Point of entry to a space enclosed by building, wall or fence

Samson carries the gates of Gaza out of the city. Woodcut.

India: ruins of the 'Cashmere Gate' at a water bastion near Delhi. Photograph by F. Beato, c. 1858.

New College, Oxford: entrance gate. Coloured aquatint by J. Hill, 1814, after A.C. Pugin.

India: the "Lahore Gate of the Palace". Photograph by F. Beato, c. 1858.

Gate of the Hospital of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, Clerkenwell, London, surrounded by thatched domestic buildings. Engraving after W. Hollar.

Samson carries the gates of Gaza up to the mount of Hebron. Etching by J. Taylor after F. Verdier, 1698.

Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, the gate piers and porters' lodges: plans and elevations, with a scale of feet. Engraving by J. Basire after himself, 1752.

Oak trees (Quercus robur L.) by a country lane in Berkshire. Soft-ground etching by W. Delamotte, 1805.

Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge: Caius Court towards the Gate of Honour. Line engraving by J. & H.S. Storer.

The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam], St. George's Fields, Lambeth. Coloured process print.

St. John's College, Oxford: entranceway. Wood engraving.

All Souls College, Oxford: entranceway. Etching by Soho, 1821.

1 print : line engraving with etching ; border 9.4 x 14.1 cm

1 print : line engraving ; platemark 19.6 x 11.4 cm

St. John's College, Oxford: gateway. Line engraving by S. Sparrow after Baldrey.

"Mental Hospital Surrey"

"A Japanese girl crossing a bridge"

Architecture: three designs for gates to country houses. Engraving by J. Pass, 1797, after himself.

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Gates

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Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge: Caius Court towards the Gate of Honour. Line engraving by J. & H.S. Storer.

St. John's College, Oxford: gateway. Line engraving by S. Sparrow after Baldrey.

"Mental Hospital Surrey"

"A Japanese girl crossing a bridge"

Architecture: three designs for gates to country houses. Engraving by J. Pass, 1797, after himself.

Gates

Images from the collections

Images referencing Gates

Works from the collections

Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge: Caius Court towards the Gate of Honour. Line engraving by J. & H.S. Storer.

St. John's College, Oxford: gateway. Line engraving by S. Sparrow after Baldrey.

"Mental Hospital Surrey"

"A Japanese girl crossing a bridge"

Architecture: three designs for gates to country houses. Engraving by J. Pass, 1797, after himself.

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