Rock Face Collection (#8)

Looking down on the river past the front of Abu Simbel temple, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Looking down on the river past the front of Abu Simbel temple, Egypt, 1905. [The temple] was wrought by Ramses II, the author of the most colossal works in Egypt

Mount Nero, Karst plateau, Second Battle of the Isonzo, World War I, 1915. The Second Battle of the Isonzo was fought between the Italians

Landscape, late 17th or early 18th century. Artist: Isaac de Moucheron
Landscape, late 17th or early 18th century. Found in the collection of the State M Ciurlionis Art Museum, Kaunas, Lithuania

Landscape, late 17th or 18th century. Artist: Isaac de Moucheron
Landscape, late 17th or 18th century. Found in the collection of the State M Ciurlionis Art Museum, Kaunas, Lithuania

Jacob burying the strange gods under the oak by Shechem, 17th century. Artist: Sebastien Bourdon
Jacob burying the strange gods under the oak by Shechem, 17th century. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St Petersburg

Waterfall near Kislovodsk, Russia, c1895. Kislovodsk is a spa town in the northern Caucasus. In the late 19th and early 20th century it was a popular destination for artistic figures

Entrance to the Tombs of the kings of Thebes, Bab-el-Malouk, 19th century. Artist: David Roberts
Entrance to the Tombs of the kings of Thebes, Bab-el-Malouk, 19th century. Found in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Refugess, Belleville heights, during the bombardment of Verdun, France, World War I, 1916
Refugees, Belleville heights, during the bombardment of Verdun, France, World War I, 1916. A print from Le Pays de France, 23 March 1916

The Chasm at Conches, 1864. Artist: Gustave Courbet
The Chasm at Conches, 1864. Found in the collection of the Musee des Beaux-Arts et d Archeologie, Besancon, France

Strata of red sandstone, slightly inclined, Siccar Point, Berwickshire 1852. Artist: Charles Lyell
Strata of red sandstone, slightly inclined, Siccar Point, Berwickshire 1852. It is illustrating nonconformable strata, and so long time scale

Jesus on the Mount of Olives, 16th century. Artist: Pieter Coecke van Aelst
Jesus on the Mount of Olives, 16th century. From the Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia

Headland of Raz, 1884. Artist: Emmanuel Lansyer
Headland of Raz, 1884. From the collection of the Musee Lansyer, Loches, France

Douarnenez, 1884. Artist: Emmanuel Lansyer
Douarnenez, 1884. From the colletion of Musee Lansyer, Loches, France

By the Rocks at Low Tide, 1878. Artist: Emmanuel Lansyer
By the Rocks at Low Tide, 1878. From the collection of the Musee Lansyer, Loches, France

James Hutton, Scottish geologist, 1787 (1877). Hutton (1726-1797) working at a rock face with a geological hammer. In 1794 he published his Theory of the Earth

Standing and Reclining Buddha, 12th century, Gal-Vihara, Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka. (20th century). Artist: CM Dixon
Standing and Reclining Buddha, 12th century, Gal-Vihara, Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka. (20th century). Cut from rock-face, during the regn of King Parakramabahuin in the 12th century

Basalt cliffs beside Dettifoss, North Iceland, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Basalt cliffs beside Dettifoss, North Iceland, 20th century. Dettifoss is a waterfall in Vatnajokull National Park in Northeast Iceland, and is one of the most powerful waterfalls in Europe

Sri Lankan carving of Anuradhapura Parjanya and his horse Agni, 6th century
A carving of Parjanya and his horse Agni, on the rock face at Isurumuni, a sacred site at Anuradapura in Sri Lanka, 6th century

St Anthony and St Paul, the Hermit, 1645. Artist: Diego Velasquez
St Anthony and St Paul, the Hermit, 1645. St Anthony (251-356) and St Paul the Hermit in the desert being fed by a raven

Entrance of Yosemite Valley, California, USA, c1875. Yosemite was designated as a state park in 1864, then made a national park in 1890, together with surrounding territory

Yosemite Valley, California, c1875. The Cap of Liberty, a peak 4, 000 feet high

The Miner, 16th century. Artist: Jost Amman
The Miner, 16th century. In the background a man is working at a rockface, while another wheels a trolley out of the mine

Picture No. 11992766
Lava Heron - Perched on a rock face - Rabida Island - Galapagos Lava Heron - Perched on a rock face - Rabida Island - Galapagos Date:

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Antarctica, Palmer Peninsula, climbers skiing towards mountain, summer

Illustration of a scene on a snow-covered mountain, with a goat perching on the peak and kicking off an avalanche

Iceland, Seljalandsfoss, waterfall, elevated view
Sep 2005

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