Gate Collection (page 14)

Ruins of the Gate of Athena Archegetis, Roman Agora, Athens
Ruins of the Gate of Athena Archegetis, at the Roman Agora or Roman Forum, Athens, Greece. Porta del Mercato di Atene. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Bennardoni from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes

The Indian Memorial, Menin Gate Ramparts, Ypres
This white stone memorial was unveiled on 10 November 2002 as part of the Flanders India 2002 Partnership Year by Major-General A.J. Bajwa, who had come all the way from India for the ceremony

Chairman of the Ypres Last Post Committee with bugles
The Ceremony of the Last Post, in which firemen buglers play the Last Post under the Menin Gate at 8pm each night is, in its simplicity, one of the most moving acts of Remembrance in the world

Thanking the Last Post Buglers at the Menin Gate
The Last Post at the Gate has been played at 8pm under the arches by Ypres firemen (with only an interval during WW2) since the unveiling on 24 July 1927

British CWGC Cemetery Tyne Cot, Passchendaele, Belgium
This is the largest British War Cemetery in the world and was designed by Sir Hebert Baker (who designed the tomb of Cecil Rhodes in Delhi)

The Lille Gate in the Ypres ramparts seen across the moat
Ypres is a walled city and it has several routes into it. The two most well-known of its gates through the ramparts are via the Menin Gate (on the old road to Menin)

The Izjer Tower seen through the Pax Gate, Dixmuide
Listed as an International Peace Centre, the Tower is a symbol of Flemish Nationalism which came to a head during the First World War. The Towers history goes back to the 18th Century

Kiwanis Model of the Menin Gate - Menin Gate Ramparts
The model is remarkably life-like and is Dedicated to the Relatives of the Soldiers who stood here from 1914-1918. Kiwanis International is an international service club founded in 1915 in Detroit

Mother and daughters by the gate of a lovely bungalow
A Mother and her three older daughters by the gate of a lovely period bungalow with a superb sunburst design on the gable end above a patterned-leaded window. Date: circa 1930s

Extended family outside stone county home
A countryside scene with parents, son and Grandmother all stood outside their lovely stone cottage. The son appears to be holding two pails of milk. Date: circa 1910s

Lord Leycester Hospital, West Gate, High Street, Warwick
View toward the Lord Leycester Hospital, next to the West Gate on High Street, Warwick - one of the best preserved examples of medieval courtyard architecture in England. Date: 1953

Country footpath near Mathon, Worcestershire
Country footpath and gate near Mathon, Worcestershire (now in Herefordshire). 1870s

La Porte de St Ouen, Boulevard Bessieres, Paris, France
La Porte de St Ouen, Boulevard Bessieres, at the border of the 17th and 18th arrondissements, Paris, France. It was a gate in the 19th century Thiers wall

La Porte de St Ouen, Paris, France
La Porte de St Ouen, at the border of the 17th and 18th arrondissements, Paris, France. It was a gate in the 19th century Thiers wall, and also gave its name to a Metro station (opened in 1911)

The Liberation Gate Memorial, Dutch-Belgian border
This Memorial is just inside the Dutch border about 3 kms from Joes Bridge. In the battles before the start of the Market Garden Operation from Joes Bridge

Looking over the gate
Young child looking at the evening star over the garden gate. Artist: Anne Anderson Date: circa 1920

Notting Hill Gate Underground Station, street view. Date: 1900s

Photographing two women on countryside fence
Photographer photographing two women on a countryside fence. circa 1900

Christs Hospital, Hertford, Hertfordshire. 1922

What Roman London may have looked like -- on the north bank of the River Thames, surrounded by a wall built by the Romans. Date: 1st century

Entrance to the Temple Complex of Medinet Habu, Luxor, Egypt
Entrance to the Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu, an important New Kingdom period temple structure in the West Bank of Luxor in Egypt. Date: circa 1910s

Entrance to the Temple Complex of Karnak, Luxor, Egypt. Date: circa 1910s

Entrance of the Presidencial Palace (Vina del Mar), Chile - two reproduction Easter Island Heads (Moai) stand guard before the gateway

Chapel (now Holy Trinity Church) at Seathwaite, Cumbria
Chapel (now rebuilt as Holy Trinity Church) at Seathwaite, Cumbria. Date: 1843

The gate of Cairo called Beb el Fath. Illustration by Ali Bey el Abbassi from his Travels in Morocco, Tripoli, Cyprus, Egypt, Arabia, Syria and Turkey, London 1816

Castle of the Seven Towers (Yedikule Fortress), Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey. Illustration from Francois Pouquevilles Travels through More, Albania and several other parts of the Ottoman Empire

Inside view of the Poultry Compter, 1811, a London prison in Cheapside operated from medieval times to 1815. This particular building was built soon after the great Fire of London, 1666

Southwest view of Bethlem or Bedlam Hospital and London Wall, 1814. In the 18th century, visitors paid a penny at the Penny Gate to view the inmates

Apodyterium for the Tepidarium in the Forum Thermae, Pompeii
Apodyterium or changing room for the Tepidarium or warm bath in the Forum Thermae, Pompeii. Servant with oil vase and towel standing next to a table

Tepidarium or warm bath, near the gate to Stabiae. Chromolithograph and illustration by G. Autoriello from Antonio Niccolinis Pompeii: Views and Restorations (Pompeii: Essaies et Restaurations)

View of the Street of Tombs outside the Herculaneum Gate, Pompeii. Chromolithograph after an illustration by S. De Stefani from Antonio Niccolinis Pompeii: Views and Restorations (Pompeii)

View of the Temple of Venus near the Marina Gate, Pompeii. Chromolithograph after an illustration by S. De Stefani from Antonio Niccolinis Pompeii: Views and Restorations (Pompeii)

Frigidarium or cold bath, near the gate to Stabiae. Chromolithograph and illustration by G. Autoriello from Antonio Niccolinis Pompeii: Views and Restorations (Pompeii: Essaies et Restaurations)

Sepulchral chamber discovered in 1746 near
18th century tourists exploring a sepulchral chamber discovered in 1746 near the Gate of San Sebasteano, Rome. Copperplate engraving by Henry Moses from A Collection of Antique Vases, Altars, etc

Tomb of Caius Cestius with the Gate of St. Paul, Rome. Copperplate engraving by Henry Moses from A Collection of Antique Vases, Altars, etc. London, 1814

New gate to the gardens of the Continental Horticultural Company, Ghent, Belgium. Woodcut by Kettenbach from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1883

The entrance of a street defended by a chain in grooves in posts and raised by a windlass at right. Copperplate engraving from Francis Groses Military Antiquities respecting a History of the English

View of the Beb-kar (Bab Bhar), Gate to
View of the Beb-kar, Gate to the Marina in Tunis, Tunisia, 19th century. Drawn by Alessandro Sanquirico after Nanini. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient

Fourth bas-relief of a 12th century sarcophagus. The princess and her falconer watch knights and ladies capture wild men in bearskins under the battlements

Second bas-relief of a 12th century sarcophagus. Spectators and supporters of duelling knights in a joust outside the city gates

First bas-relief of a 12th century sarcophagus: the dream of a knight sleeping on a bed with wheels and bells under a castle battlement with queen and ladies, lances raining down from a cloud

Assault with tower and testudo on a medieval castle portcullis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico after Giovanni Migliari from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Imperial Palace, Tokyo, Japan, 1820s. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples

Wall, fortress and bridge at Peking (Beijing), China. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples

House of a Chinese Mandarin (bureaucrat), distinguished by two large flag poles with banners at the gate. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique

Gate of the Imperial Palace in Peking, China. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples

View of the market square in Buenos Aires
View from the arch of the Recova on the east of the market square in Buenos Aires, Argentina, early 19th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique

The gate of Cairo, Egypt, 1820s. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples (Il Costume Antico e Moderno di Tutti i Popoli)

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