Institute Gallery

Gold, Silver, Lapis and Obsidian in the Splendid Swords of the Kings - The Royal Treasure

Gold, Silver, Lapis and Obsidian in the Splendid Swords of the Kings - The Royal Treasure of Dorak c.3000 BC - report of the finds from the excavations by James Mellaart, Assistant Director, The British Institute of Archaeology, Ankara. A small cemetery consisting of two Royal cist graves and two pithos burials of servants was found high up on a hill slope near the village of Dorak, on the southern shore of Lake Apolyont (Vilayet of Bursa) in North-west Turkey near the Sea of Marmara. Date: 1959

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

Major General Suspring Robert Rice - Royal Engineers

Portrait of Major General Suspring Robert Rice, KCM, GCB, Royal Engineers. This framed drawing contains the General's rank markings and General's cap badge.. Thomas Martine Ronaldson (1881-1942). Ronaldson Exhibited At The Paris Salon, Winning A Silver Medal In 1926; And Also At The Royal Academy, Royal Scottish Academy, Royal Institute Of Oil Painters, Glasgow Institute Of Fine Arts And The London Salon

© David Cohen Fine Art/Mary Evans Picture Library

Vienna, Austria

A sharp-as-you-like photographic postcard of Vienna, Austria - the Donaukanal ("Danube Canal") and The Urania, a public educational institute and observatory. Designed in the Art Nouveau style by architect Max Fabiani and opened in 1910 by Franz Joseph I of Austria. Named after the Muse Urania who represents Astronomy. Date: circa 1950s

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection