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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, 1801-1848.
    Date
    1845
    Reference
    20672i
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  • Civil engineering: the pier at Madras, India, built using screw piles (helical piles). Wood engraving, 1863.

    Date
    February 28 1863
    Reference
    44532i
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  • Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey: Miss North's museum. Wood engraving by Hill.

    • Hill.
    Reference
    18174i
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  • A urus or aurochs. Wood-engraving by T. Bewick, 178-.

    • Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828.
    Date
    [between 1790 and 1799?]
    Reference
    750340i
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  • Saint Thomas's Hospital, Lambeth, seen from the south with the Palace of Westminster in the background. Wood engraving by T. Sulman.

    • Sulman, T., active 1855-1900.
    Reference
    38548i
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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
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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), 1829-1867.
    Date
    1863
    Reference
    12101i
    Part of
    The origin of species, dedicated by natural selection to Dr.
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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
    1800-1899
    Reference
    32363i
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  • Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich: the interior of the King Charles Ward, with some "cabbins" and several pensioners. Wood engraving.

    Date
    1840-1849
    Reference
    29950i
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  • A victim of torture is flayed or disembowelled by two men in a cave. Wood engraving.

    Reference
    43428i
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  • An Irish greyhound. Wood-engraving by T. Bewick, 178-.

    • Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828.
    Date
    [between 1790 and 1799?]
    Reference
    750320i
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  • Geography: avalanches. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper.

    • Whymper, Charles H., 1853-1941.
    Reference
    46587i
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  • A boar. Wood-engraving by T. Bewick, 178-.

    • Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828.
    Date
    [between 1790 and 1799?]
    Reference
    750583i
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  • Thomas Southwood Smith speaking at a meeting of the Health of Towns Association. Wood engraving by Smyth after H. Anelay, 1847.

    • Anelay, Henry, 1817-1883.
    Date
    [1847]
    Reference
    47146i
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  • Louis Pasteur. Wood engraving by A. Leveillé after P. Dubois, 1884.

    • Dubois, Paul, 1829-1905.
    Reference
    7692i
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  • A new-born baby about to receive its first bath. Wood engraving.

    Reference
    17385i
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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
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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
    1894
    Reference
    578846i
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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), 1813-1901.
    Reference
    21355i
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  • Men, women and children are using roller skates as a mode of transport around the streets. Wood engraving.

    Reference
    37254i
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  • Thomas Parr, aged 152. Wood engraving.

    Reference
    927i
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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
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  • Architecture: wrought iron lock. Wood engraving by C. D. Laing, 1846, after E. H.

    Reference
    44365i
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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, 1835-1923.
    Date
    [1879]
    Reference
    32198i
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  • Monument to Sir John Franklin in the Painted Hall at Greenwich Hospital. Wood engraving after R. Westmacott, 1859.

    • Westmacott, Richard, 1799-1872.
    Date
    1859
    Reference
    30254i
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