Monument Collection (#61)

Pyramids and Sphinx, Egypt. Date: circa 1870

Place des Consuls, Alexandria, Egypt. Date: circa 1870

Stepped pyramid, Djoser, Egypt. Date: circa 1870

Pyramid of Saqqara, Egypt. Date: 1857

Obelisk, Hippodrome, Istanbul, Turkey
Obelisk in the Hippodrome, Istanbul, Turkey. Date: circa 1870

Sphinx and pyramid, Egypt. Date: circa 1870

Cleopatras Needle in silhouette
Cleopatras Needle situated on the Victoria Embankment, London, watched over by the sphinx. The artist describes it rather poignantly as That Sad Stone. Date: 1926

The Royal Air Force Memorial in silhouette
The Royal Air Force memorial, on the Embankment, London, captured in silhouette. Built in 1923, it is situated on the Victoria Embankment close to Cleopatras Needle

Great Eastern entering Holyhead harbour, 1859
The Great Eastern steam ship arriving at Holyhead, 1859. Captain MacGregor Skinners monument can be seen in the foreground. Date: 1859

View of Bordeaux, location of French government, WW1
View of Bordeaux, where the French government relocated in the early days of the First World War. Seen here are the Place de la Comedie and Rue 30 Juillet. Date: 1914

American War Memorial, Gibraltar
American War Memorial (Naval Monument), Gibraltar, relating to the First World War, dedicated in 1937. Date: circa 1930s

People on the road near Stonehenge, Wiltshire. Date: 1928

Aerial view of Charing Cross, London
Aerial view of the Charing Cross area of Central London, as it looked in the early 17th century. Date: 1620

Chocolate box design, village scene with monument
Chocolate box design, featuring a village street scene with a monument in the foreground. Date: 20th century

Dirleton Castle, East Lothian, Scotland. It is a medieval fortress dating back to the 13th century

Fort Agra in India, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Date: C.1914

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

The supposed tomb of Hiram I, King of Tyre (c.969-936 BC). According to the bible he had a close relationship with David, and aided Solomon in the building of his temple. Date: circa 1910s

Metropolitan Police centenary celebrations, Hyde Park
Scene at the Metropolitan Police centenary celebrations, showing police officers in their uniforms marching past the Wellington Arch into Hyde Park, Central London

Craiova - The Independence Monument
Craiova, Romania - The Independence Monument, the work of sculptor Dumitru Pavelescu-Dimo (1870-1944). Unveiled on 21st May 1913

Fish Street Hill
The Monument, commemorating the Great Fire of 1666, stands on the right. Date: 1807

Mexico Santiago Guat
Massive monument at Santiago Guatusco (note the size of the people seated on it !) Date: 1855

Mexico Archeology
Transporting a massive monument, known as The Goddess of Water. Date: 1890

South Africa / Nhedell
A fine overview of Nhedell, South Africa. Date: 1960s

The City of Lonodn
The City of London, viewed from the top of the Monument. Date: 1960s

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

Kutab Minar, and the ruins, India
The Kutab Minar, an Islamic monument erected in the 13th century. Date: 1903

Qutb complex, The Kutab The Great Central Arch, India
Qutb complex, decorative archway, built to honor the Sufi saint Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki. Date: 1903

Wesley Monument
Monument to JOHN and CHARLES WESLEY in the nave of Westminster Abbey, London. Date: 1703 - 1791

Mistral Photo
FREDERIC MISTRAL French provencal poet, here with relatives and dogs in 1906 when he has become a national monument. Date: 1830-1914

Shelley Monument
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY monument : he died by drowning in a storm off the coast of Italy. Date: 1792 - 1822

Shakespeare Monument
Memorial to Shakespeare in the chancel of Holy Trinity Church, Stratford on Avon, donated by American visitors. Date: 1564 - 1616

Lucy Monument Charlecote
The tomb of sir Thomas Lucy, in the chapel of Charlecote church, associated with Shakeapeare. Date: 1564 - 1616

Schwarz Monument
A statue of BERTHOLD SCHWARZ is erected in the market-place of Freiburg, in Baden. Date: FL 1340

Diaz Monument
BARTHOLOMEW DIAZ Monument to the Portuguese explorer, the first European to see the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Town, South Africa. Date: 1450 (?) - 1500

De Lesseps Statue
Monument to Ferdinand de LESSEPS at the entrance to the Suez Canal at Port Said, Egypt. Date: 1899

Leonardo Monument Milano
Monument to LEONARDO in Milano. Date: 16TH CENTURY

Dr Johnson Monument
Dr SAMUEL JOHNSON - monument in the classical manner ! Date: 1709-1784

Sir Edward Hungerford
SIR EDWARD HUNGERFORD statesman, creator of Hungerford Market, near Charing Cross, London. His monument and coat of arms. Date: 1632 - 1711

Johann Hevel - 3
JOHANN HEVEL, known as HEVELIUS The monument to the German- Polish astronomer at Danzig. Date: 1611 - 1687

Scottish American War Memorial, West Princes Street Gardens
Scottish American War Memorial (1927), West Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh - The Spirit of 1914. The Sculptor was Robert Tait McKenzie (1867-1938). Date: circa 1940

Chania, Crete, Greece - Turkish Tomb
Chania, Crete, Greece - Elegant Turkish Tomb with twin domes. Date: circa 1906

V Beach Cemetery - near Cape Helles, Gallipoli, Turkey
V Beach Cemetery in 1925 - a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery located near Cape Helles, Gallipoli, Turkey. The cemetery was brought into use shortly after the landing at Cape Helles at

Valparaiso, Chile - Christmas Greetings card - The Arco Britanico (Spanish for British Arch) - a monument located in the Avenida Brasil, in Valparaiso, Chile

Man with Game Cocks - Stone Sails - Guadalupe, Mexico
Inset photograph of a man carrying Game Cocks and the Stone Sails Monument (in the grounds of the Basilica de Santa Maria de Guadalupe) - Guadalupe, Mexico. Date: circa 1910s

Seoul, Korea - Namdaemun (Sungnyemun) Gate
Namdaemun, officially known as the Sungnyemun - one of the Eight Gates in the Fortress Wall of Seoul, South Korea, which surrounded the city in the Joseon Dynasty. Date: 1930s

Florence Nightingale Monument, Waterloo Place, Westminster
The Florence Nightingale Monument, Waterloo Place, Westminster, London (just off The Mall) - erected in memory of the famous Crimean War nurse, known as the Lady of the Lamp

Shanghai, China - Bund, Palace Hotel, German Club and Iltis Monument (Memorial to German sailors who went down on on the Cruiser Iltis. Date: circa 1909

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