Galleries Collection (page 5)

Visions of the Earth
School children visit the Visions of the Earth Exhibition located in the Atrium of the Natural History Museums Earth Galleries

Macaca sp. macaque
Artwork by Barry Sutton, entitled Dominance and Submission. On display in the Primates exhibition at the Natural History Museum, London

FRANCE. ΌE-DE-FRANCE. PARIS. Paris. Galleries
FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. PARIS. Paris. Galleries Lafayette. Dome. Architecture

Durham Gaol interior
Interior of prison block at Durham Gaol. Cells line the open galleries which have a safety net strung across to prevent inmates falling. Date: Date unknown

Turkey - Istanbul - Ayasofya Interior. Architects of the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul were Anthemius of Tralles and Isadorus of Miletus. Date: circa 1920

Antoine de Parcieux, des Academies royales des sciences de France, de Suede et de Prusse, et Censeur royal. Ne au Clotet de Cessouae le vieua, Dioceze d Uzes, le 26 octobre 1703, et mort e Paris

When art returns to work. Illustration of bewildered visitors to an art exhibition, in the background is an empty plinth with the word art enscribed upon it

Music Hall interior, Royal Surrey Gardens, 1856
Dinner for 2, 000 guards, recently returned from the Crimean War, held at the concert hall at the Royal Surrey Gardens. Date: 1856

Giorgio de Chirico exhibits
Feature in The Tatler, 25th May 1949 : Giorgio de Chirico exhibits at the Royal Society of British Artists. Italys great Modernist painter, turned traditionalist, is welcomed to London

Genoa, Italy - Gallerie Victor Emmanuel III, Place Corridoni
Genoa, Italy - Galleria Victor Emmanuel III, Place Corridoni Date: circa 1920s

Syracuse, Italy - Ear of Dionysius
Syracuse, Italy (Siracusa) - This card shows an artificial cave, 65 m long and 23 m high, which was given the name of The Ear of Dionysius by Michelangelo Merisi, known as Caravaggio, when in 1586

Canvas Worship by H. M. Bateman
Unusual silhouette cartoon by H. M. Bateman showing a crowd at an art exhibition. Date: 1913

Dogs patrolling Louvre at night following theft of Mona Lisa
Guard dogs patrolling the galleries of the Louvre Museum in Paris at night in 1911. Following the theft of La Giaconda (better known as the Mona Lisa) by Leonardo da Vinci from the gallery

Lalique advertisement
Advertisement for glassware by the renowned Rene Lalique, available from Breves Lalique Galleries near Sloane Street, London. Date: 1930

Venetian Glass Galleries - Knightsbridge, London
The Venetian Glass Galleries - 81, Knightsbridge, London SW1 Date: circa 1915

Oslo National Gallery
The empty picture frames left behind in the National Gallery, Oslo, Norway, following the removal of the paintings due to the imminent threat of World War Two. Date: late 1930s

Courtauld Garden
One of the statues in the lovely garden of the Courtauld Institute of Art, London, the magnificent Georgian House which Samuel Courtauld acquired in 1926. Date: 18th century

Sardine boats - Southern France
Sardine boats - Saint Jean de Luz, Southern France. View of the quay and (back left) the Maison de l Infante (House of the Infanta)

Girls & Abstract Art
Three little girls are bemused by modern abstract art. Date: 1960s

Art Gallery, 215 West 57th Street, Painting Exhibit

The Art Gallery by Harry Dixon
A smartly dressed flapper girl pauses to apply lipstick in an art gallery

Post-Impressionist Expressions
Satirical cartoon by HM Bateman on the Post Impressionist exhibition at the Grafton Galleries in London. The controversial exhibition introduced modern art to Britain and was organised

Opening of the National Gallery of Ireland
His Excellency the Earl of Carlisle, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, opening the National Gallery of Ireland on 30 January 1864

Edward Seago(1910 - 1974) and Lady Melchett at his exhibitio
Lady Melchett was one of the guests at the private view of Edward Seagos exhibition, opened last week by Lord Derby, at the Medici Galleries in Grafton Street

Moving Paintings for the Royal Academy Exhibition, London, 1
Engraving showing the scene within one of the Royal Academy of Arts galleries as the porters manoevre paintings prior to their hanging, 1887

Louvre, Antiques
Grande Salle Des Antiques

The British Museum, 1890
Engraving showing one of the galleries of the British Museum, 1890. Electric lighting had just been installed in the museum

Invitation by Madame Yevonde
A photograph originally seen at the International Exhibition of Professional Photography, held at the Princes Galleries in 1925 to mark the centenary of photography

Visting an Art Gallery
A Sunday afternoon in a Picture Gallery

War in the Air - RAF exhibition
Two artists seen colouring a large aerial photograph to be seen in an exhibition of the Royal Air Force at the Grafton Galleries in London

Family at Gallery
A German family contemplate a religious triptych

Louvre Sculpture Gallery
A sculpture gallery, with the Venus de Milo strategically placed at the far end

Royal Academy Private View
A private view: as much a social occasion as a cultural event

Royal Academy 1810
The hall of the Royal Academy, at this time housed in Somerset House; in 1837 it will move to Trafalgar Square, and finally in 1868 to Burlington House, Piccadilly

Social / Ra Show 1820
Fashionable art lovers attend an exhibition at the Royal Academy

Louvre Interior 1795
Visitors to the Louvre admire the large collection of oil paintings on display at the Salon du Louvre in 1785

France / Vittel Galeries
Vittel: the galleries

Royal Academy, 1840
A Private View of the Royal Academy annual exhibition : the walls are more crowded, the rooms less so, than today

Newgate Prison / Galleries
Originally the principal west gate of London, Newgate was the target of Elizabeth Frys efforts to improve prison conditions. The deserted Galleries

Vernon Gallery
Ladies and gentlemen looking with interest at the paintings of the Vernon Collection, housed then in the basement of the National Gallery, London

Queens Head, Southwark
Built in the early 1500s, this inn was later owned by John Harvard of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, who migrated to America and gave his name to Harvard University, MA

Trollopes Showroom
An impression of Trollopes West Halkin Street Galleries, Belgrave Square, London - furnishers to numerous nobility and gentry

Tate Gallery Postcard
The Tate Gallery, Millbank, London, opened in 1897 : the architect is Sidney R J Smith Junior, and Sir Henry Tate, the sugar refiner, paid for it out of his own pocket

The Louvre, Paris
At some stage someone thought of renaming the Louvre the Musee Napoleon - hence the caption. But we are in the Louvre, and heres the Venus de Milo to prove it

Louvre Staircase
Visitors climb the grand staircase - and what a nice surprise, they meet some friends !

First Louvre Show 1699
The first exhibition of paintings in the Louvre

LOUVRE SALON 1843 - 3
At the Salon exhibition, the pictures in the Salon carre are hung so high that some visitors bring spy-glasses to see them

LOUVRE SALON 1843 - 2
Visitors throng the Galerie de Sculpture at the Salon of 1843

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