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  • Colossal statues of Memnon (Pharaoh Amenhotep III), Thebes, Egypt. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.
  • Colossal statues of Memnon (Pharaoh Amenhotep III), Thebes, Egypt. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.
  • A sculptor's yard with sculptors working on statues; further completed sculptures around, and an elegant couple looking on. Engraving.
  • Five African statues, effegies including, top right, an anthropomorphic face surrounded by three horn-like structures, Ekoi [?], Nigeria
  • Scenery to be used in a toy theatre: a large room with decorated columns and statues. Lithograph by JL.
  • Details of paintings, emblemata, mottoes and statues from the triumphal arch in the courtyard of William III of Orange. Engraving.
  • An ornate garden obelisk embellished with statues and urns. Etching by J. Schynvoet after S. Schynvoet, early 18th century.
  • An ornate garden obelisk decorated with urns and statues. Etching by J. Schynvoet after S. Schynvoet, early 18th century.
  • Colossal statues excavated at Abu Simbel, seen from the Nile, Egypt. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.
  • Our Lady of Treguron, one of a series ofn Breton statues. Invoked by pregnant women but a purely local cult.
  • Statues of "raving" and "melancholy" madness, each reclining on one half of a broken segmental pediment, formerly crowning the gates at Bethlem [Bedlam] Hospital. Engraving by C. Warren, 1808, after C. Cibber, 1680.
  • Statues of "raving" and "melancholy" madness, each reclining on one half of a broken segmental pediment, formerly crowning the gates at Bethlem [Bedlam] Hospital. Engraving by C. Warren, 1808, after C. Cibber, 1680.
  • Statues of "raving" and "melancholy" madness, each reclining on one half of a broken segmental pediment, formerly crowning the gates at Bethlem [Bedlam] Hospital. Engraving by C. Warren, 1808, after C. Cibber, 1680.
  • Statues of "raving" and "melancholy" madness, each reclining on one half of a pediment, formerly crowning the gates at Bethlem [Bedlam] Hospital. Engraving by C. Grignion after S. Wale after C. Cibber, 1680.
  • An anatomy theatre with statues of the anatomists Vesalius and Spigelius; a corpse on a table in the background. Engraving, 1672.
  • An inscription carved on stone with marble statues by Michelangelo including Romulus and Remus. Engraving by J. Perini, 1771, after Michelangelo.
  • The Colossi of Memnon, Thebes, Egypt: the statues with small human figures at the base; stereoscopic views. Photograph by Francis Frith, 1856/1859.
  • Statues of "raving" and "melancholy" madness, each reclining on one half of a pediment, formerly crowning the gates at Bethlem [Bedlam] Hospital. Engraving by A. Birrell, 1813, after T. Stothard, 1783, after C. Cibber, 1680.
  • Statues of "raving" and "melancholy" madness, each reclining on one half of a broken segmental pediment, formerly crowning the gates at Bethlem [Bedlam] Hospital. Engraving by W. Sharp, 1783, after T. Stothard after C. Cibber, 1680.
  • An ornate garden obelisk flanked by statues of women holding garden produce. Etching by J. Goeree after S. Schynvoet, early 18th century.
  • Seven carved wood statues representing Oma, a household god which protectes against sickness and adversity, Yoruba and Isoko, S. Nigeria, Africa [side view]
  • Seven carved wood statues representing Oma, a household god which protectes against sickness and adversity, Yoruba and Isoko, S. Nigeria, Africa [Front view]
  • Seven carved wood statues representing Oma, a household god which protectes against sickness and adversity, Yoruba and Isoko, S. Nigeria, Africa [Back view]
  • Statues of "raving" and "melancholy" madness, each reclining on one half of a pediment, formerly crowning the gates at Bethlem [Bedlam] Hospital. Engraving in outline by [H.D.], 1816, after T. Stothard, 1783, after C. Cibber, 1680.
  • Seven British politicians as statues on plinths inscribed with the names of ancient characters as well as their own names in abbreviation. Engraving, 1746.
  • A bronze foundry for equestrian statues with a furnace being worked by assistants; fragments of cannon lying in the foreground. Engraving by R. Bénard.
  • Fragments of the large statues of Memnon (Pharaoh Amenhotep III) at the Memnonium, Thebes, Egypt. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1847.
  • Fragments of the large statues of Memnon (Pharaoh Amenhotep III) at the Memnonium, Thebes, Egypt. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1847.
  • Colossal statues of Memnon (Pharaoh Amenhotep III), seen during the flooding of the Nile, Thebes, Egypt. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.
  • An ornate sepulchre for Balthasar Bekker, adorned with statues, a portrait medallion and an epitaph. Etching with engraving by J. Goeree after S. Schynvoet, 170-.