Sand Collection (#33)

Step Pyramid / Saqqara
The step pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara, the oldest stone monument in the world, built around 2770 BC

Sahaha Desert / Camels
Camels and their owners await visitors to the pyramid site at Giza willing to take a ride on a ship of the desert

Brick Making
Brick making: a wheelbarrow is used to transport moulded bricks while a pony turns a mixer to produce the clay, sand and water mixture

Tourages of Sahara
Touaregs of the Sahara, dressed to keep out the sand

Chopin Nocturne No 4
The F major Nocturne no 4, interpreted by his friend Georges Sand

Lyme Regis / Beach 1950S
Families have a day out at the seaside

Egypt Sphinx
The Great Sphinx cleared of sand

Chopin / Ship / Mallorquin
FREDERIC CHOPIN El Mallorquin: the ship in which the Polish composer and George Sand sailed from Barcelona to Palma on 8 November 1838

FRENCH AMAZON
A young Amazon woman, in full riding habit in the style of George Sand, sitting sidesaddle on a white horse

Vietnamese Soldier
A young, disheartened South Vietnamese soldier rests on a sandbag, contemplating the vast landscape of debris which surrounds him

Quang Tri - Destroyed
Quang Tri: Three Vietnamese soldiers rest, (one eating rice), among the rubble of their town which has been destroyed by Viet Cong attacks

Damaged Building
South Vietnam, Quang Tri: one of the few houses which was not completely destroyed by the Viet Cong and in which the local command post was located

Building the M1 Motorway. Our photograph shows a section under construction at Upper Heyford, Northamptonshire, England. The Southern stretch opened 2 November 1959

Bathing Beauty Vienne 6
She wears a two piece white costume with red stripes as she lies on the sand dunes by the sea

Bathing Beauty Vienne 4
She wears a white costume as she lies on the sand by the sea

Mixing Concrete
Workmen mixing concrete in a cement mixer. The cement and sand are put into a hod, which the travels up rails and is tipped into the revolving mixer

Desert Scenery / Morocco
Desert landscape at Merzouga, Morocco, North Africa

Desert Scenery / Jordan
Desert landscape with sand dune, Wadi Ram, Jordan

Escalading an Obstacle
Advancing troops must overcome every obstacle : this French infantry detachment is making an escalade over a sand dune

Navajo Sand Painting
A Navajo shaman of New Mexico uses sand painting as a healing procedure

Golf / in a Bunker
In a bunker sand trap taking a golfing swing

Sand (Charpentier)
GEORGES SAND French writer

Sleep / The Sandman
The Sandman sprinkles sand on childrens eyes, making them sleepy and ready for bed

Meo-Patacca / Sand / 1800
Meo-Patacca/Sand/1800

George Sand & De Musset
ALFRED DE MUSSET with GEORGE SAND at Venice : he was neither the first nor the last of her many lovers

Coraline / Sand / 1744
Coraline/Sand/1744

Georges Sand / Collette
GEORGES SAND alias AURORE DUDEVANT French writer

Georges Sand / Postcard
GEORGES SAND alias AURORE DUDEVANT French writer dressed as a man

Columbine / Sand 1862
Columbine/Sand 1862

Pondicherry Taken / 1778
Pondicherry taken from the French by Sir Hector Munro

Elegance on the Beach
Elegance on the beach - its the place to be seen, and a lady wants to be seen at her best

Barrage Balloon for Xmas
Who says that the war spoiled the British Christmas? Here, an innovative table decoration features a barrage balloon with presents attached as sand-bags

Toy Train on Beach
Children playing with a toy train set on the beach

Sand Yachting C1903
A sand yacht race takes place on the beach at Biarritz, France

ORAZIO / SAND / 1645
DON JUAN He wishes there were other worlds to which he could extend his conquests

Le Notaire / Sand / 1725
Le Notaire/Sand/1725

C17 Sand Glass
The SAND GLASS, also known as CLEPSAMMIA, measures time by how long sand takes to filter from the upper bulb into the lower; different apertures measure different periods

Sandcastles at Ostend
Four children enthusiastically construct a castle from the sand on the beach at Ostend, Belgium

Three Children on Sand
While their brother digs energetically, his two sisters are happy just to sit on the sand and let it sift through their fingers

Sunbathing on Sand
A bronzed woman, in sun hat & white bikini to emphasize her tan, sunbathes on a sandy beach

Fire-Fighting Equipment
Ideal first-aid fire appliances, originally supplied by Merryweathers to The Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society

Family on a Beach C1860
A mother and her children sit reading on a beach

China Clay Quarry
A china clay quarry near St. Austell, Cornwall. The quarries are often 300 feet deep and a mile round the top. The clay is washed out and the white sand is separated

Lady Artist at Seaside
An amateur artist at the seaside plants her easel on the sand

Abu Simbel 1845
The colossal figures, 20 metres high, are depicted here pretty much as they were found by travellers in 1812 : they are badly damaged and partly concealed by sand

Selling Sand / Cries / Lndn
Sand ho! A man sells sand in London. His donkey is carrying the load. Two boys play a game on the pavement

Greek Philosopher Writes
A Greek philosopher sets pen to paper, in a book rather than a scroll, as you might have expected; inkwell, sand and a knife are ready to hand

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping