Slate Collection

Skittles at Faggen's. Scene from Fredman's Epistle 55 by Bellman, 1868. Creator: Peter Eskilson
Skittles at Faggen's. Scene from Fredman's Epistle 55 by Bellman, 1868. "Fredmans epistlar" (English: Fredman's Epistles)

Interior with man reading at a table, 1790-1852. Creator: Pieter Christoffel Wonder
Interior with man reading at a table, 1790-1852. On the right a woman comes from a cellar hatch with a cup

Death of St Cecilia, c.1600. Creator: Anon
Death of St Cecilia, c.1600. Copy after Hieronymus Wierix

Drinking-fountain in the Regent's Park, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Drinking-fountain in the Regent's Park, [London], 1862. Under the direction of the First Commissioner of her Majesty's Public Works, the Hon. W

"Grandfather's Portrait" by W. H. Knight in the Winter Exhibition at the French Gallery, 1862. Engraving of a painting

Poem by Ise, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki), ca. 1835

Notched Ovate Bannerstone, c. 4800 B. C. Creator: Unknown
Notched Ovate Bannerstone, c. 4800 B.C. Archaic, Blokes Creek, Union Country, Ohio

Architectural relief panel with floral design, , 18th century. Creator: Unknown
Architectural relief panel with floral design, , 18th century

Slate-top Table, 1936. Creator: M. Rosenshield-von-Paulin
Slate-top Table, 1936

Mortar, Egypt, Ptolemaic-Roman Period (332 BCE-395 CE). Creator: Unknown
Mortar, Egypt, Ptolemaic-Roman Period (332 BCE-395 CE)

Mantel Clock, England, 1875 / 80. Creator: Unknown
Mantel Clock, England, 1875/80

Casket with Four Guardian Animals on the inner walls... Goryeo period, 1197
Casket with Four Guardian Animals on the inner walls, accompanied by an epitaph tablet dated 1197, Goryeo period, 1197

Taking the Shortcut, ca. 1860. Creator: W. H. Norton
Taking the Shortcut, ca. 1860

Little Girl with Slate, c. 1845. Creator: Prior-Hamblin School
Little Girl with Slate, c. 1845

Drawing from Life, from "Illustrated London News", March 26, 1870
Drawing from Life, from " Illustrated London News", March 26, 1870

Grandfathers Portrait, from "Illustrated London News", January 4, 1862
Grandfathers Portrait, from " Illustrated London News", January 4, 1862

Slate Roofer Holding Slate Hammer and Iron Bar, 1850s-60s. Creator: Unknown
Slate Roofer Holding Slate Hammer and Iron Bar, 1850s-60s

Penrhyn Slate Quarries, c1870. At the end of the 19th century, Penrhyn Quarry near Bethesda in Wales was the worlds largest slate quarry

Penns House, Second Street, Philadelphia, c1687-1689, (1890). Creator: Unknown
Penns House, Second Street, Philadelphia, c1687-1689, (1890). Residence of William Penn (1644-1718) early Quaker, and founder of North American colony of Pennsylvania, built c1687-1689

The Schoolmaster Abroad, 1832. Creator: Unknown
The Schoolmaster Abroad, 1832. The teacher returns to find his pupils creating mayhem in the classroom. One draws a caricature of the teacher on the door

Die Loreley, (Lorelei), 1923. Creator: Nikolai of Astudin
Die Loreley, (Lorelei), 1923. Lorelei is a steep slate rock on the right bank of the River Rhine in the Rhine Gorge (or Middle Rhine) at Sankt Goarshausen in Germany

Jugendstil Villa, Gutenbergstrasse 16, Weimar, Germany, 2018. Artist: Alan John Ainsworth
Jugendstil Villa, Gutenbergstrasse 16, Weimar, Germany, 2018. House of Lyonel Feininger 1919-26

Penrhyn Slate Quarries, c1896. Artist: John Wickens
Penrhyn Slate Quarries, c1896. From Pictorial England and Wales. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris & Melbourne, c1896]

Dressing slate at Trebarwith Slate Quarry, Cornwall, 1959. Artist: Michael Walters
Dressing slate at Trebarwith Slate Quarry, Cornwall, 1959. The photograph shows a quarry worker cleaving the slate to reduce the slate to the desired width

Quarrying slate by hand at Trebarwith Slate Quarry, Cornwall, 1959. Two quarry workers use traditional methods to split the slate into sections

A memorial slate plaque, c18th century. Engraving based on a memorial slate plaque at the Wartburg Castle, thought to be Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia

The Shop for Bargains, 1829. Artist: George Cruikshank
The Shop for Bargains, 1829. From Scraps & Sketches by George Cruikshank. [George Cruikshank, London, 1829]

The Old Hedge School, 1872. Artist: C Burt
The Old Hedge School, 1872. Engraving from John Gilmary Sheas A Childs History of the United States, Hess and McDavitt, (New York, 1872)

Mineralogy, slate works on the Meuse river, France, 1751-1777. A print from the Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonne des Sciences, des Arts et des Metiers by Diderot & d Alembert, 1751-1777

The Rod Still in Pickle, 1883. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Rod Still in Pickle, 1883. The Liberal Prime Minister, Gladstone, in the guise of a schoolmaster, reviews the progress of his pupils at the end of term

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