Birds Eye Collection (#7)

Saint Jerome in a Landscape (oil on wood)
147378 Saint Jerome in a Landscape (oil on wood) by Gassel (Helmont), Lucas van (c.1490-c.1570); 43x56.5 cm; Private Collection

Boulevard des Capucines in Paris, 1873 (Oil on canvas)
7215309 Boulevard des Capucines in Paris, 1873 (Oil on canvas) by Monet, Claude (1840-1926); Pushkin Museum, St. Petersburg

Pompeii (engraving)
7164218 Pompeii (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pompeii. Illustration for A Classical Dictionary of Biography, Mythology)

Speke Hall, Lancashire (litho)
7151914 Speke Hall, Lancashire (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Speke Hall, Lancashire)

London in 1888: From the Poultry to Bishopsgate Street and to Whitechapel (engraving)
7188741 London in 1888: From the Poultry to Bishopsgate Street and to Whitechapel (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

London in 1888: From Charing Cross to Fleet Street (engraving)
7188728 London in 1888: From Charing Cross to Fleet Street (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: From Charing Cross to Fleet Street)

Aerial view of Roman amphitheatre, TARRAGONA, 2021 (photo)
7204351 Aerial view of Roman amphitheatre, TARRAGONA, 2021 (photo) by Roman, (2nd century AD); (add.info.: Aerial view of Roman amphitheatre, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tarragona, Catalonia)

Birds Eye View of Johannesburg (b / w photo)
7199017 Birds Eye View of Johannesburg (b/w photo) by South African Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Birds Eye View of Johannesburg)

London in 1888: From Charing Cross through Whitehall to Westminster (engraving)
7188729 London in 1888: From Charing Cross through Whitehall to Westminster (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

London in 1888: The Thames, from the Tower to Westminster (engraving)
7188747 London in 1888: The Thames, from the Tower to Westminster (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Thames, from the Tower to Westminster)

Chesham, Bird s-eye View (b / w photo)
7189532 Chesham, Bird s-eye View (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Chesham, Bird s-eye View)

Victoria Docks, Melbourne, Australia (b / w photo)
7172879 Victoria Docks, Melbourne, Australia (b/w photo) by Australian Photographer (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Aerial view of the Victoria Docks, Melbourne, Australia)

Bird s-Eye View of Hampton Court (colour litho)
7160022 Bird s-Eye View of Hampton Court (colour litho) by Ward, Cyril (1863-1935); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bird s-Eye View of Hampton Court)

Bird s-eye View of the Works of Messrs Rufford and Co, Stourbridge (engraving)
7161720 Bird s-eye View of the Works of Messrs Rufford and Co, Stourbridge (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Bird s-Eye View of the Mills (engraving)
7161703 Bird s-Eye View of the Mills (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bird s-Eye View of the Mills)

Bird s-Eye View of Charleston (engraving)
7165219 Bird s-Eye View of Charleston (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bird s-Eye View of Charleston)

Landscape with the Fall of Icarus (oil on wood)
3932096 Landscape with the Fall of Icarus (oil on wood) by Momper, Joos or Josse de, The Younger (1564-1635); 154 x 173 cm; National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden; (add.info.: In classical mythology)

The City of New York (detail), 1883 (colour lithograph)
3710007 The City of New York (detail), 1883 (colour lithograph) by Currier, N. (1813-88) and Ives, J.M. (1824-95); Private Collection; (add.info)

The City of New York (detail), 1883 (colour lithograph)
3710006 The City of New York (detail), 1883 (colour lithograph) by Currier, N. (1813-88) and Ives, J.M. (1824-95); Private Collection; (add.info)

Bird s-Eye View of the Great New York and Brooklyn Bridge
3525769 Bird s-Eye View of the Great New York and Brooklyn Bridge and Grand Display of Fireworks on Opening Night 1883 (colour lithograph) by American School

Midwinter Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1894 (litho)
6020506 Midwinter Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1894 (litho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustration for booklet)

A Jina Enthroned, 19th century (opaque pigments on cloth)
6040414 A Jina Enthroned, 19th century (opaque pigments on cloth) by Indian School, (19th century); 54x50 cm; San Diego Museum of Art, USA; eSan Diego Museum of Art; Museum purchase; Indian

Birds eye views of Lima, Peru (b / w photo)
5996487 Birds eye views of Lima, Peru (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Birds eye views of Lima, Peru)

Ancient Rome in the time of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius, 161-180 (litho)
5997297 Ancient Rome in the time of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius, 161-180 (litho) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Cheapside, London, c. 1890-1900 (photochrom)
5042981 Cheapside, London, c.1890-1900 (photochrom) by Detroit Publishing Co. (1880-1920); Private Collection; (add.info)

Birds eye view, Exposition Universelle 1900, Paris (chromolitho)
1093404 Birds eye view, Exposition Universelle 1900, Paris (chromolitho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Birds eye view, Exposition Universelle 1900, Paris)

Le Stryge, 1853 (etching on laid paper)
996342 Le Stryge, 1853 (etching on laid paper) by Meryon, Charles (1821-68); 17.2x12.9 cm; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto

Birds-Eye view of Society: Rotten Row in the season (engraving)
607368 Birds-Eye view of Society: Rotten Row in the season (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Birds-Eye view of Society)

Postcard of an aeroplane circling around the Eiffel Tower, sent in 1913 (hand-coloured photo)
660495 Postcard of an aeroplane circling around the Eiffel Tower, sent in 1913 (hand-coloured photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; © Look and Learn

Aeroplane circling around the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. Postcard sent in 1913
660491 Aeroplane circling around the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. Postcard sent in 1913. by French Photographer (20th century); Private Collection; © Look and Learn

Riga, Latvia (colour litho)
2901917 Riga, Latvia (colour litho) by German School, (17th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Inhabited by early Baltic tribes; settled by German merchants in 1158; Bishop Albert - of Livonia)

Elsinore, Denmark, from Civitates Orbis Terrarum
2901810 Elsinore, Denmark, from Civitates Orbis Terrarum by Georg Braun (1541-1622) and Frans Hogenburg (1535-90), c.1572 (coloured engraving) by Hoefnagel

The Vampire by Charles Negre, 1853 (print from a wax paper negative)
2630168 The Vampire by Charles Negre, 1853 (print from a wax paper negative) by NAgre, Charles (1820-80); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Vampire, a salt print by Charles Negre (French)

Map of Serravalle, from Les Villes de Venetie, 1704
REV345813 Map of Serravalle, from Les Villes de Venetie, 1704, published by Pierre Mortier in Amsterdam (engraving) by Mortier

Map of Vicenza, illustration from Civitates Orbis Terrarum, c. 1580 (engraving)
REV345839 Map of Vicenza, illustration from Civitates Orbis Terrarum, c.1580 (engraving) by Braun, Georg (1541-1622) and Hogenberg

The River Thames and Tower Bridge, c. 1920 (colour litho)
CHT289164 The River Thames and Tower Bridge, c.1920 (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Postcard depicting Piccadilly Circus c. 1928 (colour litho)
CHT289163 Postcard depicting Piccadilly Circus c.1928 (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Gotha during the siege of Grimmenstein, 1567 (oil on panel)
BFM286623 Gotha during the siege of Grimmenstein, 1567 (oil on panel) by German School, (16th century); Schlossmuseum, Schloss Friedenstein, Gotha

Map of Avignon, from Civitates Orbis Terrarum by Georg Braun (1541-1622
STC121029 Map of Avignon, from Civitates Orbis Terrarum by Georg Braun (1541-1622) and Frans Hogenberg, c.1572 (colour engraving) by Hoefnagel

Bird s-Eye View of Leeds, pub. by Frank Pettingell and Brownlow T. Thompson, c
LMG109163 Bird s-Eye View of Leeds, pub. by Frank Pettingell and Brownlow T. Thompson, c.1880 (colour litho) by English School

View of the city of Jerusalem, from the Nuremberg Chronicle by Hartmann Schedel
STC88315 View of the city of Jerusalem, from the Nuremberg Chronicle by Hartmann Schedel (1440-1514) 1493 (woodcut) by German School

View of the city of Cracow (Kracow), from the Nuremberg Chronicle by Hartmann Schedel
STC88314 View of the city of Cracow (Kracow), from the Nuremberg Chronicle by Hartmann Schedel (1440-1514) 1493 (woodcut) by German School

A Bird s-Eye View of the Docks at Buenos Aires, (watercolour)
828300 A Bird s-Eye View of the Docks at Buenos Aires, (watercolour) by Martino, Eduardo de (1838-1912); 60.9x91.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: A Bird s-Eye View of the Docks at Buenos Aires)

Mettray Agricultural Colony
A bird s-eye view of the Agricultural Colony at Mettray, France - a reformatory for juvenile offenders. Date: Date unknown

The Rauhes Haus, Hamburg
Bird s-eye view of the Rauhes Haus (or Rauhe House), a boys reformatory at Horn, near Hamburg. It is accompanied by a laudatory poem by Karl Gerok. Date: Date unknown

St Olaves Union Institution, Ladywell
Bird s-eye view of the design for the St Olaves Union Institution for the Aged and Infirm Poor, Ladywell, South London. The architects were Newman and Newman of London. Date: 1897

General Aspect of London, from Westminster Abbey, c. 1850, engraved by A. Appert, pub
GHL46631 General Aspect of London, from Westminster Abbey, c.1850, engraved by A. Appert, pub. by Alfred Chardon (coloured engraving) (see also 70174) by Chapuy

View of Stonehenge, from Sir Richard Colt Hoares
DRE124690 View of Stonehenge, from Sir Richard Colt Hoares The History of Ancient Wiltshire, engraved by James Basire, London, 1810-11 (engraving) by Crocker

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"Bird's Eye: A Glimpse into the Past and Present" Step back in time to the year 1901, as we explore the Halifax Workhouse. From a bird's eye view, witness the bustling activity within its walls, offering a unique perspective on life during that era. Traveling across continents, our next stop takes us to Scarborough Workhouse. The aerial vantage point allows us to observe this historical landmark from an entirely new angle, revealing its architectural grandeur and significance. Shifting gears to modernity, let's soar high above the iconic New York skyline. Marvel at the breathtaking panorama of towering skyscrapers and bustling streets below – a testament to human ingenuity and progress. Returning across the Atlantic Ocean, London Birdseye 11 showcases a vibrant cityscape teeming with life. This captivating image captures both historic landmarks and everyday scenes that make up the fabric of London's rich tapestry. Stepping further back in time, we find ourselves amidst The Encampment of English Forces near Portsmouth during the Battle of Solent in 1778. Through an engraving brought to life with later coloration techniques, gain insight into military strategies employed during this significant event in history. Fast forward again to London Birdseye 18 - witness how urban landscapes have evolved over time. Observe how architecture has transformed while still preserving echoes of bygone eras; truly showcasing London's ability to blend tradition with innovation seamlessly. Venturing down under brings us Eastern Geelong (color photo), where nature meets civilization harmoniously from above. Appreciate Australia's natural beauty juxtaposed against man-made structures – evidence of humanity coexisting respectfully with its environment. Zooming out for a broader perspective reveals British Empire Exhibition - Wembley - Aerial View. This awe-inspiring sight encapsulates not only Britain’s imperial might but also celebrates cultural diversity through exhibitions from around the world – an emblem of unity and progress.