Rock Face Collection (#2)

Tourists crossing Lake Loen - view across to a huge glacier, Norway, c1905. Creator: Unknown
Tourists crossing Lake Loen - view across to a huge glacier, Norway, c1905. From " The Underwood Travel Library - Norway". [Underwood & Underwood, London ]

Where the road creeps under the jutting cliffs by the waters of the Nerofjord, Norway, c1905. From " The Underwood Travel Library - Norway". [Underwood & Underwood, London ]

Flood from a melting glacier at Rembesdal Falls, Norway, c1905. Creator: Unknown
Flood from a melting glacier at Rembesdal Falls, Norway, c1905. From " The Underwood Travel Library - Norway". [Underwood & Underwood, London ]

The seething waters of the mighty Voringfos, one of the largest waterfalls of Norway, c1905. From " The Underwood Travel Library - Norway". [Underwood & Underwood, London ]

A Cannonade on the Matterhorn, from Scrambles amongst the Alps in the years 1860 - 69, pub. 1871 (engraving), 1871

Chinese landscape, 16th century, (1886). Artist: Kano Masanobu
Chinese landscape, 16th century, (1886). From a painting on paper attributed to Kano Masanobu. A print from The Pictorial Arts of Japan, by William Anderson, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle

Funerary Chamber Where Egyptian Mummies Awaited Resurrection, c1935. Luxor, Egypt. Funerary chamber. From Our Wonderful World, Volume IV, edited by J.A. Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London]

Columns and Architrave Chiselled from the Rock with Wondrous Skill, c1935. From Our Wonderful World, Volume III, edited by J.A. Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London]

Walk to El Deir (the Monastery), Petra, Jordan. Petra was the capital of the Nabataean kingdom from 312 BC until it was absorbed into the Roman Empire in 106 AD

El Deir (the Monastery), Petra, Jordan. Petra was the capital of the Nabataean kingdom from 312 BC until it was absorbed into the Roman Empire in 106 AD

Roman theatre, Petra, Jordan. Petra was the capital of the Nabataean kingdom from 312 BC until it was absorbed into the Roman Empire in 106 AD. The theatre dates from the 2nd or 3rd century

Tigers Nest Buddhist monastery, Bhutan. Buildings of the Buddhist monastery of Taktsang (Tigers Nest) precariously sited on a rocky ledge over 2000 feet above the valley floor

The Monastery, Petra, Jordan. Petra was the capital of the Nabataean kingdom from 312 BC until it was absorbed into the Roman Empire in 106 AD

Relief of Shapur I, Naqsh-i-Rustam, Iran. Shapur I was the second king of the Sasanian dynasty. He ruled Persia from 241 until 272

Relief of the investiture of Ardashir I, Naqsh-I-Rustam, Iran
Relief of the investiture of Ardashir, Naqsh-I-Rustam, Iran. This relief shows the investiture of the Sasanian Persian King Ardashir I by the god Ahuramazda

Tomb of Xerxes I, Naqsh-i-Rustam, Iran. The son of Darius I the Great, Xerxes ruled Persia from 485 to 465 BC. Determined to avenge his fathers defeat at the Battle of Marathon

Tomb of Artaxerxes I, Naqsh-i-Rustam, Iran. One of the kings of the Achaemenid dynasty, Artaxerxes I ruled from 465 to 425 BC

Trilingual relief of Darius, Bisitun, Iran
Detail of trilingual relief of Darius, Bisitun, Iran. This relief is the equivalent to cuneiform of what the Rosetta Stone represents to the understanding of Egyptian hieroglyphics

The Treasury, Petra, Jordan. Petra was the capital of the Nabataean kingdom from 312 BC until it was absorbed into the Roman Empire in 106 AD

Stanage Edge, Derbyshire, 2009. Stanage Edge is a gritstone outcrop in the Peak District. The area is popular with walkers and rock climbers

Curbar Edge, Derbyshire, 2009. Curbar Edge is a gritstone outcrop in the Peak District. The area is popular with walkers and rock climbers

Curbar Edge, Derbyshire, 2007. Curbar Edge is a gritstone outcrop in the Peak District. The area is popular with walkers and rock climbers

Climbers on Stanage Edge, Hathersage, Derbyshire, 1964. Artist: Michael Walters
Climbers on Stanage Edge, Hathersage, Derbyshire, 1964. Stanage is situated on the moors to the north of Hathersage, and is visible from the Hope Valley; it stretches for a length of about six

Assyrian rock reliefs pitted by Chr hermit caves, Bavian, Iraq, 1977. The Assyrian king Sennacherib built an aqueduct to transport water from Bavian to his capital city, Nineveh, in c700 BC

Katoomba Falls, 19th century. From The Colonial Portfolio. [The Werner Company, London]

A Montenegrin in Holiday Costume, c1913. Artist: Charles JS Makin
A Montenegrin in Holiday Costume, c1913. From With Pen and Camera in Three Continents by Charles J. S. Makin, F.I.C. F.C.S. [The Tribune Publishing Company, London, 1913]

The ruins of the Hohentwiel, 1931. Artist: Kurt Hielscher
The ruins of the Hohentwiel, 1931. From Deutschland by Kurt Hielscher. [F. A. Brockhaus, Leipzig, 1931]

The Latomie, Syracuse, Sicily, Italy, 1927. Artist: Eugen Poppel
The Latomie, Syracuse, Sicily, Italy, 1927. The Latomie are stone quarries that were also used as prisons in ancient times. From Italien in Bildern, by Eugen Poppel [August Scherl, Berlin, 1927]

Sindh River, passing the crags below Sonamarg, Kashmir, India, late 19th or early 20th century. Lantern slide

Scene in the Himalayas, India, late 19th or early 20th century. Lantern slide

View from Inspiration Point through Yosemite Valley, California, USA, 1902. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
View from Inspiration Point through Yosemite Valley, California, USA, 1902. View showing El Capitan, Half Dome and Bridalveil Fall. Stereoscopic card. Detail

El Capitan and Half Dome, Yosemite Valley, California, USA, 1902. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
El Capitan and Half Dome, Yosemite Valley, California, USA, 1902. Detail from a stereoscopic card

The Three Brothers, Yosemite Valley, California, USA, 1902. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
The Three Brothers, Yosemite Valley, California, USA, 1902. Eagle Peak is in the centre. Detail from a stereoscopic card

North Dome, Half Dome and Clouds Rest, Yosemite Valley, California, USA, 1902. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
North Dome, Half Dome and Clouds Rest, Yosemite Valley, California, USA, 1902. Detail from a stereoscopic card

Mirror view of Cathedral Rocks, Yosemite Valley, California, USA, 1902. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Mirror view of Cathedral Rocks, Yosemite Valley, California, USA, 1902. Looking west by south-west down the valley. Detail from a stereoscopic card

Sentinel Hotel, looking north across the valley to Yosemite Falls, California, USA, 1902. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Sentinel Hotel, looking north across the valley to Yosemite Falls, California, USA, 1902. Detail from a stereoscopic card

Yosemite Point and wind-blown Yosemite Falls, Yosemite Valley, California, USA, 1902. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Yosemite Point and wind-blown Yosemite Falls, Yosemite Valley, California, USA, 1902. Detail from a stereoscopic card

Yosemite Falls, from Glacier Point trail, Yosemite Valley, California, USA, 1901. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Yosemite Falls, from Glacier Point trail, Yosemite Valley, California, USA, 1901. Detail from a stereoscopic card

View from Glacier Point, Yosemite Valley, California, USA, 1902. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
View from Glacier Point, Yosemite Valley, California, USA, 1902. The Upper and Lower Yosemite Falls are in the background. Detail from a stereoscopic card

Mirror Lake, Half Dome and Clouds Rest, Yosemite Valley, California, USA, 1902. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Mirror Lake, Half Dome and Clouds Rest, Yosemite Valley, California, USA, 1902. View from Glacier Point. Detail from a stereoscopic card

Yosemite Valley, California, USA, 1902. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Yosemite Valley, California, USA, 1902. Detail from a stereoscopic card

View from Glacier Canyon to Half Dome, Yosemite Valley, California, USA, 1902. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
View from Glacier Canyon to Half Dome, Yosemite Valley, California, USA, 1902. Detail from a stereoscopic card

Climbing the steep zig-zag trail at the eastern end of Yosemite Valley, California, USA, 1902. Detail from a stereoscopic card

Nevada Falls and Liberty Cap from a trail, Yosemite Valley, California, USA, 1902. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Nevada Falls and Liberty Cap from a trail, Yosemite Valley, California, USA, 1902. Detail from a stereoscopic card

View of Mirror Lake, looking towards Mount Watkins, Yosemite, California, USA, 1902. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
View of Mirror Lake, looking towards Mount Watkins, Yosemite, California, USA, 1902. Detail from a stereoscopic card

Piton d Enchein, Reunion, c1880. Artist: Taylor
Piton d Enchein, Reunion, c1880. Reunion is a volcanic island in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar

El Deir (the Monastery), Petra, Jordan, c1924. Petra was the capital of the Nabataean kingdom from 312 BC until it was absorbed into the Roman Empire in 106 AD

The Matterhorn from the Col d Herens, Switzerland, c1900. Artist: J Brunner
The Matterhorn from the Col d Herens, Switzerland, c1900. View looking across the Tiefenmatten Glacier towards the mountains west face

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