Block Collection (page 2)

Writing Set and Poem Card Box (Shikishi-bako), from Spring Rain Surimono Album (Harusame surimono-jo), vol. 1, ca. 1805-10

Marble blocks for the finest sculptures at Carrara, Italy, c1909. Creator: Unknown
Marble blocks for the finest sculptures at Carrara, Italy, c1909. Carrara on the Carrione River in Tuscany is notable for the white or blue-grey marble quarried there

Portrait of Emperor Leopold I (1640-1705), Second Half of the 17th cen Creator: Block
Portrait of Emperor Leopold I (1640-1705), Second Half of the 17th cen.. Private Collection

Paddington Basin, London, W2, England. Creator: Ethel Davies; Davies, Ethel
Paddington Basin. One of the modern buildings at the new Paddington Canal Basin business development, near Paddington Station, London, W2, England

UK, Southend, Southend overview, 2009. Creator: Ethel Davies
An overview of the sea, beach and residential highrise at the Thames estuary-side town of Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England

nr John Lewis Ox St, 2005. Creator: Ethel Davies
Two remaining traditional red telephone boxes, designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott, dating from 1926 with the crown, rapidly disappearing from the streets of London

Riverside views, 2007. Creator: Ethel Davies
View of the City buildings, including Lloyds and St Mary Axe (the Gherkin), over the River Thames, from the London Bridge on the South Bank, London, SE1, England

Riverside views, 2007. Creator: Ethel Davies
View of the City buildings, including Lloyds and St Mary Axe (the Gherkin), with a police boat in the foreground, over the River Thames, from the London Bridge on the South Bank, London, SE1, England

Transporting a Modern Triumph of Carrara Quarrying Through Rome, c1935. Artist: GPA
Transporting a Modern Triumph of Carrara Quarrying Through Rome, c1935. From Our Wonderful World, Volume III, edited by J.A. Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London]

Masons and stonecutters, detail of the miniature in Codex Justinian Institutiones Feodorum et Alia, illuminated manuscript, c. 1300

View of the Church of the Assumption in the village Coll de Tor built with large stone blocks

Top of the First Pyramid of Gizah, Egypt, 1802. Artist: Thomas Milton
Top of the First Pyramid of Gizah, Egypt, 1802. Plate 4 from Views of Egypt by Luigi Mayer

The Climbers, 1908. Artist: Lance Thackeray
The Climbers, 1908. From The Light Side of Egypt, 1908

Cuneiform inscriptions on stones, ruined aqueduct, Jerwan, Iraq, 1977. Built in around 700 BC by the Assyrian King Sennacherib to supply water to his capital city, Nineveh

Alexander Ivanovich Blok (1786-1848). Found in the Collection of Russian State Archive of Literature and Art, Moscow

A. Bourne & Co. Advert - Process Blocks, 1919. From The British Printer Vol. XXXI. [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1919]

The execution of Anne Boleyn, 1536. Henry VIII married Anne Boleyn in 1533 after divorcing his first wife, Catherine of Aragon

The Mormon temple and Prophets Block, Salt Lake City, Utah

Block printers at work, c1880. Using blocks to print fabric. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris, New York, c1880)

Climbing The Great Pyramid, Egypt, late 19th century. Artist: John L Stoddard
Climbing The Great Pyramid, Egypt, late 19th century. Victorian tourists at Gizeh. Photograph from Portfolio of Photographs, of Famous Scenes, Cities and Paintings by John L Stoddard

Illustration for the Italian Poems by Alexander Blok, 1907. Artist: Roerich, Nicholas (1874-1947)
Illustration for the Italian Poems by Alexander Blok, 1907. Found in the collection of the Institut of Russian Literature IRLI (Pushkin-House), St Petersburg

Weighing of the Blocks of Stone, Egypt, 1880. Artist: R Brandamour
Weighing of the Blocks of Stone, Egypt, 1880. Published in L Egypt by George Moritz Ebers, 1880

Plymouth Breakwater from the West, 1829. Artist: Thomas Allom
Plymouth Breakwater from the West, 1829. Built by the Scottish civil engineer John Rennie (1761-1821), work was begun in 1812 and completed in 1841

Surfacing a Paris street with wooden blocks, c1900. Liebig trade card

The future emperor Joseph I (1678-1711) at the age of six with a dog, 1684, 1684. Found in the collection of the Art History Museum, Vienne

Ice Splitting, 1825. Artist: Pyotr Alexandrov
Ice Splitting, 1825. Found in the collection of the A Pushkin Memorial Museum, St Petersburg

Lion Gate, Mycenae, Greece, c1250 BC. Mycenae was a prehistoric Greek city discovered by the German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann (1822-1890) in the 1870s

Steam-powered ice elevator, Hudson River near New York, USA, 1875. An elevator for raising blocks of ice from the river level into insulated storehouses where they would be stored for summer use

Ice stall in the market, Georgetown, Demerara, Guyana (British Guiana), 1888. Artist: Amedee Forestier
Ice stall in the market, Georgetown, Demerara, Guyana (British Guiana), 1888

Cutting ice on the St Lawrence river, Canada, using a steam-powered saw, 1894. In the background on the right are insulated sheds used to store the ice for use in the summer

Ice gathering on the Hudson River near New York, USA, 1875. Horse-drawn cutters used to cut blocks of ice. In the background are insulated warehouses for storing ice for summer use

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