Nankow pass, Pechili province, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.

Nankow pass, Pechili province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.

Electricity and its industrial applications. Coloured engraving by Langevin, 1853, after L. Allard.

High-level building maintenance workers using a harness for safety. Colour lithograph after Sompek, 1929.

John Hyde. Engraving by W. Sharp after R. Home. Engraving.

Edo (Tokyo): Kanda Festival Procession: four large, elaborately decorated floats are shown being pulled through the city. Colour woodcut by Yoshifuji, 1884.

Two drunk men (played by actors) swear undying friendship. Photographic postcard, ca. 1905.

Sir Leander Jameson ill in bed being visited by Dr. Punch; representing Jameson's involvement with the disastrous Transvaal campaign which heralded the Boer War. Wood engraving after Sir E.L. Sambourne, 1896.

Book of stamps... : If you love a good joke take "Punch".

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