Arch Collection

The Tyne Bridge under construction, 27th February 1928 (b / w photo)
907790 The Tyne Bridge under construction, 27th February 1928 (b/w photo) by Geddie, James (1879-1944); Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums; eTyne & Wear Archives & Museums; British, out of copyright

Austria, Vienna, Silhouette of Composer Anton Bruckner at the organ
Austria - 19th century. Composer Anton Bruckner at the organ. Silhouette

The sun rises behind the Cinquantenaire arch in Brussels
The sun rises behind the Cinquantenaire arch, erected in 1905 to replace a temporary monument built to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of Belgian independence, in Brussels, Belgium, January 18

Poster, Night Mail, quoting part of the poem by W H Auden written for and narrated in the documentary film of the same name (1936). circa 1930s

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by William McLaren
King Arthur welcomes the Green Knight into the Banqueting Hall and invites him to dismount and eat with the company. Everyone is amazed to see the unexpected visitor

The Building of the Tyne Bridge - Newcastle-upon-Tyne (4 / 4)
The Building of the Tyne Bridge - Newcastle-upon-Tyne - The spans reaching out from both sides of the river - 11th January 1928. Date: 1928

Mow Cop Castle
Ruinous folly built as a summer house. IoE 273340

Clifton Suspension Bridge
Brunels landmark bridge spanning the Avon Gorge, Bristol. IoE 379208

Christmas Decorations, The Ritz Hotel, London, England, United Kingdom

Tyne Bridge at night N080496
TYNE BRIDGE, Newcastle upon Tyne / Gateshead, Tyne and Wear. Night view of the Tyne Bridge with The Sage music centre beyond

Wembley Stadium 24391_008
WEMBLEY STADIUM, London. Aerial view. New Wembley was completed in 2007 with a capacity of 90, 000. It replaced the old Empire Stadium as Englands national football arena

Fingerprint types, 17th century
Fingerprint types. 19th-century artwork showing three of the fingerprint types (arch, loop and whorl) identified by British scientist Francis Galton (1822-1911), who wrote on the subject from 1888

Sacrament Sunday - William Teulon Blandford Fletcher

Paddington Station a061937
PADDINGTON STATION, London. Elevated view showing passengers awaiting the arrival of a train on Platform 2 at Paddington railway station. John Gay. Date range: 1960-1972

Euston Arch a98_05420
EUSTON ARCH, Euston Station, Euston Road, Camden Town, London. Traffic outside the Euston Arch. The arch was designed by Philip Hardwick in 1837 as part of a screen

Tyne Bridges N080495
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE / GATESHEAD, Tyne and Wear. Twilight view up river towards the Swing Bridge, High Level Bridge and Tyne Bridge

Peterhouse College, Cambridge K991428
PETERHOUSE COLLEGE, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. View of the arcade with bicycles

Late evening at the bridges over the River Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
The three bridges are (from foreground to the back) : the Tyne bridge, The Swing bridge and the high level bridge. Gateshead is to the left and Newcastle to the right

Marylebone Station
June 1921: The interior of Marylebone station in London which belongs to the Great Central Railway. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

John Rylands Library, Manchester A42_01435
JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY, Manchester. Interior view. A staircase in the John Rylands Library in the University of Manchester. It was endowed in memory of John Rylands, a textile manufacturer

Durdle Door K020291
DURDLE DOOR, West of Lulworth, Dorset. View of the eyelet looking east

St Etheldredas Church, Hatfield a054112
ST ETHELDREDAs CHURCH, Hatfield, Hertfordshire. View showing a tractor being driven through the 15th century west tower doorway of the church during preparations for the harvest festival in 1960

Durdle Door sunset K020292
DURDLE DOOR, West of Lulworth, Dorset. View of the eyelet looking west at sunset

Tribute to Escher
Jacek Stefan

The Annunciation, c1438-1445, (c1900-1920). Artist: Fra Angelico
The Annunciation, c1438-1445, (c1900-1920). A print after the fresco in the Museo di San Marco dell Angelico, Florence, from Art History and Literature Illustrations, by Jessie Noakes, Virtue and Co

Millennium Bridge N080492
MILLENNIUM BRIDGE, Newcastle upon Tyne / Gateshead, Tyne and Wear. Floodlit view of the Millennium Bridge at twilight with The Sage and Tyne Bridge beyond

Chatsworth House a069788
CHATSWORTH HOUSE, Chatsworth Park, Chatsworth, Derbyshire. A view from river level looking through one of the arches of the Three Arch Bridge over the River Derwent in Chatsworth Park

USA, South Carolina, Columbia, Gervais Street Bridge, Crosses The Congaree River, Arched Bridge, Built in 1928, National Register Of Historic Places

Marsala, Sicily. People visiting the town centre with restaurants

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, 1814-1815, (1944). Creator: Thomas Lawrence
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, 1814-1815, (1944). Portrait of Anglo-Irish soldier and future British prime minister Arthur Wellesley

Arena of Verona illuminated at night, Italy

DANCE: HARKNESS THEATRE. Mural by Enrique Senis-Oliver from the proscenium arch of the Harkness Theatre, on Broadway and 62nd Street in New York City, depicting dancers paying homage to Terpsichore

Kings Cross Station a072950
KINGs CROSS STATION, London. The front of steam locomotive engine No. 60006 (The Herring Gull, renamed the Sir Ralph Wedgewood on 6th January, 1944) standing at a platform in Kings Cross Station

Irfon Bridge over River Wye, Builth Wells, Wales. Date: circa 1900s

ROME: ST. PETERs BASILICA. Interior of Saint Peters Basilica in Rome. Etching by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, c1760

A Street Scene in Cairo, by Charles Robertson (1844-1891)

HOGARTH: FALSE PERSPECTIVE. Satire on False Perspective. (Whoever makes a design, without the knowledge of perspective)
HOGARTH: FALSE PERSPECTIVE. Satire on False Perspective. (Whoever makes a design, without the knowledge of perspective, will be liable to such absurdities as are shown in this print)

Pantheon interior, ancient Rome
Interior of the Pantheon in ancient Rome. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Opera house Sydney
Alida van Zaane

Old Mans Cave Upper Falls, Hocking Hills State Park, Ohio

Durdle Door at sunrise, Jurassic Coast, Dorset, England

ChAteau de Chenonceau over the Cher River at dusk, Chenonceaux, Indre-et-Loire, Centre
Chateau de Chenonceau over the Cher River at dusk, Chenonceaux, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France

The Camden Turkish Baths, 11a Kentish Town Road, London
Board-mounted promotional poster for The Camden Turkish Baths, 11a Kentish Town Road, London - designed and erected under the personal superintendence of Mr. H. H. Bridgeman ARIBA Arch

The nineteenth century arched Leaderfoot Viaduct over the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders, Scotland
Leaderfoot Viaduct is a disused railway viaduct over the River Tweed near Melrose in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. The viaduct was completed in 1863

SUSPENSION BRIDGE, 1830. The first railway suspension bridge, built over the River Tees near Stockton, England, 1830. Engraving, English, 19th century

General Allenbys official entry into Jerusalem, WW1
Scene during General Allenbys official entry into Jerusalem during the First World War. Date: 11 December 1917

Tombland Alley, Norwich a98_07528
TOMBLAND ALLEY, Norwich, Norfolk. This view looks through the archway under 14 Tombland, a mid 16th-century house built for Augustine Steward, a former mayor of Norwich

Norham Castle K971958
NORHAM CASTLE, Northumberland. The keep and inner ward from the south-west, seen through the south curtain wall of the outer ward

Wembley Stadium 24391_026
WEMBLEY STADIUM, London. Aerial view of the stadium and surrounding area

Belsay Quarry Garden K021165
BELSAY HALL, CASTLE & GARDENS, Northumberland. View of Great Arch in the Quarry Garden with rhodedendrons in flower

Laburnam Arch, Bodnant Gardens, near Tal-y-Cafn, Conwy, Wales

Africa, Morocco, Fes. A detail of a mosaic tiled fountain

Arch rock formation on Perranporth Beach
Arch rock formation Perranporth Beach in Ligger Bay with Saint Pirans Flag the standard flag of Cornwall against blue skies

Train crossing Stockport viaduct on the London & North Western Railway, c1845. Note the pollution of the river banks, smoking chimneys and the complete domination of the scene by the viaduct

Middlesex Hospital Chapel, Mortimer Street, London
Middlesex Hospital Chapel, western view, Mortimer Street, London. Date: circa 1910s

People salmon netting at Bideford, Devon
Four people standing in the water salmon netting at Bideford, Devon. Date: circa 1960s

Colosseum reflected at sunrise, Rome, Italy
The Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheatre) at sunrise, still illuminated by artificial light. Rome, Italy

Dawn over famous village of Oia, Santorini, Greece
Sunrise over the village of Oia, with famous whitewashed buildings and blue domed churches. Santorini, Mediterranean sea, Greece

High angle view over the Colosseum at sunrise. Rome, Lazio, Italy
Ancient roman amphitheatre Colosseum at sunrise. Rome, Italy

Mostar old bridge, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Eroded arch called Marsden Rock, Tyne and Wear, North Sea

USA, Missouri, St. Louis: Gateway Arch Area & Old Courthouse at Sunrise

Bow Fiddle Rock, Portknockie, Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom

Blitz in Plymouth -- St Andrews Parish Church, WW2
Blitz in Plymouth -- the smouldering remains of St Andrews Parish Church, bombed and badly damaged in March 1941. The church was restored, and reconsecrated in November 1957

Reconstruction of the Roman Forum, Rome, Italy
Pictorial reconstruction of the Roman Forum and surroundings, Rome, Italy

Alhambra palace and reflecting pool, Granada, Spain
The Palacio del Portico within the Alhambra, a medieval Moorish city in Granada, Spain. Digital photograph

Tyne bridges, Newcastle a55_04312
THE TYNE BRIDGES, Newcastle upon Tyne. A view from Newcastle quayside of the Tyne Bridge opened in 1928 by King George V. In the distance the Swing Bridge designed by William Armstrong

Wellington Arch a98_05917
WELLINGTON ARCH, Westminster, London. Detail view of Wellington Arch (also known as Constitution Arch or the Green Park Arch) showing two columns. Photographed by Eric de Mare. Date range: 1945-1980

General view of The Forum, Rome, Italy
General view of the Roman Forum, or Forum Romanum, in Rome, Italy. In the middle distance is the triumphal Arch of Septimius Severus, in white marble

Sydney Harbour Bridge, Australia - Completed
A view of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Australia - pictured shortly after construction had finished. The bridge was designed and built by Dorman Long and Co Ltd

Millennium Bridge, Gateshead / Newcastle upon Tyne N080490
MILLENNIUM BRIDGE, Newcastle upon Tyne / Gateshead, Tyne and Wear. General view of bridge at night

Euston Arch, London CC97_01007
EUSTON ARCH, London. View of the arch at Euston Station with horse-drawn vehicles in the foreground. The arch was built by Philip Hardwick in 1837

Victoria Station a061841
VICTORIA STATION, Westminster, London. Elevated view inside the train shed at Victoria railway station looking along a near empty platform and out towards the city. John Gay. Date range: 1960-1972

Brinkburn Priory K030534
BRINKBURN PRIORY, Northumberland. Interior view of the church looking towards the stained glass window at the East end

Admiralty Arch 1923 BL26970_009
ADMIRALTY ARCH, The Mall, Westminster, London, photographed from the roof of the Grand Hotel in February 1924. Containing offices and residential accommodation

Rievaulx Abbey J060222
RIEVAULX ABBEY, North Yorkshire. The arches and buttresses of the north side of the abbey church

Smithfield Market entrance BL25748
SMITHFIELD MARKET, London. A 1921 view of the grand entrance archway to Sir Horace Joness Smithfield Meat Market which opened in 1868

Panini - Statues in a Ruined Arcade J920083
MARBLE HILL HOUSE, Twickenham, Richmond, Middlesex. " Statues in a Ruined Arcade", reputedly the Gallery of Sculptures in the Baths of Caracalla

Panini - Roman Landscape with the Arch of Constantine J920081
MARBLE HILL HOUSE, Twickenham, Richmond, Middlesex. " Landscape with the Arch of Constantine " 1738 by Giovanni Paolo Panini (1691/2-1765)

Fountains Abbey J940477
FOUNTAINS ABBEY, North Yorkshire. Interior reconstruction drawing by Alan Sorrell

Kings College, Cambridge K991393
KINGS COLLEGE, Kings Parade, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. View of the front gate with post box to the right

Buckingham Palace K060089
BUCKINGHAM PALACE, London. Changing of the Guard. Soldiers marching

Housesteads Roman Fort J000113
HADRIANs WALL: HOUSESTEADS ROMAN FORT (VERCOVICIUM), Northumberland. A reconstruction drawing of the east gate (porta praetoria) by Philip Corke. hadrian

Clovelly harbour K011622
CLOVELLY, Devon. View through arch to the harbour with cobbled street and boats on the shingle beach

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"Arch: A Gateway to Timeless Beauty" Step into a world of architectural marvels with this captivating poster. From the enchanting Night Mail, where arches stand tall and proud, to the legendary tale of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by William McLaren, where arches symbolize strength and resilience. Marvel at the grandeur of The Building of the Tyne Bridge in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, a testament to human ingenuity. The Tyne Bridges N080495 showcase their elegant arches that gracefully span across the river, connecting communities. Experience the magic of Christmas Decorations at The Ritz Hotel in London. Adorned with festive lights and intricate arch designs, it is a sight that warms hearts during the holiday season. Travel back in time as you explore Mow Cop Castle's ancient ruins. Its weathered stone arches whisper tales from centuries past, transporting you to an era filled with knights and castles. Witness history unfold at Kings Cross Station a072950 - its iconic arched entrance welcoming travelers from all corners of the globe. Feel its timeless charm as you embark on new adventures. Celebrate faith and tradition on Sacrament Sunday - William Teulon Blandford Fletcher captures an awe-inspiring church adorned with majestic Gothic arches. A place where spirituality finds solace within these sacred structures. Discover unique fingerprint types from 17th-century records - each one like an individual mark etched within delicate arch patterns; a reminder that we are all beautifully distinct. As night falls over Newcastle-upon-Tyne, behold the Tyne Bridge at night N080496 illuminating the city skyline with its radiant arcs. It stands as a beacon of progress and unity for generations to come. Feel your heart race amidst roaring cheers at Wembley Stadium 24391_008; its colossal roof supported by towering steel arches creating an atmosphere unlike any other – sportsmanship elevated to new heights.