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Abstracts Collection: Reflections

Reflections Collection
208 items

Abstracts Collection: Space Age

Space Age Collection
20 items

Abstracts Collection: Signage

Signage Collection
22 items

Abstracts Collection: Oddments

Oddments Collection
59 items

Abstracts Collection: Architectural abstracts

Architectural abstracts Collection
56 items

Background imageAbstracts Collection: Sweets a093543

Sweets a093543
A selection of Barratts Confectionery. Photographed by John Gay between January 1946 - November 1946

Background imageAbstracts Collection: Corrugated iron DP044414

Corrugated iron DP044414
Detail of corrugated iron

Background imageAbstracts Collection: Sheet music a059992(1)

Sheet music a059992(1)
Detail of sheet music for organ

Background imageAbstracts Collection: Hand bells DP130732

Hand bells DP130732
Whitechapel Bell Foundry, 32-34 Whitechapel Road, Tower Hamlets, London. Interior, hand bell blanks

Background imageAbstracts Collection: Stokesay Castle K011398

Stokesay Castle K011398
STOKESAY CASTLE, Shropshire. Detail of timber framing on the exterior of the 17th century gatehouse

Background imageAbstracts Collection: Hexagonal paving DP251002

Hexagonal paving DP251002
Strawberry Hill, Fieldend Estate, Twickenham, Richmond upon Thames, Greater London. Detail of original 1960s hexagonal paving tiles

Background imageAbstracts Collection: Tree with doves DP348860

Tree with doves DP348860
Royal Arcade, Back Of The Inns, Norwich, Norfolk. DDetail of stained-glass depicting doves and flowers in a tree, in the semi-circular top of the Royal Arcade's arcuated entrance, from the west

Background imageAbstracts Collection: Tiled frieze DP348858

Tiled frieze DP348858
Royal Arcade, Back Of The Inns, Norwich, Norfolk. Detail of a tiled frieze at first-floor level on the north side of the Royal Arcade, with abstract heart-shaped lotus-bud decorations, by G. J

Background imageAbstracts Collection: Peacock tiling DP348857

Peacock tiling DP348857
Royal Arcade, Back Of The Inns, Norwich, Norfolk. Detail of a tiled frieze at first-floor level on the east side of the Royal Arcade, with decoration depicting a peacock amongst leaves, by G. J

Background imageAbstracts Collection: Dalby Dry Stone Wall Maze 34113_050

Dalby Dry Stone Wall Maze 34113_050
Dalby Dry Stone Wall Maze, the worlds largest dry stone wall, Dalby Forest, North Yorkshire, 2019

Background imageAbstracts Collection: Tunnel DP263451

Tunnel DP263451
Victory Park, Cainscross, Stroud, Gloucestershire. A woman in exercise clothing pushing a buggy through a narrow tunnel

Background imageAbstracts Collection: Mist on the South Downs DP147652

Mist on the South Downs DP147652
Cissbury Ring, Findon, Worthing, West Sussex. General view of the mist-shrouded landscape between Cissbury Ring and Chanctonbury Hill

Background imageAbstracts Collection: Safety signs DP076746

Safety signs DP076746
Dover Castle, Dover, Kent. Detail of safety signage at the castle, behind stacked security fencing panels

Background imageAbstracts Collection: Tabula set DP076633

Tabula set DP076633
Dover Castle, Dover, Kent. The distorted reflection of a tabula game board and playing pieces on a table in the Guest Chamber of the castles Great Tower

Background imageAbstracts Collection: Rays of light DP076469

Rays of light DP076469
Dover Castle, Dover, Kent. Detail of coloured light cast by a stained-glass window in the chapel of the castles Great Tower

Background imageAbstracts Collection: Inside the well DP076385

Inside the well DP076385
Dover Castle, Dover, Kent. Interior view of the well room in the castles Great Tower, looking down into the well

Background imageAbstracts Collection: Scaffolding DP248470

Scaffolding DP248470
Wentworth Woodhouse, Wentworth Park, Wentworth, Rotherham. General view looking through a maze of scaffolding poles towards the urn on the parapet of the mansion houses east side

Background imageAbstracts Collection: Factory units DP235399

Factory units DP235399
Advance Factory Units, Burners Lane, Kiln Farm, Bradwell Abbey, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. Exterior view of part of a factory unit from the south-west

Background imageAbstracts Collection: Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings DP235186

Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings DP235186
Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings, Spring Gardens, Ditherington, Shrewsbury, Shropshire. Interior view of the kiln, reinforced by scaffolding during restoration

Background imageAbstracts Collection: Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings DP235184

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

Background imageAbstracts Collection: Cattle Trough and Drinking Fountain DP232797

Cattle Trough and Drinking Fountain DP232797
Cattle Trough and Drinking Fountain, Spaniards Road, Hampstead, Camden, Greater London. General view of the trough from the east

Background imageAbstracts Collection: Plasterwork DP232934

Plasterwork DP232934
Portland Place, Maryland, City of Westminster, Greater London. Detail of decorative plasterwork in the town houses ground-floor back room

Background imageAbstracts Collection: palettes detail DP236142

palettes detail DP236142
Anchor Studio, Trewarveneth Street, Newlyn, Penzance, Cornwall. Detail showing two of artist Virginia Bounds paint palettes on the paint-splattered floor-boards of the artists studio

Background imageAbstracts Collection: detail Georgian wallpaper

detail Georgian wallpaper
English Garden House, Mount Edgcumbe Park, Cremyll, Maker-with-Rame, Torpoint, Cornwall, Detail of 19th century wallpaper in the east room of the garden house

Background imageAbstracts Collection: corrugated roof detail DP236122

corrugated roof detail DP236122
Anchor Studio, Trewarveneth Street, Newlyn, Penzance, Cornwall. Detail of the corrugated-iron roof over the artists studios external stair, from the west

Background imageAbstracts Collection: Hanging gardens DP235917

Hanging gardens DP235917
Matrix House, Basing View, Basingstoke, Basingstoke and Deane, Hampshire. General view of the south side of the office site

Background imageAbstracts Collection: Iron flower DP235731

Iron flower DP235731
Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings, Spring Gardens, Ditherington, Shrewsbury, Shropshire. Detail of an iron flower head, part of the ironwork of the coronet on top of the flaxmills Jubilee Tower

Background imageAbstracts Collection: Reflection DP021665

Reflection DP021665
The Icona Building reflected in the Waterworks River, London Olympics 2012 site, Stratford, London

Background imageAbstracts Collection: Lock treads DP074235

Lock treads DP074235
Lock treads. Mile End Lock, Tower Hamlets, Greater London

Background imageAbstracts Collection: Reflections DP073433

Reflections DP073433
Watery reflections of a bantam tug at Battlebridge Basin, Regents Canal, Camden, London

Background imageAbstracts Collection: London tree DP131915

London tree DP131915
Lloyds Register of Shipping, 71 Fenchurch Street, City of London. The entrance porch from Fenchurch Street

Background imageAbstracts Collection: Oak leaves N080968

Oak leaves N080968
Fallen brown Oak leaves covered in frost

Background imageAbstracts Collection: Agriculture in yellow and blue 24597_049

Agriculture in yellow and blue 24597_049
Wood Bevington Farm, Salford Priors, Warwickshire, SP057542. Aerial view. Polytunnels or linear cloches adjoining a flowering yellow crop

Background imageAbstracts Collection: Corrugated iron roof DP032153

Corrugated iron roof DP032153
Detail of corrugated iron roof

Background imageAbstracts Collection: Blue door DP026613

Blue door DP026613
Detailed view of peeling blue paint on door

Background imageAbstracts Collection: Snow covered tree N090012

Snow covered tree N090012
Snow covered tree

Background imageAbstracts Collection: Corrugated iron DP039612

Corrugated iron DP039612
Detailed view of rusting corrugated iron

Background imageAbstracts Collection: Apples N070882

Apples N070882
Detail of apples. Apple

Background imageAbstracts Collection: Oxford boats K991458

Oxford boats K991458
RIVER CHERWELL, Oxford, Oxfordshire. Rowing boats moored at Magdalen Bridge

Background imageAbstracts Collection: Tiles DP065819

Tiles DP065819
Floor tiles in the south transept. Byland Abbey, North Yorkshire

Background imageAbstracts Collection: Trees casting shadows EAW027429

Trees casting shadows EAW027429
Trees casting shadows, Withington, 27th October 1949

Background imageAbstracts Collection: Setts DP074158

Setts DP074158
Cobbled street surface, Castlefield Area, Manchester

Background imageAbstracts Collection: Setts DP074156

Setts DP074156
Cobbled street surface, Castlefield Area, Manchester




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