Scaffolding Collection

Bricklayers 1827
A bricklayer standing on a rather precarious looking scaffold. His assistant mixes mortar behind him; his hod for carrying bricks etc is nearby

Madison Square Garden
29th November 1966: Construction work in progress on the new Madison Square Garden arena at New York City. It will be used for sports, concerts, entertainment and other indoor events

Construction of the Statue of Liberty, Paris
Construction of the Statue of Liberty in Paris, before shipping to New York. 1885

The Imposition (Prospect Room, Wollaton Hall, February 2006) by Helena Ben-Zenou
A large dynamic painting, inspired by renovation work in the Prospect Room, Wollaton Hall, February 2006, initially appearing to be an abstract arrangement of angular lines in black

Dangerous scaffolding, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, Asia

View of The Council House, Nottingham, from South Parade
Artist - Title: View of The Council House, Nottingham, from South Parade - Date: N/A - Original Medium and Size: Oil on Canvas 76 x 63.5

Big Ben under Scaffold
Big Ben covered with scaffolding as the masonry is repaired and cleaned

Tower Bridge / Scaffolding
Dismantling the scaffolding on the eve of completion

STATUE OF LIBERTY, c1883. The Statue of Liberty under construction in Paris, c1883

Las Arenas Transporter bridge (Vizcaya Bridge), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Bilbao, Euskadi, Spain, Europe

The Beatles Psychedelic shop in Baker Street

Truro Cathedral, Truro, Cornwall. 1900
Building the west front of the cathedral during the summer of 1900. The front is complete to just below the Rose window. There are horse buses ranged outside the west front entrance

Aftermath of fire, London Hop Exchange
Aftermath of a fire at the London Hop Exchange in Southwark Street on 20 October 1920. A board leaning up on the right lists the temporary addresses of the tenants

A striking bow view of the giant Cunard liner, Queen Mary, at Clydebank, Glasgow, 1934
A striking bow view of the giant Cunard liner, Queen Mary, under construction at Clydebank, Glasgow, 1934. Queen Mary was the flagship of the Cunard Line from May 1936 until October 1946 when she was

Belgian Navy. The stern view of the new giant ship, Belgenland, before her launch. She originally served as a freighter and World War I troopship for the White Star Line

Big Ben with scaffolding, Palace of Westminster, London, and the musical notes of the chimes given below (in E Major). The scaffolding was erected in 1933 to enable renovation work to the clock

Cornish tin mining, 19th century
Cornish tin mining, 19th-century artwork. Miners working in a shaft in a tin mine in Cornwall, UK. Many such excavations were near the coast and extended out under the sea for nearly a kilometre

Clifton Suspension Brg
The Bridge under construction. Part of the bridge was moved from the old Hungerford Bridge over the Thames

A residents view from the balcony of a flat in Queens Street, Coventry, overlooking new flats being built in Hillfields. 12th January 1966

Liverpool Cathedral under construction from St. James Mount Date: circa 1908

Construction of the Needle Eye Bridge over the M1 at Barnsley, South Yorkshire, 1963. During the construction of the M1 in the early 1960s a great number of bridge structures needed to be created

Dounreay
The bottom half of the worlds first electricity-producing fast breeder reactor at Dounreay Nuclear Power Development Establishment in Scotland, 14th July 1956

Prefabricated Council Flats
11th November 1959: Tennants live in prefabricated flats built for temporary accomodation during the war, until construction work on the Brandon Estate, Southwark, is finished

Spine with workers, spine repair F007 / 9907
Conceptual computer artwork depicting a spine being repaired

Scaffolding - Liviesmore Castle, Printed 1862 circa. Creator: F. C. Currey
Scaffolding-Liviesmore Castle, Printed 1862 circa

London taxis around Picadilly Circus at night. February 1987

Painting Stage Sets
Painting stage sets on old wooden scaffolding at the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. Date: 1960s

PARIS: PANTHEON, 1835. The Pantheon in the Latin Quarter of Paris, France, completed in 1789. Painting by François Villeret, 1835

Francois Rude Working on the Arc de Triomphe, 1893 (oil on canvas)
CH440528 Francois Rude Working on the Arc de Triomphe, 1893 (oil on canvas) by Sylvestre, Joseph-Noel (1847-1926); 168.5x97 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Construction of Blackfriars bridge, London
Builders involved in various tasks atop two huge arches under construction. One of the arches clearly shows the scaffolding required to form such a huge structure. Date: August 1764

Men building the Camden Town Sub-Station, London, 1908
Men building the Camden Town Sub-Station, 102-116 Arlington Road, London, 1908. Site of an electricity sub-station with workmen and scaffolding

No Lions
circa 1843: Trafalgar Square, the base of Nelsons column surrounded with scaffolding and without the lions. The church of St Martin-in-the-Fields is in the background

Empire State Building
Construction workers celebrate the completion of the iron work on the Empire State Building, Manhattan, circa 1930. The building was constructed between 1930 and 1931

Bulgaria - Schipka
A Russian church built at Schipka, Bulgaria between 1877-1902 with twelve bells

Robinsons Store
July 1923: Peter Robinsons department store in Oxford Circus, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Scaffolding in Central Hall, 1925
This photograph, taken in February 1925, marked the cleaning and redecoration of the North and Central Halls by the Office of Works

View of the Harbour - Amalfi, Italy

Building a wooden Rollercoaster - Ramsgate Seafront
Huge scaffolding erected for the construction of a wooden rollercoaster on the seafront - part of the Merrie England funfair at Ramsgate, Kent, England

Primitive chain gang and scaffold near Bharatpur, Rajasthan state, India, Asia

Spitalfields Market / 1841
Spitalfields Market

Evelyns School under construction, Yiewsley 1935

The widening of the main Torquay to Paignton road at Gas Works Hill nearing completion. It has entailed the construction of a huge retaining wall over 4 ft in thickness at a total cost of £ 11

Trapeze artist Inga-Lise swung into newcastle for a production with the Scottish Opera

River Widening, Lostwithiel, Cornwall. September 1992
River widening work on the River Fowey, just below Coulson Park at Lostwithiel, saw barges with cages of stones, cranes, diggers

Toddington Manor 33859_046
Toddington Manor encased in scaffolding and white plastic sheeting since 2006, Toddington, Gloucestershire, 2019

Scaffolding DP092099
Westminster Abbey, Chapter House, Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London. General view looking up at silhouetted scaffolding against the wall of the Chapter House during restoration

Roofing JLP01_08_008427
RAF Gaydon, Gaydon, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire. A man fitting corrugated roofing panels onto the roof of a newly constructed building at Gaydon Airfield

Midland Link Motorway construction JLP01_08_069215a
M6 Motorway, M6, Penkridge, South Staffordshire, Staffordshire. A view of the construction of the Midland Link Motorway, between Junction 13 and Junction 11 of the M6

Building M6 Junction 16 JLP01_01_165_23
M6 Motorway, Junction 16, M6, Audley Rural, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. A view of the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)

Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings DP235184
Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings, Spring Gardens, Ditherington, Shrewsbury, Shropshire. Interior view of the kiln, reinforced by scaffolding during restoration

Allscott Sugar Beet Factory JLP01_08_060530
Allscott Sugar Beet Factory, Allscott, Wrockwardine, Telford and Wrekin. A view from scaffolding during the construction of a sugar silo at the Allscott Sugar Beet Factory

Allscott Sugar Beet Factory JLP01_08_060532
Allscott Sugar Beet Factory, Allscott, Wrockwardine, Telford and Wrekin. A floodlit view of a sugar silo under construction at Allscott Sugar Beet Factory

Bardney Sugar Factory JLP01_08_045668
Bardney Sugar Factory, Bardney, West Lindsey, Lincolnshire. A view over the construction site for two sugar silos at Bardney Sugar Factory, showing Laing workers carrying out various tasks

Portrait of Asensio Julià, 1798. Creator: Francisco Goya
Portrait of Asensio Julia, 1798

Strand with sky, 1916. Creator: Francis Dodd
Strand with sky, 1916

St. Mary le Strand, 1916. Creator: Francis Dodd
St. Mary le Strand, 1916. Shows James Gibbs's early 18th century church of St Mary le Strand, in London's West End

The clock tower, Paris, 1852. Creator: Charles Meryon
The clock tower, Paris, 1852

The Metropolitan Main-drainage works at Crossness, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Metropolitan Main-drainage works at Crossness, [Bexley], 1864. View of...the works at this important outlet for the whole of the sewage drained from the area on the south side of the Thames

The Sorbonne under construction, Paris, c.1890 (b/w photo)
8698818 The Sorbonne under construction, Paris, c.1890 (b/w photo) by Blancard, Hippolyte (1843-1924); Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee Carnavalet, Paris, France

Construction of a temple on the Aventine Hill, Rome (engraving)
8635803 Construction of a temple on the Aventine Hill, Rome (engraving) by Leutemann, Heinrich (1824-1905); Private Collection; (add.info.: Construction of a temple on the Aventine Hill, Rome)

How films are made: Making Snow (colour litho)
8660302 How films are made: Making Snow (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Making Snow)

1974 Austrian Grand Prix Osterreichring, Austria. 16-18th August 1974. Emerson Fittipaldi, McLaren M23 Ford, retired. Ref: 74AUT01. World Copyright: LAT Photographic

Eyes that stare through time unblinking (b/w photo)
8676261 Eyes that stare through time unblinking (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Eyes that stare through time unblinking)

Vienna: workers and building contractors on a scaffolding during the works for a building
3570607 Vienna: workers and building contractors on a scaffolding during the works for a building; (add.info.: Vienna, Austria 1910 ca. Photographer: Schaschek); Alinari Archives, Florence

How a house is built (litho)
8675783 How a house is built (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: How a house is built)

The Royal Naval Exhibition (engraving)
8631358 The Royal Naval Exhibition (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Royal Naval Exhibition, Chelsea, London. Illustration from Black and White)

The Erechtheion during the restoration work, Acropolis of Athens
3575918 The Erechtheion during the restoration work, Acropolis of Athens by Unknown photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: Athens, Greece 1904 Date of Artwork: 421 - 406 a.C)

Construction of the Metro, crossing the Seine, c.1900 (b/w photo)
LSE746616 Construction of the Metro, crossing the Seine, c.1900 (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; Photo © Leonard de Selva

View of the celebrated Logan Rock near the Land's End in Cornwall taken after the Rock was displaced on the 8th
7482949 View of the celebrated Logan Rock near the Land's End in Cornwall taken after the Rock was displaced on the 8th April 1824, 1824 (hand coloured litho on paper) by Tonkin

19th century bricklayer
673352 19th century bricklayer; (add.info.: a nineteenth century Bricklayer); Universal History Archive/UIG

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Villa Torlonia, Rome, Italy (engraving)
8676890 Villa Torlonia, Rome, Italy (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Villa Torlonia, Rome, Italy)

The Erechtheion during the restoration work, Acropolis of Athens
3575916 The Erechtheion during the restoration work, Acropolis of Athens by Unknown photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: Athens, Greece 1904 Date of Artwork: 421 - 406 a.C)

How films are made: Plasterers Department (colour litho)
8660294 How films are made: Plasterers Department (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Plasterers Department)

The Viaduct, Durham, June 28th, 1855 (b/w photo)
7426775 The Viaduct, Durham, June 28th, 1855 (b/w photo); 21x27 cm; Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, Telford, Shropshire, UK; (add.info.: View of the construction of Durham viaduct)

Thomas Hornor's hut on scaffolding above the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral, London
FLO4569259 Thomas Hornor's hut on scaffolding above the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral, London, where he painted his giant panorama of London, 1821

Annex to Westminster Abbey built for the Coronation of King Edward VII (litho)
8672115 Annex to Westminster Abbey built for the Coronation of King Edward VII (litho) by Holland Tringham, Joseph (1861-1908); Private Collection; (add.info.: Annex to Westminster Abbey, London)

Men at work #4
Tal Paz-Fridman

Men at work #3
Tal Paz-Fridman

The RMS Olympic on the Stocks (b/w photo)
8667132 The RMS Olympic on the Stocks (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The RMS Olympic on the Stocks)

The construction of a large ship, 1860 (engraving)
1579472 The construction of a large ship, 1860 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving depicting the construction of a large ship. Dated 1860.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Phidias at work on the Parthenon (engraving)
8634885 Phidias at work on the Parthenon (engraving) by Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Phidias at work on the Parthenon.); © Look and Learn

PAXTON, Joseph (1801-1865). Crystal Palace. 1851 (engraving)
CUL4932771 PAXTON, Joseph (1801-1865). Crystal Palace. 1851 (engraving); (add.info.: PAXTON, Joseph (1801-1865). Crystal Palace. 1851

Cross-readings at Charing Cross, published by I.P. Satirical cartoon relating to advertising
GHL36051 Cross-readings at Charing Cross, published by I.P. Satirical cartoon relating to advertising; London Metropolitan Archives, City of London; © London Metropolitan Archives

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"Scaffolding: A Timeless Support System in the World of Construction and Art" Since its inception by bricklayers in 1827, it has played a crucial role in shaping iconic structures around the world. From Madison Square Garden to the Statue of Liberty, this temporary framework has witnessed history unfold. In c1883, as the Statue of Liberty took shape in Paris, scaffolding embraced Lady Liberty's grandeur during her construction. It stood tall alongside her, symbolizing progress and unity. Nottingham's Council House proudly displayed itself from South Parade with scaffolding as its trusted companion. The imposing structure showcased both architectural marvel and human ingenuity. Helena Ben-Zenou's masterpiece "The Imposition" captured Wollaton Hall's Prospect Room under scaffold in February 2006. This artwork immortalized how even art needs support to reach new heights. Across continents, dangerous yet necessary scaffolds dotted Kolkata's skyline in West Bengal, India. Amidst bustling streets and vibrant markets, these structures enabled growth while reminding us of our collective aspirations. Even London's most beloved landmarks experienced moments hidden beneath scaffoldings' embrace. Big Ben patiently awaited restoration while Tower Bridge relied on it for maintenance - testaments to their endurance over time. Las Arenas Transporter Bridge stood proud as a UNESCO World Heritage Site thanks to meticulous preservation efforts aided by scaffolding. It safeguarded this engineering marvel for generations to come. Truro Cathedral basked in glory amidst Cornwall's landscape back in 1900 – its spires reaching towards heaven with help from sturdy scaffoldings that held dreams aloft. When tragedy struck London Hop Exchange after a fire outbreak, resilient scaffoldings emerged as symbols of hope amid devastation - promising rebirth and renewal for this historic landmark. Scaffolding stands not just as steel beams but also as silent witnesses to human achievements throughout history. As we gaze upon these towering structures wrapped within their supportive arms, we are reminded of the indomitable spirit that propels us forward.