Statues Gallery

Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw

Promotional postcard for Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw. First produced in England at His Majestys Theatre, 11th April 1914. The image brings together Eliza Doolittle played by Mrs Patrick Campbell, right, and Henry Higgins played by Herbert Beerbohm Tree under the umbrella left, with the statue of Galatea, centre, which came to life in Pygmalions studio in the Greek myth. Date: circa 1914

© The Michael Diamond Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library

St. Marks Square, Venice, Italy - The Horses of St. Mark

The Horses of Saint Mark (the Triumphal Quadriga) - a set of Roman bronze statues of four horses, originally part of a monument depicting a quadriga (a four-horse carriage used for chariot racing), placed on the facade, on the loggia above the porch, of St Mark's Basilica in Venice after the sack of Constantinople in 1204. Date: circa 1905

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

Imperial College of Science and Technology, South Kensington

Imperial College of Science and Technology, South Kensington. It was established in 1907 in London's scientific and cultural heartland in South Kensington, as a merger of the Royal College of Science, the City and Guilds College and the Royal School of Mines. In 1988 a merger with St Marys Hospital Medical School resulted in the College being renamed Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine. Date: circa 1910s

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection