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architecture

Also known as: architecture; building; terrace; tower
Related terms: bird's eye view/long view; capriccio; architect; spa; uki-e; sculpture
Scope note: The subject includes buildings and edifices of any kind, structures and encampments. For interiors of any of the NTs, double-key the relevant term with 'interior'. See also the Object name 'architectural drawing'.
Broader terms: x12501; arts/architecture
Narrower terms: air-raid shelter/bunker; airport; animal-housing; aqueduct/viaduct; arch/gateway; architectural feature; bar; baths/bath-house; bridge; bus station; caravanserai; castle/fort; cemetery; church; cinema/auditorium; cistern; civic building; classical theatre/odeon; clock tower; coffee-house; commercial/financial building; dairy; dam; domestic building; exhibition hall; farm building/farmyard; filling station; folly; fort/fortification; fountain; garden architecture; hospital/asylum; hotel; hut/thatched building; industrial building; interior; legal building; library; marine architecture; maze; meeting space/ceremonial ground; military structure; modern stadium/arena; monument; museum/gallery; observatory; pagoda; palace/mansion; pavilion; police station; post office/postbox; prison; pyramid; railway station; religious building; rest house; restaurant; roman amphitheatre/arena; school/university/college building; shop; skyscraper; sports building; storehouse; tavern/inn; tea-house; temporary architecture; tent/encampment; theatre/opera house; toll-house; tunnel; underground railway/station; well; windmill; workhouse; workshop

12,969 related objects

35mm slide (photographic)

Museum number: Oc,F.T.5664 |
Producer name: BIOG125446 Photographed by:David John Lee |
Production date: 29 Jun 1964 |
Production place: Photographed in:Pompeii

35mm slide (photographic)

Museum number: Oc,F.T.5679 |
Producer name: BIOG125446 Photographed by:David John Lee |
Production date: 1 July 1964 |
Production place: Photographed in:Glanum

35mm slide (photographic)

Museum number: Oc,F.T.5665 |
Producer name: BIOG125446 Photographed by:David John Lee |
Production date: 29 Jun 1964 |
Production place: Photographed in:Pompeii

35mm slide (photographic)

Museum number: Oc,F.T.5768 |
Producer name: BIOG125446 Photographed by:David John Lee |
Production date: Nov 1963 |
Production place: Photographed in:Canberra

35mm slide (photographic)

Museum number: Oc,F.T.5663 |
Producer name: BIOG125446 Photographed by:David John Lee |
Production date: 29 Jun 1964 |
Production place: Photographed in:Pompeii

35mm slide (photographic)

Museum number: Oc,F.T.5662 |
Producer name: BIOG125446 Photographed by:David John Lee |
Production date: 29 Jun 1964 |
Production place: Photographed in:Pompeii

35mm slide (photographic)

Museum number: Oc,F.T.5677 |
Producer name: BIOG125446 Photographed by:David John Lee |
Production date: 1 July 1964 |
Production place: Photographed in:Glanum

35mm slide (photographic)

Museum number: Oc,F.T.6228 |
Producer name: BIOG129861 Photographed by:Dr Maria Wronska-Friend |
Production date: 1992 |
Production place: Photographed in:Angel Island

35mm slide (photographic)

Museum number: Oc,F.T.5676 |
Producer name: BIOG125446 Photographed by:David John Lee |
Production date: 1 July 1964 |
Production place: Photographed in:Marseille

35mm slide (photographic)

Museum number: Oc,F.T.5667 |
Producer name: BIOG125446 Photographed by:David John Lee |
Production date: 29 Jun 1964 |
Production place: Photographed in:Pompeii

35mm slide (photographic)

Museum number: Oc,F.T.5666 |
Producer name: BIOG125446 Photographed by:David John Lee |
Production date: 29 Jun 1964 |
Production place: Photographed in:Pompeii

admission-ticket

Museum number: MG.860 |
Production date: 1796

admission-ticket

Museum number: MG.897 |
Production date: 1889

admission-ticket

Museum number: MG.779

admission-ticket

Museum number: MG.1026

admission-ticket

Museum number: MG.1027 |
Production date: 1771

admission-ticket

Museum number: MG.715

admission-ticket

Museum number: MG.761 |
Production date: 1770-1881

admission-ticket

Museum number: MG.760

admission-ticket

Museum number: MG.1025 |
Producer name: BIOG76137 Made by:I Parkes |
Production date: 1844 |
Production place: Made in:Dublin (city)

admission-ticket

Museum number: MG.854 |
Producer name: BIOG76138 Made by:I C Parkes |
Production date: 1864

admission-ticket

Museum number: MG.552 |
Producer name: BIOG178464 Issuer:Hampstead Wells Ballroom |
Production date: 1701-1733

admission-ticket

Museum number: MG.680 |
Producer name: BIOG31785 Designed by:William Hogarth |
Authority: BIOG100246 Issuer:Vauxhall Gardens |
Production date: 1738-1854

admission-ticket

Museum number: MG.701 |
Production date: 1795

advertisement; banknote

Museum number: 2014,4095.7 |
Producer name: BIOG147804 Printed by:De La Rue |
Authority: BIOG147804 Issuer:De La Rue |
Production date: 2007 |
Production place: Issued in:British Isles

Museum number: 2008,4168.98 |
Authority: BIOG64931 Issuer:BT |
Production date: 1997 |
Production place: Issued in:British Isles

alabastron

Museum number: 1873,0915.2 |
Cultures/periods: x13677 Attic |
Production date: 500BC-480BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece)

album; print

Title: Figures in Fresco found on the wall of the North Isle of Stoke Church |
Museum number: 1853,0112.734 |
Producer name: AUTH234430 Print made by:M K Living |
Production date: 1847

album; painting

Museum number: 1945,1013,0.9.30 |
Production date: 19thC(early) |
Production place: Painted in:Delhi (district)Painted in:Agra |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album; painting

Museum number: 1945,1013,0.9.8 |
Production date: 19thC(early) |
Production place: Painted in:Delhi (district)Painted in:Agra |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album; painting

Museum number: 1945,1013,0.9.9 |
Production date: 19thC(early) |
Production place: Painted in:Delhi (district)Painted in:Agra |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album; painting

Museum number: 1945,1013,0.9.17 |
Production date: 19thC(early) |
Production place: Painted in:Delhi (district)Painted in:Agra |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album; painting

Museum number: 1945,1013,0.9.13 |
Production date: 19thC(early) |
Production place: Painted in:Delhi (district)Painted in:Agra |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album; painting

Museum number: 1945,1013,0.9.14 |
Production date: 19thC(early) |
Production place: Painted in:Delhi (district)Painted in:Agra |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album; painting

Museum number: 1984,0124,0.1.12 |
Production date: 19thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album; painting

Museum number: 1945,1013,0.9.32 |
Production date: 19thC(early) |
Production place: Painted in:Delhi (district)Painted in:Agra |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album; drawing

Museum number: 1945,1013,0.9.27 |
Production date: 19thC(early) |
Production place: Painted in:Delhi (district)Painted in:Agra |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2013,6044.1.38 |
Producer name: BIOG222010 Photographed by:George B Blaker |
Production date: 1930s

album; print; newspaper/periodical

Title: St James's Tower, Bury St Edmunds |
Museum number: 1853,0112.412 |
Producer name: BIOG225518 Print made by:Charles Pye |
Production date: 1780-1830

album; print

Title: Parts of the Chapel, Orford Suffolk |
Museum number: 1853,0112.679 |
Producer name: Print made by:John GreigPublished by:William Clark |
Production date: 1815 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

album; print

Title: Kersey Priory, Suffolk |
Museum number: 1853,0112.633 |
Producer name: AUTH229491 Print made by:W Hagreen |
Production date: 1840s - 50s

album; print

Title: Saxon tower, Bury St Edmunds |
Museum number: 1853,0112.444 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1800-1850

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2008,6044.1 |
Production date: 1925-1930

album

Title: Bhairavi ragini The Manley Ragamala |
Museum number: 1973,0917,0.3 |
Production date: 1610-1620 |
Production place: Painted in:AmberPainted in:Rajasthan |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Delhi (city)

album; drawing

Museum number: 1859,0806.284 |
Producer name: BIOG28820 Drawn by:Pier Leone Ghezzi |
Production date: 1725

album; drawing

Museum number: 1859,0806.281 |
Producer name: BIOG28820 Drawn by:Pier Leone Ghezzi |
Production date: 1725

album; drawing

Museum number: 1859,0806.279 |
Producer name: BIOG28820 Drawn by:Pier Leone Ghezzi |
Production date: 1725

album; photographic print

Museum number: EPH-ME.2868.9 |
Producer name: BIOG225309 Published by:Flowers From the Holy Land |
Production date: 1914

album; drawing

Title: S. end of the granary Punella Ghur - 11 Nov. 1827 |
Museum number: 1997,1109,0.102 |
Producer name: BIOG9355 Drawn by:George Russell Dartnell |
Production date: 1827 |
Production place: Made in:Panulla Ghur

album; drawing

Museum number: 1859,0806.300 |
Producer name: BIOG28820 Drawn by:Pier Leone Ghezzi |
Production date: 1712-1732

album; drawing

Museum number: 1859,0806.282 |
Producer name: BIOG28820 Drawn by:Pier Leone Ghezzi |
Production date: 1725

album; drawing

Title: Magazine on the Lake at Kandy April 2nd 1826 |
Museum number: 1997,1109,0.97 |
Producer name: BIOG9355 Drawn by:George Russell Dartnell |
Production date: 1826 |
Production place: Made in:Sri LankaMade in:Kandy

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2012,6079.1.25 |
Producer name: BIOG214397 Photographed by:Rev William Percy Hughes |
Production date: 1920s-1930s

album; drawing

Museum number: 1859,0806.286 |
Producer name: BIOG28820 Drawn by:Pier Leone Ghezzi |
Production date: 1726

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2012,6079.1.27 |
Producer name: BIOG214397 Photographed by:Rev William Percy Hughes |
Production date: 1920s-1930s

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2013,6018.1.24 |
Production date: 1931

album; print

Title: Situation of Piscina door found in St Nicholas |
Museum number: 1853,0112.624 |
Producer name: After:Dr Edward Daniel ClarkePrinted by:S H Cowell |
Production date: 1848 |
Production place: Published in:Ipswich (Suffolk)

album; print

Title: West View |
Museum number: 1853,0112.443 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1800-1850

album; drawing

Museum number: 1889,0527.87 |
Producer name: Circle/School of:Maso FiniguerraCircle/School of:Baccio Baldini |
Production date: 1470-1475

album; drawing

Museum number: 1859,0806.301 |
Producer name: BIOG28820 Drawn by:Pier Leone Ghezzi |
Production date: 1712-1732

album; drawing

Museum number: 1859,0806.287 |
Producer name: BIOG28820 Drawn by:Pier Leone Ghezzi |
Production date: 1726

album; painting

Museum number: 1958,0412,0.3 |
Production place: Made in:China

album; painting

Museum number: 1945,1013,0.9.33 |
Production date: 19thC(early) |
Production place: Painted in:Delhi (district)Painted in:Agra |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album; painting

Museum number: 1984,0124,0.1.18 |
Production date: 19thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album; painting

Museum number: 1984,0124,0.1.16 |
Production date: 19thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album; painting

Museum number: 1984,0124,0.1.15 |
Production date: 19thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album; painting

Museum number: 1984,0124,0.1.20 |
Production date: 19thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album; painting

Museum number: 1945,1013,0.9.1 |
Production date: 19thC(early) |
Production place: Painted in:Delhi (district)Painted in:Agra |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album; painting

Museum number: 1984,0124,0.1.19 |
Production date: 19thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album; painting

Museum number: 1945,1013,0.9.22 |
Production date: 19thC(early) |
Production place: Painted in:Delhi (district)Painted in:Agra |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album; drawing

Museum number: 1945,1013,0.9.3 |
Production date: 19thC(early) |
Production place: Painted in:Delhi (district)Painted in:Agra |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album; painting

Museum number: 1945,1013,0.9.21 |
Production date: 19thC(early) |
Production place: Painted in:Delhi (district)Painted in:Agra |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album; painting

Museum number: 1984,0124,0.1.17 |
Production date: 19thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album; drawing

Museum number: 1945,1013,0.9.7 |
Production date: 19thC(early) |
Production place: Painted in:Delhi (district)Painted in:Agra |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album

Title: The Manley Ragamala |
Museum number: 1973,0917,0.43 |
Production date: 1610 |
Production place: Made in:Amber |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album

Title: The Manley Ragamala |
Museum number: 1973,0917,0.6 |
Production date: 1610 |
Production place: Made in:Amber |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album; painting

Museum number: 1945,1013,0.9.29 |
Production date: 19thC(early) |
Production place: Painted in:Delhi (district)Painted in:Agra |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album; postcard

Museum number: EPH-ME.2870.1 |
Production date: 1914 |
Production place: Printed in:Jerusalem

album; photographic print

Museum number: EPH-ME.2867.11 |
Producer name: BIOG225309 Published by:Flowers From the Holy Land |
Production date: 1914

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2013,6018.1.23 |
Production date: 1931

album; print

Museum number: 1947,1029.2.1-30 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean François JaninetPublished by:Esnault & Rapilly |
Production date: 1787 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

album; print

Title: A collection of views from the 'Topographie der Eydgnossschaft' (no title) |
Museum number: 1958,0712.3092.1-74 |
Producer name: Print made by:Daniel DüringerAfter:Emanuel Büchel |
Production date: 1754-1777 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)Printed in:Zürich (city)

album; print

Title: A collection of views from the 'Topographie der Eydgnossschaft' (no title) |
Museum number: 1958,0712.3091.1-107 |
Producer name: Print made by:Daniel DüringerAfter:Emanuel Büchel |
Production date: 1754-1777 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)Printed in:Zürich (city)

album; print; newspaper/periodical

Title: St James's Tower, Bury St Edmunds / East |
Museum number: 1853,0112.442 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1819

album; print

Title: Abbey-Gate St Edmunds Bury |
Museum number: 1853,0112.427 |
Producer name: BIOG42920 Print made by:George Quinton |
Production date: 1770-1800

album; drawing

Museum number: 1997,1109,0.182 |
Producer name: BIOG9355 Drawn by:George Russell Dartnell |
Production date: 1821 |
Production place: Made in:GreeceMade in:Cythera

album; postcard

Museum number: EPH-ME.2870.17 |
Production date: 1914 |
Production place: Printed in:Jerusalem

album; painting

Museum number: 1945,1013,0.9.4 |
Production date: 19thC(early) |
Production place: Painted in:Delhi (district)Painted in:Agra |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2009,6045.1 |
Production date: 1919-1920

album; drawing

Museum number: 1859,0806.302 |
Producer name: BIOG28820 Drawn by:Pier Leone Ghezzi

album; drawing

Museum number: 1889,0527.88 |
Producer name: Circle/School of:Maso FiniguerraCircle/School of:Baccio Baldini |
Production date: 1470-1475

album; painting

Museum number: 1945,1013,0.9.16 |
Production date: 19thC(early) |
Production place: Painted in:Delhi (district)Painted in:Agra |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album; drawing

Museum number: 1945,1013,0.9.25 |
Production date: 19thC(early) |
Production place: Painted in:Delhi (district)Painted in:Agra |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album; painting

Museum number: 1945,1013,0.9.11 |
Production date: 19thC(early) |
Production place: Painted in:Delhi (district)Painted in:Agra |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album; painting

Museum number: 1945,1013,0.9.12 |
Production date: 19thC(early) |
Production place: Painted in:Delhi (district)Painted in:Agra |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album; drawing

Title: Pillar of a choultry at Dh[...]l |
Museum number: 1997,1109,0.86 |
Producer name: BIOG9355 Drawn by:George Russell Dartnell |
Production date: 1823-1835 |
Production place: Made in:India

album; painting

Museum number: 1945,1013,0.9.26 |
Production date: 19thC(early) |
Production place: Painted in:Delhi (district)Painted in:Agra |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album; painting

Museum number: 1877,0714,0.1495 |
Cultures/periods: x14440 Qing dynasty |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Made in:China

album; print

Museum number: 1853,0112.625 |
Producer name: After:Dr Edward Daniel ClarkePrinted by:S H Cowell |
Production date: 1848 |
Production place: Published in:Ipswich (Suffolk)

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2013,6018.1.25 |
Production date: 1931

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