Foundations Collection

Winged Assyrian Bull
Winged, human-headed bull, from the facade of the Palace of King Sargon II, Khorsabad, Late Assyrian Period, c.725 BC (gypsum)

Baku, Azerbaijan - Harbour and Maiden Tower (Kis-Kali). Built by the 12th century architect Masud ibn Davud, who was probably the father of the architect of Mardakan Round Tower

Picture No. 10741186
Old Sarum, the original site of Salisbury with castle ruins and cathedral foundations inside two high Iron Age banks (earthworks), Wiltshire Date:

Menhir Section / Bossenno
A cross-section of a large menhir, close to the site of the Bossenno; a cluster of prehistoric barrows, and a Gallo-Roman villa

Aerial image of Old Sarum, the original site of Salisbury with castle ruins and cathedral foundations inside two high Iron Age banks (earthworks), Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Venice building foundations, artwork C016 / 7703
Venice building foundations. Computer artwork showing the foundations of a typical building in Venice, Italy. Venice is built on the marshy Venetian Lagoon which stretches along the shoreline

Walsingham Shrine
The Holy Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, at Little Walsingham, Norfolk, England. This building, built on the foundations of the original shrine, was opened in 1931. Date: founded 1061

Entente Cordiale celebrations
The Entente Cordiale between Britain and France aimed to resolve colonial disputes over territories such as Egypt and Morocco

Roman remains found in the City, London
Discoveries form 19th century excavations at Camomile Street and Bishopsgate. The remains were unearthed after the removal of a number of old buildings

Buddhas Archery Skill
SIDDHARTHA GAUTAMA, known as the BUDDHA ( Enlightened One ) He shows that he is a whizz with bow and arrow, thus laying the foundations of Zen in the Art of Archery

The Lord Mayor of London laying the Foundation-Stone of the new bridge at Blackfriars, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The Lord Mayor of London laying the Foundation-Stone of the new bridge at Blackfriars, 1865. The bridge was designed by Joseph Cubitt. From "Illustrated London News", 1865

The Earl...placing the memorial stone of the Devonport, Stonehouse, and Cornwall Hospital, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe placing the memorial stone of the Devonport, Stonehouse, and Cornwall Hospital, [Plymouth], 1862. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. W

Laying the foundation-stone of the new building in connection with Freemasons Hall, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Laying the foundation-stone of the new building in connection with Freemasons Hall, Great Queen-street, [London], 1864. This edifice is to provide a central gathering-place for the Freemasons

The Bishop of Oxford laying the foundation-stone of an English church at Brussels, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Bishop of Oxford laying the foundation-stone of an English church at Brussels, 1864. Engraving from a photograph by Messrs. Ghemar

Laying the foundation-stone of an English church, Philippolis, Orange Free State, South Africa, 1864 Creator: Unknown
Laying the foundation-stone of an English church, Philippolis, Orange Free State, South Africa, 1864. Engraving from a photograph by the Rev. C. Clulee

Laying the first stone of the Lucknow Memorial, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Laying the first stone of the Lucknow Memorial, [Lucknow, India], 1864. Engraving of a photograph, of...the scene on Saturday, the 2nd of January

Construction on the foundations of the St Louis bridge
5310129 Construction on the foundations of the St Louis bridge; (add.info.: Engraving depicting construction on the foundations of the St. Louis bridge (c 1870)

Laying the foundation-stone of Brean Down Breakwater, Weston-Super-Mare, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Laying the foundation-stone of Brean Down Breakwater, Weston-Super-Mare, 1864. View of...the moment when the stone was lowered from the little steam-boat the Wye

Construction of the lock, Kuzminskoe, 1912. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Construction of the lock, Kuzminskoe, 1912

Laying the foundation-stone of the Brisbane Bridge, Queensland, New South Wales, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Laying the foundation-stone of the Brisbane Bridge, Queensland, New South Wales, 1864. The foundation-stone of the new bridge to connect the north and south portions of the city...was laid

Laying the Foundation-Stone of the Fettes College, Edinburgh, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Laying the Foundation-Stone of the Fettes College, Edinburgh, 1864. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. M'Craw. A hundred boys at least will be taught in the school, fifty of them boarders

Laying concrete for the dam's sluice, Beloomut, 1912. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Laying concrete for the dam's sluice, Beloomut, 1912. Workers and supervisors posing for photograph amid preparations for pouring cement for sluice dam foundation across the Oka River near

Laying the Foundation-Stone of the Thames Embankment at Whitehall Stairs, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Laying the Foundation-Stone of the Thames Embankment at Whitehall Stairs, 1864. Mr John Thwaites, chairman of the Metropolitan Board of Works, performed the office

Prince Leopold laying the Foundation-Stone of a new infirmary at Bishop's Waltham, Hants. 1864. Creator: Unknown
Prince Leopold laying the Foundation-Stone of the Royal Albert Infirmary at Bishop's Waltham, Hants. 1864. The little town of Bishop's Waltham, in Hampshire

Laying the foundation-stone of the O'Connell Monument in Sackville-street, Dublin, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Laying the foundation-stone of the O'Connell Monument in Sackville-street, Dublin, 1864. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. W. H

Laying the foundation-stone of the Hubberston Dock at Milford Haven, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Laying the foundation-stone of the Hubberston Dock at Milford Haven, 1864. The foundation-stone...was laid on Thursday, the 11th August, by Mrs. Potter, the wife of Mr

Aerial view of Old Sarum on a frosty morning, showing the foundations of the cathedral, Wiltshire, England. Winter (February) 2023

Prince Albert Laying the Foundation-stone of the New Wing of the Licenced Victuallers Asylum, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Prince Albert Laying the Foundation-stone of the New Wing of the Licenced Victuallers Asylum, 1858....the ceremony of laying the foundation-stone of the above addition to the well-known building

The Prince of Wales laying the Foundation-Stone of the Alexandra Battery, Gibraltar...1876. Creator: C.R
The Prince of Wales laying the Foundation-Stone of the Alexandra Battery, Gibraltar, from a sketch by our special artist, 1876

Foundations for Sacre-Coeur, c.1889. Creator: Louis-Emile Durandelle
Foundations for Sacre-Coeur, c.1889

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales laying the first stone of the Lambeth School of Art, 1860. Creator: Unknown
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales laying the first stone of the Lambeth School of Art, [London], 1860. The laying of the foundation-stone...by his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales

Progress of the Embankment of the Thames at Chelsea, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Progress of the Embankment of the Thames at Chelsea, [London], 1857. View of...a portion in progress by Mr. Jay, the contractor, under the Woods and Works

Ceremony of Laying the Foundation-Stone of a Memorial to the late Marquess of... Ireland, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Ceremony of Laying the Foundation-Stone of a Memorial to the late Marquess of Londonderry, on Scrabo Hill, County Down, Ireland, 1857

Building Site in Amsterdam, 1891. Creator: Richard Roland Holst
Building Site in Amsterdam, 1891

Laying of the foundation stone for the Willems lock, 6 May 1820, (1820). Creator: Gerrit Lamberts
Laying of the foundation stone for the Willems lock, 6 May 1820, (1820). Celebratory ceremony of the laying of the foundation stone for the Willem I Sluis or Willemsluis in Amsterdam-Noord

Ceremony of Scottish Freemasons, 1840-1870. Creator: Unknown
Ceremony of Scottish Freemasons, 1840-1870. Wine and oil are poured onto a stone on which lies corn. The scene takes place on a construction site, with metal girders above

His Royal Highness Prince Albert laying the Foundation-Stone of the Strangers Home, near Limehouse Church, 1856. Founding of a building...affording all the comforts

Ceremony of Laying the Foundation-Stone of the New School-House at the Philanthropic Society's Farm, Red-Hill, [Surrey], 1856. The new School-house is the gift of Mr

Her Majesty the Queen Laying the Foundation-Stone of Wellington College, near Sandhurst, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Her Majesty the Queen Laying the Foundation-Stone of Wellington College, near Sandhurst, 1856. Founding of a college...for the education of the orphan sons of officers of the Royal Army

Her Majesty laying the Foundation-Stone of the New Military Hospital at Hamble, near Southampton, 18 Creator: Unknown
Her Majesty laying the Foundation-Stone of the New Military Hospital at Hamble, near Southampton, 1856. Ceremony at the Royal Victoria Hospital

The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone laying the Foundation-Stone of the School in Golden-Lane, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone laying the Foundation-Stone of the School in Golden-Lane, 1856. Future British prime minister presides at the founding of a school for poor children in London

Ceremony of the Commencement of the Great Puglia Railway, by the Neapolitan Minister of Public Works Creator: Unknown
Ceremony of the Commencement of the Great Puglia Railway, by the Neapolitan Minister of Public Works, 1856. From west to east it is intended thus to traverse the whole width of the peninsula

The Lord-Lieutenant laying the Foundation-Stone of the New Museum, at Dublin, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Lord-Lieutenant laying the Foundation-Stone of the New Museum, at Dublin, 1856. Ceremony on...the lawn of the Royal Dublin Society's premises

Unidentified man at a construction site studying building plans, between 1896 and 1942. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Unidentified man at a construction site studying building plans, between 1896 and 1942

The laying of the Memorial stone of the New Tower Bridge by the Prince of Wales, 1886. Creator: Unknown
The laying of the Memorial stone of the New Tower Bridge by the Prince of Wales, 1886. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 33. January to June, 1886"

The Queen laying the Foundation Stone of the New Medical Examination Hall on the Victoria Embankmen Creator: Durand
The Queen laying the Foundation Stone of the New Medical Examination Hall on the Victoria Embankment, 1886. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 33

The South London Technical Institute at Battersea, 1891. Creator: Unknown
The South London Technical Institute at Battersea - The Prince of Wales laying the Foundation Stone, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44

The Laying of the Foundation-Stone of Victoria College, Jersey, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Laying of the Foundation-Stone of Victoria College, Jersey, 1850. Building...to commemorate the visit of the Queen and the Prince Consort to the island in 1846...On the site of the ceremony were

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"Unearthing the Past: Tracing Foundations Across Time and Cultures" The Winged Assyrian Bull stands tall, a testament to ancient foundations that shaped civilizations. Baku, Azerbaijan - Harbour and Maiden Tower reveal the enduring foundations of a city steeped in history (Picture No. 10741186). Menhir Section / Bossenno takes us back to prehistoric times, where monumental stones laid the groundwork for future societies. Aerial image of Old Sarum showcases the original site of Salisbury with castle ruins, reminding us of medieval foundations that still resonate today. Venice building foundations depicted in artwork C016 / 7703 reflect architectural marvels built upon centuries-old traditions. Walsingham Shrine holds sacred foundations as a place of pilgrimage for countless believers throughout history. Entente Cordiale celebrations symbolize diplomatic foundations between nations, fostering peace and cooperation across borders. Roman remains found in the City, London provide glimpses into an era when mighty empires left their mark on urban landscapes forever. Buddhas Archery Skill demonstrates spiritual foundations rooted in discipline and focus transcending time and culture alike. Blackpool Tower laying its foundation stone in 1891 marks a significant moment shaping this iconic British landmark's legacy. From ancient civilizations to modern wonders, these diverse examples highlight how foundational elements shape our world – physically, culturally, and spiritually – leaving lasting imprints for generations to come.