Plan Collection (page 3)

Aubreys Plan of Avebury
John Aubreys plan of Avebury. Aubrey was an English antiquary, who suplimented his writings on sites with detailed plans and sketches

Regents Park Plan C1830
A plan of Regents Park including Regents Canal and Marylebone Church Date: c1830

ST. BARTS / 1721 / PLAN
A general external view of the buildings which make up Saint Bartholomews Hospital in Smithfield, London

Old Sarum Plan
An exact plan and section of the castle of Old Sarum, above Salisbury Plain, showing the East or Kings Gate, the West, or Queens Gate and its proximity to the River Avon

Hensons Aerial Steam Carriage
The Aerial Steam Carriage -- side view of the main frame, and plan of the controlling tail. This flying machine was patented by William Samuel Henson (1812-1888) and John Stringfellow (1799-1883)

Map of the World
The World, showing Captain James Cooks voyages from 1768 - 1775, based on Mercators Projection, published by William Faden 1778 Date: 1778

Poster advertising the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley Park, running from April to October 1924. Travel routes are shown, together with a plan of the exhibition space itself

Amsterdam Plan
A pre-railway plan showing how the streets and canals have been built concentrically round the city centre. Date: mid-19th century

Extension of the British Museum, London
Extension of the British Museum in London: the new King Edward VII Galleries. A birds eye view showing the new section of the building. Date: 1914

Plan and elevation of Stonehenge, Wiltshire.. Ancient stone circle at Stonehenge, Wiltshire, with original plan and elevation, and ruins as of 1816. Copperplate engraving by W

LCC-LFB Dockhead fire station, Bermondsey
Dockhead fire station, Bermondsey, SE London, built in 1928. This fire station was the location for the early seasons of the ITV series Londons Burning

Layout of Fort Sumter at the outset of the Civil War
Fort Sumter ground plan, situated in the harbor of Charleston, SC, 1860. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Ground plan, Carmarthen County Lunatic Asylum, Wales
Architects ground-floor plan of the Carmarthen Lunatic Asylum erected near Carmarthen, South Wales, in 1865 and designed by David Brandon

Plan Pentonville Prison
A plan of the floor layout of Pentonville, a model prison built in London in 1843, with corridors of cells radiating out from a central point & exercise yards

Plan of Castle Howard (litho)
6005188 Plan of Castle Howard (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Plan of Castle Howard)

WW1 - Trench map from a soldiers war diary showing the Somme Battlefield with information gleaned from captured German Prisoners

Solar eclipse August 21 Wisconsin
Solar eclipse August 21, 2017 at 1:15pm from Wisconsin, USA 85% Coverage

Ebenezer Howard - plan of garden city
Ebenezer Howards plan of a garden city. Date: 1898

Map of St Marylebone, London
Map of St Marylebone, from a plan of London published by Richard Phillips. Date: 1813

Glasgow Municipal Tenement Plan
Layout plan of a Glasgow Municipal Tenement. Date: 1896

Cartoon, Kitcheners All, WW1
Cartoon, Kitcheners All, First World War. A scene in a London club, where nearly all of the members look just like Lord Kitchener, each one with his own ideas of how the war should be run. Date: 1914

All-Red Route at the Festival of Empire, 1911
A diagram of the All-Red Route at the Festival of Empire, opened on 12th May 1911 by King George V and Queen Mary. The route was essentially an electric railway line laid down at a cost of 90

Map of Coventry in Warwickshire, England Victorian Engraving, 1840
Very Rare, Beautifully Illustrated Antique Engraving of Map of Coventry in Warwickshire, England Victorian Engraving, 1840. Source: Original edition from my own archives

Floor plan of Palatine Hill in Rome, published in 1878
Floor plan of the archaeological remains of the Palatine Hill in Rome. The Palatine Hill (Latin: Mons Palatinus, Italian: Monte Palatino)

Map of Exeter in Devon, England Victorian Engraving, 1840
Very Rare, Beautifully Illustrated Antique Engraving of Map of Exeter in Devon, England Victorian Engraving, 1840. Source: Original edition from my own archives

Contemporary map showing the advances of Colonel Theodore Roosevelts Rough Riders at the Battle of San Juan Hill, Cuba
CUBA: SAN JUAN HILL. Contemporary map showing the advances of Colonel Theodore Roosevelts Rough Riders at the Battle of San Juan Hill, Cuba, and of other American forces at El Caney, 1 July 1898

Engraved map, 1598, of the heavily-fortified city of Palmanova, Italy, built by the Venetians near the Adriatic to
ITALY: PALMANOVA MAP, 1598. Engraved map, 1598, of the heavily-fortified city of Palmanova, Italy, built by the Venetians near the Adriatic to prevent Turkish invasions

Plan by Eugene Viollet-le-Duc, who restored the cathdedral in the mid-19th century
PARIS: NOTRE DAME. Plan by Eugene Viollet-le-Duc, who restored the cathdedral in the mid-19th century, showing how the church might have looked with the spires originally intended to crown the towers

Didus ineptus, dodo design
Drawing 51 Vol 2 by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the panel over doorway in the South East gallery, first floor of the Natural History Museum, London, 1875

Great Zimbabwe / Artefacts
A plan of the site of the incredible ancient buildings at Great Zimbabwe, and a few of the many objects found at the site. Everything is of ancient African origin

Bisley Farm School No. 2 Ground-floor Plan
Ground-floor plan of the new building added to the Bisley Farm School, Surrey, in 1873, and later known as the Shaftesbury School block. Date: circa 1888

Neo-Sumerian. Statue of Gudea. Girsu, Iraq. 2120 BC. Cuneifo
Mesopotamia. Neo-Sumerian. Ruler Gudea of state of Lagash. Diorita statue. From Girsu (modern Telloh). Iraq. 2120 BC. Cuneiform inscription. Detail. Museum of Louvre. Paris. France

A Sectional Drawing of The Empress Club, 13 Berkeley Street
A Sectional Drawing through the extensive premises of The Empress Club, sitting between Dover Street and 13 Berkeley Street, W1, London

Battle of Gettysburg Map, July 3, 1863 Civil War Engraving
Engraving of the Map of the Battle of Gettysburgs, Pennsylvania, July 3, 1863 Civil War Engraving from Famous Leaders and Battle Scenes of the Civil War, Published in 1864

Map of Pamlico and Albemarle Sounds
Vintage engraving from 1863 of a map of Map of Pamlico and Albemarle Sounds at the time of the American Civil War

A Plan of the House and Gardens at Stowe, Buckinghamshire (engraving)
XJF477689 A Plan of the House and Gardens at Stowe, Buckinghamshire (engraving) by Muller, Johann Sebastien (1715-c.1785); Private Collection; (add.info.: House and park of Richard Temple)

Reconstructed map of 13th century London, England
MAP: LONDON, 13th CENTURY. Reconstructed map of 13th century London, England

Benedict Arnold persuading Major John Andre to conceal the plans of West Point in his boot at their meeting on 21
ARNOLD AND ANDRE, 1780. Benedict Arnold persuading Major John Andre to conceal the plans of West Point in his boot at their meeting on 21 September 1780. Steel engraving, American, 19th century

Cross-section of Saint Marks Basilica in Venice, Italy
VENICE: SAINT MARK S. Cross-section of Saint Marks Basilica in Venice, Italy

CIVIL WAR: ANACONDA PLAN. Scotts Great Snake or the Anaconda Plan: General Winfield Scotts plan to blockade the Confederacy and conduct a major offensive down the Mississippi River

TOWER OF LONDON, 1560. Detail from the Agas map of 1560 showing the Tower of London on the Thames River

Map of Rome

Map of Brussels
Map of the city of Brussels, Belgium Date: 19th century

Map of Paris
Bradshaws Plan of Paris, France and map of the environs Date: 19th century

Ground plan of Millbank Prison, London. Date: 1862

Ground plan of Newgate Prison, London. Date: 1862

Ground plan of Holloway Prison
Ground plan of London City Prison and House of Correction, Holloway. Date: 1862

VENICE: ARSENALE. The Arsenale of Venice, Italy. Drawing by Antonio di Natale, 18th century

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