Mausoleum Collection (#29)

King Mindons Tomb, Royal Palace, Mandalay, Burma, 1908. Artist: Stereo Travel Co
King Mindons Tomb, Royal Palace, Mandalay, Burma, 1908. The penultimate King of Burma, Mindon ruled from 1853 until his death in 1878. He founded Mandalay as the royal capital of the country in 1857

Tomb of Pope Clement XIII, St Peters Basilica, Rome, Italy. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Tomb of Pope Clement XIII, St Peters Basilica, Rome, Italy. Clement XIII was Pope from 1758 until 1769. His tomb monument was sculpted by Antonio Canova between 1783 and 1792

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

Tombs of the Virginian kings, c1734. Artist: Bernard Picart
Tombs of the Virginian kings, c1734

The chancel of Hucknall Church, Nottinghamshire, 1835. Artist:s Rayner
The chancel of Hucknall Church, Nottinghamshire, 1835. Being a faithful reprsentation of the spot which contains the remains of the late Lord Byron

The Royal Burial Place, Windsor, Berkshire, 1910. Artist: WB Robinson
The Royal Burial Place, Windsor, Berkshire, 1910. Which but few have seen, the tomb house in which King Edward is to be buried. A print from The Illustrated London News, 21st May 1910

The tomb of Zubayda, Baghdad, Iraq, 1925. Artist: A Kerim
The tomb of Zubayda, Baghdad, Iraq, 1925. Zubayda (d832) was the wife of Harun El Rashid (763-809), the fourth Abbasid caliph

Tombs of the Kings of Golconda, Andhra Pradesh, India, 1844. Artist: Thomas Higham
Tombs of the Kings of Golconda, Andhra Pradesh, India, 1844. Tombs, in the Mughal style, of the Qutb Shahi sultans, who ruled Golconda in the 16th and 17th centuries

Mausoleum of Marshal de Saxe, Church of St Thomas, Strasbourg, France, 1882-1884. The mausleum was sculpted by Jean-Baptiste Pigalle. Maurice de Saxe (1696-1750) was a French general

St Catherine Carried to her Tomb by Angels, 1520-1523 (1870). After the painting by Bernardino Luini in the collection of the Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan

Bronze gate and tomb, Shiba Park, Tokyo, Japan, 1904. A print from Japan, its History, Arts and Literature, Volume V, by Captain F Brinkley, TC and EC Jack, 34 Henrietta Street

Shrine of Raiman Shah Doola, Elichpur. Artist: James Gardner
Shrine of Raiman Shah Doola, Elichpur. An Islamic tomb in Achalpur (Ellichpur), Maharashtra, India. A print from The Faiths of the World, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Sects, Volume II

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

Howard Carter and a colleague excavating a tomb in the Valley of the Kings, Egypt, 1922. Artist: Harry Burton
Howard Carter and a colleague excavating a tomb in the Valley of the Kings, Egypt, 1922. Carter famously discovered the intact tomb of the Pharaoh Tutankhamun in 1922

St Peters Tomb, St Peters Basilica, Rome, ItalyArtist: Underwood & Underwood
St Peters Tomb, St Peters Basilica, Rome, Italy. Stereoscopic card detail

Taj Mahal, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Taj Mahal, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. The great marble mausoleum built by Shah Jahan (1592-1666), Mughal emperor, for his wife Arjumand Banu Begam (d1631)

Monument of Sir Francis Bacon, St Michaels Church, St Albans, Hertfordshire, 1806. Artist: G Cooke
Monument of Sir Francis Bacon, St Michaels Church, St Albans, Hertfordshire, 1806. English philosopher, scientist and statesman Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)

Bishop Andrews tomb, St Mary Overies Church, Southwark, London, 1817. Artist: J Greig
Bishop Andrews tomb, St Mary Overies Church, Southwark, London, 1817. The church was later known as St Saviours before becoming Southwark Cathedral in 1905

Tombs of the Gond Rajahs, Chanda, central India, 1875. The Gond kingdoms ruled part of central India from the late 14th until the 18th century

Tomb of Caecilia Metella, Rome, Italy. Cecilia Metella was the daughter of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus, who was Roman Consul in 69 BC

A sketch of African and Asian men from the tomb of King Seti I, Thebes, Egypt, 1936. Plate taken from The Art of Ancient Egypt, published by the Phaidon Press (Vienna, 1936)

An Egyptian limestone relief, c1400 BC (1936). From a tomb of the 18th Dynasty. Found in the collection of the Louvre, Paris

A hunting scene from the tomb of Ptahhotep, near Saqqara, Egypt, c2650 BC (1936). Limestone relief. Plate taken from The Art of Ancient Egypt, published by the Phaidon Press (Vienna, 1936)

Figure of an Asiatic man, c1350 BC (1936). Painted ivory carving from a ceremonial baton from the tomb of Tutankhamun. Found in the collection of Cairo Museum

Ancient stone stairway up the hill to the tomb of Shogun Ieyasu, Nikko, Japan, 1904. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Ancient stone stairway up the hill to the tomb of Shogun Ieyasu, Nikko, Japan, 1904. Tokugawa Ieyasu (previously spelled Iyeyasu)

The Warriors Chapel, Canterbury Cathedral, Kent, 1924-1926. Artist: EC Boon
The Warriors Chapel, Canterbury Cathedral, Kent, 1924-1926. The Warriors Chapel dates from the 14th century. A print from Hutchinsons Britain Beautiful, edited by Walter Hutchinson, volume II

Itmad-Ud-Daulahs Tomb, Agra, India, early 20th century. Artist: H Hands & Son
Itmad-Ud-Daulahs Tomb, Agra, India, early 20th century. Itmad-Ud-Daulahs Tomb is a Mughal mausoleum in the city of Agra in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh

The Tombs of the Califs, Cairo, Egypt, c1920s. Plate taken From In the Land of the Pharaohs, published by Lehnert & Landrock (Cairo)

The Tombs of the Mameluks, Cairo, Egypt, c1920s. A mamaluk (or mamluk) was a slave soldier who converted to Islam and served the Muslim caliphs and the Ayyubid sultans during the Middle Ages

Via delle Tombe, Pompeii, Italy, c1900s

Tourists Corner, the Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt, 20th century. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Studies for the Trivulzio Monument, c1508 (1954). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Studies for the Trivulzio Monument, c1508 (1954). In 1508 Gian Giacomo Trivulzio, a Milanese aristocrat and military commander and governor of the city

Study for the Trivulzio Monument, c1508 (1954). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Study for the Trivulzio Monument, c1508 (1954). In 1508 Gian Giacomo Trivulzio, a Milanese aristocrat and military commander and governor of the city

Golden shrine in the antechamber of Tutankhamuns tomb, Egypt, 1933-1934. Embossed with scenes representing incidents in the lives of the departed Pharaoh and his queen

One of the twin supports of a ceremonial couch found in Tutankhamuns tomb, Egypt, 1933-1934. The discovery of Tutankhamuns tomb in 1922 by British archaeologist Howard Carter (1874-1939)

A ransacked Egyptian tomb, 1933-1934. A print from Wonders of the Past, Volume I, 1933-1934

The first glimpse of Tutankhamuns tomb, Egypt, 1933-1934. The sight that met the eyes of Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter when they broke down the sealed doorway which divided the ante-chamber of

Hole made by robbers to gain admission to Tutankhamuns tomb, Egypt, 1933-1934. The discovery of Tutankhamuns tomb in 1922 by British archaeologist Howard Carter (1874-1939)

Wooden statue of Tutankhamun, Egypt, 1933-1934. Statue of Tutankhamun, one of two that stood outside the sealed up entrance to his sepulchral chamber

Position of the tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of Kings, Egypt, 1933-1934. The discovery of Tutankhamuns tomb in 1922 by British archaeologist Howard Carter (1874-1939)

Alabaster vases, Tutankhamuns tomb, Egypt, 1933-1934. The discovery of Tutankhamuns tomb in 1922 by British archaeologist Howard Carter (1874-1939)

Painted clothes chest, which lies at the foot of Tutankhamens statue, Egypt, 1933-1934. The discovery of Tutankhamuns tomb in 1922 by British archaeologist Howard Carter (1874-1939)

Tomb of Mausolus at Halicarnassus, 1933-1934. Halicarnassus was an ancient Greek city on the south-west coast of Turkey built on the site occupied today by the town of Bodrum

Reconstruction of the three pyramids at Abusir with their temples and approaches, 1933-1934. From Wonders of the Past, volume II, 1933-1934

Night from the tomb of Julian de Medici, San Lorenzo Basilica, Florence, Italy, 1882. This is one of the figures that adorns the Medici Tomb commissioned by Pope Clement VII in 1520

The tomb of Leonardo Bruni (c1369-1444), Basilica of Santa Croce, Florence, 1882. Leonardo Bruni (or Leonardo Aretino) was a leading humanist, historian and a chancellor of Florence

The tomb of the last of the Medici family, San Lorenzo Basilica, Florence, Italy, 1882
The tomb of the last of the Medici family, Chapel of the Medici, San Lorenzo Basilica, Florence, Italy, 1882. From Florence, by Charles Yriarte

Absaloms Tomb, near Jerusalem, Israel, 1841. Artist: E Redclyffe
Absaloms Tomb, near Jerusalem, Israel, 1841. Absalom was the third son of David, king of Israel. From Syria, the Holy land and Asia Minor, volume III, by John Carne, published by Fisher, Son & Co

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