Rocks Collection (page 52)

On the Teith near Callander, Perthshire, 1924-1926. Artist: RJ Begg
On the Teith near Callander, Perthshire, 1924-1926. A print from Hutchinsons Britain Beautiful, edited by Walter Hutchinson, volume III, 1924-1926

Holy Island, Northumberland, 1924-1926. Artist: Alfred Hind Robinson
Holy Island, Northumberland, 1924-1926. The island of Lindisfarne, also known as Holy Island, was the site of a monastery founded by St Aidan in c635

Lindisfarne, Northumberland, 1924-1926. Artist: Catharine Chamney
Lindisfarne, Northumberland, 1924-1926. View of Lindisfarne Castle on the Northumbrian coast. The island of Lindisfarne, also known as Holy Island

Corcovado, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, c1900s

Lindos Bay, Rhodes, Greece, c1890. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XVII, written by Elisee Reclus and published by Virtue & Co. Limited (London, 1895)

Casemates Square, Gibraltar, early 20th century. Artist: VB Cumbo
Casemates Square, Gibraltar, early 20th century

Remarkable inscription of a Seven Year Famine on an island in the Nile, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Remarkable inscription of a Seven Year Famine on an island in the Nile, Egypt, 1905. The rocks on these islands are covered with inscriptions

The sacred rock, where the Temple Alter stood, Mount Moriah, Jerusalem, Palestine, 1900. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
The sacred rock, where the Temple Alter stood, Mount Moriah, Jerusalem, Palestine, 1900. Stereoscopic slide. From a series called Travelling in the Holy Land Through the Stereoscope, by Jesse Hurlbut

A tomb with the entrance stone rolled away, Jerusalem, 1901. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
A tomb with the entrance stone rolled away, Jerusalem, 1901. Stereoscopic slide. From a series called Travelling in the Holy Land Through the Stereoscope, by Jesse Hurlbut

The Pool of Siloam, outside Jerusalem, Palestine, 1900. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
The Pool of Siloam, outside Jerusalem, Palestine, 1900. Stereoscopic slide. From a series called Travelling in the Holy Land Through the Stereoscope, by Jesse Hurlbut

Brook Trout Fishing, 1862. Artist: Currier and Ives
Brook Trout Fishing, 1862

Lovers Seat, Fairlight, Hastings, Sussex, c1900

Right bank of the Tigris River and Samarra, Mesopotamia, 1918. Mesopotamia, formerly part of the Turkish Ottoman empire, was under British military control from October 1918

Main guard, Royal naval depot, Fleet House and Archcliffe Fort, Dover, c1916
Main guard, Royal naval depot, Fleet House and Archcliffe Fort, Dover, c1915-1916. The tunnel guard, eastern arm

The Archduchesses, c17th century. A plate from Galrie Histque de Versailles

Hydraulic Mining, California, 1859. Artist: Gustave Adolphe Chassevent-Bacques
Hydraulic Mining, California, 1859. A print from le Tour du Monde, 1859

Dus Awtar, Caves of Ellora, India, early 19th century. Artist: William Woolnoth
Dus Awtar, Caves of Ellora, India, early 19th century. The village of Ellora is famous for its complex of cave temples. 34 Buddhist

Quarry chambers of Masara, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Quarry chambers of Masara, Egypt, 1905. The great pyramid of Giza was built using blocks of stone taken from this quarry. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Cane River, Jamaica, c1905. Artist: Adolphe Duperly & Son
Cane River, Jamaica, c1905. Illustration from Picturesque Jamaica, by Adolphe Duperly & Son, (England, c1905)

Alicante, Spain, c1890. An engraving from Robert Browns The Countries of the World, Cassell, (London, Paris, c1890)

Karli Caves, India, c1925. Complex of cave shrines built by Buddhist monks in the 3rd to 2nd century BC. Cigarette card produced by the Westminster Tobacco Co Ltd, Indian Empire, 1st series

The Well of En-Rogel, Jerusalem, c1870. Artist: W Dickens
The Well of En-Rogel, Jerusalem, c1870. View of a site in what is now Israel. Illustration from Sinai and Jerusalem; or Scenes from the Bible Lands by the Rev FW Holland, (London, c1870)

Stonehenge, Wiltshire, c1920s. The Stonehenge complex on Salisbury Plain evolved in a series of stages between about 3100 and 1600 BC

Inadequate Description, 1906. Dougal (to shooting tenant, who has brought out a dog recently purchased at auction, and is now trying to whistle it back from the hill opposite)

Source of the Passaic Falls, New Jersey, 1855. Illustration from the History and Topography of the United States of North America, Volume II, by John Howard Hinton, published by Samuel Walker

The Palisade Rocks on the Hudson River, West Bank, New York, 1855. Illustration from the History and Topography of the United States of North America, Volume II, by John Howard Hinton

View of the Canal, at the Little Falls Mohawk River, New York State, 1855. A canal was constructed around the rapids in about 1795

Prince Albert deerstalking, c1840s, (1900). Artist: William Heysham Overend
Prince Albert deerstalking, c1840s, (1900). Queen Victorias German husband hunting deer in Scotland. Illustration from The life and times of Queen Victoria by Robert Wilson, (1900)

On the Cornish Coast, 1900. Predannack Point, Cornwall, England. Illustration from The life and times of Queen Victoria by Robert Wilson, (1900)

Glacier Point, Yosemite Valley, California, USA, late 19th century. Artist: John L Stoddard
Glacier Point, Yosemite Valley, California, USA, late 19th century. Illustration from Portfolio of Photographs, of Famous Scenes, Cities and Paintings, published by the Werner Company, (Chicago)

Fingals Cave, Scotland, late 19th century. Artist: John L Stoddard
Fingals Cave, Scotland, late 19th century. The best known of the caves on the southwest coast of Staffa, Scottish Inner Hebrides, was the inspiration for Felix Mendelssohns overture The Hebrides

Miridites and Albanians building stone batteries for mountain defences, Albania, 1880. Artist: Chomberg
Miridites and Albanians building stone batteries for mountain defences, Albania, 1880

Tono, Japan. Hand-tinted picture postcard

The Ancient Hermits, c19th century. First thus in Woods and solitary Caves, The Ancient Hermits lived, and in their quiet contemplations found more real comforts than societys of Men could yield

The Black Colonels cave, Gleneye, Scotland, 1864. An engraving from the Illustrated Times, London, 1864

The Arch Cave looking north, Jenolan Caves, New South Wales, Australia, 1886. The Jenolan Caves are a series of caverns in the Blue Mountains

Carlotta Arch, Jenolan Caves, New South Wales, Australia, 1886. Artist: Frederic B Schell
Carlotta Arch, Jenolan Caves, New South Wales, Australia, 1886. The Jenolan Caves are a series of caverns in the Blue Mountains

Granite rocks, Betts camp, Mount Kosciuszko, New South Wales, Australia, 1886. Artist: W Macleod
Granite rocks, Betts camp, Mount Kosciuszko, New South Wales, Australia, 1886. Located in Kosciuszko National Park, the highest mountain in mainland Australia

The Barron Falls near Cairns, Queensland, Australia, 1886. Artist: JR Ashton
The Barron Falls near Cairns, Queensland, Australia, 1886. Barron Falls is a 230-metre high waterfall. Wood engraving from Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol II, by Andrew Garran

Lion Island, Australia, 1886. Lion Island is in the Hawkesbury River just inside the entrance to Broken Bay, New South Wales

The Rockery, Kew Gardens, Richmond upon Thames, London, 20th Century. Postcard from The Souvenir Album, Views of London And The River Thames, From London To Oxford, (London, 20th Century)

The Brocken, or Blocksberg, Harz Mountains, Germany, c1890. An engraving from Robert Browns The Countries of the World, published by Cassell, (London & Paris, c1890)

A diamond mine at Kimberley, Griqualand West, (Northern Cape, South Africa), c1890. An engraving from Robert Browns The Countries of the World, published by Cassell, (London & Paris, c1890)

Oyster Fishing, c1785-1849. Artist: Hokusai
Oyster Fishing, c1785-1849

Siege machine, c1260, (1843). Artist: Henry Shaw
Siege machine, c1260, (1843). Copy of a manuscript illustration showing soldiers using a machine to hurl stones at the walls of an enemy stronghold

Temple of the Bronzes in the Quang Yen Rock, China, c1840. Artist: CT Dixon
Temple of the Bronzes in the Quang Yen Rock, China, c1840

Coal Mines at Ying-Tih, China, c1840. Artist: W A Le Petit
Coal Mines at Ying-Tih, China, c1840

The Fortress of Chunar, India, 19th century. View of the fort and the River Ganges. The fort has been much fought over and has had a succession of owners over the last 500 years

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