Columns Collection (page 4)

Old Bill and Co. August 1940
" Hey! Mind what yer doin ! Thats the second time you ve got me with that fifth column o yours!" Bruce Bairnsfather pokes fun at rumours of German spies

Interior of the Aquarium, Brighton, Sussex. circa 1890

The Pleaskins, Giants Causeway - an elevated view showing cliff heads with columns in the cliff faces. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Bushmills). Date: circa early 1900s

Front page, The London Gazette
Front page of a 17th century issue of The London Gazette, described by some as the worlds most boring newspaper. It contains official government notices and news items, and dates back to the 1660s

Parthenon. Athens. Greece
Greece. Athens. Parthenon. 447-438 BC. in Doric style under leadership of Pericles. The building was designed by the architects Ictinos and Callicrates. Acropolis

Italy. Pompeii. Temple of Apollo. Marbles altar, ionic colu
Italy. Pompeii. Temple of Apollo. Marbles altar and Ionic column built to hold the sundial. In the background. stairs and two fluted Corinthian columns

Columns / Classical
Classical Greek orders

Restaurant of the Grand Hotel, Brussels, Belgium. Date: circa 1910

Academic Building, Nasson College, Springvale, Maine, USA. Date: 1950s

Banquet scene in the Egyptian Hall at Mansion House in London, 1808. Engraving by Augustus Pugin and Thomas Rowlandson for The Microcosm of London published by Rudolph Ackermann (1808-1810). Engraving

Interior of St Thomas The Martyr Church, Brentwood, Essex Date: circa 1904

Ferrari 599 GTB

Thien Mu Pagoda, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Hue Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Pillars of the Great Colonnade stretch into the distance at Palmyra [aka Tadmor], a deserted city that despite Roman and Greek influences remained largely independent of Rome until its downfall in

Lord Antrims Parlour, Giants Causeway - a close view of the columns. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Bushmills). Date: circa early 1900s

Newcastle-upon-Tyne Great Central Railway Station (engraving)
XJF466217 Newcastle-upon-Tyne Great Central Railway Station (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Opened by her Majesty Queen Victoria)

Renaissance Indoor Staircase, 1667 (oil on canvas)
XKH141367 Renaissance Indoor Staircase, 1667 (oil on canvas) by Ehrenberg, Wilhelm van (1630-c.1676); 60.5x43.7 cm; Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany; Flemish, out of copyright

Europe, Italy, Pompeii. The remains of the House of the Faun include geometric mosaics in the foreground at Pompeii, a World Heritage Site, Italy

Ramesseum of Rameses II, Thebes, Egypt
View of the Ramesseum, the memorial or mortuary temple of Rameses II at Thebes (now Luxor), Egypt. Date: early 20th century

Edinburgh cityscape at dusk towards Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Welsh National Memorial, Cardiff, Wales
Welsh National War Memorial, Cardiff, Wales - designed by J. Ninian Cooper and unveiled in June 1928 by the Prince of Wales

War Memorial outside the Royal Exchange in the City of London, erected in 1920

Eaton Square and South Eaton Place, Pimlico, London

Exeter Hall / Entrance
Exeter Hall: the Strand entrance, with people arriving for a meeting

Owen Jones Assyrian 14
Designs taken from columns and capitals, pilasters and mouldings, at Persepolis, Istakhr, Bi Sutoun and Ispahan

San Francesco di Paola and Piazza del Plebiscito, Naples, Campania, Italy, Europe

Statement of Poor Relief in St Lukes Parish, 1854
A printed summary statement of the poor relief statistics for the London parish of St Luke for the week ending 5 August 1854

The theater of the old city of Sabratha, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Libya, North Africa, Africa

Crypt, ruins of Battle Abbey, Battle, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Trajan Column, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Brandenburg Gate at sunset, Pariser Platz, Unter Den Linden, Berlin, Germany, Europe

United Kingdom Weathered granite. Bowerman's Nose, Dartmoor, Devon
DAD-146 DARTMOOR - Bowerman's Nose, weathered granite. Dartmoor, Devon. United Kingdom David C Dixon Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Manchester / Royal Exch
Manchester: Royal Exchange

St Pauls Covent Garden
St Pauls Church, Covent Garden

Loyola / Butler Lives
IGNATIUS LOYOLA Spanish saint, founder of the Jesuit Order

The Arrows, Near Boroughbridge, Yorkshire: the Three Columns, Called the Devil s
The Arrows, Near Boroughbridge, Yorkshire: the Three Columns, Called the Devils Arrows

Roman Temple of Diana, built in the late 1st century BC, in Merida, capital of Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain

View towards the Temple of Isis and Mount Kynthos, Delos Archaeological Site, Delos Island, Cyclades, Greece

Establishment of the Poseidoniasts, Delos Archaeological Site, Delos Island, Cyclades, Greece

The House of the Lake, Delos Archaeological Site, Delos Island, Cyclades, Greece

Temple of Isis, Delos Archaeological Site, Delos Island, Cyclades, Greece

View towards the Mount Kynthos at sunset, Delos Archaeological Site, Delos Island, Cyclades, Greece

Ruins of ancient Asclepieion, Kos Island, Dodecanese, Greece

St. Stefanos Basilica Ruins at sunset, Agios Stefanos Beach, Kos Island, Dodecanese, Greece

St. Stefanos Basilica Ruins and Kastri Island at sunset, Agios Stefanos Beach, Kos Island, Dodecanese, Greece

The Neo Classical High Altar and Nave of Bayeux Cathedral, Bayeux, Normandy, France

Luxor Temple, Luxor, Egypt, Africa

Temple of Concord, Valley of the Temples, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy

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