Grandiose Collection

Mustafa Castle, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India Date: circa 1910s

Grosser Kornauskeller - Bern, Switzerland
Grosser Kornauskeller (Kornhauskeller Restaurant & Bar), Bern, Switzerland. Date: 1898

CHATEAU DE COMPEGNE
This interior view of the chateau de Compiegne gives some idea of its grandiose, even megalomaniac - scale - and this is only the vestibule ! Date: late 18th century

THE PREFECTURE IN LILLE
Hotel de la Nouvel Prefecture, Lille. Date: 1865

Sousse, Tunisia - Maison du Consul de France - sent by Francois Gustave He. Riflemen Regiment stationed at Sousse in June 1915. Date: 1915

Hong Kong, China - Queens Building. Date: circa 1910s

Grandiose Suburban House
The grandiose home of a prosperous industrialist - The Towers, Didsbury, near Manchester, residence of Mr Adamson, engineer of the Manchester Ship Canal Date: 1885

Gates of the Dolmabahce Palace looking toward the Bosphorus
The gates of the Dolmabahce Palace looking toward Bosphorus, Istanbul, Turkey. Date: 1906

Cafe De LA Rotonde 1856
The spacious and grandiose interior of the Cafe de la Rotonde, Palais-Royal, Paris. Date: 1856

Dornier Do. X
Seen here on a test flight, the 150-passenger DO.X is the largest aircraft in the world, but as with most grandiose projects, it proves a colossal failure - only 3 are built. Date: July 1929

William Penn & James II
William Penn with James II. 1681

Wing of the Duomo and Tower of St. Gottardo, Milan, Italy Date: 1927

The Foyer of the Opera - Paris, France. Date: circa 1910s

Footman announcing arrival of Mr and Mrs Tootle
Footman (announcing) - " Mr Tootle and Mrs Tootle-too." !!! Date: 1895

Istanbul, Turkey - Entrance to the University Date: 1927

Town Hall Saigon - Indochina
The Town Hall - Saigon. During the French Colonisation period, most of the French settlers in Indochina were concentrated in Cochinchina (southern third of Vietnam whose principal city was Saigon)

Luxor / Lotus Columns
Luxor Temple - Lotus Flower pillars, testament to the grandiose design of Egyptian religious buildings of this period

Carousel / Louis XIV Court
A Carousel at the court of Louis XIV of France

AUCTIONEER
THE SPECIOUS ORATOR " Will your Ladyship do me the honor to say 50, 000?" The auctioneer, James Christie, surveys his audience"

France / Saumur
A view of the town of Saumur on the Loire, looking towards the grandiose Town Hall and the chateau perched high above the town

Roumiantsev Mus, Moscow
The Roumiantsev museum, Moscow, a characteristically grandiose monstrosity

Jesuit Church, Paris
The grandiose Jesuit church in rue saint-Antoine, Paris

Madrid / Palace Retiro
PALACE OF BUEN RETIRO The Porcelain Room, lined with porcelain created by Italian craftsmen who were installed in the palace grounds

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