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  • Poor sanitary conditions in London in 1862: four scenes. Wood engraving by W. E. Hodgkin, 1862.
  • An American farm boy drinking unsafe water from an old water pump. Colour lithograph after Robbins, 1943.
  • An American farm boy drinking unsafe water from an old water pump. Colour lithograph after Robbins, 1943.
  • A woman dropping her porcelain tea-cup in horror upon discovering the monstrous contents of a magnified drop of Thames water; revealing the impurity of London drinking water. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1828.
  • A woman dropping her porcelain tea-cup in horror upon discovering the monstrous contents of a magnified drop of Thames water; revealing the impurity of London drinking water. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1828.
  • A woman dropping her porcelain tea-cup in horror upon discovering the monstrous contents of a magnified drop of Thames water; revealing the impurity of London drinking water. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1828.
  • Conduit pipes and a machine for boring pipes. Etching by T. Jefferys.
  • An aqueduct: in the foreground a fountain; to the right a section of a double Roman aqueduct. Lithograph by G. E. Madeley.
  • Tobacco Bay, Bermuda: ships in the bay, and a source of fresh water for them on land. Aquatint by J. Wells after Porgay, 1803.
  • A boy taking a glass of water from a tap fitted with a device to purify water with ozone; advertising the Otto procedure of water purification by electricity. Colour lithograph by Goldstein, 1930.
  • Aqueduct, near Pyrgos, Greece or Turkey. Etching by R. Wallis after W.H. Bartlett.
  • India: a water bastion and breach. Photograph by F. Beato, c. 1858.
  • The Well of En-Rogel, Jerusalem. Coloured photholithograph by A.A. Isaacs.
  • New River waterworks, Stoke Newington. Wood engraving, 1856.
  • Allegory of the waters of Rome. Engraving by C. Fantetti, c. 1675.
  • A water pump near Bishopsgate Street. Etching, 1791.
  • The conduit at Bayswater. Engraving by S. Sparrow, 1796, after E. Dayes.
  • Figures gathered at the central spring, Epetan, Java. Coloured aquatint by T. Fielding, 1817.
  • Aqueduct, Lisbon, Portugal: overlooking the Valley of Alcantra. Line engraving, 1751.
  • A water conduit, St. Mary's, Lincoln, England. Tinted lithograph by F. Bedford.
  • A Dragor water pump for raising water from a well, and uses of abundant clean water; advertising Dragor water pumps. Colour lithograph by P. Igert, 1935.
  • A new well, fitted with a Dragor water pump, contrasted with an old well using a bucket on a winch; advertising Dragor water pumps. Colour lithograph by Jelb, 1935.
  • Sion College, London Wall, London: the gatehouse, with a man about to operate a pump. Engraving.
  • Water-tower and engine-house, Worthing, Sussex. Wood engraving by W.E. Hodgkin after Rawlinson.
  • Well of the Virgin, Jerusalem. Line engraving by J.C. Armytage after W.H. Bartlett.
  • Smyrna, Turkey: remains of the Roman aqueduct. Process print by E.N.A.
  • Storage reservoir at Claremont Square, Pentonville, under construction. Wood engraving, 1856.
  • Ewelme Hospital with side section floor plan, Oxfordshire. Transfer lithograph by J.R. Jobbins, 1858, after F.T. Dollman.
  • India: ruins of the 'Moree bastion' near Delhi. Photograph by F. Beato, c. 1858.
  • A girl filling a bucket at a water-outlet, whle a boy is opening up a fish (to clean it?). Soft ground etching by W.H. Pyne, 1813.