Completion Collection

Tower Bridge / Scaffolding
Dismantling the scaffolding on the eve of completion

Sydney Bridge Construct
The Sydnet Harbour bridge nearing completion : at the time of its opening, it is the largest suspension bridge in the world

HMS Leviathan, Drake-class armoured cruiser
Royal Navy - HMS Leviathan, a Drake-class armoured cruiser. HMS Leviathan was one of four Drake-class armoured cruisers built for the Royal Navy around 1900

Folio from Haft Awrang (Seven Thrones) by Jami, 1539-1543. Artist: Anonymous
Folio from Haft Awrang (Seven Thrones) by Jami, 1539-1543. Found in the collection of the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C

The Coronation of the Virgin, 1635-1636. Artist: Velazquez, Diego (1599-1660)
The Coronation of the Virgin, 1635-1636. Found in the collection of the Museo del Prado, Madrid

Completion of the new Earls Court station, London
Completion of the new Earls Court underground station, London. Top: an illuminated train indicator which shows trains in motion. Middle: the new flyover junction

TS Conway, 1935
Aerial photograph showing the three-masted training ship Conway, moored in the River Mersey, 1935. This photograph shows the crew of boys lining the starboard bulwarks to cheer a cadet leaving

The Expulsion from the Paradise (Sistine Chapel ceiling in the Vatican), 1508-1512. Found in the collection of The Sistine Chapel, Vatican

In Thee Rejoiceth All Creation. Artist: Kavertsas, Franghias (active 1615-1648)
In Thee Rejoiceth All Creation. Found in the collection of Petit Palais, Musee des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris

Finishing of the manufacture of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable
Completion of the Atlantic Telegraph cable as the last inch of cable passes through the machinery of Messrs Glass and Elliott at Morden Whard, East Greenwich

The Completion of Union Chapel, Islington, London, Uk, 1889

Matra Moynet M-360-6 Jupiter F-WLKY (msn 3), at Le Bourget airport for the Paris Air Show in June 1965. (re-registered as F-BLKY after completion of certification). Date: 1965

Bentley Racer XU 7521. Mr Morten with his wife and their veteran Bentley racer after completion of the 1952 London-Stuttgart rally, on 12 May 1952 Date: 1952

HMAS Yarra - River-Class Torpedo Destroyer
Royal Australian Navy - HMAS Yarra / HMS Yarra, a River-Class Torpedo Destroyer, making way at speed, on the River Clyde during manufacturers trials in 1910. Yarra was built by William Denny & Bros

Sud Aviation SA. 330 Puma F-ZWWR
Sud Aviation SA.330 Puma F-ZWWR (msn 05, also later registered as F-OCRK, F-ZWWR and F-BRBU ) at the June 1967 Paris Air Show, marked with airshow serial 350, in company with Puma 07

Stroukoff YC-123E Provider 55-4031
Stroukoff YC-123E-SA Provider 55-4031, modified by Stroukoff Aircraft Corp, Trenton NJ. With Pantobase undercarriage and wing-tip floats for operating off water, snow, ice, and sand, as well as land

Adam und Eva. The Fall, 1140-1170. Creator: Byzantine Master
Adam und Eva. The Fall, 1140-1170. Found in the Collection of Cappella Palatina, Palermo

The Coronation of the Virgin, 1493. Found in the Collection of Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan

The Dormition of the Virgin (Manuscript illumination from the Matenadaran Gospel), 14th century. Found in the Collection of Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts (Matenadaran), Yerevan

The Death of the Virgin, 1531. Found in the Collection of Bonnefantenmuseum Mstricht

Assumption Day, 1863. Creator: Scuri, Enrico (1806-1884)
Assumption Day, 1863. Found in the Collection of the Galerie Canesso

The Coronation of the Virgin, ca 1390. Creator: Lorenzo Monaco (ca. 1370-1425)
The Coronation of the Virgin, ca 1390. Found in the Collection of the Courtauld Institute of Art, London

The Dormition of the Virgin, before 1567. Creator: El Greco, Dominico (1541-1614)
The Dormition of the Virgin, before 1567. Found in the collection of the Dormition of the Virgin Church, Syros

Assumption of the Virgin with Saint John the Baptist and Saint Catherine of Alexandria, c. 1516. Found in the collection of the Museo di Capodimonte, Naples

Christ Church Cathedral, New Zealand; Bishop Julius going up to lay the last brick... 1891. Creator: Unknown
Christ Church Cathedral, New Zealand; Bishop Julius going up to lay the last brick on the New Spire, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44

The Coronation of the Virgin, ca 1430. Creator: Angelico, Fra Giovanni, da Fiesole (ca. 1400-1455)
The Coronation of the Virgin, ca 1430. Found in the collection of the San Marco, Florence

Polittico di Montelparo: The Coronation of the Virgin, 1466. Creator: Alunno, Niccolò (1430-1502)
Polittico di Montelparo: The Coronation of the Virgin, 1466. Found in the collection of the Musei Vaticani in Viale Vaticano, Rome

Madonna della Cintola, 1450. Creator: Gozzoli, Benozzo (ca 1420-1497)
Madonna della Cintola, 1450. Found in the collection of the Musei Vaticani in Viale Vaticano, Rome

The Dormition of the Virgin, 1492-1494. Creator: Quartararo, Riccardo (1443-1506)
The Dormition of the Virgin, 1492-1494. Found in the collection of the Museo di Capodimonte, Naples

The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, from The Life of the Virgin, 1510. Creator: Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528)
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, from The Life of the Virgin, 1510. Private Collection

Metro-Land Houses
An architectural illustration of a set of barn roofed houses which at the time, were in the course of completion at Wembley Park. Date: circa 1917

Paris
A drawing of Parisian people walking a pavement and entrance way to the Pantheon, a monument in Paris, France. The edifice was built between 1758-1790, designed by architect Jacques-Germain Soufflot

Knavesborough
A pencil drawing of Knavesborough, a market town in north Yorkshire, with its 24.5 metre high gritstone viaduct. Upon nearing completion in 1848, the viaduct collapsed into the River Nidd

Beagle Pup 100 G-AXIA
Beagle B.121 Pup Series 1 / 100 G-AXIA (msn B121-078), nearing completion at Shoreham Airport, , circa April 1969. Date: 1969

Beagle Pup 150 G-AXID
Beagle B.121 Pup Series 2 / 150 G-AXID (msn B121-086), nearing completion at Shoreham Airport, before delivery to the Shoreham Aero Club, circa August 1969. Date: 1969

Beagle Pup G-AXEV
Beagle B.121 Pup Series 1 G-AXEV (msn B121-070), nearing completion at Shoreham Airport, before delivery to Geoffrey Beard, circa April 1969. Date: 1969

Beagle Pup G-AXHK
Beagle B.121 Pup Series 1 G-AXHK (msn B121-071), nearing completion at Shoreham Airport, before delivery to the Middleton St. George Aero Club, circa May 1969. Date: 1969

Boeing VC-137C 72-7000
United states Air Force - Boeing VC-137C 72-7000 The spirit of 76 (msn 20630, model 707-353B, carried N8459 for flight testing)

HMS Escort, E-class destroyer
Royal Navy - HMS Escort, an E-class destroyer, built for the Royal Navy in the early 1930s. Although assigned to the Home Fleet upon completion

HMS Leviathan, Drake-class armoured cruiser
Royal Navy - HMS Hornet, an Acheron-class Destroyer that served during the First World War and was sold for breaking in 1921. She was the seventh Royal Navy ship to be named Hornet

HMS Boadicea - a Boadicea-Class scout cruiser
Royal Navy - HMS Boadicea, a Boadicea-Class scout cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century

Sud Aviation SA. 330 Puma F-ZWWR
Sud Aviation SA.330 Puma F-ZWWR (msn 05, also later registered as F-OCRK, F-ZWWR and F-BRBU') at the June 1969 Paris Air Show, marked with airshow serial 337'

AJEP W-8 Tailwind G-BALR
AJEP W-8 Tailwind Series 1 G-BALR (msn TW4-381), at Southend Airport in October 1977. This aircraft was destroyed when it flew into Steeple, Scoat Fell, in bad weather on 29 February 1984

ATR 42 white-tail storage, before completion, sale and delivery. Date: 1998

United States Air Force - Republic YRF-84F Thunderstreak 49-2430 FICON parasite, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, seen with the retractable nose hook extended

United States Air Force North American T-6G Texan 50-1279, buzz-number TA-279, (msn 168-443), at the USAF Museum storage compound at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH

The construction of Tower Bridge, London (litho)
1064594 The construction of Tower Bridge, London (litho) by Lanos, Henri (1859-1929); Private Collection; (add.info.: The construction of Tower Bridge, London)

Opening up the Trade Route to Chitral, Completion of the Road over the Malakand Pass (litho)
1051081 Opening up the Trade Route to Chitral, Completion of the Road over the Malakand Pass (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Construction of the Candahar Railway, celebrating the Completion of the Line as far as Sibi (engraving)
1045394 Construction of the Candahar Railway, celebrating the Completion of the Line as far as Sibi (engraving) by English School

The Difficulties in the Completion of the Panama Canal, some Views of the Works (engraving)
1047775 The Difficulties in the Completion of the Panama Canal, some Views of the Works (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Completion of the Trans-Siberian Railway (b / w photo)
1628723 The Completion of the Trans-Siberian Railway (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Completion of the Trans-Siberian Railway)

Completion of the South-Eastern Railway (engraving)
1101008 Completion of the South-Eastern Railway (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Completion of the South-Eastern Railway)

Completion of the South-Eastern Railway: Great joint station of the Croydon, Brighton and Dover Railway Company
584012 Completion of the South-Eastern Railway: Great joint station of the Croydon, Brighton and Dover Railway Company, Southwark, London (engraving) by English School

The Siloam Inscription (litho)
809224 The Siloam Inscription (litho) by English School, (19th century); Palestine Exploration Fund, London, UK; (add.info.: Hezekiahs Tunnel)

Hawker Siddeley HS-125-3A RA G-AWKI
Hawker Siddeley HS-125-3A/RA G-AWKI (msn 25161), with Hawker Siddeley Aviation Ltd for flight test and delivery to completion centre in the United States. Date: 1968

Beagle B. 121 Pup Series 2 G-AXHO
Beagle B.121 Pup Series 2 G-AXHO (msn 077), for E.A.E. Coventry, nearing completion at Shoreham Airport. Date: 1970

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Washing up
The caption on the postcard is Washing up - probably a play on sorting things out now that the war is over. The reverse carries a message from Winston Churchill We must now devote all our strength

St Gotthard Railway tunnel, Switzerland
19th century vintage photograph: St Gotthard Railway tunnel, Switzerland, shortly after completion

Trowel used by the Prince of Wales in the Completion of Victoria Bridge (engraving)
1612372 Trowel used by the Prince of Wales in the Completion of Victoria Bridge (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Completion of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable, at Morden Wharf, East Greenwich, on Monday Last (engraving)
1610348 Completion of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable, at Morden Wharf, East Greenwich, on Monday Last (engraving) by English School

The Completion of the Assouan Dam, View from the North-West, showing the Finished Dam with the Navigation Canal
1600862 The Completion of the Assouan Dam, View from the North-West, showing the Finished Dam with the Navigation Canal (b/w photo) by English Photographer

The Completion of the Uganda Railway, the Last Hundred Miles (b / w photo)
1601166 The Completion of the Uganda Railway, the Last Hundred Miles (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Completion of the Uganda Railway)

The Completion of the Great Nile Dam, Scenes at Assiout and Assouan (b / w photo)
1600949 The Completion of the Great Nile Dam, Scenes at Assiout and Assouan (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Completion of the Great Nile Dam)

Map, showing the new Harbour and the Roadstead, Holyhead Bay, with the Breakwater
5213539 Map, showing the new Harbour and the Roadstead, Holyhead Bay, with the Breakwater, and showing the Plan for the Packet-pier and completion of the Harbour (engraving) by English School

Completion, First United States Transcontinental Railway, 10 May 1869 (b / w photo)
5998024 Completion, First United States Transcontinental Railway, 10 May 1869 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Completion)

Completion of Sacre Coeur, Montmartre, Paris, France
Completion of the Basilica (church) of the Sacre Coeur, Montmartre, Paris, France. Date: 1914

A 4-8-4 class S-1 locomotive built by Baldwin for the Empire Builder
PNP246727 A 4-8-4 class S-1 locomotive built by Baldwin for the Empire Builder train of the Great Northern Railway, 1929 (b/w photo) by American Photographer

The Finished Louvre and the New Rue de Rivoli, engraved by Philippe Benoist (1813-c
CHT182731 The Finished Louvre and the New Rue de Rivoli, engraved by Philippe Benoist (1813-c.1905) (colour litho) by Chapuis, (19th century) (after); Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee Carnavalet

Uniondale (b / w photo)
3092421 Uniondale (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Uniondale. Illustration for Picturesque South Africa (Dennis Edwards)

Completion of Canadian War Memorial sculptures
Completion of the sculptures for the National War Memorial, designed by Vernon March. When March died in 1930, six of his siblings (pictured here) completed the bronze statues

Completion of the New Tay Bridge at Dundee (engraving)
1591305 Completion of the New Tay Bridge at Dundee (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Completion of the New Tay Bridge at Dundee)

Completion of the Great Chatsworth Conservatory (engraving)
1594032 Completion of the Great Chatsworth Conservatory (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Completion of the Great Chatsworth Conservatory)

Relics at the Guelph Exhibition, New Gallery, Regent Street (engraving)
1602797 Relics at the Guelph Exhibition, New Gallery, Regent Street (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Relics at the Guelph Exhibition, New Gallery)

The Completion of the All-British Cable from Australia to Vancouver (b / w photo)
1601201 The Completion of the All-British Cable from Australia to Vancouver (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

A Reminiscence, HMS "Victoria"leaving Newcastle-on-Tyne after her Completion at the Elswick Works
1062679 A Reminiscence, HMS " Victoria" leaving Newcastle-on-Tyne after her Completion at the Elswick Works (b/w photo) by English photographer

Meeting of the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific Railways at Promontory Point, Omaha
CHT274985 Meeting of the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific Railways at Promontory Point, Omaha, 10th May 1869 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

Speaking to Paris from London at the Completion of the Anglo-French Telephone (engraving)
1602975 Speaking to Paris from London at the Completion of the Anglo-French Telephone (engraving) by Prior, Melton (1845-1910) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Spanish-American War, Scenes on Grand Canary Island, now being fortified and provisioned by Spain (b / w photo)
1615603 The Spanish-American War, Scenes on Grand Canary Island, now being fortified and provisioned by Spain (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Completion of the South-Eastern Railway: The Folkstone Viaduct (engraving)
584013 Completion of the South-Eastern Railway: The Folkstone Viaduct (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Completion of the South-Eastern Railway)

Speaking to Paris from London at the completion of the Anglo-French Telephone (engraving)
608016 Speaking to Paris from London at the completion of the Anglo-French Telephone (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Completion of the Trans-Siberian Railway (b / w photo)
1628724 The Completion of the Trans-Siberian Railway (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Completion of the Trans-Siberian Railway)

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From Tower Bridge to Sydney Bridge Construct, the completion of monumental structures leaves us in awe. Just like Michelangelo's masterpiece 'The Expulsion from Paradise' on the Sistine Chapel ceiling, these feats of human ingenuity and craftsmanship stand as testaments to our ability to create and achieve greatness. Even naval vessels like HMS Leviathan, a Drake-class armoured cruiser, required meticulous planning and construction before they could set sail. Similarly, the beautifully illustrated Folio from Haft Awrang by Jami showcases the anonymous artist's dedication to detail and artistic skill. In cities around the world, completion takes many forms. Whether it be the finishing touches on London's new Earls Court station or TS Conway in 1935 or Kavertsas Franghias' painting 'In Thee Rejoiceth All Creation', each represents a moment of triumph over challenges faced during their creation. Not limited to man-made wonders alone, it also encompasses significant milestones in history. Take for instance the finishing of the manufacture of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable or The Completion of Union Chapel in Islington – both symbolize progress and connection on a global scale. And let us not forget about Metro-Land Houses that dot Paris; their completion signifies dreams turned into reality for countless individuals seeking solace within city limits. In every corner of our world, completion serves as a reminder that with determination and perseverance, even seemingly insurmountable tasks can be conquered, and is through these completed endeavors that we find inspiration and hope for what lies ahead.