Illumination Collection (page 4)

El Capricho from Gaudi. Spain
Spain. Comillas. El Capricho. 1883. Built by Antoni Gaudi, spanish architect. Interior

Military Museum. Belgrade. Serbia
Military Museum. Interior. Belgrade. Serbia

Egypt. Luxor Temple. First Pylon. Night view. New Kingdom. Thebes

Italy. Rome. National Monument of Victor Emmanuel II. Night view. Built between 1885 and 1911 to celebrate the advent of Italian unification in 1870

Lamplighter cleaning an old lamppost. Colored engraving by Bertrand, 1885. Paris. France

1st Elec. Street Light
The first demonstration of public street lighting at the Place de la Concorde, Paris, installed by Deleuil, Archereau and Leon Foucault. Date: December 1844

Paris Street Light / 1844
The first demonstration of public lighting, at the Place de la Concorde, Paris (installed by Messrs Deleuil, Archereau and Leon Foulcault) in December 1844. Date: December 1844

Washington DC, USA - New Illuminated Fountain on Capitol Plaza. Date: 1943

The Empire Cookery Book - Advert for Holophane Lampshades. Date: 1920s

Paris, France - Eglise Saint Augustin. Date: 1869

Firefighters in action, Fanshaw Street, London N1
Firefighters in action with turntable ladders and hosepipes at a building in Fanshaw Street, London N1, 28 February 1956. The fire had gone through the roof before the first appliance arrived

Crowning of a King & Queen in the Liber Regalis
One of the four illuminations in the Liber Regalis, a guide to the Coronation ceremony following the details of the Fourth Recension from the 14th century

Hoover Dam, Nevada, USA
Illuminated Railway and Intake Towers - Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam), Nevada, USA Date: 1939

Leicester Square, London - By Night - Neon Illuminations Date: circa 1920s

Blackpool, Lancashire - Illuminated Butterfly Date: circa 1920s

Blackpool, Lancashire - Illuminated Lifeboat Date: circa 1920s

Blackpool, Lancashire - Illuminated Gondola. Date: circa 1920s

Belgium - Centenary of Quatre Glorieuses in 1930
Photographic Montage postcard centering on The Congress Column in Brussels, Belgium. The card commemoration the centenary of the Quatre Glorieuses - the 4 days of revolution which overthrew

NY Fair - Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Exhibit
New York Worlds Fair 1939 - Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Exhibit Building Date: 1939

Esplanade and Gardens, Ryde, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England - seen by night Date: circa 1930s

LCC-LFB Clerkenwells emergency tender
Emergency tender belonging to Clerkenwell fire station. The ET was primarily a means of providing firefighters with breathing apparatus and illumination at incidents

Diamond Jubilee lights advertisement
An advertisement for Diamond Jubilee illuminations produced by Clarkes Pyramid and Fairy Light Company Ltd, based in Cricklewood, North West London

Royal Gardens, Vauxhall... grand illumination gala of 45, 400 lamps!! and day and night fete. Mr. Green will ascend, for the 283rd time, in his balloon

Night illumination Grand Court. Date c1898

Peace illuminations at the Royal Exchange, London
The peace illuminations at the Royal Exchange, London, celebrating the end of the war in the Crimea. Words are illuminated on the front of the building, reading

Peace illuminations at Waterloo Place, London
The peace illuminations at Waterloo Place, London, in celebration of the end of the Crimean War. Date: 1856

Peace illuminations at the National Gallery
The peace illuminations at the National Gallery, in Trafalgar Square, to celebrate the end of the Crimean War. Date: 1856

ICE CAVERN
Ice cavern discovered by Shackletons Antarctic expedition : the size is indicated by the two hurricane lamps whose illumination made the photograph possible. Date: circa 1907

Court of Fountains - Coney Island
Court of Fountains, Luna Park - Coney Island, New York Date: circa 1910s

Electricity Exhib. Paris
Electrical exhibition - this is Room 15, demonstrating the electrical systems of J.Jaspar of Liege. Date: 1881

An oil field at night - Middle East
A view across an oil field at night with fires and explosions of light illuminating the scene - definitely in the Middle East, likely to be in Iran or Iraq

Electric Lighting at Alexandra Palace Lakes, 1880
Engraving showing a large crowd of Victorian holiday-makers enjoying the illumination of the Alexandra Palace lakes, London, by electric light, 1880. Date: 21 August 1880

The Illumination of Edinburgh Old Town to celebrate the Marr
Engraving showing the illumination of the Old Town, Edinburgh, 23rd January 1874. This grand display was to celebrate the marriage of the Duke of Edinburgh, second son of Queen Victoria

St Mark / Evangelist / Codex
SAINT MARK THE EVANGELIST Saint Mark shown writing his gospel with his symbol the lion in the pannel above

Paris Exhib. / Chateau Eau
The fountains outside the Palace of Electricity illuminated at night

Manuscript depicting the visit of the Three Kings
Page from an illuminated manuscript, Leben der Maria, by the Bavarian priest Wernher (c 1170), depicting the visit of the Three Kings to the newly born Christ child. Date: 12th century

Page from a religious manuscript in Latin
An illuminated page from a religious manuscript written in Latin

Ms - Book of Hours
Illumination from an Italian Book of Hours

Ms - Cii Illumination
Page from an English psalter

Electric Light Comes
Coming events cast their shadows before - and none more so than the electric light, which promises to make all other forms of illumination obsolete

ROMAN LAMP
In a well-to-do Roman household, oil lamps provide the illumination

Observing Sea Depths
Observation of the Sea-Bed from Transparent-Bottomed Boats, Using Atom-Ray Illumination

Electric Street Lights
By the start of the 20th century, electricity has become the standard form of street illumination

Oil Lamps C19
By the middle of the 19th century, oil lamps are the standard form of illumination in middle-class homes

Page from Gutenbergs first Bible
A page from Gutenbergs first Bible, which contained 42 pages

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