Plinth Collection (page 9)

Wooden Tommy in hand-carved oak, WW1
Wooden Tommy in hand-carved oak on a circular wooden plinth, c. 1914. Trench Art. Date: circa 1914

Statue outside Baden Powell House, London
A statue of Lord Baden Powell, founder of the scouting movement, being eased into place on a plinth outside Baden Powell House, South Kensington, London. The building was officially opened in 1961

The Idolaters by MacKenzie
A group of five women kneel in admiration before a dashing British officer standing on a plinth. He raises his monocle to inspect them. Date: 1917

Male on plinth viewed from rear
Praelectio Quarta - Tab XV. Male on plinth viewed from rear, with cross section of back muscles Source: Myographia nova, or, A graphical description of all the muscles in the humane body

Street scene, Turin, Italy. Date: late 19th century

Chiesa di San Michele, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy
Chiesa di San Michele in Foro, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy. Date: late 19th century

Charles IV - Holy Roman Emperor
A statue in Prague depicting Charles IV (Karel IV, Karl IV, Carolus IV) (13161378), born Wenceslaus (Vaclav) - the second king of Bohemia from the House of Luxembourg

Statue of Victor Hugo, French novelist, Guernsey
Statue of Victor Hugo, the French novelist and poet, in Guernsey, where he spent time in exile from France. A schoolboy looks up at the sculpture. Date: 1914

Stuffed Armoured Dog
A stuffed armoured dog on a plinth, Paris, France. Date: 1931

Vladivostok, Russia - Childrens Park - Statue Alexander III
Vladivostok, Russia - Childrens Park and Statue of Tsar Alexander III Date: circa 1903

Statue of General Saigo - Ueno Park, Tokyo, Japan
Statue of General Saigo Takamori (Takanaga) (1828-1877). Saigo was one of the most influential samurai in Japanese history, living during the late Edo Period and early Meiji Era

Memorial statue to Prince Ito, Kobe, Japan
Memorial statue to Prince Ito Hirobumi (1841-1909), Kobe, Japan. Prince Ito Hirobumi was a samurai of Choshu domain, Japanese statesman, four time Prime Minister of Japan

Havana, Cuba - Statue of General Maximo Gomez (1836-1905) - a war hero from the Dominican Republic who fought tirelessly for Cuban independence in both the 1868

Denmark - Copenhagen - Amalienborg Palace
A stunning pin-sharp photographic postcard of a View through the Colonnade in the Amalienborg Palace, the winter home of the Danish royal family. The statue Date: circa 1910s

Statue of Li Hongzhang, Shanghai, China
Li Hongzhang (Li Hung Chang) (18231901) - a politician, general and diplomat of the late Qing Empire who quelled several major rebellions and served in important positions of the Imperial Court

The Summer Palace, Beijing, China - Wooden Gate - stone lion
The Summer Palace, Beijing, China - a vast ensemble of lakes, gardens and palaces, mainly dominated by Longevity Hill and the Kunming Lake. Wooden Paifang Gate and stone lion on a plinth

France - Pas-de-Calais Department - Montreuil sur-Mer - Monument on Place Gambetta, near the Hotel-Dieu in memory of the men of Montreuil lost in the Franco-Prussian War in 1870-71. Erected in 1913

Trafalgar Square, London - At Night - The misty form of The Church of St Martin in the Fields can be seen past the silhouettes of one of the four bronze lions, on granite plinths

Statue of Gounod in the Monceau Park, Paris, France
Statue of Charles Gounod (1818-1893) - French Composer - in the Monceau Park, Paris, France by sculptor Antonin Mercie (1902). Date: circa 1905

Statue of Kamehameha - Honolulu, Hawaii
Statue of Kamehameha in bronze and gold leaf by Thomas Ridgeway Gould in Honolulu, Hawaii across from Iolani Palace. Also known as Kamehameha the Great

John Frank Stevens - Discovered Marias Pass over the Rockies
John Frank Stevens (1853-1943) - an American engineer who built the Great Northern Railway in the United States and was chief engineer on the Panama Canal between 1905 and 1907

Orleans, France - La Place du Martrol - Joan of Arc statue. Date: circa 1920s

The Charioteer - Classical Greek art - Delphi
The Charioteer. ca. 475 BC. Classical Greek art. Bronze Sculpture from Delphi, Greece. Delphi Museum. Date: circa 475 BC

Istanbul, Turkey - Statue of Ataturk at Seraglio Point Date: 1927

Statue of Baron Leys, Antwerp (Anvers), Belgium
Statue of Jan August Hendrik Leys (1815-1869), Antwerp (Anvers), Belgium - painter. Date: circa 1905

Alexandria - Muhammad Ali Pasha Place
Alexandria, Egypt - Muhammad Ali Pasha Place/Square. Muhammad Ali Pasha (1769 - 1849), is regarded as the " founder of modern Egypt"

Portsmouth War Memorial unveiled
A lovelt postcard photograph showing Portsmouth War Memorial unveiled on October 19th, 1921. It cost 27, 000 and was unveiled by Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught

Statue of Sir Stamford Raffles, Singapore
Statue of Sir Stamford Raffles (1781-1826), Singapore - founder of the City in 1819. Date: 1917

George Washington Monument - Boston, Massachusetts
George Washington Monument - Public Garden, Boston, Massachusetts Date: circa 1910s

Dublin, Sackville Street - Statue of O Connell
Dublin, Sackville Street - The O Connell Monument, the memorial to Daniel O Connell, 19th century nationalist leader, by sculptor John Henry Foley. After 1924, known as O Connell Street

Bust of Bismarck in Tanzania, German East Africa
Bronze bust of Otto Eduard Leopold, Prince of Bismarck, Duke of Lauenburg (1815-1898) - German Statesman, in Tanga (the most northerly seaport city of Tanzania, and the surrounding Tanga Region.)

Statue of John Bunyan - Bedford
Statue of John Bunyan (1628-1688) - English Christian writer and preacher, best know for his work The Pilgrims Progress. Situated at the north end of the High Street, on St Peters Green

Memorial to Charles Rolls at Monmouth
Memorial to Charles Stewart Rolls (1877-1910) at Agincourt Square, Monmouth. Rolls was a motoring and aviation pioneer and (somewhat ironically), the first Briton to be killed in a fliying accident

Classical landscape, by J C Jacobi
Classical landscape with palace, statues and figures, by J C Jacobi (fl. 1780-1810). (3 of 4)

Northumberland House and Charing Cross, by John Paul (1804-1887), painted in an 18th century style. Date: circa 1850s

Woman in beautiful white dress and garland
A woman stands by a stone plinth, dressed in a frilly white dress and long floral garland. c. 1910

Fair in Hyde Park, London, with Grahams balloon
View of the Fair in Hyde Park, London, with Grahams balloon in flight above. 28 June 1838

When art returns to work. Illustration of bewildered visitors to an art exhibition, in the background is an empty plinth with the word art enscribed upon it

Sudan - Khartoum - The Gordon Statue on a rather fine fluted stone plinth Date: circa 1910s

Student demonstration, County Hall, Central London
Street scene during a student demonstration outside County Hall, Central London. A group of students sit on a raised plinth, while Metropolitan Police officers and photographers stand around

Joseph Cowen - Statue at Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Joseph Cowen (1829-1900) - Politician and Journalist - Statue (Sculptor John Tweed) on Fenkle Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Member of Parliament for Newcastle between 1865 and 1873. Date: circa 1906

Statue of Thomas Hughes (1822-1896), the Author of Tom Browns Schooldays (1857) which stands outside the Rugby School Library. The statue was created by sculptor Thomas Brock and unveiled in 1899

Record-breaking cauliflower
A gigantic record-brealing cauliflower and the very proud gardener responsible for this remarkably-leaved vegetable! Date: circa 1894

Royal Wedding 1947 - an excellent vantage point
Four ladies whose appearance belies their athletic ability in scaling the plinth they re sitting on, secure an excellent vantage point from which to view the royal wedding of Princess Elizabeth

Come Down - Royal Wedding 1947
An overly enthusiastic spectator at the royal wedding of Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh on 20 November 1947

Statue of Sir Henry Royce, the Arboretum, Derby
Sir Frederick Henry Royce (1863-1933), monument to the English engineer and automobile manufacturer, in the Arboretum, a public park near the centre of Derby

Car in front of equestrian statue, Middle East
A car parked in front of an unidentified equestrian statue, somewhere in the Middle East

Dublin - Nelson Pillar and Upper O Connell Street. This large granite pillar was destroyed by a bomb in 1966

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