Stones Collection (page 6)

A Slate Quarry (colour litho)
8648842 A Slate Quarry (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Slate Quarry. Illustration for The Graphic Object Reader)

Seaside pebble (colour litho)
8646570 Seaside pebble (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Seaside pebble. Illustration for Beach Rambles in Search of Seaside Pebbles)

Seaside pebble (colour litho)
8646562 Seaside pebble (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Seaside pebble. Illustration for Beach Rambles in Search of Seaside Pebbles)

Seaside pebble (colour litho)
8646558 Seaside pebble (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Seaside pebble. Illustration for Beach Rambles in Search of Seaside Pebbles)

Seaside pebble (colour litho)
8646557 Seaside pebble (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Seaside pebble. Illustration for Beach Rambles in Search of Seaside Pebbles)

Seaside pebble (colour litho)
8646555 Seaside pebble (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Seaside pebble. Illustration for Beach Rambles in Search of Seaside Pebbles)

Chichester Market-Cross (engraving)
8636359 Chichester Market-Cross (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Chichester Market-Cross)

Ross Market-House (engraving)
8636357 Ross Market-House (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ross Market-House)

Holbeach Cross, Lincoln (engraving)
8636325 Holbeach Cross, Lincoln (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Holbeach Cross, Lincoln)

Trade card for Edwardes Bros & Burke, sculptors, London (engraving)
8677675 Trade card for Edwardes Bros & Burke, sculptors, London (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Trade card for Edwardes Bros & Burke)

The Seven Deadly Sins, bas-reliefs in Lynchmere Church, Sussex (b/w photo)
8676066 The Seven Deadly Sins, bas-reliefs in Lynchmere Church, Sussex (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Seven Deadly Sins)

Stone catapult balls found in Pevensey Castle, Sussex (b/w photo)
8675971 Stone catapult balls found in Pevensey Castle, Sussex (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Stone catapult balls found in Pevensey Castle)

Portland Prison Dorset, 1884
3479344 Portland Prison Dorset, 1884; (add.info.: Portland Prison Dorset Convicts working in the stone quarries. The prisoners were given education classes in the evening)

The Standing Stones of Stenness
3740635 The Standing Stones of Stenness; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the Standing Stones of Stenness, a Neolithic monument. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

The Rialto Bridge in Venice (photo)
3507177 The Rialto Bridge in Venice (photo); (add.info.: The Rialto Bridge (Ponte di Rialto), spanning the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy. It is the oldest bridge across the canal

Remains of an animal preserved as a fossil
3507374 Remains of an animal preserved as a fossil; (add.info.: Remains of an animal preserved as a fossil.); Universal History Archive.

Remains of an animal preserved as a fossil
3507378 Remains of an animal preserved as a fossil; (add.info.: Remains of an animal preserved as a fossil.); Universal History Archive.

Remains of an animal preserved as a fossil
3507377 Remains of an animal preserved as a fossil; (add.info.: Remains of an animal preserved as a fossil.); Universal History Archive.

Remains of an animal preserved as a fossil
3507376 Remains of an animal preserved as a fossil; (add.info.: Remains of an animal preserved as a fossil.); Universal History Archive.

Remains of an animal preserved as a fossil
3507375 Remains of an animal preserved as a fossil; (add.info.: Remains of an animal preserved as a fossil.); Universal History Archive.

Remains of an animal preserved as a fossil
3507295 Remains of an animal preserved as a fossil; (add.info.: Remains of an animal preserved as a fossil.); Universal History Archive.

Convicts working, 1888
3479343 Convicts working, 1888; (add.info.: Convicts working in the stone quarries on the island of Portland. Dated 15th December 1888.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Precolumbian Period
3499673 Precolumbian Period; (add.info.: Precolumbian Period. Aztec. Huehuetl. Representacion made in stone of an Aztec drum. From Mexico DF. Anthropology Museum of Mexico.); PHAS/UIG.

The Calliope Dock, Auckland, New Zealand, 1850
3330903 The Calliope Dock, Auckland, New Zealand, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the Calliope Dock, a historical stone dry dock on the grounds of the Devonport Naval Base, in Devonport)

The Ark of the Covenant, 1850
3330006 The Ark of the Covenant, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the Ark of the Covenant, a gold-covered wooden chest described in the Book of Exodus as containing the two stone tablets of)

Stone monument recording the sale of an estate
3330402 Stone monument recording the sale of an estate; (add.info.: Stone monument recording the sale of an estate with a goddess depicted helping with negotiations)

Stone monument recording the sale of an estate
3330376 Stone monument recording the sale of an estate; (add.info.: Stone monument recording the sale of an estate with a goddess depicted helping with negotiations)

Cast of palace doorway from Persepolis, Iran, circa 470-450 BC
3329571 Cast of palace doorway from Persepolis, Iran, circa 470-450 BC; (add.info.: Cast of palace doorway from Persepolis, Iran, circa 470-450 BC)

Cast of palace doorway from Persepolis, Iran, circa 470-450 BC
3329566 Cast of palace doorway from Persepolis, Iran, circa 470-450 BC; (add.info.: Cast of palace doorway from Persepolis, Iran, circa 470-450 BC)

Statue of Dionysos with satyr
7287196 Statue of Dionysos with satyr; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Statue of Dionysos with satyr, dated 2nd century AD)

Statue of Dionysos with satyr
7287194 Statue of Dionysos with satyr; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Statue of Dionysos with satyr, dated 2nd century AD)

Statue of Athena
7287191 Statue of Athena; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Statue of Athena, first half of the second century AD. Copy of the Artemis sculpted by praxyteles around 330-332 BC)

Statue of the emperor Tiberius
7287187 Statue of the emperor Tiberius; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Statue of the emperor Tiberius. 1st century AD (after 37 AD)

Female portrait. End of the 1st century AD
7287184 Female portrait. End of the 1st century AD.; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Female portrait. End of the 1st century AD)

The sarcophagus of Agape and Crescentianus
7287242 The sarcophagus of Agape and Crescentianus; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: The sarcophagus of Agapeand Crescentianus)

Female statue with portrait
7287223 Female statue with portrait; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Female statue with portrait)

Young boy strangling a goose
7287219 Young boy strangling a goose; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Young boy strangling a goose. Roman sculture dating on the 1st century AD. Copy from a Greek original)

Statue of Athena
7287210 Statue of Athena.; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Statue of Athena. Roman sculture dating on the 1st century AD. Copy of 3 rd century BC Hellenistic original)

Portrait of young Commodus
7287197 Portrait of young Commodus; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Portrait of young Commodus. 2nd century AD)

Statue of the emperor Tiberius
7287190 Statue of the emperor Tiberius; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Statue of the emperor Tiberius. 1st century AD (after 37 AD)

Bust of Ocean
7287248 Bust of Ocean; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Bust of Ocean. End of the 2nd century AD. Vatican Museum, Chiaramonti museum, Rome, Italy); © Frank Buffetrille

Portrait of Demosthenes
7287234 Portrait of Demosthenes; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Portrait of Demosthenes. Roman copy of bronze original from 280 BC. First half of 1st century AD)

Statue of the bull Apis, Brancaccio collection, black diorite, National Roman Museum, Palazzo Altemps, Rome, Italy
6384466 Statue of the bull Apis, Brancaccio collection, black diorite, National Roman Museum, Palazzo Altemps, Rome, Italy; Museo Nazionale Romano, Palazzo Altemps, Rome

Polished pallet with a bird's head, 31st century BC (stone)
AIS5376266 Polished pallet with a bird's head, 31st century BC (stone); Egyptian National Museum, Cairo, Egypt; (add.info.: The paddles were used to grind pigment for blush.); © Iberfoto.

Jade mask of the bat god (Bat), from Monte Alban, Mexico, 6th-8th century (jade)
AIS5377143 Jade mask of the bat god (Bat), from Monte Alban, Mexico, 6th-8th century (jade); Museo Nacional de Antropologia, Mexico City, Mexico; © Iberfoto.

Stele of victory of Naram-Sin, stone relief, 2230 BC
AIS5345397 Stele of victory of Naram-Sin, stone relief, 2230 BC; Louvre, Paris, France; (add.info.: Akkadian art. Stele of victory of Naram-Sin)

Galician warrior (Roman Empire), 3-1st BC from Boticas. Lesenho Castle (stone carving)
AIS5342556 Galician warrior (Roman Empire), 3-1st BC from Boticas. Lesenho Castle (stone carving); National Archaeology Museum of Lisbon, Portugal; © Iberfoto.

Temple of Hazara Rama, detail of frieze with dancers, horses, elephants and Ramayana scenes
AIS5337376 Temple of Hazara Rama, detail of frieze with dancers, horses, elephants and Ramayana scenes, 15th century (stone relief); Hampi, Karnataka

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"Uncovering the Mysteries of Stones: From Felpham Beach to Avebury" Exploring the rugged beauty of Felpham Beach, near Bognor Regis, West Sussex, where stones tell tales of ancient shores and timeless tides. Stepping into history at Dovedale's enchanting stepping stones in Derbyshire, England – a path that connects us with nature's wonders. Witnessing the breathtaking sunrise over Stanage Edge millstones in Peak District National Park, Derbyshire – a reminder of man's ingenuity amidst nature's grandeur. Delving into the intricate details of the Rosetta Stone at British Museum, London – an artifact that unlocked countless stories from civilizations past. Royal crowns and scepter gleaming with regal elegance - symbols carved in stone reminding us of centuries-old traditions and monarchies' enduring power. Mastering the artistry of Dry Stone Walling – a craft passed down through generations, showcasing strength and resilience etched in every stone. Journeying back to Polkanuggo Quarry in Stithians, Cornwall (1903-1904) – witnessing laborers shaping rocks that would build foundations for future generations. Climbing up Christmas Steps in Bristol - each worn stone step whispering secrets from centuries ago as modern life bustles by above them. Glimpses into the playful world of snow leopard cubs - their paws dancing on stones as they navigate their snowy habitat with grace and agility. Reconstructing ancient mysteries at Avebury's Stone Circles in Wiltshire - standing amongst towering monoliths that hold echoes from our distant ancestors' rituals and beliefs Exploring Haltwhistle Milecastle along Hadrian's Wall - where weathered stones guard remnants of Roman history against time’s relentless march