Cave Collection (page 7)

The Oreseeker: A Tale of the Hartz, 1860 (engraving)
1579518 The Oreseeker: A Tale of the Hartz, 1860 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving form The Oreseeker: A Tale of the Hartz. By A. S. Moffat. Illustrated by Louise Charlotte Hobart)

Persecution of Waldenses (Valdenses, Vaudois, Valdesi) by the Roman Catholic church
530298 Persecution of Waldenses (Valdenses, Vaudois, Valdesi) by the Roman Catholic church. The Castellani family of Val Lucerna surprised by Fr Anselmo from local monastery outside the cave where

India: King Mahjanaka listening to Queen Vivali. 1-5 century AD (Ajanta Cave fresco)
533777 India: King Mahjanaka listening to Queen Vivali. 1-5 century AD (Ajanta Cave fresco); Universal History Archive/UIG

Aristomenes escaping from the pit (engraving)
8635003 Aristomenes escaping from the pit (engraving) by Leutemann, Heinrich (1824-1905); Private Collection; (add.info.: Aristomenes escaping from the pit into which he had been thrown by)

Grotto of St Andre, Nice, France (engraving)
8677084 Grotto of St Andre, Nice, France (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Grotto of St Andre, Nice, France)

Odysseus passing the cave of Polyphemos (engraving)
8664119 Odysseus passing the cave of Polyphemos (engraving) by Preller, Friedrich the Elder (1804-78); Private Collection; (add.info.: Odysseus and his companions passing the cave of Polyphemos)

Cave, Cell, Chop, Chub, Clam, Club, Coal, Coat, Cock, Cock, Cock, Cock (engraving)
8649987 Cave, Cell, Chop, Chub, Clam, Club, Coal, Coat, Cock, Cock, Cock, Cock (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cave, Cell, Chop, Chub, Clam)

Burma: The Gokteik Bridge, Natural Arch and Cave below (b/w photo)
8646154 Burma: The Gokteik Bridge, Natural Arch and Cave below (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Gokteik Bridge, Natural Arch and Cave below)

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Scenes of Witchcraft: Evening, c. 1645-49 (oil on canvas)
XOS5879301 Scenes of Witchcraft: Evening, c. 1645-49 (oil on canvas) by Rosa, Salvator (1615-73); Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: Painting by Salvator Rosa At dusk)

Echo and Narcissus (w/c & gouache on paper)
5889172 Echo and Narcissus (w/c & gouache on paper) by Dulac, Edmund (1882-1953); 30.5x27.9 cm; Private Collection; Photo © The Maas Gallery, London

Great Siege Tunnels, Gibraltar. 18th century (photo)
7264834 Great Siege Tunnels, Gibraltar. 18th century (photo); Gibraltar; (add.info.: Great Siege Tunnels, Gibraltar. A tableau showing two soldiers at work on a tunnel face)

Lady Emma Hamilton as Ariadne, 1800s (print)
7341883 Lady Emma Hamilton as Ariadne, 1800s (print) by Romney, George (1734-1802); 41.7x32.8 cm; National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Creator: George Romney [artist]; S)

Fingal's Cave, Island of Staffa, Scotland 1884 (Oil on canvas)
8766654 Fingal's Cave, Island of Staffa, Scotland 1884 (Oil on canvas) by Moran, Thomas (1837-1926); 62.9--76.2 cm; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia

The picking of mushrooms in an underground cave at Montrouge
5310189 The picking of mushrooms in an underground cave at Montrouge; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the picking of mushrooms in an underground cave at Montrouge, Paris)

France, Midi-Pyrenees, Hautes-Pyrenees (65), Lourdes: the faithful pray at the miraculous cave decoree of bequilles
LUX4795839 France, Midi-Pyrenees, Hautes-Pyrenees (65), Lourdes: the faithful pray at the miraculous cave decoree of bequilles, 1920; (add.info.: France, Midi-Pyrenees, Hautes-Pyrenees (65)

France, Champagne-Ardenne, Haute-Marne (52), Langres: The entrance to the cave of Sabinus, 1880
LUX4703997 France, Champagne-Ardenne, Haute-Marne (52), Langres: The entrance to the cave of Sabinus, 1880; (add.info.: France, Champagne-Ardenne, Haute-Marne (52)

France, Rhone-Alpes, Isere (38), La Balme: the cave of the Balme, entrance to the cave and the chapel, 1900
LUX4763172 France, Rhone-Alpes, Isere (38), La Balme: the cave of the Balme, entrance to the cave and the chapel, 1900; (add.info.: France, Rhone-Alpes, Isere (38), La Balme: the cave of the Balme

Food and Beverage. Champagne making: Old chalk quarries tranformed in Champagne cellars around Reims
3434924 Food and Beverage. Champagne making: Old chalk quarries tranformed in Champagne cellars around Reims. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France

Geography. Italy. Capri, the Blue Grotto (Grotta Azzurra). Postcard, Italy, c.1910
2638892 Geography. Italy. Capri, the Blue Grotto (Grotta Azzurra). Postcard, Italy, c.1910.; Private Collection; (add.info.: Capri, la grotte bleue (Grotta Azzurra). Coll. Part.); Photo © CCI

Prehistory: A cave at night, at the time of the big bear and mammoth. Age of the Palaeolithic. Engraving from 1870
THT4305853 Prehistory: A cave at night, at the time of the big bear and mammoth. Age of the Palaeolithic. Engraving from 1870.; (add.info.: Prehistory: A cave at night)

Sepulchral cave with the mummies of the Guanches (first inhabitants of the Canary Islands)
FLO4635043 Sepulchral cave with the mummies of the Guanches (first inhabitants of the Canary Islands). Lithography for the book

British antiquite (pre-Roman period, before 1st century): British rider with arms
FLO4608336 British antiquite (pre-Roman period, before 1st century): British rider with arms, in front of the cave chapel at Nottingham (England) - Forte water by Robert Havell (1793-1878)

Grotto of Pausilippe near Naples 1, and the Grotta del Cane (Dogs Cave) near Naples with its mofetta or fumarole
FLO4575050 Grotto of Pausilippe near Naples 1, and the Grotta del Cane (Dogs Cave) near Naples with its mofetta or fumarole, volcanic discharge of sulphuric gases 2. Engraved by J.B

the penitent Saint Mary Magdalene
3666074 the penitent Saint Mary Magdalene, ; (add.info.: French 19th century, coloured woodblock illustration showing the penitent Saint Mary Magdalene, who)

Some of the Forty Thieves, illustration from Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (colour litho)
616789 Some of the Forty Thieves, illustration from Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (colour litho) by Dulac, Edmund (1882-1953); Private Collection; (add.info)

Exploring The Styx, a subterranean river in the Mammoth Cave, the system of limestone caverns in Kentucky, USA
530424 Exploring The Styx, a subterranean river in the Mammoth Cave, the system of limestone caverns in Kentucky, USA. Wood engraving c1870; Universal History Archive/UIG

Fingal's Cave, best-known of the caves in the basalt stacks on the southwest coast of Staffa, Inner Hebrides
537950 Fingal's Cave, best-known of the caves in the basalt stacks on the southwest coast of Staffa, Inner Hebrides, Scotland; (add.info)

Stone age artists at work in their cave in Spain (litho)
8641835 Stone age artists at work in their cave in Spain (litho) by Forestier, Amedee (1854-1930) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Stone age artists at work in their cave in Spain)

Hidden Wonder in Badland
Michael Zheng

View of Fingal's Cave, Staffa
3560909 View of Fingal's Cave, Staffa by Unknown photographer, (19th century); (add.info.: Scotland, Staffa, Fingal's Cave)

A stalactite cavern
5614349 A stalactite cavern; (add.info.: A stalactite cavern. From The World's Foundations or Geology for Beginners, published 1883.); Photo © Hilary Morgan

An engraving depicting the Temple of Elephanta, near Bombay, India, 19th century
5310675 An engraving depicting the Temple of Elephanta, near Bombay, India, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1815); Universal History Archive/UIG

Croque-Mitaine (hobgoblin). 1892 Edition with Illustrations by Paul Gustave Dore
5306560 Croque-Mitaine (hobgoblin). 1892 Edition with Illustrations by Paul Gustave Dore; Universal History Archive/UIG

French. Coloured illustration. dated circa 1884. depicting The Giant's Causeway
5306754 French. Coloured illustration. dated circa 1884. depicting The Giant's Causeway.; Universal History Archive/UIG

Myths and legends: " Sesame open yourself" formula allowing the 40 thieves to enter the cave to hide their
NWI4930380 Myths and legends: " Sesame open yourself" formula allowing the 40 thieves to enter the cave to hide their loot. Tale of 1001 nights (thousand and one nights)

Invasion of the barbarians: Danish Vikings preparing to raid the British coast. Colourful engraving of the 19th century
NWI4858292 Invasion of the barbarians: Danish Vikings preparing to raid the British coast. Colourful engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Invasion of the barbarians)

Christian fugitives fleeing the Huns during the Roman Empire. Colourful engraving of the 19th century
NWI4859060 Christian fugitives fleeing the Huns during the Roman Empire. Colourful engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Christian fugitives fleeing the Huns during the Roman Empire)

Socrates Prison, Philopappos Hill, Athenes (Greece) - - Photography attributed to Athanasiou Konstantinos (1845-1898)
CSO4982867 Socrates Prison, Philopappos Hill, Athenes (Greece) - - Photography attributed to Athanasiou Konstantinos (1845-1898); (add.info.: Socrates Prison, Philopappos Hill)

View of the metal ore veins inside a so-called Stollart in a mountain with unusual parallel veins
FLO4727957 View of the metal ore veins inside a so-called Stollart in a mountain with unusual parallel veins. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's Unterhaltungen aus

House constructed in a rock at Old Paphos 1, and catacomb at Paphos, Cyprus 2
FLO4723276 House constructed in a rock at Old Paphos 1, and catacomb at Paphos, Cyprus 2. Illustration by Ali Bey el Abbassi (Domingo Badia y Leblich, 1767-1818) from his Travels in Morocco, Tripoli

Schematic cave painting
3499669 Schematic cave painting; (add.info.: Prehistory. Age of Metals. Bronze Age. Schematic cave painting. Detail of female figures with ornaments and deer)

France, Midi-Pyrenees, Hautes-Pyrenees (65), Lourdes: The cave, animated view with preacher in a pulpit
LUX4767072 France, Midi-Pyrenees, Hautes-Pyrenees (65), Lourdes: The cave, animated view with preacher in a pulpit, cars of the sick and many pelerins, 1895; (add.info.: France, Midi-Pyrenees)

France, Brittany, Ile-et-Vilaine (35), Saint-Lunaire: group of holidaymakers on the beach of swallows, 1904
LUX4782848 France, Brittany, Ile-et-Vilaine (35), Saint-Lunaire: group of holidaymakers on the beach of swallows, 1904; (add.info.: France, Brittany, Ile-et-Vilaine (35)

France, Aquitaine, Pyrenees-Atlantiques (64), Biarritz: a couple sitting in the grotto with a view of the city of
LUX4781832 France, Aquitaine, Pyrenees-Atlantiques (64), Biarritz: a couple sitting in the grotto with a view of the city of Biarritz, 1900; (add.info.: France, Aquitaine, Pyrenees-Atlantiques (64)

France, Brittany, Ille-et-Vilaine (35), Saint-Lunaire (Saint Lunaire): August 1903
LUX4784975 France, Brittany, Ille-et-Vilaine (35), Saint-Lunaire (Saint Lunaire): August 1903, tourists take the tea on the rocks of the cave of swallows, 1903; (add.info.: France, Brittany)

Illustration by Riou of Jules Verne's novel " Journey to the Centre of the Earth"
PCT4260773 Illustration by Riou of Jules Verne's novel " Journey to the Centre of the Earth": " I was thinking of the rescue of heaven..." - edition HETZEL 1867; (add.info)

Illustration by Riou of Jules Verne's novel " Journey to the Centre of the Earth"
PCT4260765 Illustration by Riou of Jules Verne's novel " Journey to the Centre of the Earth": the Sea Lidenbrock - edition HETZEL 1867; (add.info)

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Exploring the depths of human perception, the cave becomes a metaphorical gateway to enlightenment. Just like Plato's Cave Allegory, where prisoners mistake shadows for reality, we too often find ourselves trapped in our own limited perspectives. The replica of Lascaux II cave painting C013/7378 takes us back thousands of years, reminding us of the ancient wisdom and artistic expressions that have been preserved within these mysterious caverns. Stone-age cave paintings found in Chauvet, France further unveil humanity's innate desire to leave its mark on history. Hidden within cliff caves lies an unexpected treasure - Cova d'en Xoroi in Cala en Porter, Menorca. As evening falls and a pub darts match commences inside this unique bar built into nature's embrace, one can't help but marvel at the ingenuity and adaptability of humankind. Venturing deeper into history, South Condurrow Mine in Camborne transports us to Cornwall during 1892 when miners risked their lives daily to extract precious minerals from beneath the earth's surface. The resilience and determination displayed by these workers are awe-inspiring. Merlin's Cave stands as a testament to mythical tales and legends passed down through generations. This mystical refuge sparks imagination and invites contemplation about what lies beyond our tangible reality. In Lourdes' Grotto resides a statue that has become synonymous with hope and healing for millions around the world. It serves as a reminder that even within darkness or despair, there is always room for faith and miracles. Tragically destroyed by the Taliban, Buddha statue carved into cliffs in Bamiyan once stood tall as an emblem of peace and serenity amidst Afghanistan's rugged landscape. Its absence now echoes louder than ever before - a stark reminder of how cultural heritage can be lost forever if not protected.