Foundation Collection (page 3)

Istanbul. Republic Monument, 1928 by Italian sculptor Pietro
Turkey. Istanbul. Republic Monument, 1928. Designed by Italian sculptor Pietro Canonica. Portrays the founders of the Turkish Republic; Kemal Ataturk, Ismet Inonu and Fevzi Cakmak

King Abdulaziz Quran. Early 20th century. Riyadh. Saudi Arab
King Abdulaziz Quran. Early 20th century. Paper. 26.5 x 19 x 5 cm. King Abdulaziz Foundation for research and Archives, Riyadh. Saudi Arabia

Romulo Romano Regnorum. Foundation of Rome. Miniature. Manus
Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374). Italian writer. Romulo Romano Regnorum. Manuscript number 26. Codex. Foundation of Rome. Miniature, folio 4v. 14th century. Library University of Valencia. Spain

Roman Art. Asia Minor. Relief depicting a funeral feast, a r
Roman Art. Asia Minor. Relief depicting a funeral feast (left) and a rider (right). At the top, a gorgon. The inscription refers to the foundation of a house by Gaius Erycius. Roman empire

Juan Ramon Jimenez. Portrait
Juan Ramon Jimenez (1881-1958). Spanish writer. Portrait by Sanish painter Joaqui?n Sorolla (1863-1923). Santillana Foundation (Don Borja Tower). Santillana del Mar. Spain

Giovanni Villani (ca. 1276 or 12801348). New Chronicles. Miniature depicting the foundation of the new church of Santa Croce. 14th Century. Fol. 155r. Vatican Library. Vatican City

Excavating Nonsuch 1959
Excavation work at Nonsuch Palace, Surrey. In 1959 no visible trace of the building existed. Excavations revealed foundations and many relics of Henry VIIIs fantastic palace. Date: 1959

Humboldt / Centenary / Berli
ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT Centenary celebration in Berlin for the German scientist and traveller: the first stone is laid for a monument in his name Date: 1769 - 1859

Thomas Hoccleve
THOMAS HOCCLEVE Scholar and author; astronomer, founder of the New Foundation at Queens College, Oxford. Date: 1368/9 - 1450?

Maintenon / Mignard
Francoise d Aubigne, madame de MAINTENON, second wife (secret) of Louis XIV, depicted with a charity girl from St Cyr, a foundation to which she was much devoted. Date: 1635 - 1719

Kitchener lays foundation stone, near Luxor, Egypt
Lord Horatio Herbert Kitchener(1850-1916), laying the foundation stone of an Agricultural College near Luxor

Founding of the Paris Observatory
Scene at the founding of the Paris Observatoire, near the Luxembourg Palace. It was fostered by Colbert and favoured by Louis XIV. Date: 1667

Laying foundation stone, Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA
Ceremony for the laying of a foundation stone for School No. 11 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA. Date: 1907

A Belt by Roussel advertisement, 1939
Advertisement for the new handmade Belt by J. Roussel - " the grace that comes from ease" - available for no more than 2 guineas. Date: 1939

Leather Breton by Chez Elle
Model wearing a beige and white leather Breton tied under the chin by Chez Elle. Worn with make-up by Helena Rubinstein using " French Beige" Silk Tone Foundation under " Golden

What People Are Wearing Underneath - Front page
Model wearing a flowery bra and girdle - two tones of pink on navy, with purple crepon shirt by John Craig. Date: 1966

Foundation stone laying at Pratt, Kansas, USA
Foundation stone laying ceremony for a Freemasons Lodge at Pratt, Kansas, USA. Date: 1912

POST, Frans (1612-1680). Sugar mill. Baroque art. Oil on wood. BRAZIL. Sao Paulo. Maric Luisa and Oscar Americano Foundation

PARRAL, Master of. St. Hyeronimus in Scriptorium
PARRAL, Master of (15th century). Saint Jerome at the Scriptorium. 1480s. Castilian school. Renaissance art. Oil on wood. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Lạ ro Galdiano Foundation

LUCAS VELAZQUEZ, Eugenio. The Maja
LUCAS VELAZQUEZ, Eugenio (1817-1870). The Maja. 1867. Romanticism. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Lạ ro Galdiano Foundation

GUTIERREZ SOLANA, Jos鮠The Kiss of Judas
GUTIERREZ SOLANA, Jos頨 1886-1945). The Kiss of Judas. 1932. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Mapfre Vida Cultural Foundation

North Melbourne Town Hall
Slide showing a black and white photograph of the Town Hall in the city of Melbourne in Australia. The foundation stone of the Town Hall was laid on 29 November 1867 by the visiting Prince Alfred

Melbourne University Buildings
Black and white photographic image of Melbourne University buildings. The universitys foundation stone was laid 3rd July 1854, the buildings were officially opened on 3rd October 1855

Norway - Fjaerland - Mundal Hotel at 10. 30 pm
Lantern slide of Fjaerland Mundal Hotel at 10.30 pm - foundation of hotel on stone and the majority is wooden. Has a turret shape on one corner. Hotel is set next to a river

Philippine Tarsier - habitat - dense secondary tropical rainforest near PTFI (Philippine Tarsier Foundation Incorporated) (Tarsius syrichta )

ILN front cover - laying foundation stone, Thames Embankment
Front cover of The Illustrated London News with an engraving of showing the ceremony of laying the first stone of the Thames Embankment, in front of Whitehall Stairs in July 1864

The Channel Tunnel - hints to Aldermen, Heath Robinson
A well-known magnate of the Port of Dover laying the foundation stone of the tunnel in the Channel. An amusing scene envisaged by William Heath Robinson showing various dignitaries observing

Chief Scout at inspection, Ghana, West Africa
Inspection by the Chief Scout at the laying of a foundation stone, Ghana, West Africa. The scouts themselves were going to build a new bungalow for the house master of the technical school

Brigadier General Guggisberg, Ghana, West Africa
Brigadier-General Sir Frederick Gordon Guggisberg (1869-1930) laying the foundation stone for a building to be constructed by the boy scouts of the Gold Coast, Ghana, West Africa. Date: 1920s

Royal visit to Port Sunlight, April 1914
Double page spread from the Illustrated London News covering the visit of King George V and Queen Mary to Port Sunlight, the famous model village

Paris, France - Tour Eiffel, Foundations. Date: 1888

Laying the foundation stone, Baden Powell House, London
Scene during the laying of the foundation stone for the new Baden Powell House in Queens Gate, South Kensington, London. The site was acquired in 1956, and Ralph Tubbs was appointed architect

Trowel, Baden Powell House, South Kensington, London
The trowel used by Lady Olave Baden Powell in 1959 when she laid the foundation stone for the new Baden Powell House in Queens Gate, South Kensington, London

Baden Powell House, South Kensington, London
Street view of Baden Powell House, Queens Gate, South Kensington, London. The site was acquired in 1956, and Ralph Tubbs was appointed architect

Advert for Royal Worcester new Military Curve corsets, WW1
Royal Worcester Kidfitting Corsets, the new military curve corset, to ensure the new fashionable silhouette underneath gowns. Part of the military vogue in fashion during the Great War. 1915

J. R. Riddell, the First Principal of the St Bride Library Printing School. (The fore-runner of the London College of Communication)

Middlesex Pauper Lunatic Asylum Cemetery, 1851
The consecration of the cemetery of the new Middlesex Pauper Lunatic Asylum at Colney Hatch, near Friern Barnet, Middlesex (North London), 1851

The foundation stone of the Middlesex Pauper Lunatic Asylum
The ornate silver trowel used on 8th May 1849 by Prince Albert to spread the mortar on the foundation stone of the New Middlesex Pauper Lunatic Asylum at Colney Hatch, near Friern Barnet

Grace Dieu Nunnery
The ruins of Grace Dieu nunnery, an Augustinian foundation formerly in Rutland, now in Leicestershire. Date: circa 1770

Lous and Invalides
An allegorical depiction of the foundation of the Hotel des Invalides at Paris. Date: 1675

Advert for Wolsey underwear 1947
Advertisement for Wolsey slimsets underwear showing a very elegant woman in her bedroom showing the foundation garments off to their best advantage. Date: 1947

Miles Smith
MILES SMITH English churchman, bishop of Gloucester, depicted in his robes with mitre and crozier, clutching the bible which is the foundation of his faith. Date: ? - 1624

Palmerston and Stone
HENRY JOHN TEMPLE, third viscount PALMERSTON statesman, depicted laying the foundation stone of the Melbourne Athenaeum, in Derbyshire. Date: 1784-1865

Egypt - Heliopolis - Laying Foundation stone St Michael s
Egypt - Heliopolis - Laying Foundation stone for St Michaels Church on Seti Street off Baghdad Street. British dignitaries arriving in a fine Rolls Royce! Date: 1925

RIBERA, Jos頨1588-1652). Democritus. 1630. Detail
RIBERA, Jos頨 1588-1652). Democritus. 1630. Detail

CEZANNE, Paul (1839-1906). The Boy in the Red

ESTEVE MARQUES, Agust�(1753-1820). The Queen
ESTEVE MARQUES, Agust� (1753-1820). The Queen Maria Luisa de Borbon. ca. 1790. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. Madrid. Lạ ro Galdiano Foundation

SPAIN. Jerez de la Frontera. Spain. Primo de Riveras Dictatorship (1923-1930). Miguel Primo de Rivera visiting Jerez de la Frontera

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