Town Collection (page 62)

St Austell, 1860. A scene on the Cornwall Railway, later part of the Great Western Railway (GWR) at St Austell, showing one of Isambard Kingdom Brunels (1806-1859) timber viaducts

Hayle St Ives in the distance, c1860. Scene on the West Cornwall Railway, later part of the Great Western Railway (GWR). The boom time for the harbour

Truro, from Trennick Lane, 1860. The Cornwall Railway, later part of the Great Western Railway (GWR), at Truro, showing one of Isambard Kingdom Brunels (1806-1859) timber viaducts

View of Sunderland and the Iron Bridge looking eastwards, 1833. This single span cast iron bridge over the Wear at Wearmouth, Sunderland, was opened in 1796

Bristol from Rownham Ferry, 1841. This picture shows the locks leading into the docks from the tidal river Severn. Shipping is moored in the docks and which are surrounded by warehouses

Birmingham viewed from the south showing smoking chimneys, c1860. A small manufacturing town until the 18th century, Birmingham was one of the most important centres of the Industrial Revolution in

Scene from Marco Polos Book of Marvels... early 15th century. Artist: Master of Boucicaut
Scene from Marco Polos Book of Marvels... early 15th century, showing merchants entering a walled town, mason and carpenter at work, a shopkeeper serving a customer, and men driving swine

Ostia Antica, Port of Rome, Italy, c2nd-3rd century, (c20th century). Artist: CM Dixon
Ostia Antica, Port of Rome, Italy, c2nd-3rd century, (c20th century). Theatre built 1st century BC, rebuilt 196. Ostia Antica is a large archeological site, close to the modern suburb of Ostia

Chateau de Foix and old houses, Foix, France, c20th century, Artist: CM Dixon
Chateau de Foix and old houses, Foix, France, c20th century. 10th-century castle associated with the Cathars

Whitehaven, Harbour from the East, Cumberland, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Whitehaven, Harbour from the East, Cumberland, 20th century. Town and port on the coast of Cumbria, England. Historically a part of Cumberland

18th Century Market Hall and Cross on Roman Column with Sundial, Martock, Somerset, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
18th Century Market Hall and Cross on Roman Column with Sundial, Martock, Somerset, 20th century. Martock was known in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Mertoch

Wall of Roman Town, Aldborough, Yorkshire, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Wall of Roman Town, Aldborough, Yorkshire, 20th century. The village of Aldborough, was built on the site of a major Romano-British town, Isurium Brigantum

Remains of the Roman town of Caesarea, 1st century

Entry of Alexander the Great into Babylon, 331 BC, (18th century). Artist: Johann Georg Platzer
Entry of Alexander the Great into Babylon, 331 BC, (18th century). The city of Babylon (now in modern-day Iraq) surrenders to Alexander the Great (356-323 BC)

Walls of houses in the Punic town at Kerkovane, 5th century
Walls of houses in the Punic town at Kerkovane, the best preserved Punic town in Africa, discovered in 1952, 5th century

Bath in a Punic Town, 5th century
A bath in a house in Kerkovane, a Punic town. It is the best preserved in Africa, 5th century

The town of Naoussa seen from the fort in the harbour
The town of Naoussa on the Isle of Paros seen from the fort in the harbour

The town of Oia on Santorini above the volcanic cliffs, and the volcanic path to the anchorage

Mandraki Harbour in Rhodes, 1st century BC
Children in Mandraki Harbour in Rhodes, 1st century BC

Fountain in the Old town and Palace of Armeria, 14th century. Artist: Roger de Pins
Fountain in the Old town and Palace of Armeria on the Isle of Rhodes, 14th century

The town of San Gimignano, 13th century
The town of San Gimignano in Tuscany, with 13th century towers

View across the river Sava to the Old Town in Belgrade, 19th century
View across the river Sava to the Old Town in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. It was built on the promontory formed when the River Sava joined the Danube

Kittens in Rhodes old town

Winter Landscape with Skaters on a Frozen River. Artist: Neer, Aert, van der (1603-1677)
Winter Landscape with Skaters on a Frozen River. Found in the collection of the Hallwylska Museet, Stockholm

Interior of a house in the Roman town of Herculaneum, 1st century
Interior of a house in the Roman town of Herculaneum, an excavated Roman town which was buried by Vesuvius in 79 AD

Paved street in the Roman town of Herculaneum, 1st century
Paved street in the Roman town of Herculaneum, which was buried by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD

Street and buildings in the Roman town of Ostia, 2nd century

Cortona, a hill town in central Italy in April

Tiflis, 1918. Artist: Lanceray (Lansere), Evgeny Evgenyevich (1875-1946)
Tiflis, 1918. From a private collection

Roman relief of the city of Avezzano

Oldtown square in Prague in the evening. Artist: CM Dixon
Oldtown square in Prague in the evening

Landscape with Lightning, 1660s. Artist: Gaspard Dughet
Landscape with Lightning, 1660s. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St Petersburg

Saint Francis, 1932. Artist: Nicholas Roerich
Saint Francis, 1932. Found in the collection of the Nicholas Roerich Museum, New York

Sophia - the Wisdom of the Almighty (Santa Protectrix), 1932. Artist: Nicholas Roerich
Sophia - the Wisdom of the Almighty (Santa Protectrix), 1932. Found in the collection of the Nicholas Roerich Museum, New York

Canterbury pilgrims, c1420 (19th century). From John Lydgates (1370-1451?) Story of Thebes written c1420 and designed as an addition to Chaucers Canterbury Tales

Siege of Poitiers, French Religious Wars, 24 July-7 September 1569 (1570). Artist: Jacques Tortorel
Siege of Poitiers, French Religious Wars, 24 July-7 September 1569 (1570). The Huguenots under Gaspard de Coligny (1519-1572)

Siege of Chartres, French Religious Wars, 1568 (1570). Artist: Jacques Tortorel
Siege of Chartres, French Religious Wars, 1568 (1570). Sappers working to undermine a bastion forming part of the citys defences

Amboise Enterprise or Conspiracy, French Religious Wars, March 1560 (c1570). Artist: Jacques Tortorel
Amboise Enterprise or Conspiracy, French Religious Wars, March 1560 (c1570). The Amboise Enterprise was a Huguenot plot against the Catholic Guise faction, led by Jean du Barry

Execution of conspirators at Amboise, French Religious Wars, March 1560 (1570). Artist: Jacques Tortorel
Execution of conspirators at Amboise, French Religious Wars, March 1560 (1570). Execution by hanging or decapitation by the sword of conspirators in the Amboise Enterprise

El Rekaa ou L inclination (La Priere) (Prayer of Inclination), 1918. Artist: Etienne Dinet
El Rekaa ou L inclination (La Priere) (Prayer of Inclination), 1918. From La Vie de Mohammed, prophete d Allah (The Life of Mohammed, Prophet of Allah) by Etienne Dinet and Sliman Ben Ibrahim. (1918)

La prosternation (La priere) ( Prayer of Prostration ), 1918. Artist: Etienne Dinet
La prosternation (La priere) ( Prayer of Prostration ), 1918. From La Vie de Mohammed, prophete d Allah (The Life of Mohammed, Prophet of Allah) by Etienne Dinet and Sliman Ben Ibrahim. (1918)

Building a road, 15th century. Woodmen fell trees with axes while paviors lay the surface of an already cleared road. From the Chronicles of Hainaut

St Genevieve of Nanterre, French nun and prophetess, 19th century. St Genevieve (c419-512), the patron saint of Paris and guardian against disaster, fever and plague

The Pied Piper leading away the children of Hamelin, c1899. Illustration from a childrens book. The story of the Pied Piper is best known in the English-speaking world from Robert Brownings poem

The Duomo and Campanile, Florence, Italy. View of Brunelleschis Basilica of Santa Maria del Fiore, commonly known as the Duomo, the cathedral church of the archdiocese of Florence

Saint Louis and his brothers taken prisoner during the Seventh Crusade, 1250 (1522). Louis IX of France and his brothers Alphonse

St Augustine, Florida, 1686. Artist: Allain Manesson Mallet
St Augustine, Florida, 1686. From Description de l Univers by Allain Manesson Mallet. (Frankfurt-am-Main, 1686)

Fortifications, c1880. An ancient fortress with curtain walls (top) and a bastioned fortress (bottom)

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