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Arta, Albania (subsequently Greece): the town and surrounding mountains. Colour lithograph after G.D. Beresford, 1855.

Civil engineering: building the Victoria Bridge across the Saint Lawrence River, Montreal. Coloured lithograph by the Kell brothers, 1860.

Scarborough Museum and Cliff Bridge, Scarborough, Yorkshire. Engraving by C.J. Smith.

Lourdes and Gave-de-Pau, Hautes Pyrénées, France: peasants fishing with the castle in the background. Lithograph, 1821, after M. Colston.

Civil engineering: the Conway box girder bridge, viewed from entrance level. Coloured lithograph by G. Hawkins after himself.

Bridges: a double drawbridge for ships to pass through. Engraving.

Carpentry: an oblique pile-driving machine, floating by a river bank. Engraving by Prevost after Lucotte.

The Hôtel Dieu, Paris: as seen from Pont St. Michel and the river. Etching by J. Huguenet after A. Testard.

Carpentry: a water-mill, used for pulling boats through a lock [?]. Engraving by Prevost after Lucotte.

Fair Mount Water Works, Philadelphia: with Upper Ferry Bridge. Coloured engraving by Ferrer Sears & Co., 1830, C. Burton.

Pittville Spa from the river and grounds, Cheltenham. Line engraving by W. Radclyffe after G. Dinsdale.

Bridges: a temporary rope bridge. Engraving by J. H. Kernot after C. Varley.

Castel Sant'Angelo (mausoleum of Hadrian), Rome: as seen from the river. Line engraving by F. Morelli, 1796.

Bridges: a temporary bridge for loading ships. Engraving by G. Gladwin after C. Varley.

Civil engineering: a chart of the Menai straits, showing the building of the box girder bridge. Lithograph after E. Clark, 1849.

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Pittville Spa from the river and grounds, Cheltenham. Line engraving by W. Radclyffe after G. Dinsdale.

Bridges: a temporary rope bridge. Engraving by J. H. Kernot after C. Varley.

Castel Sant'Angelo (mausoleum of Hadrian), Rome: as seen from the river. Line engraving by F. Morelli, 1796.

Bridges: a temporary bridge for loading ships. Engraving by G. Gladwin after C. Varley.

Civil engineering: a chart of the Menai straits, showing the building of the box girder bridge. Lithograph after E. Clark, 1849.