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Queen's College, Oxford: its buildings in the sixteenth century, before their replacement by neoclassical buildings. Wood engraving by J. Jackson, 1845.
Jackson, John, 1801-1848Date: 1845Reference: 20672i- Pictures
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Civil engineering: the pier at Madras, India, built using screw piles (helical piles). Wood engraving, 1863.
Date: February 28 1863Reference: 44532i- Pictures
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey: Miss North's museum. Wood engraving by Hill.
Hill.Reference: 18174i- Pictures
A urus or aurochs. Wood-engraving by T. Bewick, 178-.
Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828Date: [between 1790 and 1799?]Reference: 750340i- Pictures
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St. Thomas's Hospital, Lambeth, seen from the south with the Palace of Westminster in the background. Wood engraving by T. Sulman.
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Middlesex House of Correction: a man is holding a birch in his hand as he stands over a shaped wooden plank set near a window for flogging boys; a man and a woman look on. Wood engraving after M. Fitzgerald, 1874..
Fitzgerald, Michael, active 1871-1891.Date: [1874]Reference: 37712i- Pictures
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The evolution of a fox riding a goose into a writer seated at his typewriter (or a pianist?) - which in turn evolves into accordion, bellows, money-bag, and handcuffs; representing Darwin's theories. Wood engraving after C. Bennett, 1863.
Bennett, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1829-1867Date: 1863Reference: 12101iPart of: The origin of species, dedicated by natural selection to Dr.- Pictures
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A man in his office is confronted by an innkeepr who presents him with a wine bill, in the presence of other men. Wood engraving.
Date: 1800-1899Reference: 32363i- Pictures
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Saint Christopher. Wood engraving by W.G. Smith.
Smith, Worthington George, 1835-1917Date: 1864Reference: 4633i- Pictures
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Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich: the interior of the King Charles Ward, with some "cabbins" and several pensioners. Wood engraving.
Date: 1840-1849Reference: 29950i- Pictures
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A victim of torture is flayed or disembowelled by two men in a cave. Wood engraving.
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An Irish greyhound. Wood-engraving by T. Bewick, 178-.
Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828Date: [between 1790 and 1799?]Reference: 750320i- Pictures
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Geography: avalanches. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper.
Whymper, Charles H., 1853-1941.Reference: 46587i- Pictures
A boar. Wood-engraving by T. Bewick, 178-.
Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828Date: [between 1790 and 1799?]Reference: 750583i- Pictures
Thomas Southwood Smith speaking at a meeting of the Health of Towns Association. Wood engraving by Smyth after H. Anelay, 1847.
Anelay, Henry, 1817-1883Date: [1847]Reference: 47146i- Pictures
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Louis Pasteur. Wood engraving by A. Leveillé after P. Dubois, 1884.
Dubois, Paul, 1829-1905Reference: 7692i- Pictures
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A new-born baby about to receive its first bath. Wood engraving.
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Niagara River: a steam train travelling on a bridge over the river between Canada and the USA. Wood engraving, 1862.
Date: [1862]Reference: 36530i- Pictures
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Nigerian porters carrying gun parts across the Benue river in a British expedition to suppress slavery. Wood engraving after Morgan, 1894.
Morgan, sub-commandant of the Niger Company's Constabulary force.Date: 1894Reference: 578846i- Pictures
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Crimean War: wounded sailors convalescing at Haslar Hospital. Wood engraving by H. Linton after E. Morin after J. Mayall.
Mayall, J. E. (John Jabez Edwin), 1813-1901Reference: 21355i- Pictures
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Men, women and children are using roller skates as a mode of transport around the streets. Wood engraving.
Reference: 37254i- Pictures
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Thomas Parr, aged 152. Wood engraving.
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An ideal landscape of the Miocene period, with elephants rummaging through a forest. Wood engraving by Riou after Cazat.
Cazat.Reference: 42536i- Pictures
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Architecture: wrought iron lock. Wood engraving by C. D. Laing, 1846, after E. H.
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A homeless family pulling a covered wagon up a steep mountain side in Tyrol; on the path they pass two priests in cassocks, carrying crosses. Wood engraving, 1879, after M. Schmid.
Schmid, Mathias, 1835-1923Date: [1879]Reference: 32198i