Imposing Collection

Scotland / Craigmillar
The imposing 14th century keep of Caigmillar Castle. In 1477 James III imprisoned his brother John, Earl of Mar, in one of its cellars

England / Weobley
Weobley, a beautiful Herefordshire market town of old half-timbered houses, mellowed by age and clustering round an imposing 14th century church. Date: 1950s

Typesetter at work
A compositor at a the Lund Humphries print works places a small type glyph on a forme rack, finishing a page of imposing surface text prior to inking and printing. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Bleak House, Broadstairs, Kent, England. This building has great literary associations, for it was here that Charles Dickens lived and wrote " David Copperfield" etc

Knole / Green Court West
Imposing mediaeval, Kentish ragstone house, home of the Sackville family from the 16th century. This view shows the Green Court with its magnificent gatehouse

Imperial College of Science and Technology, South Kensington. It was established in 1907 in Londons scientific and cultural heartland in South Kensington, as a merger of the Royal College of Science

Eglise de la Madeleine, Paris, France. Date: late 19th century

Premier Hotel, Southampton Row, Russell Square, London
Premier Hotel, 150 Southampton Row, Russell Square, Bloomsbury, London - now called New Premier House. Date: circa 1914

Wells Cathedral, Somerset, England, was begun between 1183 and 1192 and was completed in 1260. Date: 12th - 13th century

Union Workhouse, Hertford
A view of Hertford Union workhouse, Hertfordshire, opened in around 1869 on Ware Road, Hertford. The imposing three-storey building has a clock tower at its centre

Abano Terme, Italy - Imposing entrace to the Ancient Springs
Abano Terme is a spa town and commune in the province of Padua, in the Veneto region, Italy, on the eastern slope of the Colli Euganei

Paris, France - Palais de Justice - Main Entrance Date: circa 1910s

London / Monmouth House
Soho Square : the duke of Monmouths imposing town house which endured several changes of fortune before being demolished in 1773

Tissington Spires - This imposing rock formation is one of many on the beautiful trail through Dovedale in the English Peak District National Park in Derbyshire. Date: 1908

Otter Hounds
The Otterhound is a rough-coated hound with an imposing head, originally bred for hunting. It has great strength and a strong body with long striding steps

Galleon
An illustration of a large, imposing galleon ship, sailing through the ocean waters, with sunrays beaming behind. Date: circa 1917

KING ALFRED, WINCHESTER
An imposing statue of King Alfred at Winchester, Hants. The work of Hamo Thornycroft, it was erected in 1901 to commemorate the millenary (1899) of King Alfred's death. Date: 849 - 899

The imposing massif of Les Monts-Dores, in the Auvergne region of central France - hopefully now extinct. Date: circa 1870

New City Hall and County Building, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Date: circa 1915

Weobley, a beautiful Herefordshire market town of old half-timbered houses, mellowed by age and clustering round an imposing 14th century church. Date: 1950s

The Neo Gothic gatehouse of Goodrich Court, Wye Valley, Herefordshire, built in an imposing medieval style, but actually early 19th century. Date: built 1830

CHATEAU AT BLOIS / FRANCE
The Chateau at Blois. Date: circa 1830

New York Telephone Co. Building, New York City, USA
The imposing bulk of the Verizon Building previously known as the Barclay-Vesey Building and the New York Telephone Company Building, NYC, USA

Samarkand, Uzbekistan - The Registan - Ulugh Beg Madrasa, built during the Timurid Empire era of TimurTamerlane, with an imposing iwan with a lancet-arch pishtaq or portal facing the square

Buddhist Deity Tamonten - Todaiji Temple, Nara, Japan
Wooden statue Tamonten (Virupakcha) - King of the North, Lord Who Hears All - a Hindu deity incorporated into Buddhism.one of the Four Heavenly Kings at The Great Buddha Hall

Manchester Street / 1950S
Figures hurry by the imposing form of an old school building in Manchester; the corner shop is covered with adverts for Lyons Tea and confectionery Date: circa 1955

Victoria Memorial, Kolkata, India
The Victoria Memorial in Kolkata (Calcutta), India. It was built between 1906 and 1921 as a memorial to Queen Victoria of Great Britain and Empress of India. The building is now a museum

Jahaz Mahal - Mandu
A panoramic view of the Jahaz Mahal (Ship Palace) at Mandu, Madhya Pradesh Province, India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Earls Palace, Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland - The West Front Date: circa 1940s

Votes for Women Jerusalem
Cover of Votes for Women featuring the infant Christ, Maryand Joseph protected by an imposing female figure. Lines from Blakes Jerusalem and an Arts and Crafts feel to theillustration by Ethel F

German dummy tanks on parade, 1932
German tanks on parade: an imposing Reichswehr display. The tanks are dummies made of sheet iron and pasteboard fitted over motor cars, used for training purposes. 1932

The Lord Mayor of Londons Coachman driving his carriage
The Lord Mayor of Londons Coachman driving his imposing carriage. Date: circa 1910s

South Gates, Kings Lynn, Norfolk. Date: 1915

Lion by Landseer, Nelsons Column, Trafalgar Square, London Date: circa 1910s

Legislative Palace, Montevideo, Uruguay, South America
Legislative Palace (parliament building), Avenida 18 de Julio, Montevideo, Uruguay, South America, completed in 1925. circa 1929

Boat Trip around Bishop Rock Lighthouse, Isle of Scilly
People on a boat trip to the Bishop Rock Lighthouse. Bishop Rock is a small rock at the westernmost tip of the Isles of Scilly. It is the smallest island in the world to have a building on it

Castle on Chapultepec Hill, Mexico City
An imposing castle on Chapultepec Hill, near Mexico City. The hill was once the site of the palace of the Aztec kings. The castle was built by a Spanish viceroy in 1785. Date: circa 1895

Hotel Coronado, San Diego, California, USA
Horses and carriages wait outside the imposing Hotel Coronado in San Diego, California. Date: circa 1895

Newport Guildhall
The imposing Guildhall building at Newport, Isle of Wight, England. Date: 1950s

Foscari Palace - Grand Canal, Venice, Italy
Ca Foscari, the palace of the Foscari family, situated on the waterfront of the Grand Canal in the Dorsoduro sestieri of Venice, Italy

WW2 poster, Every Rivet a Bullet -- Speed the Ships. Showing a newly constructed ship on the slipway ready for launching. Date: 1941

Hatworks employee at Battersbys factory identified by the photographer as Christopher Tipping, smartly turned out but with a less imposing backdrop. Date: 1902

Hertford Workhouse
A view of Hertford Union workhouse, opened in around 1869 on Ware Road, Hertford. The imposing three-storey building has a clock tower at its centre. Date: Circa 1912

Napoleon & Revolution
The youthful Napoleon sees for himself the excesses of the Revolution, and realises the necessity for re-imposing order in France. Date: circa 1789

The South Gate - Kings Lynn, Norfolk Date: circa 1905

Hereford Cathedral, Hereford
Hereford Cathedral from the north-west - Hereford, Herefordshire, England. Date: circa 1930s

Japan - Great statue of Buddha Daibutsu at Kamakura Date: circa 1910s

China - Shanghai - The Masonic Club Date: circa 1910s

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