Embankment Collection (#6)

The Thames Embankment, showing Cleopatras Needle, 1896. From The Life and Times of The Right Honourable The Marquis of Salisbury, K.G. published by J. S. Virtue & Co. Ltd. 1896

British troops advancing through gas, Passchandaele, Ypres, Belgium, World War I, c1914-c1918. Stereoscopic card. Detail

The Royal Air Force Memorial, the Embankment, London, c1930s. Erected in 1923, this memorial commemorates the servicemen of the Royal Air Force (RAF) killed in World War I and subsequent conflicts

The Thames Embankment, London, early 20th century

Westminster Bridge and Big Ben from the terrace of St Thomass Hospital, 1926-1927. Illustration from Wonderful London, volume I, edited by Arthur St John Adcock

Pavement artist, Embankment, London, 1926-1927. Artist: McLeish
Pavement artist, Embankment, London, 1926-1927. Illustration from Wonderful London, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, Volume I, published by Amalgamated Press, (London, 1926-1927)

The Embankment, London, 1926-1927. A tunnel leading on to the Embankment, and a tram heading towards Westminster. From Wonderful London, volume II, edited by Arthur St John Adcock

Flood damage on the Victoria Embankment, London, 1928 (1936). On 7 January 1928, 14 people were drowned and thousands were made homeless when flood waters poured over the top of the Thames

Sphinx damaged by a German bomb dropped on the Embankment, 4th September 1917, (1935). A print from King Emperors Jubilee, 1910-1935, by FGH Salusbury, Daily Express Publications, London, 1935

The London school-boards new office on the Thames Embankment, London, 1875. Print from The Illustrated London News (10 April 1875)

Old Water Gate, Embankment, London, c1920s. The gate was built in 1626 for the Duke of Buckingham. It marks the old northern bank of the wider, shallower River Thames before the Embankment was built

Cleopatras Needle, Embankment, London, c1920s. The ancient Egyptian obelisk carved in granite and was erected on the bank of the River Thames in 1878

View of the city of Auckland, New Zealand, with the new commercial embankment, 1860. A print from The Illustrated London News, (10 May 1860)

Venice. The Grand Canal with Palazzo Pesaro, 1755-1760. Artist: Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793)
Venice. The Grand Canal with Palazzo Pesaro, 1755-1760. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

A Gondola on the Lagoon near Mestre, after 1780. Artist: Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793)
A Gondola on the Lagoon near Mestre, after 1780. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

The Entrance to the Grand Canal, Venice, ca 1730. Artist: Canaletto (1697-1768)
The Entrance to the Grand Canal, Venice, ca 1730. Found in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

View of the Riva degli Schiavoni, 1735-1739. Artist: Canaletto (1697-1768)
View of the Riva degli Schiavoni, 1735-1739. Found in the collection of the The Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio

The Grand Canal in Venice, 1723. Artist: Canaletto (1697-1768)
The Grand Canal in Venice, 1723. Found in the collection of the Dresden State Art Collections

View of the Grand Canal, 1726-1728. Artist: Canaletto (1697-1768)
View of the Grand Canal, 1726-1728. Found in the collection of the Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

View of the Grand Canal and the Punta della Dogana, ca 1743. Artist: Bellotto, Bernardo (1720-1780)
View of the Grand Canal and the Punta della Dogana, ca 1743. Found in the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Panoramic view of Saint Petersburg, Between 1805 and 1807. Artist: Atkinson, John Augustus (1775-1831)
Panoramic view of Saint Petersburg, Between 1805 and 1807. From a private collection

View of the Winter Palace of the Vasilyevsky Island, 1796. Artist: Mayr, Johann Georg, von (1760-1816)
View of the Winter Palace of the Vasilyevsky Island, 1796. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

A Sporting Contest on the Tiber at Rome, 1750. Artist: Vernet, Claude Joseph (1714-1789)
A Sporting Contest on the Tiber at Rome, 1750. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

The Pont-Neuf, 1902. Artist: Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903)
The Pont-Neuf, 1902. Found in the collection of the Szepmuveszeti Muzeum, Budapest

Sails at Night. Artist: Gaush, Alexander Fyodorovich (1873-1947)
Sails at Night. Found in the collection of the State Art Museum, Odessa

The Marble Palace and the Neva Embankment, St Petersburg, Russia, 1822. Built between 1768 and 1785, the Neoclassical Marble Palace was constructed for Count Grigori Orlov

View of the Kremlin from the Sophia Embankment in Moscow, 1879. Artist: Pyotr Petrovich Vereshchagin
View of the Kremlin from the Sophia Embankment in Moscow, 1879. Found in the collection of the State Art Museum, Yaroslavl, Russia

The Seine and Notre-Dame in Paris, 1864. Artist: Johan Barthold Jongkind
The Seine and Notre-Dame in Paris, 1864. From the collection of the Musee d Orsay, Paris, France

Thames Embankment, London, 20th Century. The Embankment was designed by the civil engineer Joseph Bazalgette to accommodate his new sewer system and to provide a thoroughfare alongside the river

Study for Une Baignade, 1883. Artist: Georges-Pierre Seurat
Study for Une Baignade, 1883. From the Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh

Train Crash at Bellevue in 1842 (19th century). From the Chateau of Sceaux, France

The Tolstoy Family in Venice, 1855. Artist: Carlini, Giulio (1826-1887)
The Tolstoy Family in Venice, 1855. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

A Regatta on the Grand Canal, c. 1740. Artist: Canaletto (1697-1768)
A Regatta on the Grand Canal, c. 1740. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

Venice. Upper Reaches of the Grand Canal facing Santa Croce, 1740s. Artist: Bellotto, Bernardo (1720-1780)
Venice. Upper Reaches of the Grand Canal facing Santa Croce, 1740s. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

The Senate Square in St. Petersburg, 1904. Artist: Lanceray (Lansere), Evgeny Evgenyevich (1875-1946)
The Senate Square in St. Petersburg, 1904. Found in the collection of the State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg

Statue of Boudicca and her daughters in a chariot, Thames Embankment, London, 19th century Artist: Thomas Thornycroft
Statue of Boudicca and her daughters in a chariot, Thames Embankment, London, 19th century. After the death of Boudiccas husband Prasutagus, leader of the Iceni, the Romans confiscated his lands

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