Statue Collection (#95)

Pope Pius IX prays at the Statue of St Peter

Piccadilly Circus, London, 1952
Piccadilly Circus, London, with buses rounding the statue of Eros, and advertising hoardings featuring Wrigley s, Bovril, and Guinness

Statue of Sir Hugh Myddelton, Islington Green, 1862
Engraving showing the statue of Sir Hugh Myddelton, sculpted by John Thomas, on Islington Green, North London, 1862

John Bunyans Bedford, 1874
Engraving showing a portrait of John Bunyan (1628-1688), the English writer and preacher, (centre) and clockwise, from top right

Unveiling the John Bunyan Statue at Bedford, 1874
Engraving showing the unveiling of the John Bunyan statue in Bedford, June 1874. Bunyan (1628-1688), the English writer and preacher

Robert Burns Statue, 1844
Engraving showing the Robert Burns statue by Flaxman (centre) surrounded by two scenes from his life and another portrait

Lord Byron Memorial Statue, Hyde Park, 1888
Engraving showing the George Gordon, Lord Byron, (1788-1824), memorial statue in Hyde Park, London, 1888

Statue of Napoleon
A sign of changing times : a statue of Napoleon I is erected at Lyon

Daibutsu at Kobe
The great statue of Buddha (Daibutsu) at Kobe in Japan

Alvas Statue
After he is safely out of the way, the statue of the hated Alva is dragged through the streets by the citizens of Antwerp

Pepi I, Pharaoh Statue
PEPI I, PHARAOH also known as Meryre (6th dynasty) son of Teti

Jenner / Inoculates Son
A statue of Edward Jenner inoculating his son against smallpox

Winged and harnessed lioness
Poised statue guarding the king of Assurnasirpal II. One of a pair of 11 foot winged lionesses uncovered at the Assyrian dig at Nimrud

Railway jubilee, statue of Joseph Pease
The railway jubilee at Darlington showing the unveiling of a statue of Joseph Pease, the first quaker M.P, to commemorate the jubilee of the opening of Stockton and Darlington Railway

The wooden Hindenburg
A big wooden statue of Field-Marshal von Hindenburg erected in Berlin. It was proposed that Germans could drive nails into the statue for a fee, with proceeds to go to charity

Statue of Tutankhamen on guard at his sepulchre for 3000 years. One of the life size statues standing either side of a sealed which was left sealed until Lord Carnarvon arrived to open it

An Immigrant Ship nearing New York, 1892
Engraving showing a group of immigrants (possibly Russian Jews) on the deck of their trans-atlantic ship, admiring the Statue of Liberty, on their arrival at New York, 1892

Pygmalion & Statue
Although he detests women on principle, the sculptor Pygmalion falls in love with his statue, and Aphrodite brings her to life, they marry, have a child Paphia

Myth / Hercules Bust
A colossal head of Hercules, and a very fine example of Greek sculpture. This was probably a copy of a famous statue by Glycon found in the Baths of Caracalla

Facade of Ducal Palace
The lion of St Mark on the facade of the Ducal Palace, Venice

READING - 1915
Broad Street, Reading

Carmarthen - 1925
Guildhall Square Carmarthen County of Dyfed

Statue of the Child Christ dressed as a Republican Militiama
Photograph showing a statue of the child Christ, which had been removed from a church and dressed as a Republican militiaman, with gun and red flag, near Cordoba, 1936

Durban City Hall
City Hall, Durban, South Africa, with the statue of Queen Victoria in front of it

The Snail and the Statue
THE SNAIL & THE STATUE A statue of the Medicean Venus is defaced by the slime of a snail jealous of the admiration the statue attracted Date: 1761

France Le Puy De Dome
General scene of the town at the time of the inauguration of the statue of Mary

Daibutsu at Kamakura
Great statue of Buddha Daibutsu at Kamakura in Japan

Montmartre Girls 1908
Two French girls in Montmartre lean against a statue for a rest from their skipping game; an inquisitive man in a bowler hat looks at the photographer

Sacred Cow, Tanjore
Cows are sacred to Hindus : this statue of the Sacred Cow is at Tanjore, India

Chichen Itza / Chaacmol
At Chichen Itza (site on the Yucatan Peninsula) Archaeologist August Le Plongeon and his wife pose with a colossal statue of Chaacmol, leader of the Itzaes

Chichen Itza / Jaguar
Auguste Le Plongeon squats alongside a statue of a jaguar with a human head found in the tomb of Chaacmol at Chichen Itza

Statue at Falaise
In 1851 a statue of William the Conqueror is erected at Falaise, on the French coast. William had been duc de Normandie before he thought of invading England

New York / Statue Liberty
New York: the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbour

Trajans Column / Rome
Trajans Column in Trajans Forum, Rome

Boston Skyscraper 2
The statue and the skyscraper, downtown Boston

Sphinx at Memphis
A sphinx statue at Memphis in alabaster c.1567-1320 BC. 8 metres long and 4.25 metres tall

Rameses Ii / Luxor Statue
RAMESES II (THE GREAT) surviving carved head at the Luxor Temple site

Sphinx and Pyramid
The statue of the Sphinx at Giza. Part man, part lion, the Sphinx has remains an enigmatic symbol of the Old World Kingdom of the Pharoahs of Egypt

The Sphinx / Circa 1970
The Sphinx, believed to have been built by the Pharoah Chephren around 2650 BC. Extensive weathering has eroded the monument which is undergoing extensive repair

Statue of Boadicea
QUEEN OF THE ICENI This bronze statue of Boadicea (Boudicca), at the foot of Westminster Bridge, London, was sculpted in 1850 by Thomas Thornycroft

Akhenaton / Egypt / Anon Eng
AKHENATON also known as AMENHOTEP IV or AMENOPHIS IV Egyptian ruler: portrait statue and relief

Statue of Memnon
The statue of Memnon is reputed to sing at sunrise, as the suns rays warm up the stone

Nepal / Patan / King Statue
Patan: statue of King Yoganarendra Malla in Durbar Square

Tobacconists / 1930S
The highland soldier figure is often used to advertise a tobacco shop, this example being from Cheltenham

Louis XIV Statue - 1
The statue of Louis XIV, in the place Vendome, Paris, is pulled down by the mob in a gesture of anti-monarchism

Louis XIV Statue - 2
The statue of Louis XIV, in the place Vendome, Paris, is pulled down by the mob in a gesture of anti-monarchism

William of Orange
KING WILLIAM III Statue of William of Orange at Brixham in Devon, England, commemorating his landing near there on 5 November 1688 to claim the English throne

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