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  • Partly ruined buildings in Ostia identified as a part of the Forum baths constructed 138-161 AD. Photograph by Anderson, ca. 1931.
  • Partly ruined buildings in Ostia identified as a tavern or hot-food shop (thermopolium) from the 3rd century AD. Photograph by Anderson, 192-.
  • Partly ruined buildings in Ostia identified as a tavern or hot-food shop (thermopolium) from the 3rd century AD: a fresco depicting vegetables, wine and fruit, seen from the front; marble steps descend below. Photograph.
  • Partly ruined buildings in Ostia identified as a tavern or hot-food shop (thermopolium) from the 3rd century AD: a fresco depicting vegetables, wine and fruit, seen from the front; marble steps descend below. Photograph after G.E. Chauffourier, 1928.
  • India: a ruined building. Photograph by F. Beato, c. 1858.
  • Mexico: a ruined building overgrown with foliage. Photograph by Desiré Charnay, ca. 1858.
  • Taiping kung, near Kiukiang, Kiangsi province: a ruined religious building, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1872.
  • Taiping kung, near Kiukiang, Kiangsi province: a ruined religious building, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1872.
  • Mexico: a ruined building, with decorative carvings, overgrown with foliage. Photograph by Desiré Charnay, ca. 1858.
  • Baths of Diocletian, Rome: a religious procession walking pass the Baths ruins and surrounding buildings. Tinted aquatint.
  • Lucknow, India: buildings in ruins due to damage caused during the Indian Rebellion. Photograph by Felice Beato, ca. 1858.
  • The Palatine, Rome: people sit under a tree and a man drives a cart, with the ruins of buildings and an aqueduct in the background. Engraving by C. Labruzzi.
  • A young artist, sitting among the ruins of mediaeval buildings and drawing a modern country house, holds up his pencil to stop the approaching Chronos, god of time; above, the winged figure of Fame trumpets his genius and awards him a wreath of honour for resisting time. Engraving, 1781.
  • An old man and a boy kneeling before a tombstone in a dilapidated ruin. Line engraving with etching.
  • India: the ruins of Metcalfe's House. Photograph by F. Beato, c. 1858.
  • India: "The Martiniere at Braysers, Sihks". Photograph by F. Beato, c. 1858.
  • India: the ruins of Hindoo Rao's house. Photograph by F. Beato, c. 1858.
  • India: a ruined mosque near the 'Cusom House' battery. Photograph by F. Beato, c. 1858.
  • India: a ruined street showing the house in which the king was confined. Photograph by F. Beato, c. 1858.
  • A dilapidated building with an apse, a gable and a bell-tower. Etching, 1819.
  • India: ruins of the 'Cashmere Gate' at a water bastion near Delhi. Photograph by F. Beato, c. 1858.
  • Bridewell Hospital: part of the courtyard with ruins on the right. Wood engraving by W. Hughes.
  • India: a ruined mosque. Photograph by F. Beato.
  • Nakhon Thom [Angkor Wat], Cambodia. Photograph by John Thomson, 1866.
  • People outdoors in April near a large ruined castle, riding, driving livestock, and preparing to launder clothes; representing April. Etching by G. Perelle, c. 1660.
  • Antioch, Turkey: remains of an ancient gate on a road leading through a mountain pass to Aleppo. Engraving by M. Picquenot after L.F. Cassas.
  • Astronomy: a number of ladies and gentlemen using telescopes and celestial globes, in a landscape of ruined classical architecture. Engraving, [c.1720?].
  • Nakhon Thom [Angkor Wat], Cambodia. Photograph by John Thomson, 1866.
  • Antioch, Turkey: towers of a ruined castle, with a fortified wall. Engraving by M. Picquenot after L.F. Cassas.
  • An anatomical figure (skeleton) in a classical landscape. Drawing by A. Joron.