Cella Collection (page 3)

Remains of the Shrine of Edward the Confessor, Westminster Abbey, 1845. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum of Regal, Ecclesiastical, Baronial, Municipal, and Popular Antiquities, Volume I

The Nave, Westminster Abbey, looking West from St. Edwards Chapel, 1845. Artist: John Jackson
The Nave, Westminster Abbey, looking West from St. Edwards Chapel, 1845. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum of Regal, Ecclesiastical, Baronial, Municipal, and Popular Antiquities, Volume I

The Tank at the Back of the Dargah, Ajmere, c1880 (1905). Artist: Alexander Henry Hallam Murray
The Tank at the Back of the Dargah, Ajmere, c1880 (1905). From The High-Road of Empire, by A. H. Hallam Murray. [John Murray, Ablemarle Street, London, 1905]

The Tomb of Khwajah Muin-Ud-Din Chisti, in the Dargah, Ajmere, c1880 (1905). Artist: Alexander Henry Hallam Murray
The Tomb of Khwajah Muin-Ud-Din Chisti, in the Dargah, Ajmere, c1880 (1905). From The High-Road of Empire, by A. H. Hallam Murray. [John Murray, Ablemarle Street, London, 1905]

The Cauldron at the entrance to the Dargah, Ajmere, c1880 (1905). Artist: Alexander Henry Hallam Murray
The Cauldron at the entrance to the Dargah, Ajmere, c1880 (1905). From The High-Road of Empire, by A. H. Hallam Murray. [John Murray, Ablemarle Street, London, 1905]

The Golden Temple, Amritzar, c1880 (1905). Artist: Alexander Henry Hallam Murray
The Golden Temple, Amritzar, c1880 (1905). From The High-Road of Empire, by A. H. Hallam Murray. [John Murray, Ablemarle Street, London, 1905]

A Corner Shrine in a Benares Alley, c1880 (1905). Artist: Alexander Henry Hallam Murray
A Corner Shrine in a Benares Alley, c1880 (1905). From The High-Road of Empire, by A. H. Hallam Murray. [John Murray, Ablemarle Street, London, 1905]

Peach-Blossom, c1887, (1901). Artist: Mortimer L Menpes
Peach-Blossom, c1887, (1901). From Japan - A Record in Colour, by Mortimer Menpes. [Adam & Charles Black, London, 1901]

The Giant Lantern, c1887, (1901). Artist: Mortimer L Menpes
The Giant Lantern, c1887, (1901). From Japan - A Record in Colour, by Mortimer Menpes. [Adam & Charles Black, London, 1901]

Children in front of village schoolhouse, Karuizawa, Japan, 1904. From The Underwood Travel Library - Japan, [Underwood & Underwood, London, New York, 1904]

At Asakusa, the great temple of Tokyo, the fortune-telling business is brisk, c1900, (1921). Two or three priests are busy all the time. From Mysterious Japan, by Julian Street

Holy Tank of Alwar, surrounded with palaces and shrines, a scene of surpassing beauty, India, 1907. [H. C. White Co. Chicago, New York, London, 1907]

(Yushukan) Kudan Tokyo, c1910. The Yushukan is a Japanese military and war museum within the Yasukuni Shrine in Chiyoda, Tokyo

Within Toshogu Temple at Nikko, c1900. The UNESCO World Heritage Site Shrines and Temples of Nikko contain 103 buildings or structures and the grounds surrounding them

View of Yomeimon Gate - Shinto Temple Nikko, c1890-1900

A Sudden Shower at the Mimeguri Inari Shrine, 1787. Artist: Torii Kiyonaga
A Sudden Shower at the Mimeguri Inari Shrine, 1787. The left hand panel of a Triptych. From The Connoisseur Volume LXXXVII, edited by C. Reginald Grundy. [The Connoisseur Ltd, London, 1931]

A Shrine In Venice, c1820-1870, (1924). Artist: James Holland
A Shrine In Venice. From The Connoisseur Vol LXVIII [Otto Limited, London, 1924.]

The Shrine and Chapel of Edward the Confessor, (1853), 1937
The Shrine and Chapel of Edward the Confessor, 1853. View of the Chapel and shrine of St Edward the Confessor (died 1066) who founded Westminster Abbey. After George Price Boyce (1826-1897)

The entrance gate of the Kadimain Mosque leading to the tomb of the Imam Moosa Al Kadim, 1925. Artist: A Kerim
Entrance gate of the al-Kadhimiya Mosque, Baghdad, Iraq, 1925. The gate leads to the tomb of the Imam Musa al-Kadhim, one of two Shia Imams buried within the mosque

The golden domes and minarets of the al-Kadhimiya Mosque, Baghdad, Iraq, 1925. Artist: A Kerim
The golden domes and minarets of the al-Kadhimiya Mosque, Baghdad, Iraq, 1925. Two of the Shia Imams are buried within the mosque, which was built in the 16th century

The Kadhimiya, the holy city near Baghdad, from an aeroplane, Iraq, 1925. Artist: A Kerim
The Kadhimiya, the holy city near Baghdad, from an aeroplane, Iraq, 1925. RAF official photograph. Today a suburb of Baghdad, the Kadhimiya is a holy city to Shia Muslims

The al-Askari Mosque, Samarra, Iraq, c1930s. Originally built in 944, the al-Askari Mosque is the shrine of Ali al-Hadi and Hasan al-Askari

Torii of Itsukushima temple in Miyajima Island, Japan, c1930s. Artist: John Bushby
Torii of Itsukushima temple in Miyajima Island, Japan, c1930s. This Shinto shrine dates from the 6th century although the gate itself was built in 1168

Stone torii, Suwa Temple, Nagasaki, Japan, 1904. A torii is a traditional entrance gate to a Shinto shrine. It marks the boundary between the sacred ground of the shrine

Ieyasu Temple, Japan, 1904. A print from Japan, its History, Arts and Literature, Volume V, by Captain F Brinkley, TC and EC Jack, 34 Henrietta Street, London WC2 and Edinburgh, 1904

An Offering, 1889. A print from Figaro Exposition, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co, Limited, 4 Stationers Hall Court, London, 1889

Shrine of Mohummed Kahn, Deeg. Artist: Finden
Shrine of Mohummed Kahn, Deeg. A print from The Faiths of the World, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Sects, Volume II, by Reverend James Gardner, A Fullarton & Co, London & Edinburgh

Asian furniture, 1911-1912. Artist: Edwin Foley
Asian furniture, 1911-1912. Burmese carved and gilt doorway from Mandalay; Buddhist manuscript box and shrine of wood encrusted with coloured glass

Temple of Vimal Vasahi, Mount Abu, Rajasthan, India. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Temple of Vimal Vasahi, Mount Abu, Rajasthan, India. Interior of one of the Dilwara Temples, a group of Jain temples built by the Chalukyas at the hill station of Mount Abu between the 11th

Sacred torii gate rising from the sea, Itsukushima Shrine, Miyajima Island, Japan, 1904. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Sacred torii gate rising from the sea, Itsukushima Shrine, Miyajima Island, Japan, 1904. This Shinto shrine dates from the 6th century although the gate itself was built in 1168

Stone lanterns at Sumiyoshi, Osaka, Japan, 1904. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Stone lanterns at Sumiyoshi, Osaka, Japan, 1904. Sumiyoshi is the site of one of the oldest Shinto shrines in Japan, believed to have been built in 211 AD. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Girl feeding sacred deer on her way to prayers, grounds of Kasuga Temple, Nara, Japan, 1904. Originally established in 768, the Shinto Kasuga Shrine is famous for its many bronze and stone lanterns

A woman Shinto devotee counting the stone lanterns, Kasuga Shrine, Nara, Japan, 1904. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
A woman Shinto devotee counting the stone lanterns, Kasuga Shrine, Nara, Japan, 1904. Originally established in 768, the Kasuga Shrine is famous for its many bronze and stone lanterns

Fortune teller, Inari Temple, Kyoto, Japan, 1904. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Fortune teller, Inari Temple, Kyoto, Japan, 1904. Inari is the Shinto god of fertility, rice, agriculture, foxes and industry

Coming and going under long rows of sacred torii, Shinto temple of Inari, Kyoto, Japan, 1904
Coming and going under long rows of sacred torii, Shinto Temple of Inari, Kyoto, Japan, 1904. Inari is the Shinto god of fertility, rice, agriculture, foxes and industry

Buddhist priests in Ikegami Temple, Omori, Japan, 1904. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Buddhist priests in Ikegami Temple, Omori, Japan, 1904. The temple houses a shrine to Nichiren, who established a Buddhist sect in the 13th century

Dalada Maligawa, Palace of Buddhas Tooth, Kandy, Sri Lanka, 1902. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Dalada Maligawa, Palace of Buddhas Tooth, Kandy, Sri Lanka, 1902. Stereoscopic slide. Detail. This is the famous shrine where pilgrims come from all parts of India to adore the so-called Sacred Tooth

Grande Fontana, Pompeii, Italy, c1900s

The holy of holies and shrine for the divine image, Temple of Edfu, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
The holy of holies and shrine for the divine image, Temple of Edfu, Egypt, 1905. We are now standing where only the King and High Priest were allowed to enter

Columns of the great temple of Sethos I, Abydos, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Columns of the great temple of Sethos I, Abydos, Egypt, 1905. This temple within which we are standing was built in the fourteenth century BC and contained shrines to Osiris

Saint Colette (1381-1447), c16th century (1849). A 19th century version based on an original earlier manuscript illustration

Headman of the village holding his court, 1847. Meeting under a tree in an Indian village. Illustration from The History of China and India, by Miss Corner, (Dean and Co, London, 1847)

A French Church, c1863, (1938). Artist: Friedrich Eibner
A French Church, c1863, (1938). From A Catalogue of the Pictures and Drawings in the collection of Frederick John Nettleford, Volume IV, by C. Reginald Grundy and F. Gordon Roe. [Emrose and Sons Ltd

The White Monk, c1765, (1938). Artist: Richard Wilson
The White Monk, c1765, (1938). From A Catalogue of the Pictures and Drawings in the collection of Frederick John Nettleford, Volume IV, by C. Reginald Grundy and F. Gordon Roe. [Emrose and Sons Ltd

Shrine of Henry V, Westminster Abbey, 1843. Artist: J Jackson
Shrine of Henry V, Westminster Abbey, 1843. An engraving from The Art-Union Scrap Book, Henry G Bohn, London, 1843

Great bronze Buddha, Kamakura, Japan, 1904. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Great bronze Buddha, Kamakura, Japan, 1904. The statue, which is 13.5 metres high and weighs 93 tons, is believed to date from the mid 13th century

Peasant praying before a row of statues of the God of Light, Daiya river, Nikko, Japan, 1904
Peasant praying before a row of statues of Buddha, Daiya river, Nikko, Japan, 1904. Stereoscopic slide

Wallpainting recovered from a ruined shrine at Miran, c300
Wall-painting recovered from a ruined shrine at Miran, c300. Wall painting of the 3rd or 4th century recovered from a shrine at Miran

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