The Picture Magazine Collection

Colossus of Rhodes statue
Colossus of Rhodes. Historical artwork showing the vast bronze statue of the Greek sun god Helios (later identified with Apollo, the god of light), at the entrance of the harbour at Rhodes

Pharos lighthouse, Ptolemaic Egypt
Pharos lighthouse. Historical artwork showing what the Pharos lighthouse at Alexandria, Egypt, in the third century BC, might have looked like

Cloud Advertising (engraving)
3627873 Cloud Advertising (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cloud Advertising. Illustration for The Picture Magazine, 1894.); © Look and Learn

Early firefighting equipment, 1569. Historical artwork showing a British 16th century pump used to extinguish fires, with a Latin inscription at top left

Early firefighting equipment, 1678. Historical artwork showing a British 17th century pump used to extinguish fires. Water was carried in the large tub to the source of the fire

Detonation of the first torpedo, 1805
Testing the first torpedo, 1805. Artwork showing the destruction of the ship Dorothee by the first torpedo. The torpedo was tested in the Bay of Walmer on the coast of Kent, UK

Early escalator, 1894
Early escalator. Historical artwork of the design of a proposed 19th-century escalator. This early design used a non-stepped walkway, like that of a travelator. This artwork dates from 1894

Nostradamuss Magic Mirror. Nostradamus (at right, 1503-1566) was a French physician and astrologer. Here he is using a magic mirror to foretell the future to Catherine de Medicis (1519-1589)

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