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This silver candlestick, one of a pair, is in the shape of a fluted column topped by a composite capital composed of a double row of acanthus leaves and four volutes at the corners. The column rests upon a stepped base made of four squares of diminishing size, the first and fourth of which are marked with a pattern of strigillations.
John Carter
Candlestick (one of a pair)
1770 – 1771
Gift of Raymond C. Smith
1968/1.49
This photograph depicts the chantry in the nave of a cathedral. A large column consumes the majority of the foreground of the image, while a patch of sunlight illuminates ornate carvings in the background.
Francis Bedford (British (modern))
Chantry in the Nave, Wells Cathedral
1850 – 1894
Gift of Margaret and Howard Bond
1979/2.103
A black and white etching depicting several fragments of friezes and columns, followed by textual descriptions in Italian.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian (culture or style))
Frieze, Soffits, Columns, plate 9 from Trofei di Ottaviano Augusto innalzati per la vittoria ad Actium e conquista dell'Egitto con vari altri ornamenti antichi
1753
Gift of Professor Walter M. and Nesta R. Spink
1985/2.133
Photograph of Roman ruins. Rows of columns surround some tiles. A man observes the ruins. <br /><br /> Eva Caston 2017
Italian
Foro civile. Pompei
1855 – 1865
Transfer from the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
1980/1.176
Interior view of a church with numerous hanging chandeliers and pendant lamps, along with classical architectural elements. 
Felix Bonfils (French (culture or style))
Église de la Nativité, intérieur—Church of the Nativity, interior
1867 – 1885
Gift of Margaret and Howard Bond
1994/2.32.6
This photograph shows a narrow corridor flanked on either side by two rows of massive, stone columns. 
Pascal Sebah (Turkish (culture or style))
Abidôs. Temple de Séti I
1875 – 1885
Transfer from the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
1980/1.200
Photograph of the columns in the interior of a mosque.
Intérieur de la mosquée Amrou
1875 – 1900
Transfer from the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
1980/1.201
Five men sit just outside the rectangular, columned entrances of three grottoes set into the side of a hill. 
Pascal Sebah (Turkish (culture or style))
Béni-Hassan. Grottes du Nord
1875 – 1885
Transfer from the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
1980/1.204
A black and white print of the exterior columns of Boston City Hall.
Emilio Sanchez
New City Hall, Boston
1970
Gift of the Emilio Sanchez Foundation
2011/2.133
A young man leans against a stone ledge and gazes to his right. He wears a slate blue jacket with a white collar and cuffs and has a matching mantle. He casually hooks a finger of his left hand in the hilt of a sword that hangs at his waist. A plain stone column immediately behind the sitter creates a near silhouette of the shadowed side of his face. A hazy sky fills the background.
Joshua Reynolds
Lord Charles Spencer (1740-1820), Second son of the Third Duke of Marlborough
1759
Museum purchase made possible by the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund
2001/2.128
A woman in a light blue shirt seated with her back facing the camera, in between two columns.
Edward West
Hlomisa
1997 – 2000
Gift of Margaret and Howard Bond
2012/1.247
A grouping of columns and figural sculptures stands amid other ruins and stone debris in a mostly flat, rocky landscape. 
Pascal Sebah (Turkish (culture or style))
Ramesseion à Thèbes. Colosse de Rhamsès
1875 – 1885
Transfer from the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
1980/1.205
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