Construction designed to bridge a large vertical distance by dividing it into steps

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A scholar sits in his study reading by a globe. Line engraving by G. Longhi after J. Swebach-Desfontaines after S. Koninck.

The Virgin looks away from her Bible as the angel appears, bearing lilies. Engraving by C. Visscher after A. de Weerdt.

The Wellcome Research Institution's building, Euston Road, London: the stairs in the Hall of Statuary of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum. Photograph.

Boer War: two aristocratic ladies in the grounds of a large house used as a military hospital at Rondebosch, South Africa. Halftone, c. 1900, after Duffus Brothers.

Architecture: two designs for stair balustrades. Etching.

Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, a three-quarter view of the Chapel looking west, with people in the foreground. Aquatint by T. Malton, 1799.

Five men drinking and smoking round a table in a large open room. Mezzotint after a painting by A. van Ostade, 1665.

Sir John Soane's House and Museum: the hallway and stairs at ground floor level, showing the vestibule and chairs. Lithograph by C. Hullmandel [1835] after C. J. Richardson.

Concrete steps within a stadium with broken chairs representing the destructive effect of AIDS. Colour silk screen print after Dennis Adams, 1993.

Hakone, Japan: a tree-lined avenue ending in a flight of stairs to the shrine Hakone-jinja. Photograph by Felice Beato, ca. 1868.

The British Museum at Montague House: a layout plan, and elevation of the garden facade. Engraving by J. Roffe after A. Pugin, 1823.

Architecture: three designs for stair balustrades. Etching.

Building: an interior perspective of a hallway, showing stairs and interior fittings. Etching by W. A. Beever, 1850, after S. H. Brooks.

A smiling face with red eyes and a flight of stairs behind

"Better to have loved and lost, Than never to have loved at all"

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Stairs

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Images referencing Stairs

Works from the collections

A scholar sits in his study reading by a globe. Line engraving by G. Longhi after J. Swebach-Desfontaines after S. Koninck.

Building: an interior perspective of a hallway, showing stairs and interior fittings. Etching by W. A. Beever, 1850, after S. H. Brooks.

A smiling face with red eyes and a flight of stairs behind

Architecture: three designs for stair balustrades. Etching.

"Better to have loved and lost, Than never to have loved at all"

Stairs

Images from the collections

Images referencing Stairs

Works from the collections

A scholar sits in his study reading by a globe. Line engraving by G. Longhi after J. Swebach-Desfontaines after S. Koninck.

Building: an interior perspective of a hallway, showing stairs and interior fittings. Etching by W. A. Beever, 1850, after S. H. Brooks.

A smiling face with red eyes and a flight of stairs behind

Architecture: three designs for stair balustrades. Etching.

"Better to have loved and lost, Than never to have loved at all"

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