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Images about Columns

117 images from works
  • Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich: the interior of the Chapel. Engraving by Page.
  • Iron: rolling machine (top), and elevation and cross-section of two blast furnaces (below). Engraving c.1861.
  • The apostles Peter and John heal the lame man. Process print after Raphael.
  • Temple of Vesta or Fortuna Virilis, Rome. Engraving.
  • The Royal College of Surgeons, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London. Watercolour painting, before 1835.
  • Figures outside the Royal Institution. Line engraving by G. Aikman, 1841, after G.M. Kemp.
  • Russell Institution, Great Coram Street, London: the facade, with passers-by. Coloured aquatint, 1811.
  • University College, London: the main building. Coloured engraving by T. Higham after W. Wilkins.
  • The Royal College of Physicians, Trafalgar Square: the facade. Engraving by T. Barber, 1828, after T. H. Shepherd.
  • The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Etching by T. Kearnan after G. Basevi.

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    University College, London: the main building. Coloured engraving by T. Higham after W. Wilkins.

    | Date: 1828 | Reference: 38733i
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    The Royal College of Physicians, Trafalgar Square: the portico. Engraving.

    | Date: 1826 | Reference: 40191i
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    The Royal College of Surgeons, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London. Coloured engraving.

    | Date: [24 June 1813] | Reference: 38363i
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    Saint Bartholomew of Grottaferrata supervising the building of a church; an accident is avoided when a falling column is stayed on the order of one of his disciples. Engraving by P.A. Pozzi after N. Vanni after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino.

    Domenichino, 1581-1641. | Date: [between 1700 and 1799] | Reference: 493847i
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    The Royal College of Physicians, London: the facade. Wood engraving attributed to F. G. Kitton, 1887.

    | Date: 1887 | Reference: 40194i

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