Figures Collection (page 31)

Cp - Egyptian Figures
The Great Egyptian Figures in the North Transept, modelled on those at Abu Simbel

Never-Never Land
Some of the fairytale fantasy animal figures at the Never Never Land amusement park, at Southend-on-Sea, Essex

Drury Lane Theatre 1775
Three figures looking around the virtually empty ornate interior of Drury Lane theatre

Derbendt Russia
The town of Derbendt or Derbent, now in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia, but once part of Persia. Figures in local dress and camels are in the foreground, with the walled city and hills beyond

Victims of Petrification
Unfortunate victims of the petrifying spring at Clermont- Ferrand, France

Afghanistan Bamian Valle
Two monumental Buddhist figures, which regrettably will be destroyed by Islamic fanatics in the 21st century

Illiterate Workers Bill
An exact copy of a bill for 10s. 10d. sent by a bricklayer who could not write, to a gentlman for whom he had worked. The symbol for settled is very dramatic! Date: late 19th century

Owen Jones Italian 86*
A series of arabesques, painted in fresco by a number of Italian artists, from designs by Raphael in the Vatican, Rome

Girl & Dolls House 1922
A young girl sits on the floor with her dolls house and cuts from paper some human figures to inhabit it

Spooky Shadows
Two sinister figures cast evening shadows over a pathway

LA Perouse at Easter I
Officers from the expedition measure the statues while the islanders pilfer their belongings

Bathers & Admirers 1906
two girls attracting male attention. Not surprising as their wet bathing costumes cling seductively to their figures

Figures of gods found at Tiryns, Greece
Figures of gods made from terracotta, found at Tiryns, Mycenae, Greece

Hannibal / With Horse
HANNIBAL Carthaginian general, famous for his crossing of the Alps, seen here with his horse

British Surrender / 1781
The British surrender their arms to the American army at Yorktown; prominent figures shown include Washington, Lafayette and Cornwallis

Fountain / Fest. Of Britain
One of the fountains near the Skylon at the Festival of Britain on the South Bank

May Day (Haydon)
A May-Day bride in her carriage passes a Punch-&-Judy show : traditional figures dance beside beggars and street traders

Zapotec Manuscript
Part of the Zapotec manuscript with human and divine figures and animals in a variety of situations

Making Nativity Figures
A young woman paints figures for a nativity scene

Easter Iusland Figures
A group of the massive stone figures scattered about the island, evidently religious in character but not fully understood by archeologists

G Verdi Balestrieri
GIUSEPPE VERDI composing (in his head) his opera, Otello, with the figures of Otello and Desdemona at his side

Children / Origami 1903
Mother supervises her son and daughter as they make origami figures at the table. (1 of 4)

Label, Gran, Salamanca
Label from the GRAN HOTEL, SALAMANCA (Spain) featuring typical Spanish folklore figures

Charlton House (Holland)
A superb view of Charlton House, then in Kent : the building is as it was in the 18th century, but the figures are not of any particular historical period

Abu Simbel 1845
The colossal figures, 20 metres high, are depicted here pretty much as they were found by travellers in 1812 : they are badly damaged and partly concealed by sand

Reporting / Helle, 1908
Comment on the total lack of privacy for public figures (the Presidential nightmare in France)

Liebig Games - 4
Children play a game with paper figures under a sheet of glass, which when rubbed becomes magnetic and so the figures can be moved, an amusing lesson in physics

Colorado River Falls
Falls of the Little Colorado River (note the two figures contemplating the spectacle !)

Napoleon I / Fantasy Ptrit
NAPOLEON I A fantasy portrait where he is made up from a black bird, a golden hand, a spider in its web, figures and a map

Ww1 / 1916 / Allies Flight
Pursued by the Germans, the Allies - Italians, Russians, French and English - take to their heels towards the heel of Italy

Easter Island Figures
Somewhat to the displeasure of the people of the island, men of the French navy destroy some of the monumental figures so that they may be more conveniently taken to France

Apparitions / Demoiselles
LES DEMOISELLES faceless white female figures who may be encountered in the woods of Berry, central France - but who or what they are, no one knows

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