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  • A stone-quarry: quarry workers levering slabs of stone, and a horse-drawn cart loaded with stones. Lithograph by F.J. Manskirch, ca. 1805.
  • Plan and section of a slate quarry. Etching by Bénard.
  • Plan and sections of a slate quarry. Etching by Bénard.
  • Stone: a working slate quarry, and the instruments used. Coloured aquatint.
  • A slate quarry and some of the instruments used. Etching by Bénard.
  • Charts, family showing early decay of teeth. Pedigree of Haemophilia (after Davidson and Mc. Quarrie).
  • Men in a stone quarry are sawing the stone and cutting it into shape. Coloured lithograph.
  • A slate quarry: processing of slate and the instruments used. Etching by Bénard after De la Croix.
  • A slate-quarry: quarrymen are working and the instruments used. Etching by Bénard after de la Croix.
  • A working slate quarry: a horse-mill for bringing up water for washing slate, and the instruments used. Etching by Bénard.
  • Sheba Hill, South Africa: a view of Oriental Company, Bray's Golden Quarry and Eureka City in the distance. Woodburytype, 1888, after a photograph by Robert Harris.
  • A stone quarry: masons are working the stone, and a team of horses is pulling a cart carrying a massive stone. Lithograph by C. Motte after V. Adam.
  • Penrhyn slate quarries, near Bangor, Wales. Lithograph.
  • A quarry from which stones were cut to make the pavements of Naples, showing strata of lava from Mount Vesuvius. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
  • Blackwell's Island Penitentiary, New York: prisoners in uniform are marching towards the penitentiary after hard labour outside, supervised by armed guards. Wood engraving after G.U. Régamey.
  • A woman riding side-saddle on a mule converses with a woman encountered among flocks grazing on a mountain pass. Aquatint and etching after N. Berchem.
  • A man riding on a horse which is pulling a wagon loaded with masonry, while another man attempts to keep the wagon steady. Engraving by S. à Bolswert after Sir Peter Paul Rubens.