Rocket Collection (page 7)

Water rocket, Eruca aquatica, and London rocket, Sisymbrium irio. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Rocket or arugula, Eruca sativa, and dogmustard, Erucastrum nasturtiifolium. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Rocket or arugula, Eruca vesicaria, Eruca sativa, Roquette cultivee. Handcoloured steel engraving by Alphonse-Leon Noel after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A

Turkish wartycabbage or Turkish rocket, Bunias orientalis, Bunias de Levant. Handcoloured steel engraving by Alphonse-Leon Noel after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar

Dyers rocket or dyers weed, Reseda luteola, Gaude. Handcoloured steel engraving by L. Lebrun after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr

Chatham naval barracks and William Congreves rockets for the British military used in the Napoleonic Wars from 1804. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes

Bitter or rocket candytuft, Iberis amara. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman, Hurst

Wild mignonette or base rocket, Reseda lutea. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman

The British Royal Horse Artillery - Rocket Troop, 1835 (colour litho)
810269 The British Royal Horse Artillery - Rocket Troop, 1835 (colour litho) by Heath, William (1795-1840); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; English, out of copyright

Woad and dyers rocket
Woad or glastum, Isatis tinctoria 1, and dyers rocket, Reseda luteola 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar

Mysore Rocket Man, 1793-94 (w / c on paper)
3869541 Mysore Rocket Man, 1793-94 (w/c on paper) by Home, Robert (1752-1834); Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Born Sultan Fateh Ali Sahab Tipu, Tipu Sultan (1750-99)

Marc Seguin, French civil engineer (litho)
3697586 Marc Seguin, French civil engineer (litho) by Nemoz, D. (19th century); Science Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Lithograph by D Nemoz of Marc Seguin (1786-1875)

Drawing of Rockets firebox, from Rastricks notebook, 1829 (pen & ink on paper)
3697585 Drawing of Rockets firebox, from Rastricks notebook, 1829 (pen & ink on paper) by Rastrick, John Urpeth (1780-1856); Science Museum, London

La Fusee, Premiere Locomotive Construite par George Stephenson (engraving)
3625386 La Fusee, Premiere Locomotive Construite par George Stephenson (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: La Fusee)

George Stephensons Rocket, 1829 (chromolitho)
3105631 George Stephensons Rocket, 1829 (chromolitho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: George Stephensons Rocket, 1829.); Look and Learn / Barbara Loe Collection

George Stephenson (chromolitho)
2802527 George Stephenson (chromolitho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: George Stephenson)

Advert, Pains Fireworks. 1927

The Crystal Palace May-Day Festival, Princess Louise firing the First Rocket (engraving)
1613706 The Crystal Palace May-Day Festival, Princess Louise firing the First Rocket (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Opel rocket car in action
The Opel rocket car in action. After achieving high speeds, an accident resulted in the complete destruction of the machine. 20th century

Rocket Apparatus of the Board of Trade for Saving Life from Shipwreck (engraving)
1624862 Rocket Apparatus of the Board of Trade for Saving Life from Shipwreck (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Anti-nuclear demonstrators at North Pickenham
Members and supporters of the Direct Action Committee Against Nuclear War crouching in front of a lorry leaving a rocket base at North Pickenham, near Swaffham

Curtis British Entomology Plate 292
Coleoptera: Mononychus pseudacori = Mononychus punctumalbum (Single-clawed Weevil) [Plant: Diplotaxis tenuifolia (Sisymbrium tenuifolium, Wall Rocket)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 83
Coleoptera: Chlaenius sulcicollis Payk. (Channel-necked Chlaenius), = Agostenus sulcicollis (a mainland-European species) [Plant: Cakile maritima (Bunias cakile, Sea Rocket)] Date: 1824-39

Portrait of Robert Stephenson with Rocket (oil on canvas)
1212840 Portrait of Robert Stephenson with Rocket (oil on canvas) by English School, (19th century); 69.4x89.7 cm; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

The Rainhill Trials, Liverpool, England, October 1929
3614161 The Rainhill Trials, Liverpool, England, October 1929 by English School, (20th century); (add.info.: The Rainhill Trials, Liverpool, England, October 1929)

Sketches at Eupatoria (engraving)
1601915 Sketches at Eupatoria (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sketches at Eupatoria. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 20 January 1855)

The Rainhill competition, 1829, the "Rocket"first (engraving)
3634949 The Rainhill competition, 1829, the " Rocket" first (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Rainhill competition, 1829)

Detail of Rocket, side view, from Rastricks notebook, 1829 (pen & ink on paper)
3697587 Detail of Rocket, side view, from Rastricks notebook, 1829 (pen & ink on paper) by Rastrick, John Urpeth (1780-1856); Science Museum, London

Sketch of boiler of the Rocket from Rastricks notebook, 1829 (photo)
3697575 Sketch of boiler of the Rocket from Rastricks notebook, 1829 (photo) by Rastrick, John Urpeth (1780-1856); Science Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Pages 18 and 19)

Original fire box of Stephensons 0-2- 2 locomotive Rocket, 1829 (litho)
3697571 Original fire box of Stephensons 0-2- 2 locomotive Rocket, 1829 (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The "Rocket, "1829 (engraving)
663172 The " Rocket, " 1829 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The " Rocket, " 1829)

Fireworks in front of the Hotel de Ville in Paris celebrating the Peace of Versailles
NUL265481 Fireworks in front of the Hotel de Ville in Paris celebrating the Peace of Versailles, 14th December 1783 (coloured engraving) by French School, (18th century); Musee de la Ville de Paris

How to make an artificial cloud, illustration from Tratado de Artilleria
XIR217844 How to make an artificial cloud, illustration from Tratado de Artilleria by Diego Ufano, Brussels, 1613 (engraving) (b/w photo) by Flemish School, (17th century); Bibliotheque Nationale

The Rocket and its designer, George Stephenson, the Father of British Railways
2794588 The Rocket and its designer, George Stephenson, the Father of British Railways, London and North Western Railway (colour litho) by English School

Anglo-French Blockade of the Rio de la Plata (engraving)
1617324 Anglo-French Blockade of the Rio de la Plata (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Anglo-French Blockade of the Rio de la Plata)

Leaving for the Moon, illustration from Around the Moon
CHT213075 Leaving for the Moon, illustration from Around the Moon by Jules Verne (1828-1905) Paris, Hetzel (engraving) (b/w photo) by Hildibrand

Leaving for the Moon, illustration from Around the Moon
CHT213074 Leaving for the Moon, illustration from Around the Moon by Jules Verne (1828-1905) Paris, Hetzel, engraved by Henri Theophile Hildibrand (1824-97) (engraving) (b/w photo) by Bayard

How to set fireworks, illustration from Tratado de Artilleria by Diego Ufano
XIR217842 How to set fireworks, illustration from Tratado de Artilleria by Diego Ufano, Brussels, 1613 (engraving) (b/w photo) by Flemish School, (17th century); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

Treatise of Bonfires, illustration from Pratique de la Guerre
XIR217841 Treatise of Bonfires, illustration from Pratique de la Guerre by Francois Malthus, Paris, 1656 (engraving) (b/w photo) by French School, (17th century); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

George Stephenson, the Father of Railways (engraving)
1590441 George Stephenson, the Father of Railways (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: George Stephenson, the Father of Railways)

The Russian Military Manoeuvres, the Czar watching the Electric Searching Light and Rocket signalling at Krasnoe-Selo
1624677 The Russian Military Manoeuvres, the Czar watching the Electric Searching Light and Rocket signalling at Krasnoe-Selo (engraving) by English School

"Rounding a Bend"on the Mississippi - The Parting Salute
3710041 " Rounding a Bend" on the Mississippi - The Parting Salute, 1866 (colour lithograph) by Currier, N. (1813-88) and Ives, J.M

George Stephenson (engraving)
979441 George Stephenson (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: George Stephenson (1781-1848), English engineer

Giant Telescope (litho)
2812593 Giant Telescope (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Giant Telescope. Illustration for one of a set of cigarette cards on The World of Tomorrow)

Space-Gun (litho)
2812589 Space-Gun (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Space-Gun. Illustration for one of a set of cigarette cards on The World of Tomorrow)

The Rocket (engraving)
665822 The Rocket (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Rocket. Illustration from Our Own Country (Cassell, c 1870)

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