Statuary Collection

Melancholy and raving madness, Bedlam Hospital
The figures of melancholy and raving madness over the gateway into Bethlehem(Bedlam)Hospital. Statues by the Danish sculptor Caius Gabriel Cibber Date: 1813

Items of interior decoration at the seat of Sir Savile Crossley - Somerleyton Hall near Lowestoft - Household Gods

Sir John Soanes Museum - Bust over the Sarcophagus
The House (now Museum) of Sir John Soane(1753-1837) at Lincolns Inn Fields, London - The Dome over the Sarcophagus with Chantrys bust of Soane. Date: circa 1920s

Statuary Court, Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1889. Date: 1889

Statuary Court, Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1889. Date: 1889

Sculptor in apron carving a statue in a workshop
Regency sculptor in apron carving a statue with round mallet and chisel in a workshop. Classical busts, statues, capitals, vases, and other statuary on the walls and floor

The Poet and the Rose. A poet in laurel wreath and Roman robes plucks a rose for poetic inspiration. The garden has a fountain, statuary, vase and flower beds

That's the advantage of collecting statuary, it's not as easy to steal as the Mona Lisa. Date: 1911

A gift to Exeter Cathedral - statues being hoisted into plac
Statues of patron saints, donated anonymously in thanksgiving for the end of the Great War, are hoisted into position in the empty niches round and above the north porch of Exeter Cathedral

The Art Student by A. Johnson
A female art student contemplates her canvas while in an art class in which the female students are drawing from classical statuary

VERSAILLES ANTIQUES
SALLE DES ANTIQUES (Room of Antiques) It doesnt look much like a room, admittedly, but the antiques presumably refers to the statuary Date: 1688

Montagu Monuments, St Edmunds Church, Warkton, Northants
The Montagu Monuments are four stunning marble statues in the unlikely setting of Grade I listed St Edmunds Church in Warkton, Northamptonshire

Archaic Greek art - the New York kouros
The New York kouros statue. Date: 590580 B.C

Statue of Ankhrekhu. Egypt
Quartzite statue of Ankhrekhu. 1850 BC. 12th Dynasty. Middle Kingdom. From Egypt. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Statue by Praxiteles of Athens, the son of Cephisodotus the Elder - the most renowned of the Attic sculptors of the 4th century BC

The Franzoni Clock - Statuary Hill, US Capitol Washington DC
The Franzoni Clock - National Statuary Hill a chamber in the United States Capitol devoted to sculptures of prominent Americans - Washington, D.C. USA

Rouen Fountaine ste Marie - black & white view of waterfall with decorative statuary Date: circa 1890s

Roman London, Temple of Mithras uncovered 1954
Sir David Eccles, Minister of Works, holding the newly-found head of Mithras, during his visit to the site at Walbrook in the City of London where the Temple of Mithras was discovered in 1954

Venice, Italy - Porphory Knights - Statuary. Part of Box 186 Boswell Collection - Venice. Date: circa 1900

Chester Museum Interior - room showing Statuary and paintings. Part of Box 12 Boswell collection. Counties of England. Date: circa 1900

English Cathedrals - High Altar screen - St Albans - High Ornamented screen with Statuary. Part of Box 144 Boswell Collection - English Cathedrals Date: circa 1900

English Cathedrals - South Door Lichfield - Arched south door with statuary above. Part of Box 144 Boswell Collection - English Cathedrals The Cathedral is dedicated to St Chad and Saint Mary

Statuary 1827
A statuary chisels away at his latest statue; his other creations surround him. Date: 1827

Selling plaster statuary and figurines
A vendor of figurines and statuary, mostly of cats. Date: C.1790s

Khafaje Statuary - Sumerian and Akkadian. Khafajah or Khafaje (ancient Tutub) is an archaeological site in Diyala Province (Iraq). It was part of the city-state of Eshnunna. Date: 1932

Interior at Denham Court, Denham, Buckinghamshire
Amazing interior of the hall at Denham Court, Denham, Buckinghamshire, showing typical late Victorian, early Edwardina oppulance, with patterned wallpaper, statues, a portable organ, statuary

Palace of Industries, Irish International Exhibition, Dublin
Palace of Industries at the Irish International Exhibition, Dublin. The Stall (left) of the Ardeshir & Co. of Bombay, India - manufacturers of Indian Art Ware. Date: 1907

Pompeii - Italy - Temple of Mercury Date: circa 1910s

America depicted on the Albert Memorial, Hyde Park, London Date: 1904

St. Louis Worlds Fair, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
St. Louis Worlds Fair (Louisiana Purchase Exposition), St. Louis, Missouri, USA Date: 1904

Monument to the Spanish - Buenos Aires, Argentina

Entrance to the Communal Palace, Perugia, Umbria, Italy Date: circa 1910s

Florence, Italy - The Boboli Gardens (I Giardini di Boboli). Date: circa 1910s

Archaic Greek art - the New York kouros, rear view
The New York kouros statue, viewed from behind. Date: 590580 B.C

Great Exhibition, Indian court
Statues in front of the Indian court at the Great Exhibition in the Crystal Palace, Hyde Park : Indian shawls and embroidered scarfs; statues including Satan Tempting Eve, the Jealousy of Medea

Fountain in the grounds of Versailles, France
A fountain in the grounds of the Palace of Versailles, near Paris, France. Date: 1961

China - Ming Tombs outside Beijing
Elephant statue located at the Ming Tombs outside Beijing in China, placed there to ward off evil spirits

Suggestion by The Sphere for a monument to Scott
Design reproduced in The Tatler, suggested by the Spheres special artist, Fortunino Matania for a memorial to the late Captain Scott and his companions

Westminster Aquarium and Winter Garden, London, 1875
Engraving showing the interior of the Westminster Aquarium and Winter Garden, London, in 1875. This image shows statuary, fountains and folliage under a domed glass roof

Crystal Palace Interior
Interior view of the garden display area, with fountains, pools and statuary, giving a good impression both of the elaborate exhibits and the building which houses them

Crystal Palace /s Trans
Visitors throng the South Transept with its fountain and statuary

Vogue for Antique Jewels
Satire on the fad for classical jewellery: a woman back from the Grand Tour is laden down with reproduction antique Roman jewellery

Villa Lante / M Greuter
Garden of the illustrious Cardinal Montalto at Bagnaia now called Villa Lante. The Cardinal owned the villa between 1590-1623)

Villa Mattei by Rossi
VILLA MATTEI OR VILLA COELI MONTANA built in 1582 by Ciriaco Mattei showing a series of formal Italian gardens & buildings including a maze, obelisk & statuary

Brit Museum Greco-Roman
The newly-opened Greco-Roman Saloon, a rather formidable array of classical statuary

Suggestive Fig Leaves
A kneeling one-armed man (a piece of statuary no doubt) holding an erect club hides his aroused modesty behind an up-turned fig leaf. All very explicit if a tad coy

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