Lighting Collection (#98)

USA, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh. City skyline at twilight. Credit as: Dennis Flaherty / Jaynes Gallery / DanitaDelimont.com

USA, California, Alabama Hills. Mobius Arch and rocks lit with colors on moonlit night. Credit as: Dennis Kirkland / Jaynes Gallery / DanitaDelimont.com

Europe, Slovenia. Rainbow over Lake Bled at sunset. Credit as: Jim Nilsen / Jaynes Gallery / DanitaDelimont.com

Europe, Slovenia. Lake Bled at sunset. Credit as: Jim Nilsen / Jaynes Gallery / DanitaDelimont.com

Europe, Italy, Vernazza. Sunset on town. Credit as: Jim Nilsen / Jaynes Gallery / DanitaDelimont.com

Europe, Italy, Manarola. Sunset on town. Credit as: Jim Nilsen / Jaynes Gallery / DanitaDelimont.com

Europe, Italy, Vernazza. Sunset on coastal town. Credit as: Jim Nilsen / Jaynes Gallery / DanitaDelimont.com

Italy, Cinque Terre, Manarola. Hilltop town and stormy ocean at sunset. Credit as: Jim Nilsen / Jaynes Gallery / DanitaDelimont.com

Lilli Marlene - My Lilli of the Lamplight Music Sheet - Music Sheet. Date: 1944

Bacino San Marco - Venice, Italy - Atmospheric Photograph. Date: circa 1908

Aerial View of New York - Manhattan - The Great White Way. Date: circa 1935

Hans Sohnker - German film actor
Hans Sohnker (1903-1981) - German film actor Date: late 1940s

The Interior of Derby Station
Platform 2 in Derby Station. Date: 1911

The Main Hall in Gambling House at Monte Carlo, 1897. Creator: BW Kilburn
The Main Hall in Gambling House at Monte Carlo, 1897. The roulette salon in the Monaco Casino. Stereocard by B. W. Kilburn

In the gorgeous residence of King Oscar II. Royal Palace Stockholm, Sweden, 1902. Oscar II was King of Sweden from 1872 until his death in 1907. Stereocard by Underwood & Underwood

Gallery of Battles, Versailles, c1900. Creator: Underwood & Underwood
Gallery of Battles, Versailles, c1900. The Gallery of Great Battles in the Palace of Versailles, France, opened in 1837. It holds about 30 paintings depicting French military successes from Clovis to

Reception Room, White House, Washington, c1900. Creator: Unknown
Reception Room, White House, Washington, c1900. The East Room of the White House, Washington DC, USA. Event and reception room in the official residence

The Village Chapel, 1880-1889, (1965). Creator: Vasily Surikov
The Village Chapel, 1880-1889, (1965). Russian icons above a patchwork cloth. From " Russian Painting of the 18th and 19th Centuries" by Vladimir Fiala. [Artia, Czechoslovakia, 1965]

The Invalid, late 19th-early 20th century, (1965). Creator: Vasilij Dmitrievic Polenov
The Invalid, late 19th-early 20th century, (1965). From " Russian Painting of the 18th and 19th Centuries" by Vladimir Fiala. [Artia, Czechoslovakia, 1965]

Interior of the House of Assembly, Cape Town, South Africa, 1895. Creator: Unknown
Interior of the House of Assembly, Cape Town, South Africa, 1895. MPs in Parliament House which was finally opened in 1884 after many delays

Rundle Street, Adelaide, Australia, 1895. Creator: York & Son
Rundle Street, Adelaide, Australia, 1895. The building with the dome is the Adelaide Arcade which opened in 1885. The first electric street lighting in South Australia was installed in Rundle Street

Bedroom of Catherine de Medicis, Palace of Fontainebleau, France, 1901. Creator
Bedroom of Catherine de Medicis, Palace of Fontainebleau, France, 1901. The apartments of Catherine de Medici (1519-1589), queen of France. Stereocard by Underwood & Underwood

The Cock Tavern, 1902. Creator: Unknown
The Cock Tavern, 1902. Doorway of the Cock Tavern in Fleet Street in the City of London, (since demolished). From " The English Illustrated Magazine", Volume XXVII, April to September 1902

Passing the Lantern, 1910. Creator: Herbert Ponting
Passing the Lantern, 1910. From " In Lotus-Land Japan", by Herbert G. Ponting, F.R.G.S. [Macmillan and Co. Limited, London, 1910]

Cherry-Blossom Time in Japan, 1910. Creator: Herbert Ponting
Cherry-Blossom Time in Japan, 1910. From " In Lotus-Land Japan", by Herbert G. Ponting, F.R.G.S. [Macmillan and Co. Limited, London, 1910]

The House in 1815, 1881. Creator: Unknown
The House in 1815, 1881. From " The Leisure Hour 1881", by. [The Religious Tract Society, London, 1881]

On a Pilgrimage to Nara, 1910. Creator: Herbert Ponting
On a Pilgrimage to Nara, 1910. From " In Lotus-Land Japan", by Herbert G. Ponting, F.R.G.S. [Macmillan and Co. Limited, London, 1910]

Lunch in the Garden, 1879, (1937). Creator: Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Lunch in the Garden, 1879, (1937). Scene at a Parisian restaurant: one of Renoirs favourite models, Ellen Andree, raises a glass as the artists brother lights a cigarette

The Drawing-Room at Abbotsford, 1882. Creator: Unknown
The Drawing-Room at Abbotsford, 1882. From " St. Nicholas: Volume IX. Part I. November 1881, to May 1882". [Scribner & Co. New York, 1882]

The Electric Light in Madison Square, New York, on a Cloudy Evening, 1882. Creator: Unknown
The Electric Light in Madison Square, New York, on a Cloudy Evening, 1882. From " St. Nicholas: Volume IX. Part I. November 1881, to May 1882". [Scribner & Co. New York, 1882]

A Rainy Night. - Street lighted by Electricity, 1882. Creator: Unknown
A Rainy Night. - Street lighted by Electricity, 1882. From " St. Nicholas: Volume IX. Part I. November 1881, to May 1882". [Scribner & Co. New York, 1882]

Corner of a large living-room, designed by Paul T. Frankl, 1949. Creator: Unknown
Corner of a large living-room, designed by Paul T. Frankl, 1949. From " Decorative Art 1949 - The Studio Year Book", edited by Rathbone Holme and Kathleen M. Frost

American bedroom with modern interpretation for George G. Frelinghuysen, Jr. 1941 Creator
An American bedroom showing a modern interpretation of an antique theme, 1941. From " Decorative Art 1941", edited by C.G. Holme. [The Studio Limited, London & New York, 1941]

Exhibition of the Royal Academy. - Private View, c1844. Creator: William Radclyffe
Exhibition of the Royal Academy. - Private View, c1844. Visitors look at paintings crammed into every inch of wall space at the Royal Academy in London. [Joseph Mead, London]

Jerusalem - Church of the Holy Sepulchre - Calvary, c1918-c1939. Creator: Unknown
Jerusalem - Church of the Holy Sepulchre - Calvary, c1918-c1939. From an album of postcards

The Casino. - Schmits hall, Monte Carlo, 1930. Creator: Unknown
The Casino. - Schmits hall, Monte Carlo, 1930. Salle Garnier remodeled by architect Henri Schmit to be more suitable for opera and ballet performances

Cinderella, c1850. Creator: Albert Henry Payne
Cinderella, c1850. Scene from the fairy story: Cinderella sits in the kitchen, watching doves eating grain. [AH Payne, Dresden & Leipzig]

An incident at The Yard in the small hours, c1935. Creator: Unknown
An incident at " The Yard" in the small hours, c1935. A policeman and a plain clothes officer in a peaked cap at Scotland Yard Metropolitan Police headquarters in Whitehall Place

A Vision of Early Spring Within The Temple, c1935. Creator: Donald McLeish
A Vision of Early Spring Within The Temple, c1935. View of Pump Court, one of the oldest courts in the Temple legal district in London. Its name referred to the water pump in the middle

Old Houses in Highgate From Whose Doorways Villagers Watched the Coaches Pass. c1935. Clapboard houses in Townsend Yard, north London, on the old coaching route

Ever-Burning Lamp of Maintenance of Toc H in Allhallows, Barking, c1935
Ever-Burning " Lamp of Maintenance" of " Toc H" in Allhallows, Barking, c1935. The church of All Hallows-by-the-Tower in the City of London dates back to the 11th century

Piccadilly, 1927. Creator: Percy Robertson
Piccadilly, 1927. From " Disappearing London", by E. Beresford Chancellor, edited by Geoffrey Holme. [" The Studio" Limited, London, 1927]

How London Has Changed Since Toppers Were Worn By Outside Passengers, c1900, (c1935)
How London Has Changed Since " Toppers" Were Worn By Outside Passengers, c1900, (c1935). Passengers wearing top hats on the upper deck of a horse-drawn London bus

Cobbles of the Quiet Other Court in Staple Inn at Holborn, c1935. Creator: Cyril Ellis
Cobbles of the Quiet Other Court in Staple Inn at Holborn, c1935. Staple Inn in Holborn, London, is the last surviving Inn of Chancery and dates from 1585

Cliffords Inn: The Oldest and One of the Most Important Inns of Chancery, c1935. Cliffords Inn was located between Fetter Lane, Cliffords Inn Passage

The great ball-room at the Palace, Christiania, Norway, c1905. Creator: Unknown
The great ball-room at the Palace, Christiania, Norway, c1905. From " The Underwood Travel Library - Norway". [Underwood & Underwood, London ]

La Seine a Argenteuil, 1877. Private Collection

The Grand Canal with the Rialto Bridge from the South, 1740. Found in the Collection of Muse e Jacquemart-Andre, Paris

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