Pillar Collection (page 3)

Watch Tower or Barbican in the City Wall, London
Front view of the Watch Tower or Barbican in the City Wall discovered near Ludgate Hill, May 1 1792. Copperplate engraving by John Thomas Smith after original drawings by members of the Society of

Irish gentlemen going to see King George IV in Dublin
Three Irish gentlemen on a one-horse carriage to visit King George IV in Dublin. Captain Grammachree playing Paddy Whack on his Wooden leg-fife to amuse the car party on their journey to meet

The Pool of Bethesda, Jerusalem, 18th century
The Pool of Bethesda in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem, 18th century. Piscina probatica. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Carroci after Giulio Ferrario in his Costumes Ancient

Pillar where Jesus Christs death sentence was posted
Pillar where Jesus Christs death sentence was affixed, Jerusalem 1800s. Colonna su cui fu appesa la Sentenza di morte di Gesu Cristo

Bruzio Visconti meeting the Virtues
Bruzio Visconti or Brizio Visconti, poet and politician, son of Luchino Visconti. Lord of Lodi, d. 1356. Brutius Vicecomes (Bruzio) rides the middle horse between two knights Vigor (Bernabo Visconti)

Extinct bull aurochs, Bos primigenius, with stag and deer. Rappresentazione dell Uro. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Corsi from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient

English tourist sketching the waterfall from Ossian s
English tourist sketching the Black Linn falls of the Braan River from Ossians Hall of Mirrors, Dunkeld, Scotland. A dog attacks its reflection and Dr. Factobend smashes a mirror

Woman in house gown of coral-print silk over a linen petticoat. Aquarium with coral and goldfish. Robe d interieur en soie brochee, ouverte sur un dessous de linon

The At-Meidan racecourse and pillars, Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey, with the Mosque of Sultan Ahmed in the background. Date: 1840

Man dressed as Charles Dickens character Mr Micawber
Studio photo, man dressed as Charles Dickens character Mr Micawber (from David Copperfield). circa 1860

Studio photo, Lieutenant George, Cape Town, South Africa
Studio photo, Lieutenant George (surname not given), Cape Town, South Africa. 1901

Pompeys Pillar and Sphinx, Alexandria, Egypt. The pillar is a Roman triumphal column, erected in 297 AD to commemorate the victory of the Emperor Diocletian over an Alexandrian revolt

Allied Forces Memorial, Golfe de Caen, Normandy
This truncated stone pillar has a simple bas-relief representation of the southern coastline of England and the stretch of beaches where the landings took place

Regina Rifle Regiment Memorial, Courseulles, Normandy
This plaque, which is on a small pillar at the entrance to Juno Beach at Courseulles, carries the Regimental badge with battle honours of WW1 - e.g. Passchendaele, Mount Sorrell, Cambrai and Vimy

Canadian and Belgian Memorials at Juno Beach entrance
Metal plaques placed near the sea are inevitably corroded by the salt air. Those in this stone pillar, at the beach entrance, are no exception

Camden Town fixed engine station, London -- the trains were lowered into and drawn out of Euston by means of ropes. Date: 1838

Pompeys Pillar 1, and the obelisk of Cleopatra 2. Illustration by Ali Bey el Abbassi from his Travels in Morocco, Tripoli, Cyprus, Egypt, Arabia, Syria and Turkey, London 1816

Architecture of the Franks
Inscription on the tomb of King Dagobert I in St. Denis 180, Frankish pillars and arch 181-184, and a Frankish church 185

Lazarillo de Tormes and the blind man bumping into a pillar
Lazarillo de Tormes takes his revenge on the blind beggar by forcing him to bump into a pillar. Church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli in the background

Exterior of the Small Theatre or Odeon, Pompeii VIII. 7. 19
Exterior of the Small Theatre or Odeon, Pompeii VIII.7.19. Columns in the street, and plinth for a statue. Chromolithograph and illustration by S

View of the Basilica, near the west corner of the Forum, Pompeii. Chromolithograph and illustration by S. De Stefano from Antonio Niccolinis Pompeii: Views and Restorations (Pompeii)

House of Ariadne or the House of the Coloured Capitals, VII.4.31/51, Pompeii. Chromolithograph after an illustration by S

Carved pillars in the Thirumalai Nayak Palace, ancient residence of Raja Raja Thirumalai sowri at Madurai, India. Copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Japanese supreme deities, including four-armed god on a pillar on a turtle, serpent god, gods with dog and deer heads, etc

Native American fishing boats in front of New Eddystone Rock, a pillar of basalt in Alaska. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Pompeys Pillar and Cleopatras Needle at the port of Alexandria, Egypt. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples

Elevation and plan of the Temple of Hathor at Dendera (Tentyra) Temple complex. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique

Nilometer on Raudah Island, Cairo, Egypt, with its marble octagonal pillar marked in cubits to measure the water of the Nile

Classical architecture orders: original 1, Tuscan 2, Doric 3, Ionic 4, Corinthian 5 and Roman or Composite 6. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

A deity (Apollo?) with halo and bow leans against a pillar. A young woman with crown of leaves and laurel branch in her left hand sits on a bench

Island Summer house, Ranelagh House, Chelsea, London. 1902

Royal Oak pub, Porchester Road, Bayswater, London
Royal Oak pub, Porchester Road, Bayswater, West London, with Hope Brothers on the right. Date: circa 1905

View of colonnades in El-Merdani Mosque, Cairo, Egypt
View of colonnades in the courtyard of the El-Merdani Mosque (Amir al-Maridani Mosque), Cairo, Egypt, dating back to the 14th century. Date: 1922

City Cross, Winchester, Hampshire. circa 1890

Serpent Column, Hippodrome, Istanbul, Turkey
Serpent Column in the Hippodrome, Istanbul, Turkey. At one time the column had three serpent heads. Made of bronze, the column was built to commemorate the Greeks who fought

Interior view of The Pantheon, Rome, Italy. Date: circa 1900s

North arcade, St Laurence Church, Pittington, Durham
View of the north arcade of St Laurence Church, Pittington, Durham, dating back to around 1100. Date: 1911

Columns of St Peters Basilica, Vatican City, Rome, Italy. Date: circa 1890s

La Alameda de Hercules, Seville, Spain -- a garden square dating back to the 16th century. The statues on the two Roman columns are of Hercules and Julius Caesar. Date: circa 1908

Cheamside, Worcester Park, SW London (Surrey). circa 1910s

Pillars of the Temple of Jupiter, Baalbek, Lebanon
The six golden pillars of the Temple of Jupiter, Baalbek, Lebanon. Date: circa 1940s

London horseguards on horseback in ceremonial uniform. Date: circa 1960s

A rare King Edward VIII pillar box, Lilliput, Dorset, England. He reigned from January - December 1936, when he abdicated to marry divorcee Wallis Simpson. Date: 1936

Young Jockey on a rocking horse posting a letter
D you know that you owe me a letter? I fear you re an awful forgetter, or are you a jockey to boast how often you re passing the post? 1934

Konak Square, Nicosia, Cyprus. circa 1930s

The fascinating ancient iron pillar of Delhi, constructed by a King Chandra
The fascinating ancient iron pillar of Delhi, constructed by a " King Chandra", probably Chandragupta II (reigned c)

Alexandria, Egypt - Pompeys Column and Fort Napoleon (where Napoleon Bonaparte left behind one of his cannons, after his short occupation of Egypt at the end of the eighteenth century)

Osiride pillar of pharaoh Sesostris I. Egypt
Egyptian Art. Osiride pillar of pharaoh Sesostris I, second king of 12th Dynasty. Middle Kingdom. Ruled between 1956 and 1910 BC. Luxor Museum. Egypt

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