Embankment Collection (page 2)

Cleopatra's Needle, London early 1900s

The Embankment, London - Victorian period

River Thames Embankment, London

Thames Embankment and frozen River Thames, London, Victorian period

The Thames Embankment, London - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Old Swan House Drawing Room
A photograph of the drawing room at Swan House, Chelsea Embankment, London, built in 1876, designed by architect Richard Norman Shaw. This room was decorated and furnished by Morris and Co

Terrace Restaurant, Savoy Hotel, London
The Terrace Restaurant overlooking the Embankment, The Savoy Hotel, London Date: 1911

Embankment:The Bronze Sphinx
Embankment: The Bronze Sphinx, near Cleopatra's Needle. Date: circa 1970

Victoria Embankment, view from Waterloo Bridge, St. Pauls Cathedral in the horizon. Date: 1896

Ruins of some buildings demolished in the Poultry area of London, to make way for a new street leading to the Thames Embankment. Date: 1869

Looking East from Hungerford Bridge, on the left is Embankment Underground Station. Date: 1935

During a hot day at Embankment, London, young children gathering round a public water fountain during the celebrations of the Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. Date: July 1897

Proposed design published in The Illustrated London News for the cast-iron decorative street lamps that would align the River Thames on the Embankment, London. Date: 1870

Designs for the Electric Lamp on the Thames Embankment 1870
Proposed design by Timothy Butler of children climbing and an overflowing cornucopia. Published in ?The Illustrated London News

St Thomass Hospital, Albert Embankment, London Date: circa 1900

Embankment, with ships, quay, St Petersburg, Russia
Vintage 19th century photograph: embankment, with ships, quay, St Petersburg, Russia

The English Embankment Bolshaya Neva River St Petersburg
Vintage 19th century photograph: The English Embankment or English Quay is a street along the left bank of the Bolshaya Neva River in Central Saint Petersburg

Thames Embankment from Waterloo bridge, London
Vintage 19th century photograph: Thames Embankment from Waterloo bridge, steam boats on the river, London

Cleopatras Neelde, Thames Embankment, London
Vintage 19th century photograph: Cleopatras Neelde, Thames Embankment, London

View towards City of London
View along the Embankment towards the City of London, with St Pauls Cathedral in the distance. Date: circa 1963

South Bank, Westminster, London
Enjoying the sun by the river opposite the Houses of Parliament, London. Date: circa 1950s

Aerial view of Embankment near Westminster, London
View looking down onto Thames Embankment near Westminster, London, with vehicles and pedestrians. Date: circa 1950s

Back gardens of terraced houses, South London
Back gardens of terraced houses in South London viewed from railway embankment. Date: circa 1950s

Section of the Thames Embankment
A section of the Thames Embankment, taken by the Charing Cross railway bridge, showing; (1) the subway, designed to hold the gas pipes, the water pipes, perhaps the telegraph wires

River Thames and Embankment, paddle steamer, London. Vintage 19th century photograph

Somerset House on the Embankment, London England
Vintage 19th century photograph: Somerset House on the Embankment, London England

River Thames Embankment and steam launch, London
Vintage 19th century photograph: River Thames Embankment and steam launch, London

London Views
Montage of London landmarks, 1870. Albert Memorial, Chelsea Embankment, Holland House and Kensington Palace. Date: 1875

Cartoon, Permissive Government (Disraeli and Hartington)
Cartoon, Permissive Government -- a conversation between Lord Hartington, new leader of the Liberal Party (in opposition), and Benjamin Disraeli, Conservative Prime Minister

Thames River Pleasure Steamer Golden Spray II, Westminster
The Thames River Pleasure Steamer Golden Spray II moored at a jetty on the Westminster Embankment, London - Photograph taken from Westminster Bridge - Coronation of Elizabeth II. Date: 1953

Victoria Embankment, London
Painting of Victoria Embankment. Artist: C Schmidt Date: circa 1902

Underground railway construction, London 1861
Underground railway construction in progress for the Metropolitan line, London, at Thames Embankment. 1861

Thames Embankment Railway, construction 1870
Works on the Thames Embankment Railway, from Waterloo Bridge, looking westward. Date: January 1870

Proposed site of Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in London 1924
Illustration depicting the proposed site for the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre as an arrangement of theatre, museum and offices on the Victoria Embankment near to Whitehall

Riviera fashion on the Victoria Embankment, London
Woman in a wide-brimmed hat and sleeveless outfit strolling along the Embankment during a heat wave in July 1932. The Sphere comments on the fashions in London giving the city " the atmosphere

Embankment making the tracks 1906
Labourers laying steel tracks for the new electric tram-way at Thames Embankment, London, construction started by the London County Council at the end of August 1909

Embankment torn to pieces for the trams 1906
London County Council beginning the construction of the electric tram-way along the Thames Embankment from Westminster Bridge, starting at the end of August 1909

Two soldiers on the Chelsea Embankment 1882
After the review: Waterloo and Tel-el-Kebir: a sketch on the Chelsea Embankment of two soldiers of very different vintages walking together. Date: 1882

View of Victoria Embankment, London
View of Victoria Embankment, between Blackfriars and Westminster Bridges, London, with pedestrians, trams, and Cleopatras Needle on the right. Date: 1922

Lloyd George and Pankhurst as one voice 1915
David Lloyd George, British statesman at the time, speaking on the embankment, London; " We have witnessed a very fine procession of women who are anxious to help their country in the hour of

Thames Embankment and Cleopatras Needle, London

Work at the Embankment, London 1868
Workmen improving the public stretch of road alone the River Thames, 70 to 100 feet in width and stretching from Westminster to Blackfriars more than a mile and a-half in length

Sir Arthur Sullivan statue, Embankment Gardens, London
Statue to Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer, in the Embankment Gardens, London. circa 1901

Customs House, Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel Island, Azores
Customs House Square and quay in the city of Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Atlantic Ocean. Date: circa 1908

A London shoeblack
A shoeblack working on the Embankment, London, shinig the shoes of a gentleman. Date: 1885

LFB fireboat Delta II on the River Thames, London. Date: circa 1920s

London Fire Brigade fireboat Massey Shaw underway
The Massey Shaw fireboat nearing her berth at Blackfriars on the Victoria Embankment, London. Date: 1938

London Fire Brigade Lambeth headquarters building
Located on the Albert Embankment, Lambeth, the London Fire Brigade headquarters was opened by King George VI in 1937. A purpose built, state of the art facility when first opened

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