The annexed view of Antwerp is taken from the Tête de Flandre, a fortified post on the left bank of the river Schelde
View of Antwerp from the Tête de Flandre, opposite to the city.
Tag: Topography
The Grande Place, or principal market-place of Brussels.
The Grande Place, or principal market-place of Brussels, is situated in the centre of the city. It is enclosed by large and handsome buildings of various styles of architecture.
Brussels from the Hotel de Bellevue, with the Parc de Bruxelles.
The accompanying view is taken from the Hotel de Bellevue, situated between the Place Royale and the Parc de Bruxelles, in the upper portion of the city of Brussels
City of Amsterdam, view on the Cingel, Netherlands 1832.
The Cingel is the innermost of four large and nearly parallel canals, which, following the crescent-shape boundary of the city of Amsterdam
Rotterdam, the Oude Haven. General characteristic of Dutch cities.
The annexed scene of the Oude Haven, in Rotterdam, has been selected as an epitome of the general characteristics of Dutch cities.
Sections of the graves at the Necropolis of Ancon, Peru.
Notwithstanding the exact measurements taken of individual graves, these sections must still be so far regarded as ideal
Interments under fragments of earthenware.
Here we have a characteristic instance of the burials under fragments of thick-ribbed clay vessels
Interments under earthenware vessels. The necropolis of Ancon.
The body is seated in a crouching attitude and wrapped in cerements under one of those capacious earthenware vessels
Solitary grave of a simple equipped Mummies.
In a grave scarcely 3 metres deep we see a shapeless mummy pack bound round with a netting of cordage, its cotton wrapping coloured a deep brown with decay.
Exposed graves with Mummies of simple type.
Bleached bones, scattered shreds of raiment, bast coverings and cordage used in the careful preservation of the bodies.