Stones Collection (page 13)

The Four Stones, Walton, near New Radnor, Radnorshire, Wales. An arrangement of huge megaliths, believed to have been of religious significance, now in a meadow. Date: BC

Oyster Shell and Pearls
Oyster shells and pearls. Date: 1988

The Grey Wethers, standing stones on Dartmoor, Devon, England, survivals of Prehistoric times, in the middle of the moor. Date: BC

2nd Australian Division Memorial, Pozieres, France, WW1
The Second Australian Division Memorial at Pozieres, northern France, during the First World War. Date: September 1917

Scene in a ruined village, Western Front, WW1
Scene in a ruined village on the Western Front during the First World War. A soldier holds two horses. The remains of a church are piled up in the background. Date: 1914-1918

The Nonslip Stone Company - Road Congress Exhibition
The Stand/exhibit of the Nonslip Stone Company - at the 3rd International Road Congress Exhibition held in London in June 1913. Date: 1913

Cobbles on the road in Stockholm, Sweden circa 2008

Stepcote Hill, Exeter, Devon
Stepcote Hill - the ancient West Entrance to the City of Exeter, Devon. Date: circa 1930s

Bruges, Belgium - Women making lace
Lacemaking at Bruges, Belgium Date: circa 1910s

A Street in Pompeii
A sreet in Pompeii, with stepping stones allowing pedestrians to cross dry-shod and wheeled vehicles to pass between. Date: circa 1

Diamond Hunting / Borneo
Natives hunting for diamonds in a river, Borneo. They sieve through the silt in the hope that they will find diamonds. Date: 1883

Gear Lift for Stones
A gear lift for stone blocks in 18th century France. Date: Circa 1760

Stonework in the 18th C
Stoneworkers engaged in various activities in 18th century France. Date: Circa 1760

Stone Drill 18th Century
Various elements (including gears) of a stone drill from 18th century France. Date: Circa 1760

Rollright Stones
The Rollright stone circle, Oxfordshire, depicted in the 18th century Date: 1777

Prisoner of war camp, Catterick, Yorkshire
A group of six inmates pose amongst flower beds at a World War One prisoner of war camp at Catterick, North Yorkshire

Boys breaking stones in quarry, Mettray Colony, France
Boys at work breaking stones in a quarry at the agricultural colony for delinquent boys at Mettray, near Tours, France. In the 1840s

Edwardian family group of five, Mid Wales
An Edwardian family group of four men and an elderly woman. One of the men (possibly the womans husband) has a very long beard. They are in a paved area in front of a building

Elderly man sitting by mill outflow
An elderly man sitting by the outflow of a mill, on a sunny day

Japanese tea house and pool
A Japanese tea house surrounded by trees and shrubs, viewed from across a pool

The Squires Daughter by J. Absolon
The Squires Daughter, Staffordshire, by J. Absolon, from the Beauties of England and Wales

Traction engine, Victoria Place, Haverfordwest, South Wales
A large traction engine with a smoking funnel transports a load of stone from the station, along Victoria Place, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales

The Old Labourers Last Job, picture and poem
An old man sits breaking stones while a workhouse looms behind. In the accompanying verse he bemoans his poverty, particularly at the hands of the Tories who have taxed our clothes and bread

Woman sorting out washing in a river
A woman standing knee deep in a river, sorting out items for washing which she has placed on various rocks

Boy and young man playing conkers in the garden
A boy and a young man playing conkers in the garden. The boy holds his conker steady for the man to hit

Ancient stone gateway, bricked up, Middle East
An ancient stone gateway which has been bricked up, somewhere in the Middle East

Salvation Army Slum Sisters on a home visit
Two Salvation Army so-called Slum Sisters visit the home of a poor family. At the door, the mother holds a baby in her arms while another child stands barefoot on the paving stones

Excavations at Gortinos, Crete, Greece
Gortinos used to be Cretes capital during the Roman times. Photograph of the Italian archaeological excavations at Gortinos

Tiryns - The Gallery
Minoan Hillfort complex of Tiryns. This site was excavated by Heinrich Schliemann in 1884-1885, and is the subject of ongoing excavations by the German Archaeological Institute at Athens

La Turbie - Door and Street of the Tower
La Turbie, France - Door and Street of the Tower. The village is built, partly, with old stones recovered from the ruins of the Trophy of the Alpes (Trophy of Augustus)

Brazil - Paqueta Island
Paqueta Island - an island in Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro. The name of the island is a Tupi word meaning many shells, a reference to the plentiful shells on the islands beaches

Admiring jewellery in the sunshine
A woman examines her emerald jewellery in the sunlight, her partner looking on anxiously, hoping she will approve

Arhai-Din-Ka-Jhopra, Ajmere, India
Arhai-Din-Ka-Jhopra, Ajmere. Built in the 13th century by the first Muslim Sultan in India, Qutb-ud-Din Aibak. The site of a religious fair that lasted for 2.5 days

Richardsons Original Musical Stones - on display in Keswick Museum and Art Gallery in Cumbria. Joseph Richardson (b. 1790), a stonemason and gifted amateur musician from Keswick

Archaeological excavations, Roman Forum, Rome, Italy

A rocky outcrop on the side of a mountain, formed by the weathering of soft rock, possibly sandstone. Pen & ink drawing by Raymond Sheppard

Chatham Prison Riots - The Convicts at Labour
Convicts at labour breaking rocks at St Marys Convict Prison, Chatham. A serious riot broke out here amongst the inmates in early March 1861, which had to be forcibly put down by the military

Flower jewels
Beautiful flower jewellery made from enamel and precious stones, including sweet-peas, lilies, and daisies

The Empress of Russia, Alexandra Feodorovna, wearing a beautiful, traditional costume decorated with stones

Serbian Woman collecting Water
A Serbian Woman collecting water at the Allied Troops Well during the First World War

Turkish man and his young daughter
A Turkish man sits outside his house with his young daughter on his knee

Battle for Broodseynde on the British Western Front in 1917. Soldiers of an English county regiment cross a temporary bridge with stones in wheelbarrows for road making

The Bonus Army Camp Defended
Fighting between war veterans and United States troops where at its height on 28th July, 1932. Men of the Bonus Army flinging stones and bricks at police who advance upon them

Ruins at Bergama / Pergamon
The Ruins at Pergamon or Pergamum. An ancient Greek city in modern-day Turkey, in Mysia, north western Anatolia, 16 miles from the Aegean Sea

The Nag Hammadi Barrage (Dam) - Egypt
Outlets of the Flushing Culverts in the dock - 22nd July 1928. Photograph from an album commemorating the opening of the Nag Hammadi Barrage (dam) in 1930

Yemen - Hodeidah - English Consulate in the old Turkish Quarter of the city with its fine Ottoman-influenced architecture (note the cumba)

Ruined building in India
A ruined building, probably a temple or shrine, in India in the early 1920s. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Saving the processional cross - The Blitz
Saving the processional cross from a church demolished by a night raiders bomb in a London suburb on 5th September, 194"

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