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Plaster Collection

Background imagePlaster Collection: Minoan art. Crete. Prince of the Lilies

Minoan art. Crete. Prince of the Lilies. Dated circa 1550 BC. Brings the Minoan belt and headdress made A?a?A?a?of lilies and peacock feathers. Fresco from the palace of Knossos

Background imagePlaster Collection: Sparrowes House, or The Ancient House, Ipswich, Suffolk

Sparrowes House, or The Ancient House, Ipswich, Suffolk, is an architectural gem, built in 1567 by George Copping. It has four oriel windows and even the gabled windows have cupids Date: circa 1901

Background imagePlaster Collection: Dalis Studio

Dalis Studio
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) is photographed here with an enlarged photograph of a sea-urchin, suggesting a surrealist pattern to come - in the left foreground

Background imagePlaster Collection: First aid hamper supplied by St Johns Ambulance

First aid hamper supplied by St Johns Ambulance
A large first aid hamper (ie first aid kit) for ambulance station and railway purposes, supplied by St Johns Ambulance Association

Background imagePlaster Collection: View of part of Duke Street, West Smithfield, 1807

View of part of Duke Street, West Smithfield, 1807
View of part of Duke Street, formerly Duck Lane, West Smithfield, 1807. Tudor timber houses of oak, chestnut and plaster. Man on a ladder lighting a gas lantern

Background imagePlaster Collection: Tudor houses on the corner of Chancery Lane

Tudor houses on the corner of Chancery Lane, Fleet Street, 1789. External specimen of the Grotesque Bracketed Front and Projecting Stories of the reign of Edward VI. Demolished 1799

Background imagePlaster Collection: Plaster cast in Pompeii Museum, Pompeii, Italy

Plaster cast in Pompeii Museum, Pompeii, Italy, Victorian period

Background imagePlaster Collection: House In The Channel Islands, The Hall

House In The Channel Islands, The Hall
A photograph of the hall to a house in the Channel Islands. The panelling and staircase are of oak, the plaster ceiling is bordered with enriched coving. Date: circa 1903

Background imagePlaster Collection: J. S. Henry Ltd Fireplace and Surrounds

J. S. Henry Ltd Fireplace and Surrounds
A photograph of a fireplace surrounded by decorative examples of Carton-Pierre and fibrous plaster enrichments by J. S. Henry Ltd. A magnificent mirror with an ornate frame sits on the mantelpiece

Background imagePlaster Collection: Interior of old Church, Bonchurch, Isle of Wight

Interior of old Church, Bonchurch, Isle of Wight Date: 1918

Background imagePlaster Collection: Rowley Hall Music Room

Rowley Hall Music Room
An illustration showing one end of the music salon of Rowley Hall, Staffordshire. The main feature of this end of the room is the organ

Background imagePlaster Collection: Fresco depicting an archangel with sword

Fresco depicting an archangel with sword. Detail. Porch of the southern entrance. Cathedral of Faras. 12th-13th centuries. Faras Gallery. National Museum. Warsaw. Poland. Date: 2018

Background imagePlaster Collection: Antropomorphic head. Head of the sacrificed. Palenque

Antropomorphic head. Head of the sacrificed. Palenque
Antropomorphic head. Head of the sacrificed. Drawn on the VIII sheet of the Excavation Memory. It was collected in 1787 by captain Antonio del Rio in Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico. Maya culture

Background imagePlaster Collection: Fragment of relief. It depicts the leg of the priest

Fragment of relief. It depicts the leg of the priest, wearing sandal. Drawn on the XI sheet of the Excavation Memory, was collected in 1787 by captain Antonio del Rio in Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico

Background imagePlaster Collection: William Morris Hughes Sculpture

William Morris Hughes Sculpture
A photograph showing a side profile view of a plaster sculpture of William Morris Hughes, Australian Prime Minister between 1915 and 1923, leading the country during World War 1. Date: circa 1925

Background imagePlaster Collection: Noyes Bros Advertisement

Noyes Bros Advertisement
An advertisement for Noyes Bros Ltd, providers of interior panelling, specifically promoting Gypsboard fibrous plaster sheets. The photo shows a fully furnished interior of a home. Date: circa 1924

Background imagePlaster Collection: St Agnes Place, Camberwell, south east London

St Agnes Place, Camberwell, south east London
A terrace of houses in St Agnes Place, Camberwell, south east London, boarded up prior to demolition by Lambeth Council after the eviction of squatters, 19 January 1977

Background imagePlaster Collection: Graffitti on front door, Lambeth, South London

Graffitti on front door, Lambeth, South London
Graffitti on a front door in Lambeth, South London: This house was vandalized by Lambeth Council 4/10/76. Possibly a parting gesture from squatters who had been living there. Date: 1976

Background imagePlaster Collection: Funerary monuments in display window

Funerary monuments in display window of undertaker shop in the late 1930s showing monuments for private mortuary chapels and for inexpensive funerals. Date: 1930s

Background imagePlaster Collection: Lord Thomas Darcys monument in St. Botolph s

Lord Thomas Darcys monument in St. Botolph s
Lord Darcies monument in St. Botolphs church, Aldgate. Lord Thomas Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy, depicted wrapped in a shroud. Copperplate engraving by John Thomas Smith after original drawings by members

Background imagePlaster Collection: Plaster decoration at the New Oxford Theatre

Plaster decoration at the New Oxford Theatre
A workman seen high up in the roof of the New Oxford Theatre in the process of erecting plaster decoration from Messrs. White Allom for Charles B. Cochran

Background imagePlaster Collection: Gabled houses from the Interregnum (1650s)

Gabled houses from the Interregnum (1650s) on Winchester Street, London Wall, 1804. Characters on the right pavement include Professor of Languages Count John Theodora de Verdion with umbrella

Background imagePlaster Collection: Interregnum timber and plaster houses on Long

Interregnum timber and plaster houses on Long
Old timber and plaster houses from the Interregnum (1650s) on the north side of Long Lane, Smithfield, 1810. Inhabited by soft wood turners

Background imagePlaster Collection: Stuart Houses in the Foliated Style

Stuart Houses in the Foliated Style
Stuart Houses from the reign of King Charles I in the Foliated Style on the west side of Little Moorfields, 1810. Oak timber house with plaster foliage

Background imagePlaster Collection: Foliage Style houses on London Wall street, 1808

Foliage Style houses on London Wall street, 1808
Stuart Houses from the reign of King Charles I in the Foliated Style on the south side of London Wall street, 1808. Oak timber house with plaster foliage

Background imagePlaster Collection: Old Stuart houses at the south corner of Hosier

Old Stuart houses at the south corner of Hosier
Old Stuart houses from the reign of King James I at the south corner of Hosier Lane, Smithfield, 1795. External specimen of the Plain Gable Style. Demolished 1809

Background imagePlaster Collection: Room on the first floor of Sir Paul Pindar s

Room on the first floor of Sir Paul Pindar s
Room on the first floor of Sir Paul Pindars house, Bishopsgate Street, 1810. Wood panel walls, stone chimney piece and plaster ceiling and cornices

Background imagePlaster Collection: Upper room in a Tudor mansion on Hart Street

Upper room in a Tudor mansion on Hart Street
Upper apartment in a magnificent Tudor mansion standing on Hart Street, Crutched Friars, 1792. Internal specimen of the Decorated Style with oak panels and plaster ceiling and cornices, 16th century

Background imagePlaster Collection: Plaster cast of a womans body from the Via

Plaster cast of a womans body from the Via Stabiana now in the Museum of Pompeii. Chromolithograph by Victor Steeger after an illustration by Geremia Discanno from Emile Presuhns Les Plus Belles

Background imagePlaster Collection: Plaster cast of a mans body from the Via

Plaster cast of a mans body from the Via Stabiana, now in the Museum of Pompeii. Chromolithograph by Victor Steeger after an illustration by Geremia Discanno from Emile Presuhns Les Plus Belles

Background imagePlaster Collection: Verdun -- On ne passe pas, by Louis Mattei

Verdun -- On ne passe pas, by Louis Mattei
Verdun -- On ne passe pas (They shall not pass), original plaster maquette by Louis Octave Joseph Mattei, First World War. circa 1917

Background imagePlaster Collection: Statuette of British soldier in marching order, WW1

Statuette of British soldier in marching order, WW1
Statuette, Sergeant of the Grenadier Guards in Marching Order, by George Edward Wade, plaster with bronze finish, First World War. 1914-1918

Background imagePlaster Collection: School Nurse

School Nurse - People You See. From Teddy Bear (15 January 1966). Original artwork loaned for scanning by the Illustration Art Gallery. Date: 1966

Background imagePlaster Collection: ENGLAND / WYRE PIDDLE

ENGLAND / WYRE PIDDLE
A group of quaint old thatched and plaster cottages at Wyre Piddle, a Worcestershire Village near Pershore. Date: 1950s

Background imagePlaster Collection: Painted wooden chest from Tutankhamuns tomb

Painted wooden chest from Tutankhamuns tomb
A wooden chest covered in plaster from the tomb of PharaoTutankhamun (reigned 13321323 BC) as discovered by Howard Carter among others in 1922 in the Valley of Kings

Background imagePlaster Collection: Food adulteration, 1845

Food adulteration, 1845
London improvements : adulteration of food in 1845. Sand is added to sugar, milk is watered down, bone dust and plaster of paris is added to dough and Vitriol is mixed into gin. Date: 1845

Background imagePlaster Collection: Four types of old cottage and house construction

Four types of old cottage and house construction: including timber framing, wattle and daub, lath and plaster, stone construction and brick construction

Background imagePlaster Collection: Adrian Jones with Peace sculpture

Adrian Jones with Peace sculpture
Captain Adrian Jones (1845-1938), sculptor, in his studio with the plaster cast of the allegorical figure of Peace, to be placed in the four-horse chariot (entitled Peace in her Quadriga)

Background imagePlaster Collection: Allcocks Porous Plaster

Allcocks Porous Plasters, a safe and sure remedy. Warming and soothing, relieving and curing Asthma, Lumbago, Sciatica, Colds, Kinks, Quinsy, Spasms, Rheumatism

Background imagePlaster Collection: Cheap Cottages exhibition at Letchworth and Hitchin

Cheap Cottages exhibition at Letchworth and Hitchin
One of the cottages on show at the Cheap Cottages exhibition at Letchworth Garden City and Hitchin, descibed as a specimen of plaster work. Date: 1905

Background imagePlaster Collection: Spain. Granada. The Alhambra. Hall of the Two Sisters

Spain. Granada. The Alhambra. Hall of the Two Sisters
Spain. Granada. The Alhambra. Palace of the Lions. Hall of the Two Sisters. 14th century. Detail of the wall decorated with poems by Ibn Zamrak (1333-1394)

Background imagePlaster Collection: Early Christian art. Relief. Relief depicting Jesus in a boa

Early Christian art. Relief. Relief depicting Jesus in a boa
Early Christian art. Italy. Relief depicting Jesus in a boat with John, Luke and Mark coming from a sarcophagus. 4th AD. Original in the Vatican Museums. Plaster copy in Museum of Roman Civilization

Background imagePlaster Collection: Decorated Adobe mudbrick houses, Kano, Nigeria

Decorated Adobe mudbrick houses, Kano, Nigeria
Beautifully-decorated Adobe mudbrick houses at Kano, Nigeria. The caption of this card reads: " The Great Market City

Background imagePlaster Collection: Aline Charigot. Renoirs wife

Aline Charigot. Renoirs wife
RENOIR, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919). Aline Charigot. Renoirs wife. Polychrome plaster sculpture. Impressionism. Sculpture

Background imagePlaster Collection: Parthenon frieze, effects of a century of decay

Parthenon frieze, effects of a century of decay
The Parthenon frieze: effects of a century of decay. Plaster casts of parts of the frieze left in place on the temple made for Lord Elgin in 1801 compared with how it was in 1929 after a century of

Background imagePlaster Collection: Advert for Allcocks Porous Plasters for aches and pains WWI

Advert for Allcocks Porous Plasters for aches and pains WWI
Allcocks Porous Plasters for pain relief, rheumatism in shoulders, stiffness or soreness of muscles, prevent coughs, colds, weak lungs and strengthen weak backs and sides and restore energy. 1915

Background imagePlaster Collection: Plaster cast of Trajans column. Replica of 1864. Victoria a

Plaster cast of Trajans column. Replica of 1864. Victoria and Albert Museum. London. England. United Kingdom



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