Inscription Collection (page 11)

Aqueduct of Aqua Virgo
Reconstruction of the aqueduct of Aqua Virgo Date: circa 1902

Erasmus / Holbein / Gillot
DESIDERIUS ERASMUS Dutch humanist Date: 1466 - 1536

Doorway of the Beguinage, Diest, Belgium
Doorway of the Beguinage, a community of lay religious women in Diest, Belgium, dating back to the 17th century. Date: circa 1910

Cross-shaped Christmas card with flowers and Latin inscription in gothic style lettering -- Gloria in excelsis Deo et in terra pax (Glory to God in the highest and peace on earth). Date: circa 1890s

Quiller-Couch memorial pillar, Fowey, Cornwall
Granite memorial pillar to Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863-1944), Cornishman, writer and scholar, at Penleath Point, Fowey, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

St Peter and St Paul Chapel dedicated to peace
St Peter and St Paul timber-built chapel -- the Latin inscription over the door mentions London and Westminster, and states that the chapel is dedicated to peace in Britain. Date: circa 1910

Inscription by Cecil Aldin, Dogs of Character
Inscription by Cecil Aldin in Dogs of Character: " To Jessie, from Mickey & Cracker in grateful memory of all the lovely dinners she has made for them Dec 11 1928" (signed) Date: 1927

Guynemer memorial, Poelcapelle, Belgium
Village square, Poelcapelle, Belgium, with the memorial to the French fighter pilot Georges Guynemer who was lost in 1917. Date: circa 1920s

Sphere cover cutting inscription on tomb of unknown warrior
Cutting the inscription on the grave of the unknown warrior in Westminster Abbey after the nave of the Abbey was closed to the public after six days of queues passing through to pay their respects

Memorial stone, Quaboag, West Brookfield, Mass, USA
Memorial stone (Indian Rock) at Quaboag Plantation, West Brookfield, Mass, USA, where a siege took place by Native American (Nipmuc) Indians against English settlers. Date: circa 1907

Scots American War Memorial, Edinburgh, Scotland
Scots (Scottish) American War Memorial, Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland, erected in 1927. At the centre is a kilted infrantyman looking towards Castle Rock

Inscription Rock
Insscription left by R. H. Orton, Captain in 1st Us Cavalry, 1866 Adjutant General of California after the Civil War. Inscription Rock near El Morro, New Mexico

SPAIN. Barcelona. Parc del Laberint d Horta ( Labyrinth s
SPAIN. Barcelona. Parc del Laberint d Horta ( Labyrinths Park in Horta, Barcelona, Spain). Detail of the Pavilion of the nine Muses with the inscription Artis Naturaque Parit Concordia Pulchrum

Virtues win to Vices. Prophet Isaiah
Crucifixion and Virtues win the battle to Vices. ca. 1510. Cloth number 7 of the series known as Redemption of Man or Vices and Virtues

LORRIS, Guillaume. Roman de la Rose
The Romance of the Rose. s.XIV. The young lover, redeemer of the garden of delight, reaches a source and finds an inscription saying that there brother Narcissus died. Gothic art. Miniature Painting

Archway in a large stone wall
Hand coloured. Photograph of an archway in a large stone wall with an Arabic inscription on the top of the arch. There are people walking around it, some wearing burqas and holding umbrellas

Rome, Italy - St Peters - Statue of Pope Gregory XIII
Black and white. Large marble statue depicting a man (Pope Gregory 13, according to statues inscription) with two women beside him.. Part of Box 196, Rome, Boswell Collection. Slide number 37

Rome, Italy - Fontana Paolino
Hand coloured. Large decorative fountain with five arches. Above the arches on a stone wall there is a Latin inscription.. Part of Box 196, Rome, Boswell Collection. Slide number 32. Date: circa 1890s

Rome, Italy - Arch of Titus
Hand coloured. Standalone stone arch with Latin inscription on the top.. Part of Box 196, Rome, Boswell Collection. Slide number 34. Date: circa 1890s

Suffragette Black Cat Ceramic
A figure of a black cat, wearing a large green ribbon around its neck, with the inscription, I Want my Vote Date: circa 1910

Suffragette Votes for Women Bell Ceramic
A green glazed earthenware figure of a rather unattractive female in a bonnet and ribbon bow. The figure is actually a bell with pottery ringer inside

Suffragette Votes for Women Tobacco Jar
A porcelain bust, hand-painted of a woman wearing a black hat with purple, white and green ribbon. Over her left shoulder is a sash, also in the colours of the W.S.P.U

Suffragette Give Me a Vote Ceramic
A wild-eyed suffragette dressed in the colours of the W.S.P.U - purple, white and green, waves a flag which reads, I Want a Vote

Sphere cover - Allied soldiers in Macedonia by Matania
Front cover illustration by Fortunino Matania showing a group of Allied soldiers in Macedonai surveying a monument bearing an inscription in Bulgarian placed by General Mackensen beside a road built

Decorated totem pole, Ketchikan, Alaska, USA
Decorated totem pole in Ketchikan, Alaska, USA. Date: circa 1910s

German postcard with stone inscription
German postcard with a gymnast carving an inscription into stone: Frisch Fromm Frohlich Frei, meaning fresh, pious, happy and free. Date: circa 1920s

A coal-scuttle made from two types of shell cases (one a 2 pounder) and a naval button with the engraved inscription - HMS Maenad, Jutland, 31st May 1916. HMS Maenad was a Moon (M) class destroyer

Tobacco jar made from a 4 5 Howitzer shell case
Tobacco jar made from a 4.5 Howitzer shell case, dated 1915, with a matching lid. The base has copper handles and a copper inscription which reads Tobacco decorated with copper oak leaves

German other ranks belt buckle of 105th Saxon Regiment
An extremely rare German other ranks belt buckle of the 105th Saxon Regiment (stamped under base) with the inscription - PROVIDENTIAE MEMOR. Made into the lid of a brass hinged box. Trench Art

85 mm German engraved artillery shell case - Bezalel School
77 mm. German artillery shell case engraved at the Bezalel School in Jerusalem. Engraved brass with silver and copper damascene work including five branched lamp and floral patterns

King George V examining memorials on the battlefield
King George V visiting the British lines on the Western front and reading the inscription on a memorial to a fallen soldier. The Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII) is in the background. Date: 1914

Laying the foundation stone, Baden Powell House, London
Scene during the laying of the foundation stone for the new Baden Powell House in Queens Gate, South Kensington, London. The site was acquired in 1956, and Ralph Tubbs was appointed architect

Trowel, Baden Powell House, South Kensington, London
The trowel used by Lady Olave Baden Powell in 1959 when she laid the foundation stone for the new Baden Powell House in Queens Gate, South Kensington, London

Archway at Macau, China. Date: circa 1890

Memorial stone, sea wall, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland
Memorial stone forming part of the sea wall at Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, dated 1922-1923. The sea wall and esplanade were constructed by the Corporation of Kirkcaldy during a period of trade

Standing stone with Chinese inscription
A large standing stone in China, with an inscription in Chinese characters; possibly a monument of some kind. Date: C.1911

Leopold II, Margrave of Austria from 1075. Date: c 1055-1096

Cyclist in Plus Fours
A cyclist wearing plus fours, stops to read the inscription on the sundial monument to daylight saving campaigner William Willet, Petts Wood, Chislehurst, Kent, England. Date: 1939

Gerard Peters
GERARD PETERS Dutch artist Date: 1580 - 1626

China - The Great Wall with inscription Date: circa 1910s

Turkey - Ephesus - Roman Relief Carving to Augustus Caesar
Part of a triumphal inscription dedicated to Augustus Caesar (63 BC14 AD), the founder of the Roman Empire and its first Emperor

Rufus Stone, New Forest, Hampshire
The Rufus Stone, New Forest, Hampshire, England, marking the spot where King William II ( Rufus ) (1056-1100) was killed by Sir Walter Tyrrell, deliberately or by accident, whilst hunting

Bermuda - The Grave of Sir George Somers - St George s
Bermuda, a Brtish Overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean - The Grave of Sir George Somers (15541610), an English naval hero - at St George s

Stone Talent weight of 3000 shekels
Found near the temple of Jerusalem, this stone weight of the peiod of King David was the equivalent of the weight of a silver talent of 3000 shekels

Tomb of Dr. Rudolf von Willemoes-Suhm (1847-1875)
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Inscriptions. Easter Island
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Grave of Thomas Bush, A. B. Falkland Islands
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Funerary stele. 1st-2nd century BC. Boar hunting scene and epigraphical inscription at the bottom. Roman art. Relief on rock. SPAIN. Burgos. Provincial Archaeological Museum. Proc: SPAIN. BURGOS

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