Pillars Collection (page 17)

Gold Mine in Brazil. The Morro Velho Mine - Stoping Section
Engraving of a cross section of mine workings showing shafts, water wheel, pillars of lode stone and the sump shaft

The Cape of Pillars, Crown Prince Rudolf Land, 1875
Engraving showing the Cape of Pillars, on the coast of Crown Prince Rudolf Land, as seen by the Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition of 1872-1874

Egypt / Philae / Flooded
The ruins of the Egyptian temple on Philae Island under the waters of the swollen Nile

Samson Pulls down Temple
Samson pulls down the pillars of the Temple

Luxor Temple Columns
The distinctive shape of the columns of the Temple at Luxor. This view shows evidence of the later re-use of the site in the apse of a Christian Church at the rear

Luxor / Lotus Columns
Luxor Temple - Lotus Flower pillars, testament to the grandiose design of Egyptian religious buildings of this period

Luxor Columns (Shadows)
The papyriform pillars (shaped in the form of the papyrus plant) with dramatic shadows in the evening light

Luxor Temple Courtyard
Luxor Temple; courtyard surrounded by pillars and statues of Rameses II. The two tourists give a good idea of the immense scale of the carved figures

Compton Martin Church
The south aisle of Compton Martin Church, one of the oldest Norman buildings in Somerset. Note the beautiful pillar with a fluted shaft

Bank of Ireland / Dublin
The impressive facade of the Bank of Ireland building in Dublin

Hypostyle Hall
The Papyrus pillars of the Great HYPOSTYLE HALL, at sunset. Begun in the reign of Rameses I and completed in the reign of Rameses II, Karnak Thebes (modern Luxor), Egypt

West Palace Wing / Knossos
A restored view of a section of the West Palace Wing. The picture shows the columns, shrines and stepped porch

Neros Golden Palace
Reconstruction of the reservoir at the Golden Palace of Nero in Rome

Midland Hotel / Liverpool
The New Midland Adelphi Hotel in Liverpool The Hypostyle Hall

New York Life Insurance Company, New York, USA
Scene inside the principal office of the New York Life Insurance Company, 346-348 Broadway, New York, USA

Napoleon / Valence
Napoleon during his later service in Valence. The young lieutenant has just traced out a fortification on the ground with his walking stick

Examining Leaning Tower
A visitor examines one of the cracked pillars of the Leaning Tower of Pisa which has been bound with steel

Edfu Temple / Egypt / C. 1800
The remains of the Temple at Edfu (known to early travellers as Apollinopolis Magna)

Mausoleum / Halicarnassus
A massive memorial to King Maussollus of Caria built at Halicarnassus (present-day Bodrum). Completed in 350 BC, the mausoleums stones were re-used in a crusader castle

Banh-Yong / Cambodia
Four-faced pillars at Banh- yong, each with a different aspect of Buddha

Myth / Tibet / Glass Pillars
STORY OF ROOM, BACHA & BAKI The glass pillars dance for the ogre, except the one where Baki is hiding

Herakles & Pillars
Herakles with the Pillars of Hercules which he set up on either coast of the Straits of Gibraltar when he went to steal the Cattle of Geryon

Clarendon Building
The Clarendon Building in Oxford, Oxon. It was built for the University Press between 1711 and 1715, but has now become part of the Bodleian Library

Colusseum / Reconstruction
Reconstruction of the Colosseum

Roman Senate refuses to ransom prisoners
SECOND PUNIC WAR: The Roman Senate refuses to ransom prisoners taken by the enemy in battle, because to do so would not be honourable, and to pay so many ransoms would be very costly

Rowland Hill preaching in Surrey Chapel, London
Rowland Hill (1744-1833), nonconformist leader and evangelical, preaching to a large congregation in the Surrey Chapel, Blackfriars Road, London

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