Granite Collection

Buddon Wood, Mountsorrel, Swithland, Leicestershire
Sketch of the granite (or syenite) district viewed from Swithland Old Slate Quarry, including Buddon Wood, Mountsorrel, Kinchley Hill and Brazil Wood, Leicestershire

Buddon Wood, Kinchley Hill, Mountsorrel, Leicestershire
Sketch of the Swithland area of Leicestershire, looking north-east towards Buddon Wood, Kinchley Hill and Mountsorrel, by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell. 1859

Ardconnel Terrace, Oban, Argyllshire, Scotland, McCaig Tower
Ardconnel Terrace, Oban, Argyllshire, Scotland showing the McCaig Tower

Schoolboys sitting on The Table Rock, Glyder Fach, Snowdon, North Wales Date: circa 1930s

Granite Quarry, New Hampshire, USA - Chanelling Date: circa 1909

Boer War Memorial unveiling, Haverfordwest, South Wales
Commemorative photograph of the unveiling of the Boer War Memorial at St Mary the Virgin Church, High Street, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales

Spain. Valley of the Fallen (Valle de los Caidos). 1940-1958. Monumental memorial dedicated by the Franco regime to the dead of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)

Goddess Sekhmet, Sculpture. Medinet Habu. Egypt
Goddess Sekhmet, goddess of war, represented with head of a lioness and the human body and crowned with the solar disk. Sculpture in the mortuary temple of Ramses III (1187-1156 BC). New Kingdom

The Highway to the South - Scott expedition
The magnificent entrance to the Beardmore Glacier showing the snow slope leading up to the two massive granite pillars through which Captain Scott passed with his men

Granite Quarries, Mountsorrel, Leicestershire
Sketch of Granite Quarries, Mountsorrel, Leicestershire, viewed from the rocks near Buddon Wood, by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell. 1859

Brazil Wood, Swithland, Leicestershire
Sketch of quarrying (probably granite) at Brazil Wood, Swithland, Leicestershire, by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell. 1859

Swithland, Leicestershire, with granite and slate quarries
Sketch of the Swithland area of Leicestershire, with granite at the top of Kinchley Hill, a small quarry to the right, Buddon Wood (granite) to the right, and Charnwood Forest (slate) to the left

Kinchley Hill and Brazil Wood, Swithland, Leicestershire
Sketch of granite rocks at Kinchley Hill and Brazil Wood, Swithland, Leicestershire, by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell. 1859

Roman cups, basins and baths
Porphyry tazza or cup with circumference of 62 palms 1, paonazzetto tazza in the Vatican Museum 2, large granite bath tub or labrum formerly in the Villa Medici 3

Ancient Roman and Egyptian lyres
Varieties of ancient lyres: lyre carved on a sarcophagus in the Villa Borghese 1, in the Museo di Portici 2, Palazzo Mattei 3, Vatican Museum 4, from an Etruscan bas-relief at the Villa Albani 5

Title page with vignette of Balmoral Castle, Scotland
Title page with vignette of Balmoral Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Scottish Baronial-style granite castle built by William Smith in 1856 for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

Theoretical cross-section of geological formations and terrains: granitic, schistose, carboniferous, Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous, Supercretaceous, chysmian, pyroide, and volcanic

Stolpen Castle, Saxony, Germany, built on a basalt mass
Stolpen Castle, Saxony, Germany, 13th century fortress built on a basalt mass on a layer of granite. Amas basaltique sur lequel est bati le Chateau de Stolpen en Allemagne

Geologists at the Bridge of the Jaws of Hell, France, 18th centu
Geologists with an umbrella at the Bridge at the Jaws of Hell near Thueyts in the Vivarais. The bridge is built on basalt prisms on the left and hard granite on the right

Causeway at Rigaudel bridge, Vivarais, France, 18th century
Causeway at Rigaudel bridge, Vivarais/Ardeche range, France. Basalt prisms containing granite, chrysolite and pyroxene, on a layer of sand over pebbles

Basalt prism columns at Bridon bridge, near Vals, France, 18th c
Basalt prism columns at Bridon bridge, near Vals, in the Vivarais/Ardeche range. After a design by Veyrenc in Barthelemy Faujas de Saint-Fond's Recherches sur les volcans eteints, 1778

Cave with columnar cliffs near Stappen, Iceland, 1811
Cave with columnar cliffs and natural rock arch near Stappen, Iceland, 1811. Scottish scientists explore the caves in a rowboat. Hohte zu Stappen

Natural arch on the coast near Stappen, Iceland, 1811

View of the Schnarcherklippen, Harz mountains, Germany
View of the granite rock formation Schnarcherklippen (Snoring Rocks) near Shierke village in the Harz mountains, Germany. Les Schnarcher-Klippen

Basalt columns near Meissner, Hesse, Germany. A geologist stands in the Cave of Owls at left. Kitzkammer or Kautzkammer am Meissner. Basaltes prismatiques de la caverne des Chouettes sur le Meisner

United States, Boston. The Monument at Bunker Hill

Saint Petersburg. The Alexander Column or Alexandrian Column
Russia, Saint Petersburg. The Alexander Column or Alexandrian Column in the Palace Square

Celtic Hermes. Quadriface. From Pontedeume, Galicia, Spain
Celtic Hermes. Quadriface. Relief in the form of a capital, with faces on each of its fronts. Height: 0.23 m. Granite. From Pontedeume (La Coruna province, Galicia, Spain)

Celtic phallic idol. From Paderne, Galicia, Spain
Celtic phallic idol. From Paderne (La Coruna province, Galicia, Spain). Archaeological and History Museum (San Anton Castle). A Coruna, Galicia, Spain

Altar to the Lares Viales. Inscription: To the Lares of the roads. He fulfilled his vow. From the Church of San Roman, As Encrobas, Cerceda (La Coruna province, Galicia, Spain)

Column base. From the Roman Villa of Noville. Mugardos
Column base. Granite. From the Roman Villa of Noville, Mugardos (La Coruna province, Galicia, Spain). Inhabited during the 3rd and 4th centuries AD

Circular mill. Roman Villa O Canton Grande. La Coruna
Circular mill. Granite. From the Roman Villa of O Canton Grande. La Coruna, Galicia, Spain. Archaeological and History Museum (San Anton Castle). A Coruna, Galicia, Spain

Spain, Cadalso de los Vidrios. Palace of Villena
Spain, Community of Madrid, Cadalso de los Vidrios. Palace of Villena

Spain, Cadalso de los Vidrios. Palace of Villena
Spain, Community of Madrid, Cadalso de los Vidrios. Palace of Villena

Spain, Cadalso de los Vidrios. Palace of Villena
Spain, Community of Madrid, Cadalso de los Vidrios. Palace of Villena

Spain, Cadalso de los Vidrios. Palace of Villena
Spain, Community of Madrid, Cadalso de los Vidrios. Palace of Villena

Trades in Regency England: glass-blowing, colliery and tanning

Albert Statue and Town Church, Guernsey, Channel Islands. Designed by Joseph Durham (1814-1877) and unveiled in 1863, this bronze statue on a granite pedestal overlooks the harbour at St. Peter Port

Cow Goddess Hathor nursing Pharaoh Horemheb
Fragment of a granite statue depicting cow goddess Hathor nursing Pharaoh Horemheb. Reign of Horemheb. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1319-1292 BC. Date: 13th century BC

Egypt Aswan Quarries Victorian period

Aswan Quarry, Egypt, Victorian period

Chteau DOrgueille
This painting provides an aerial view of Mont Orgueil, a castle in Jersey which overlooks Gorey Harbour, and curved row of waterside houses. The castle was constructed in granite, during 1204

Arch of the old cloister of the Santiago Cathedral
Reconstruction of an arch of the old cloister of the Santiago Cathedral. Mid 13th century. Compostela Workshop. Carved granite and remains of polychromy. On deposit from Santiago Cathedral, Galicia

Spain, Extremadura, Caceres. Co-Cathedral of Santa Maria. 12th-16th century. Transitional style Romanesque to Gothic with Renaissance elements. Portada del Evangelio. One of the two Gothic doorways

Djehapimu sarcophagus case. Egypt
Djehapimu sarcophagus case. High Royal official. Late Period. 746-332 BC. Granite. Neues Museum. Berlin. Germany

Statuette of Osiris. Granite. Third Intermediate Period. Eg
Statuette of Osiris wearing crown and royal scepters in their hands. Granite. C. 700 B.C. 25th Dynasty. Third Intermediate Period. Carlsberg Glyptotek Museum. Copenhagen. Denmark

Calvary of Hio. Galicia. Spain
Calvary of Hio. 1872. Carved by Master Cervino. Depicts the Descent from the Cross. Galicia. Spain

Egyptian Art. Sarcophagus of Wennefer. Late Period. Dynasty 30-2nd Persian Period. 380332 B.C. Memphite Region, Saqqara, Egypt. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States

Paris, France - Invalides, Tombeau de Napoleon II, son of Napoleon Bonaparte. Date: circa 1855

1861 Paris France Tombeau Tomb Tombs Napoleon
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Paris, France - Invalides, Tombeau de Napoleon. 1853

French Monument Monuments Coupole Dome Cupola
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Karl Marx monument, Moscow, Russia
The Karl Marx monument in Teatralnaya Square, Moscow, Russia, around the time of its unveiling in 1961. It was carved on the spot from a 200 ton block of granite

New York Post Office, New York City, NY, USA. Date: circa 1910s

Heads of Egyptian gods and goddesses
Statue of the Egyptian goddess Isis in granite from the villa Palombara 1, Egyptian deity in the Kircherian Museum 2, and Egyptian deity found in the Temple of Canopus in Tivoli 3

Statue of an Egyptian priest of the god Averruncus in red oriental granite found in the Gardens of Sallust. Copperplate engraving by G. Bossi after an illustration by A

Village of El Querebya under the Funj Kingdom
Village of El Querebya (El Querebyn) under the Funj Kingdom of Sennar, Sudan

59th (South Staffs) Division Memorial Galmanche
The Division claims to be the first to enter Caen which it did on 9 July The small granite memorial was erected by the villagers of Sainte-Contest

Discoveries in the Great Egyptian pyramid
Discoveries in the Great Egyptian Pyramid - 1 Original casing stone from the north side - 2. Granite ball, 1lb 3oz in weight - 2. Piece of cedar, apparently a measure- 4

Norman doorway, Ullard Church, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Norman-Romanesque doorway, Ullard Church, County Kilkenny, Ireland, dating back to the 12th century. Date: circa 1900s

The Causeway, Victor Harbour, Australia
The Causeway, Victor Harbour, South Australia, showing a horse-drawn tram travelling from Granite Island. Date: circa 1910s

The sculpting of the Titanic Statue designed by Mrs Harry Payne Whitney and Mr John Horrigan, representing the last inspiration of a departing soul

Queen Victoria laying foundation stone, Royal Albert Hall
Queen Victoria laying the red Aberdeen granite foundation stone. Over 7, 000 people gathered under a huge temporary marquee, erected for the occasion, to see Date: 20th May 1867

A fine pattern study of granite cobbled stone sets on an unspecified British sea front. Date: 1950s

The New Court House, St. Johns, Newfoundland
circa 1910s

Nelsons Column (1840-1843). Trafalgar Square. London
Nelsons Column (1840-1843). Designed by William Railton (1800-1877), was built to commemorate Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). Corinthian order and Dartmor granite

The Repaving of the Strand, London 1851
Group of men working to re-pave the road surface in the Strand, London. This image shows the workers using their heavy rammers to level off the surface of granite blocks. Date: 1851

Rubislaw Quarry in Aberdeen 1909
Rubislaw Quarry, located at the Hill of Rubislaw in the west end of the Scottish city of Aberdeen. Date: 1909

Statue-cube of Senenmut and Princess Neferure. Egypt
Egyptian Art. Statue-cube of Senenmut and Princess Neferure. Senenmut was architect and royal chancellor during the reign of Hatshepsut and guardian of her daughter, Neferure

Relief depicting the lion goddess Mehit. Granite. From the Temple of Onuris-Shu at Sebennytos. Reign of Alexander IV. 316-310 BC. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark

The Rosetta Stone. Demotic scripture
The Rosetta Stone. Fragment of a black granite stele with an inscription in different languages A?a?A?a?of a decree of Ptolemy V Epiphanes king. Ptolemaic era. 196 BC. Detail. Demotic scripture

The Rosetta Stone. Fragment of a black granite stele with an inscription in different languages A?a?A?a?of a decree of Ptolemy V Epiphanes king. Ptolemaic era. 196 BC

Head from monumental statue problably from Amenhotep III. Eg
Head from monumental red granite statue of an egyptian king wearing the double crown. Probably Amenhotep III. Around 1390 BC. 18th Dynasty. New Kingdom. From the temple of Mut, Karnak, Thebes

Papyriform column. Egypt
Papyriform column of grey granite. The abacus has the name of King Amenhotep III and the axis shows the name of Merneptah of the 19th Dynasty

KOREA. Seokguram Grotto. Bulguksa Temple. Seated Buddha. 751. White granite statue (3.5 m)

Hornblende-biotite granite
Geological specimen collected by Scotts British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913, also known as the Terra Nova expedition

Statue of pharaoh Nectanebo I
Nectanebo I. Pharaoh of the 30th Dynasty. Granite. Kneeling, holding a offering table. 380-362 BC. Probably from Hermopolis-Baqlieh. National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain

Spain. Segovia. Casa de los Picos. By Pedro Lopez de Ayala, 15th century. Facade. Detail diamond-shaped stones

Low Memorial Library of Columbia University, New York City
Celebrated as an example of purely classical architecture, Low Memorial Library was completed in 1897 and served as the main library until 1934

Columbia University in New York City, USA
View from the south field of the Columbia University, New York City. South Field extends from 114th St. to 116th St. between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue

Ploumanac h, Brttany, France - the Tottering Rocks
The Pink Granite Coast - Ploumanac h, Brttany, France - the Tottering Rocks. Note the trainee Istanbul porter...!!! Date: circa 1910s

Egypt. Pink granite statue of Ramses II (h. 1290-1224 B. C) as
Egyptian Art. Pink granite statue of Ramses II (h.1290-1224 B.C) depicted as an old man. Detail. New Empire. 19th Dynasty. Mit Rahina Open Air Museum. Memphis. Egypt

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