Folly Collection (page 2)

Rare old India China stork, 1845. Creator: Unknown
Rare old India China stork, 1845. Item from the collection of British critic, travel writer and slaveowner William Beckford, who was also an art collector and patron of works of decorative art

Statue of St. Antony, of Padua - by Rossi, 1845. Creator: Unknown
Statue of St. Antony, of Padua - by Rossi, 1845. Item from the collection of British critic, travel writer and slaveowner William Beckford

Staircase and Tazza, Lansdown Tower, 1845. Creator: Unknown
Staircase and Tazza, Lansdown Tower, 1845. Interior of an architectural folly built for British art collector William Beckford near Bath, Somerset. It was designed by Henry Goodridge

Interior of the Lantern, Lansdown Tower, 1845. Creator: Unknown
Interior of the Lantern, Lansdown Tower, 1845. Interior of an architectural folly built for British art collector William Beckford near Bath, Somerset. It was designed by Henry Goodridge

Lansdown Tower - the Scarlet Drawing-Room, 1845. Creator: Unknown
Lansdown Tower - the Scarlet Drawing-Room, 1845. Interior of an architectural folly built for British art collector William Beckford near Bath, Somerset. It was designed by Henry Goodridge

Portrait of the Duke of Alva, from a Series of Tazza Designs, ca. 1588

Pride (Superbia), from the series The Seven Deadly Sins, 1558

Eaglehurst Tower, Hampshire, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Eaglehurst Tower, Hampshire, 1844. View of Luttrells Tower, a folly which stands on the shore of the Solent, near the grounds of Eaglehurst House and the village of Calshot

Temple of Amour, 1907. Creator: Constantin Mitrofanovitsh Florinsky
Temple of Amour, 1907

Design for a Naumachia, in the gardens at Chateau d Enghien, Belgium, 1782

Arcadian Landscape with several Figures and a Statue of Diana, 18th century

Design for a Frontispiece, 1782. Creator: Claude Louis Chatelet
Design for a Frontispiece, 1782

Design for a Triumphal Arch for the Gardens at Chateau d Enghien, Belgium, 1782

With Anger Foaming... from Benevolent Epistle, 1790. 1790. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
With Anger Foaming... from Benevolent Epistle, 1790

Temple at Strawberry Hill, from Sketches from Nature, 1822. 1822
Temple at Strawberry Hill, from " Sketches from Nature", 1822

Plate 35, from World in Miniature, 1816. 1816. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Plate 35, from " World in Miniature", 1816

Halswell House and Grounds, Somerset, c1768, (1944). Creator: John Inigo Richards
Halswell House and Grounds, Somerset, c1768, (1944). View of Halswell House which was built for Sir Halswell Tynte in 1689

A Bas Le Manteau, or The Murmer of the French Grand Army... 1812, (1921). Creator
A Bas Le Manteau, or The Murmer of the French Grand Army in their retreat through Russia, 1812, (1921). Napoleon I (1769-1821), on horseback

Der Flanken-Marsch! Oder: Die Bedrohung Von Petersburg!, 1813, (1921). Creator: Unknown
Der Flanken-Marsch! Oder: Die Bedrohung Von Petersburg!, 1813, (1921). La marche de flanc, ou la menace contre Petersbourg

Scenes in Druid Hill Park, 1874. Creator: James H. Richardson
Scenes in Druid Hill Park, 1874. Waterfall, drinking fountain, boating lake and bandstand in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Druid-Hill Park lies immediately on the northern suburbs of the city

This-All This Was In The Olden Time Long Ago, c1877-1906, (1906). Creator: St George Hare
This-All This Was In The Olden Time Long Ago, c1877-1906, (1906). Watercolour by Irish artist St George Hare (1857-1933). From " The Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours"

Meadow Port Arches, Prospect Park, c1880s. Creator: Unknown
Meadow Port Arches, Prospect Park, c1880s. Meadowport Arch in Prospect Park, New York, USA, was built 1868-1870. It is a limestone folly with 100-foot tunnel. Stereocard

Folies De Carnaval, late 18th-early 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Folies De Carnaval, late 18th-early 19th century. Riotous carnival scene with Parisian caricatures: Ah! c Cadet la. Quel pif qu il a. Ah! c Cadet la quel pif. ( What a conk!)

Heatons Folly, in 1804, (c1878). Creator: Unknown
Heatons Folly, in 1804, (c1878). Building with a tower, dating back to at least 1792, in what was the village of Peckham, (now part of south London)

The cutter Folly under sail. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The cutter Folly under sail

The Ruins at Frogmore, Berkshire, 1894. Creator: Unknown
The Ruins at Frogmore, Berkshire, 1894. Gothic Ruin built in 1793, in the grounds of Frogmore Gardens near Windsor Castle. From Beautiful Britain; views of our stately homes

Mount Edgcumbe Folly, Plymouth, Cornwall, 1894. Creator: Unknown
Mount Edgcumbe Folly, Plymouth, Cornwall, 1894. The folly overlooking Plymouth Sound was built as a deliberately ruined stone tower in 1747. From Beautiful Britain; views of our stately homes

Severndroog Castle, Shooters Hill, Woolwich, Kent, 1808. Artist: FR Hay
Severndroog Castle, Shooters Hill, Woolwich, Kent, 1808. This is a folly that commemorates Sir William James, Commodore of the Bombay Marine

A satire on the South Sea Bubble, 1720. Artist: B Baron
A satire on the South Sea Bubble, 1720. A monument dedicated to posterity in commemoration of ye incredible folly transacted in... 1720, 1720

A monument dedicated to posterity in commemoration of ye incredible folly transacted in... 1720. The figure of Fortune is conducted by Folly in a chair drawn by the South Sea and other Companies

Tractor unit pulling an earth grading machine at a site near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1954. The Allis-Chalmers HD10W Tractor/Bulldozer was introduced in 1940

Solomons Temple, Buxton, Derbyshire, 2010. Officially known as the Grinlow Tower, Solomons Temple is a folly which stands on top of Grinlow Hill overlooking Buxton

Facade and Plan of the Dutch Admiralty in the Catherine Park of Tsarskoe Selo. Found in the Collection of State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Garricks Villa, Hampton, c1910. Garricks Temple to Shakespeare in the grounds of his villa. Garricks Villa is a Grade I listed country house located on Hampton Court Road, Richmond upon Thames

Johnston Tower, Laurencekirk, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, 1924-1926. Artist: Valentine & Sons
Johnston Tower, Laurencekirk, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, 1924-1926. The Tower of Johnston was built on top of the Hill of Garvock to commemorate Wellingtons defeat of Napoleon in the Peninsular War

Constantinople - Tour de Leandre, c1900. The Maidens Tower, is a tower lying on a small islet located in the Bosphorus strait on the coast of Uskudar in Istanbul, Turkey

The April Fool, or The Follies of a Night... 1786
The April Fool, or The Follies of a Night as performed at the Theatre Royal, C---- House, for the benefit of the Widow Wadman, 1786. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century

The Bubblers Mirrorour, or Englands Folley (joy), 1720. Shares in the South Sea Company rose through overheated speculation causing the South Sea Bubble

The Bubblers Mirrorour, or Englands Folley (grief), 1720. Shares in the South Sea Company rose through overheated speculation causing the South Sea Bubble

Folly Triumphant, 1749. Artist: LP Boitard
Folly Triumphant, 1749. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century... With over two hundred illustrations by George Paston [pseudonym of Emily Morse Symonds], (London, 1905)

Ruins in Windsor Park, 1880. A watercolour sketch from Windsor Castle and the Water-Way Thither by W H Davenport Adams, published by Marcus Ward and Co, (London, 1880)

The Stamp Riots of New York, c1765, (1872). A banner reads: The Folly of England and the Right of America. The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament in 1765 in order to raise revenue in

A Foolish and a Betting Man and A Wise and a Better Man, 1852. Cartoon from Punch (London, 1852) on the folly and profligacy of smoking and betting contrasted with the wisdom and prudence of saving

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