Plinth Collection

The Athlete Wrestling with a Python, c1880-1882. Artist: A Gilbert
The Athlete Wrestling with a Python, c1880-1882. Etching of the sculpture by Sir Frederic Leighton

Statue of St. Joan of Arc with coloured light from stained glass, Church of Notre Dame, Vitre, Brittany, France, Europe

Mitchelstown and Galtee Mountains, County Cork, Ireland
Mitchelstown and Galtee Mountains, County Cork, Republic of Ireland. circa 1970s

The Copper Horse - Windsor Great Park, Windsor, Berkshire
The Copper Horse by Sir Richard Westmacott (1775-1856) - marking the end of the Long Walk at Snow Hill in Windsor Great Park, Berkshire Date: circa 1910s

The Treaty Stone, Limerick, Republic of Ireland. The Treaty of Limerick ended the Williamite war in Ireland between the Jacobites and the supporters of William of Orange

Plato, Ancient Greek philosopher
Plato (427-347 BC), Ancient Greek philosopher. Platos spirit of rational inquiry led to todays scientific method. His writings shaped and continue to have a profound influence on Western thought

Arboretum with fountain and Royce statue, Derby
The Arboretum, a public park near the centre of Derby, with a fountain (left) and a statue of Sir Frederick Henry Royce (1863-1933), the English engineer and automobile manufacturer

Hemiciclo a Juarez (Benito Juarez Monument), Alameda, Mexico City, Mexico, North America

Old Main Bridge over River Main and Fortress Marienberg behind, Wurzburg, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Male bronze lion, Gate of Supreme Harmony, Outer Court, Forbidden City, Beijing, China, Asia

Architecture I: Orders of Architecture, engraved by Charles Lawrie (engraving)
XJF314357 Architecture I: Orders of Architecture, engraved by Charles Lawrie (engraving) by Waring, John Burley (1823-1875) (after); Private Collection; English, out of copyright

Main Street, Bulawayo, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)
Main Street, Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), with the Cecil Rhodes Memorial in the distance on the left. Date: circa 1920

Plaza de la Libertad, Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Plaza de la Libertad (Liberty Square), Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Date: circa 1910

Unveiling of the Royal Scots Grey Memorial, Princes Street
The unveiling ceremony of the Royal Scots Grey Memorial by William Birnie Rhind (1853 - 1933), West Gardens Cottage, Princes St, Edinburgh, Scotland - by Earl of Rosebery on 16th November 1906

Plaza Colon and Cathedral, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
Plaza Colon (with statue of Christopher Columbus) and Cathedral (Our Lady of the Candelaria or Candlemas), Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, North Atlantic Ocean. Date: circa 1905

Four scenes, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
Four scenes in Pietermaritzburg, Natal Province, South Africa -- Town Gardens, Delville Wood Cross, Commercial Road and Municipal Swimming Baths. Date: circa 1930

Market Jew Street with Davy statue, Penzance, Cornwall
Market Jew Street with Humphry Davy statue, Penzance, Cornwall. The name of the street comes from the Cornish Marghas Yow, meaning Thursday Market. The scientist Humphry Davy was born in Penzance

Mozart monument, Mozartplatz square, Salzburg, Salzburger Land, Austria, Europe

Edward VII Memorial unveiling at Brighton and Hove
The unveiling of a Memorial to the late King Edward VII on the boundary dividing the boroughs of Brighton and Hove

Praca da Liberdade, Porto, northern Portugal
Praca da Liberdade (Liberty Square) and Avenida dos Aliados (Avenue of the Allies), Porto, northern Portugal, with the City Hall at the upper end. Date: 1930s

Abraham Lincoln Statue, Westminster, London
Statue of US President Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), Parliament Square, Westminster

Square du Petit Sablon, Brussels, Belgium
Aerial view of the Square du Petit Sablon, Brussels, Belgium, a public garden noted for its statues of representatives from traditional professions. Date: circa 1900

Promenade Gardens, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Versailles, Coin de Parc, 1904. Creator: Eugene Atget
Versailles, Coin de Parc, 1904. A work made of albumen print

Portrait of the Sculptor Auguste Rodin in his Studio, c
2972537 Portrait of the Sculptor Auguste Rodin in his Studio, c.1889 (gouache & black crayon, with charcoal, brush and black ink, and touches of w/c on tan board) by Raffaelli

Sir Stuart (Steuart) Baileys Statue, Dalhousie Square, Calcutta, c1910. Sir Steuart Colvin Bayley (1836-1925) was a British civil servant and Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal from 1887-1890

Derby, England - Unveiling statue of Queen Victoria
Derby, England - Unveiling a memorial statue of Queen Victoria by King Edward VII on June 28th, 1906. Date: 1906

The Black Prince Statue in City Square, Leeds, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Statue of Shiva rising out of a Lake Sur Sagar in the centre of Vadodara, Gujarat, India, Asia

Wurzburg Residence, Residence Square, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Secular Games held in Rome
The Secular Games (Ludi Saeculares) are held in Rome to commemorate a 100-year span of Roman history

Capriccio of Roman Ruins with the Pantheon, 1737 (oil on canvas)
FIT332196 Capriccio of Roman Ruins with the Pantheon, 1737 (oil on canvas) by Pannini or Panini, Giovanni Paolo (1691/2-1765); 36.8x69.2 cm; Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge

Nelson Pillar, Dublin, Ireland. circa 1905

Figure from the Royal Artillery Memorial 1914-18, 1925 (Portland stone and bronze) (photo
JBG148202 Figure from the Royal Artillery Memorial 1914-18, 1925 (Portland stone and bronze) (photo) by Jagger, Charles Sergeant (1885-1934); Hyde Park Corner, London, UK; eJulian Page; English

San Francisco church, Barranco, Lima, Peru, South America
San Francisco church in Barranco, a district of Lima, Peru, South America. circa 1910

Quintin Hogg, English merchant and philanthropist
Quintin Hogg (1845-1903), English merchant and philanthropist

Kaiser Wilhelm monument, Dusseldorf, Germany
Kaiser Wilhelm monument and street scene, Dusseldorf, Germany

Old Main Bridge and Fortress Marienberg, Wurzburg, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

The entrance to the Palace, the Tropical Garden, Funchal, Madeira, Atlantic, Europe

Greece, Attica, Athens, Statue of Athena at the Academy of Arts

Sculptor in apron carving a statue in a workshop
Regency sculptor in apron carving a statue with round mallet and chisel in a workshop. Classical busts, statues, capitals, vases, and other statuary on the walls and floor

Janus, the two-faced Roman god of beginnings, gates, time and change. He is shown seated on a plinth with key and sceptre in front of an altar

Example of the Doric order, Theatre of Marcellus, Rome
Doric order from the Theatre of Marcellus, Rome. Entablature with cornice, frieze and architrave, column with astragal. Column base and plinth after a design by Andrea Palladio 2

Mrs Frances Abington or Fanny Abington, English actress
Mrs Frances Abington or Fanny Abington (1737-1815), English actress who performed at Drury Lane and Covent Garden. Born Frances Baeton, she married royal trumpeter and music teacher James Abington

Susanna Centlivre (1667-1723), English dramatic writer and actre
Susanna Centlivre (1667-1723), English dramatic writer, poet and actress. Twice widowed at a young age, she started writing comedies and farces for the stage to support herself

Title page with vignette from Richard Dagley's Gems, 1804
Title page with calligraphy and vignette of winged Cupid writing in a book. Near antique ruins with vase, plinth, coins, and bust with wreath

Portrait of Commodore Hawser Trunnion from Peregrine Pickle
Portrait of Commodore Hawser Trunnion, misogynist seaman in Tobias Smollett's picaresque novel The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, 1758

Sarah, Countess of Kinnoull, 1760-1837. Sarah Harley was the fourth daughter of Right Hon. Thomas Harley, Lord Mayor of London and married Robert Hay-Drummond, Earl of Kinnoull in 1781

A man in a toga speaking in front of a crowd
A man in a toga (philosopher?) speaking in front of a crowd. Two soldiers in helmet and armour crouch behind a shield. A bearded face in the cloud. Unknown myth

Woman cithara or zither player with statue on plinth. In yellow paste. Sappho, the poetess, was depicted on coins of Lesbo as a citharist. Citaristria in pasta gialla

Dublin, Ireland, Victorian period. Date: late 19th century

Rubens Statue, Antwerp, Belgium, Victorian period. Date: late 19th century

Rubens Statue, Antwerp, Belgium, Victorian period. Date: late 19th century

Moon Plate. 4th century AD. Marble plaque
Moon Plate. 4th century AD

President Brand statue, Bloemfontein, South Africa
Statue to Johannes Henricus Brand (1823-1888), fourth president of the Orange Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa. Date: circa 1900

Equestrian Statue of Vittorio Emanuele II, Venice, Italy. Date: circa 1950s

Mystic Blessings, 1883 (oil on canvas)
PNH352484 Mystic Blessings, 1883 (oil on canvas) by Falero, Luis Riccardo (1851-96); 74x40.5 cm; Private Collection; Photo ePeter Nahum at The Leicester Galleries, London; Spanish, out of copyright

Monument to Jose Tomas de Sousa Martins, Lisbon, Portugal
Monument to Dr Jose Tomas de Sousa Martins (1843-1897) in front of the Medical School, Campo de Santana, Lisbon, Portugal

Interior, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, Denmark
Interior, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek (art museum), Copenhagen, Denmark, with ancient Greek and Roman sculptures from the Carl Jacobsen Collection. Date: circa 1908

Nelsons Column, Trafalgar Square, London. Picture shows people crossing the road on this autumn day in the capital. Picture taken 3rd November 1931

Trafalgar Square, looking toward Whitehall, London. Picture taken 10th September 1932

Tarot Card 15 - Le Diable (The Devil). Date: 20th century

Greece, Attica, Athens, Lord Byron statue by French sculptors Henri-Michel Chapu and Alexandre Falguiere, National Gardens

Statue of Samuel Adams outside Faneuil Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
USA, Massachusetts, Boston, Statue of Samuel Adams outside Faneuil Hall

Statue of Paul Revere, Old North Church behind, North End, Paul Revere Mall, Boston
USA, Massachusetts, Boston, Statue of Paul Revere, Old North Church behind, North End, Paul Revere Mall

Beautiful Venus of Gallipede, gallery of ancient statues Museum, Naples, Italy, c1909

Franklin Square, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, with clock tower of post office and statue to Sir John Franklin. Date: circa 1910

Rauchs Statue of Frederick the Great, Berlin, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Rauchs Statue of Frederick the Great, Berlin, 1890. Equestrian statue of Frederick the Great (1712-1786), designed in 1839 by Christian Daniel Rauch and unveiled in 1851 at Unter den Linden, Berlin

The Maiwand Lion - Forbury Gardens, Reading, Berkshire

Greece, Attica, Athens, Statue of Appolo at the Academy of Arts

Greece, Attica, Athens, The Agora, Statues standing along the former facade of the Odeon of Agrippa

North American-Fiat F-86K Sabre Q-283 (msn 213-53), on a Plinth outside Twenthe Air Base. Date: circa 2000

North American Rockwell T-2C Buckeye 159727
United States Navy - North American Rockwell T-2C Buckeye 159727 (msn 367-48), mounted on a plinth near the main gate at NAS Meridian, Mississippi. Date: circa 2010

Mater Dolorosa, 1870. Creator: Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
Mater Dolorosa, 1870

Cupid supplicates Pallas to let him become a volunteer
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Exterior of the Small Theatre or Odeon
FLO4688219 Exterior of the Small Theatre or Odeon, Pompeii VIII.7.19. Columns in the street, and plinth for a statue. Chromolithograph and illustration by S

A Sculptor's Studio, 1618-1639. Creator: Reinhold Timm
A Sculptor's Studio, 1618-1639

Charles XI's favourite horse Tott, 1680. Creator: David Klocker Ehrenstrahl
Charles XI's favourite horse Tott, 1680

Small Parian Head, Late 3rd century BCE. Creator: Unknown
Small Parian Head, Late 3rd century BCE

Democritus, the Laughing Philosopher, between c.1750 and c.1757

Monument to Mignard, c.1735. Creator: Juste-François Boucher
Monument to Mignard, c.1735

Italian Landscape with Ruins, n.d. Creator: Jonas Umbach
Italian Landscape with Ruins, n.d

Weeping Willow, 1802. Creator: Jacob Philip Hackert
Weeping Willow, 1802

Church and Graveyard in the Snow by Moonlight, 1827. Creator: Karl Blechen
Church and Graveyard in the Snow by Moonlight, 1827

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"Exploring the Many Faces of Plinth: From Ancient Philosophers to Majestic Monuments" The Athlete Wrestling with a Python, c1880-1882. Artist: A Gilbert - This captivating sculpture stands tall on its plinth, depicting the strength and determination of an athlete in a fierce struggle. Statue of St. Joan of Arc with coloured light from stained glass, Church of Notre Dame - Bathed in vibrant hues, this statue atop its plinth embodies the bravery and devotion of the legendary French heroine. Mitchelstown and Galtee Mountains, County Cork, Ireland - As you gaze upon these breathtaking mountains from their plinths below, you can't help but feel humbled by nature's grandeur. The Copper Horse - Windsor Great Park, Windsor, Berkshire - Perched proudly on its elevated plinth overlooking lush greenery lies this magnificent equestrian statue that pays homage to British history. The Treaty Stone, Limerick, Republic of Ireland - Embedded within Limerick's rich history is this iconic stone monument resting on its sturdy plinth—a symbol of peace and reconciliation for generations past and present. Plato, Ancient Greek philosopher - Delve into ancient wisdom as you explore Plato's teachings through his timeless writings that have stood firmly on their intellectual plinths throughout centuries. Arboretum with fountain and Royce statue, Derby - In the heart of Derby's serene arboretum sits a majestic fountain surrounded by lush greenery while a noble statue graces its central plinth—truly an oasis for tranquility seekers. Male bronze lion at Gate of Supreme Harmony in Forbidden City – Witnessing the regal stance atop its imposing plinth at one of China's most revered landmarks evokes awe-inspiring admiration for these mighty creatures guarding imperial realms.