Statues Collection (#25)

Statue of Queen Victoria on Queen Victoria Memorial
The statue of the late Queen Victoria, the centrepiece of the Queen Victoria Memorial outside Buckingham Palace, sculpted by Sir Thomas Brock and unveiled on 16 May 1911

Artists impression of the Queen Victoria Memorial
The Queen Victoria Memorial monument, sculpted by Sir Thomas Brock and unveiled in a ceremony on 16th May 1911

Unveiling of the Queen Victoria Memorial
The moment of the unveiling of the Queen Victoria Memorial monument outside Buckingham Palace on 16 May 1911. The monument was sculpted by Sir Thomas Brock

View of Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucestershire, from the south west, showing one of the ornately carved gothic doorways, with statues of saints in niches above

English Gardens title image
Title image for an English Gardens magazine, depicting an unidentified garden with a grand-looking gateway

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Penrhyn tomb, Llandegai Church, North Wales
Detail of the Penrhyn tomb in Llandegai (or Llandygai) Church, near Bangor, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales. The tomb was sculpted by Richard Westmacott for the first Lord

A suggested site for a memorial to Captain Scott in London, at the bottom of Regent Street, close to the memorial to Sir John Franklin

Nimes, France - Jardin de la Fontaine

International Friendship Exhibition Palace, North Korea
External view of the International Friendship Exhibition Palace (or Hall), a six-storey temple at Myohyang-san (Mysterious Fragrant Mountain) in North Pyongan province

Statue below the Juche Tower, Pyongyang, North Korea
A statue depicting three members of the proletariat, one with a hammer, one with a sickle and one with a writing brush (an idealised worker, a peasant and a " working intellectual" )

Golden statues at Wat Si Saket, Vientiane, Laos
Golden statues of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas (enlightened beings) at Wat Si Saket (or Sisaketh), a Buddhist temple in Vientiane, Laos

Buddhas at Yungang Caves, Datong, Shanxi, China
Two Buddha statues of varying size carved from the rock at the Yungang (Cloud Ridge) Caves or Grottoes in Datong, Shanxi Province, in the Peoples Republic of China

Wudang Lamasary, Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China
General view of the Wudang Lamasary (Tibetan Buddhist Monastery) in Baotou, Inner Mongolia, in the Peoples Republic of China. Its Chinese name is Guangjue Temple

The Zeughaus (German Historical Museum), Berlin
The Zeughaus, Unter den Linden, Berlin, Germany. Completed in 1730 in baroque style, it was originally used as an artillery arsenal

Berlin Cathedral, Germany
View of Berlin Cathedral from across the Schlossbrucke (Palace Bridge), Germany

Croatian National Theatre building at Rijeka, Croatia
View of the Croatian National Theatre building, named after the musician Ivan Zajc, in the city of Rijeka, Croatia

Sculpture on a balcony, Odessa, Ukraine
An elaborate facade with sculptures on a balcony in the old shopping street, Passage Mall on Deribasovskaya Street (dating from 1899), in Odessa, Ukraine

Castel Sant Angelo and Bridge, Rome, Italy
View of the Castel Sant Angelo (sometimes also known as the Mausoleum of Hadrian) at the end of the Sant Angelo Bridge, crossing the River Tiber in Rome, Italy

Baroque altar, Landsberg, Bavaria, Germany
View of the baroque altar in the Dominican Convent Church in Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria, Germany. The church was built in 1720

Abu Simbel, Temple of Nefertaril, Egypt
Abu Simbel, entrance, Temple of Nefertaril, full-length close-up of figures. Photograph by Lionel Coates

Valley of the Queens, Colossi of Menon
Valley of the Queens, Colossus of Menon, 2 statues of Amenophis III, 1417 - 1379 BC, orig. gate to Mortuary Temple. Photograph by Lionel Coates

Temple of Nefertaril, Abu Simbel, Egypt
Abu Simbel, entrance, Temple of Nefertaril, Egypt. Photograph by Lionel Coates

Temple of Abu Simbel, Egypt - the Falcons
Temple of Abu Simbel, c. 1000 BC, Falcons, depicting sun god

Abu Simbel, entrance to tomb of Rameses II. Photograph by Lionel Coates

Temple of Karnak, Egypt
Temple of Karnak, statues in the evening light, shadows. Photograph by Lionel Coates

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

Reims, France - Rue de Tambour. Maison des Musiciens. Fine example of late medieval civil architecture with statues set in the upper level of the building in gothic alcoves

Statue of Winston Churchill
A tribute from Sir Winston Churchills constituents. As he celebrated his eighty-fourth birthday with his family at Chartwell

Statue in the ruins
A statue of the Virgin Mary in the ruins of what is probably a church after the Battle of Passchendale during World War I in November 1917

Inauguration of the statue of the late Earl of Belfast, at B
Engraving showing the unveiling of a statue of the late Earl of Belfast in College Square, Belfast during the visit of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland

Carvings on the Khajuraho Temples, India
The ornate carvings on the walls of the Khajuraho Temples, Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh Province, India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Egypt - Cairo - Kasr-el-Nil Bridge and Girl
Egypt - Cairo - The entrance to the Pont de Ghazirah - a bridge over the Nile at Cairo built by a French Ironworks. When Egypt became British, the two statues of the (very English) lions were added

The Old Lady of Thread-needle Street in the Hands of Beauty
Bank of England in the 1920s. The demolition of part of the building allowed for the public to view the statues for the first time, which can be seen in this image

Temple at Kochchikade, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Buddhist Temple at Kochchikade, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Airship over the Champs Elysees, Paris
An Airship flying over the Avenue des Champs Elysees, Paris. The street is filled with early motor taxis

Guardian statues, Wat Phra Keo, Bangkok, Thailand
A row of guardian statues lining the elaborate Phra Mondop (Library) of the Wat Phra Keo (Temple of the Emerald Buddha), Bangkok, Thailand

View of London from the Dome of St. Pauls Cathedral, 1895
Illustration showing the view of London, looking South, from the dome of St. Pauls Cathedral, 1895. Three large statues of Apostles are shown in the foreground, on the edge of the pediment

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

China / Yungang Grottoes
YUNGANG GROTTOES in Datong City, in the province of Shansi. These buddhist caves contain about 51000 statues from the 5th century carved during the Northern Wei dynasty

Luxor Temple (Detail)
The front Pylon at Luxor showing the massive seated statues of Rameses II and the empty base of the obelisk now standing in the Place de la Concorde, Paris

Luxor (Front View)
The Great front Pylon of Luxor Temple, which originally was fronted by 6 statues of Rameses II, two sitting and four standing. Built around 1250 BC

Luxor Temple Courtyard
Luxor Temple; courtyard surrounded by pillars and statues of Rameses II. The two tourists give a good idea of the immense scale of the carved figures

Luxor Temple / Egypt
Some of the massive papyriform columns and one of the immense statues of Rameses II at Luxor

Temple of Luxor / Egypt
A detail looking through the front Pylon at Luxor toward the columned hall beyond. The two weathered forms of Rameses II sit in stately pose behind the one remaining obelisk

Ram-Headed Sphinxes
At the Temple of Amun at Karnak the entrance is flanked by rows of ram-headed sphinxes

Memnon Statues 2
The so-called Memnon statues of Amenophis III, which emit a sound like the snapping of a cord at daybreak, attributed to Memnons mother Eos, goddess of the Dawn, weeping

Toulouse / St. Sernin
The Church of St. Sernin, Toulouse

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