Construction Collection (#95)

No 49 Princes Gate, SW, formerly the Residence of Mr F R Leyland, deceased (b / w photo)
5208844 No 49 Princes Gate, SW, formerly the Residence of Mr F R Leyland, deceased (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: No 49 Princes Gate, SW)

Architectural Association Excursion in Shropshire, 1891 (b / w photo)
5208841 Architectural Association Excursion in Shropshire, 1891 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Architectural Association Excursion in Shropshire)

The Chancel Screen, St Augustines Church, Kilburn (b / w photo)
5208833 The Chancel Screen, St Augustines Church, Kilburn (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Chancel Screen, St Augustines Church, Kilburn)

The moving belt of an automobile factory (litho)
6004856 The moving belt of an automobile factory (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The moving belt of an automobile factory)

Wireless industry, Apparatus of four important types (b / w photo)
6008195 Wireless industry, Apparatus of four important types (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Wireless industry, Apparatus of four important types)

Italy: Syracuse, Latomia del Paradiso (b / w photo)
5997723 Italy: Syracuse, Latomia del Paradiso (b/w photo) by Italian Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Syracuse, Latomia del Paradiso)

A Type of Shop Suitable for a Small Town or Suburb (b / w photo)
5987491 A Type of Shop Suitable for a Small Town or Suburb (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Type of Shop Suitable for a Small Town or Suburb)

Portland Mansion (b / w photo)
5987489 Portland Mansion (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Portland Mansion. Designed by Messrs Joseph)

130, High Street, Oxford (b / w photo)
5987486 130, High Street, Oxford (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: 130, High Street, Oxford. As restored by Gilbert T Gardner, Esq, FRIBA)

Scaffolding for the assemblage of the Statue of Liberty, the head shown at left, Paris
5854634 Scaffolding for the assemblage of the Statue of Liberty, the head shown at left, Paris, 1883 (b/w photo) by Fernique, Albert (d.1898); New York Public Library, USA; French, out of copyright

Scaffolding for the assemblage of the Statue of Liberty, the head shown at left, Paris
5854630 Scaffolding for the assemblage of the Statue of Liberty, the head shown at left, Paris, 1883 (b/w photo) by Fernique, Albert (d.1898); New York Public Library, USA; French, out of copyright

Workers at Montmartre, 1858 (oil on canvas)
5615143 Workers at Montmartre, 1858 (oil on canvas) by Pinkas, (Hippolyt) Soboslav (1827-1901); 127x86 cm; Narodni Galerie, Prague

King Charles II visiting Sir Christopher Wren during the building of St Pauls Cathedral
5198840 King Charles II visiting Sir Christopher Wren during the building of St Pauls Cathedral by Lucas, John Seymour (1849-1923) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Christ Church, Spitalfields (b / w photo)
5198785 Christ Church, Spitalfields (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Christ Church, Spitalfields)

Les Sables de l Arno, Dessin de Filippo Liardo (engraving)
5199742 Les Sables de l Arno, Dessin de Filippo Liardo (engraving) by Italian School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Les Sables de l Arno, Dessin de Filippo Liardo)

Suez Canal at El Qantara, c. 1900 (colour photochrom)
5322737 Suez Canal at El Qantara, c.1900 (colour photochrom); Private Collection; (add.info.: Suez Canal which connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez was)

Port Said, entrance to the Suez Canal, c. 1900 (colour photochrom)
5322731 Port Said, entrance to the Suez Canal, c.1900 (colour photochrom); Private Collection; (add.info.: Suez Canal which connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez)

Lake Timsah, Suez from opposite the chalet, 1856-60 (albumen print)
5322730 Lake Timsah, Suez from opposite the chalet, 1856-60 (albumen print) by Good, Frank Mason (fl.1860-90); Private Collection; (add.info)

Tower of Babel, 1610-25 (oil on canvas)
5917368 Tower of Babel, 1610-25 (oil on canvas) by Netherlandish School, (17th century); 98.5x134 cm; Slovenska Narodna Galeria, Bratislava, Slovakia; Netherlandish, out of copyright

Worker on the Empire State Building
2625222 Worker on the Empire State Building by Hine, Lewis Wickes (1874-1940); (add.info.: Worker on the Empire State Building (1931) - Photo by Lewis Hine.); Universal History Archive/UIG; American

Thalia Theater, prior to its destruction in 1929, c. 1908 (b / w photo)
2632327 Thalia Theater, prior to its destruction in 1929, c.1908 (b/w photo) by Tiemann, H.N. (fl.1908); Collection of the New-York Historical Society

Making of covenant between God and King Lalibela
3849874 Making of covenant between God and King Lalibela by Ethiopian School, (19th century); (add.info.: Making of covenant between God and King Lalibela Illuminated manuscript)

Harbour of Balaklava looking toward the Black Sea, 1859
3744631 Harbour of Balaklava looking toward the Black Sea, 1859 by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: From a drawing by Marigny)

Place Saint-Pierre, 1883-84 (oil on canvas)
3960006 Place Saint-Pierre, 1883-84 (oil on canvas) by Signac, Paul (1863-1935); 65.4 x 54 cm; Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland; (add.info)

Navium Variae Figurae et Formae (engraving)
812891 Navium Variae Figurae et Formae (engraving) by Hollar, Wenceslaus (1607-77) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Navium Variae Figurae et Formae)

Westminster Abbey, The Houses of Parliament with the Construction of Westminster Bridge
827358 Westminster Abbey, The Houses of Parliament with the Construction of Westminster Bridge, 1859 (oil on canvas) by Pether

Ship Building at Limehouse, the President on the stocks (colour litho)
815393 Ship Building at Limehouse, the President on the stocks (colour litho) by Parrott, William (1813-69); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ship Building at Limehouse, the President on the stocks)

Place de Pyramides, (oil on panel)
827030 Place de Pyramides, (oil on panel) by Nittis, Giuseppe or Joseph de (1846-84); 32.7x23.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Place de Pyramides. Giuseppe or Joseph de Nittis (1846-1884)

Approach to Bath Station from the East, from History of the Great Western
867822 Approach to Bath Station from the East, from History of the Great Western Railway, printed by C. F. Cheffins, c.1846 (litho) by Bourne, John Cooke (1814-96); Private Collection; British

Lord Rosses great reflecting telescope, from A Handbook of Descriptive
864569 Lord Rosses great reflecting telescope, from A Handbook of Descriptive Astronomy by George F. Chambers, published in Oxford, 1890 (engraving) by English School

Constructing the Fountain St. Vidal near the Eiffel Tower, Paris Exhibition
872382 Constructing the Fountain St. Vidal near the Eiffel Tower, Paris Exhibition, 1889 (b/w photo) by French Photographer

Building the Empire State Building, c. 1931 (gelatin silver print)
492494 Building the Empire State Building, c.1931 (gelatin silver print) by Hine, Lewis Wickes (1874-1940); Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; American, out of copyright

View of Dresden with the Hofkirche at Right, 1748 (oil on canvas)
3577010 View of Dresden with the Hofkirche at Right, 1748 (oil on canvas) by Bellotto, Bernardo (1720-80); 135.9x233.7 cm; North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh

Les Travaux de L Exposition Universelle (engraving)
3623958 Les Travaux de L Exposition Universelle (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Les Travaux de L Exposition Universelle)

Boat, sets of working drawings with natural colour photographs for the construction of a model cross-channel steamber
3623866 Boat, sets of working drawings with natural colour photographs for the construction of a model cross-channel steamber and a model sloop-rigged racing yacht (colour litho) by English School

David donne ses instructions a Salomon pour la construction du temple (engraving)
3625868 David donne ses instructions a Salomon pour la construction du temple (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Marib, Ma rib or Ma arib Dam, Kingdom of Saba, (modern day Yemen)
3506814 The Marib, Ma rib or Ma arib Dam, Kingdom of Saba, (modern day Yemen), from Hutchinsons History of the Nations, pub.1915 by Burton, H. M

Iron Bridge at Bordeaux in Course of Construction (engraving)
2773129 Iron Bridge at Bordeaux in Course of Construction (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Iron Bridge at Bordeaux in Course of Construction)

The Suez Railway (engraving)
2772701 The Suez Railway (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Suez Railway. Illustration for the Illustrated Times)

Nails (litho)
3642514 Nails (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Nails. Illustration for Everybodys Enquire Within (Amalgamated Press, c 1937).); © Look and Learn

Protected by secure frontiers, the construction of the GDR capital is going on (b / w photo)
3638393 Protected by secure frontiers, the construction of the GDR capital is going on (b/w photo) by German Photographer (20th Century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The rebuilding of St Paul s, from an original drawing in the possession of J G Crace, Esquire (engraving)
3636148 The rebuilding of St Paul s, from an original drawing in the possession of J G Crace, Esquire (engraving) by English School

The Brickmaker (engraving)
3646670 The Brickmaker (engraving) by Amman, Jost (1539-91) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Brickmaker. Illustration for Kulturgeschichtliches Bilderbuch aus drei Jahrhunderten by Georg)

The Carpenter (engraving)
3646665 The Carpenter (engraving) by Amman, Jost (1539-91) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Carpenter. Illustration for Kulturgeschichtliches Bilderbuch aus drei Jahrhunderten by Georg)

Macons au quinzieme siecle (engraving)
3646106 Macons au quinzieme siecle (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Macons au quinzieme siecle. Illustration for Le Magasin Pittoresque (1882)

Invitation to the laying of first stone of the New Royal Exchange (engraving)
733814 Invitation to the laying of first stone of the New Royal Exchange (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Trade card, Edward Inston (engraving)
732106 Trade card, Edward Inston (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Trade card, Edward Inston, builder &c, Carver Street)

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"From Land to Sea: Captivating Construction Marvels Across the Globe" HMAS Melbourne head-on: Witness the sheer power and precision of naval construction as HMAS Melbourne takes center stage. Kiss of the Oceans - Atlantic meets Pacific - Panama Canal: Discover how human ingenuity conquered nature's boundaries, connecting two vast oceans through an awe-inspiring engineering feat. Site of Wimbledon tennis 24441_006: Beyond its sporting glory, delve into the intricate construction behind this iconic venue that has hosted countless historic moments in tennis history. Spain, Barcelona. Sagrada Familia Cathedral, designed by Antoni Gaudi: Immerse yourself in the breathtaking beauty and architectural brilliance as you explore Gaudi's masterpiece under construction. Barrow-in-Furness shipyard 1920 EPW004064: Step back in time and witness a bustling shipyard where dreams took shape on a grand scale during the early 20th century. The Building of the Tyne Bridge - Newcastle-upon-Tyne (4/4): Uncover the story behind one of England's most recognizable landmarks, showcasing remarkable teamwork and engineering prowess. Building Sydney Harbour Bridge by G. H Davis: Marvel at this iconic Australian landmark that stands tall as a testament to human determination and skill amidst challenging conditions. The crew of HMAS Melbourne line up on the flight deck: Behind every mighty vessel lies an incredible team effort; join these brave sailors as they showcase their unity during construction. Wellington Inn on stilts OP05766: Explore architectural innovation at its finest with this unique stilted inn, defying gravity while offering stunning views from above ground level. North Shields Docks EAW005502 : Dive into maritime history at North Shields Docks – once a thriving hub for trade and industry – now preserved as a reminder of our industrial heritage. United States Naval Construction Battalions - Seabees.