic scene from Balfes opera Satanella, or the Power of Love, in which the heroine dreams of marriage - an effect achieved by a magic lantern projection

Liszt / Pianist / Vie Parisi
A humorous comment on the Hungarian composers dramatic keyboard technique

A Nun Makes a Bolt
A French girl, incarcerated against her will in a convent at Marseille, makes a dramatic escape by clambering over a wall, where passers-by rush to her aid with a ladder

Order of Calatrava
ORDER OF CALATRAVA Spanish order created 1155 by a monk, Velasquez, under particularly dramatic circumstances (see text) to fight the infidel Moors

Cape by Poiret / 1914
In a year when capes were all the rage Paul Poiret creates this theatrical black & red evening cape depicted by the artist in the style of a Japanese woodcut

Offenbach Hoffmann Peddi
The gondola as getaway vehicle - a dramatic scene from Offenbachs Tales of Hoffmann

Racing in Bosnia
A dramatic and colourful horse race in Bosnia

Basalt columns, Tasman Island, Tasmania, Australia
A dramatic view of the striking basalt cliffs of Tasman Island, off Tasmania in the southern seas

KUBLA KHAN - CHASM
KUBLA KHAN The deep romantic chasm

Swedish Iron Mine
A dramatic view inside the iron mines of Hogborn, Vestmann, Sweden

Forked Lightning
Forked lightning over an English town

Mont St. Michel from Air
An aerial view of Mont St. Michel, Normandy, France, showing the dramatic monastery, with its steeple, peeping through the clouds

Schloss Rhazuns
SCHLOSS (CASTLE) RHAZUNS perched on top of a cliff overlooking a lake. Some weary peasants trudge up steep bank in the foreground

Jungfrau Mountain
JUNGFRAU MOUNTAIN, SWITZERLAND Three hikers stop to admire the romantic scenery. A small lean-to can be seen behind them - a place to rest & shelter from the elements

Staubach Falls
STAUBACH FALLS, SWITZERLAND A woodcutter works against this dramatic backdrop

Hartley as Mary Qo Scots
ELIZABETH HARTLEY, actress, striking a dramatic pose as Mary Queen of Scots in John Bankss periodically revived play The Albion Queens

St Pauls Whisper Gallery
A dramatic view of the WHISPERING GALLERY a notable feature of Wrens design : tourists love the way a whisper can be heard throughout its circumference

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