View of the lighthouse, built in the tripod design also seen in plate 36. This iron structure, built in 1870, is another of the lighthouses assisting navigation into the Gironde.
Close view of the lighthouse, a circular tower on a drum, completed in 1840. The lighthouse, situated to the south of Cap Ferrat, demarcates the passage into the Arcachon Channel.
Entrée du Grau d'Aigues-Mortes. Photographer: Unknown
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View looking towards the harbour mouth and the two lighthouses constructed in 1872 and marking each side of the entrance channel. On the right is the old lighthouse, no longer in use after 1869, whem it was replaced by the Espiguette light. With local fishing boats moored at the quayside in the ...
Close view of the square-towered lighthouse, with accommodation and stores at the base, completed in 1869 to replace the Aigue-Mortes light, seen in the preceding plate.
Gates of the Baptistery at Florence. By Lorenzo Ghiberti.
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Imprint: xxx Large half leather folio volume, red buckram boards (British Museum binding), with coat of arms in gilt on front and back boards, measuring 560 x 485 mm and containing 53 albumen prints (numbered 1-34), mounted on thick card,with a preliminary leaf of introduction and captions. Th...