Works Collection (page 8)

General view of a gas works, showing retorts being charged, 1835 (engraving)
530381 General view of a gas works, showing retorts being charged, 1835 (engraving); (add.info.: From Charles Partington The British Cyclopaedia, London); Universal History Archive/UIG

South Durham Salt Works, England: pumping engine for lifting brine from borehole. Engraving 1884
538071 South Durham Salt Works, England: pumping engine for lifting brine from borehole. Engraving 1884; (add.info.: South Durham Salt Works, England: pumping engine for lifting brine from borehole)

Interior 15th century printing press works
6117441 Interior 15th century printing press works; (add.info.: Interior of a 15th century printing press works.); Photo © Ken Welsh. All rights reserved 2024

James Plaisted Wilde, 1st Baron Penzance, 1816 - 1899
3062092 James Plaisted Wilde, 1st Baron Penzance, 1816 - 1899.; Private Collection; (add.info.: British judge, rose breeder)

Making submarine telegraph cable, 1851
3479161 Making submarine telegraph cable, 1851; (add.info.: Making the Paris/London submarine telegraph cable at Newall & Company's works, High Street, Wapping)

Images of generation under the microscope, and the spermatazoa of rabbit, dog, goat and rooster
FLO4597722 Images of generation under the microscope, and the spermatazoa of rabbit, dog, goat and rooster. Handcoloured engraving on steel by Ambroise Tardieu from Richard's "New Edition of

Eurasian jay, Garrulus glandarius, spotted nutcracker, Nucifraga caryocatactes, and European roller, Coracias garrulus
FLO4597605 Eurasian jay, Garrulus glandarius, spotted nutcracker, Nucifraga caryocatactes, and European roller, Coracias garrulus

Atlantic canary, Serinus canaria, perched on a cage and common linnet, Carduelis cannabina, on a grape vine
FLO4598040 Atlantic canary, Serinus canaria, perched on a cage and common linnet, Carduelis cannabina, on a grape vine. Handcoloured engraving on steel by Anneshower after a drawing by Edouard

Red-backed shrike, Lanius collurio, great grey shrike, Lanius excubitor, hook-billed vanga, Vanga curvirostris
FLO4597907 Red-backed shrike, Lanius collurio, great grey shrike, Lanius excubitor, hook-billed vanga, Vanga curvirostris, and yellow-crowned gonolek, Laniarius barbarus

Foot avocet, Recurvirostra avosetta, and greater flamingo, Phoenicopterus roseus
FLO4597818 Foot avocet, Recurvirostra avosetta, and greater flamingo, Phoenicopterus roseus. Handcoloured engraving on steel by Pardinel after a drawing by Edouard Travies from Richard's "

House cat, Felis catus, and Turkish Angora cat, Felis catus. Handcoloured engraving on steel by Anneshower after a
FLO4597774 House cat, Felis catus, and Turkish Angora cat, Felis catus. Handcoloured engraving on steel by Anneshower after a drawing by Edouard Travies from Richard's " New Edition of

Sunbittern, Eurypyga helias, purple swamphen, Porphyrio porphyrio, and common moorhen, Gallinula chloropus
FLO4597702 Sunbittern, Eurypyga helias, purple swamphen, Porphyrio porphyrio, and common moorhen, Gallinula chloropus. Handcoloured engraving on steel by Fournier after a drawing by Edouard Travies

Common brown rat, Rattus norvegicus, Eurasian red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris, wood mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus
FLO4597677 Common brown rat, Rattus norvegicus, Eurasian red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris, wood mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus. Handcoloured engraving on steel by Beyer after a drawing by Edouard Travies

Crested drongo, Dicrurus forficatus, blue-grey gnatcatcher, Polioptila caerulea, and American yellow warbler
FLO4597611 Crested drongo, Dicrurus forficatus, blue-grey gnatcatcher, Polioptila caerulea, and American yellow warbler, Setophaga aestiva

Marie SASS (Belgian Soprano, 1834-1907) as Valentine in Meyerbeer's opera Les Huguenots (engraving)
3913827 Marie SASS (Belgian Soprano, 1834-1907) as Valentine in Meyerbeer's opera Les Huguenots (engraving) by Unknown Artist, (19th century); (add.info.: Marie SASS (Belgian Soprano)

St Gothard Tunnel linking Italy and Switzerland by rail. View of Swiss end of tunnel during construction showing
530609 St Gothard Tunnel linking Italy and Switzerland by rail. View of Swiss end of tunnel during construction showing workmen man-handling wagons used to remove debris

Ariel, in the guise of a Harpy, about to clap his wings and make the magic banquet Prospero has shown to Alonso
538140 Ariel, in the guise of a Harpy, about to clap his wings and make the magic banquet Prospero has shown to Alonso and his party disappear; (add.info.: Ariel, in the guise of a Harpy)

Caliban, the savage, deformed, sub-human creature enslaved by Prospero
538137 Caliban, the savage, deformed, sub-human creature enslaved by Prospero; (add.info.: Caliban, the savage, deformed, sub-human creature enslaved by Prospero. Act II Sc)

Phoenix Iron Works, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, 1873. Engraving
530437 Phoenix Iron Works, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, 1873. Engraving.; (add.info.: Pig Iron: tapping furnace and running molten iron into moulds to form pigs - From The Science Record)

Retort House, Great Central Gas Works, Bow Common, London. It was here that Croll introduced the burning of
530387 Retort House, Great Central Gas Works, Bow Common, London. It was here that Croll introduced the burning of incandescent coke as fuel immediately it had be taken from retorts. 10% saving

Gas works: l: Retort House. 2: Tar cistern. 3: Condenser. 5, 6: Gasholder. 7: Office. 8: Workshops
530383 Gas works: l: Retort House. 2: Tar cistern. 3: Condenser. 5, 6: Gasholder. 7: Office. 8: Workshops. aa: Pipes connecting tar cistern to hydraulic main.b, Pipe connecting a, a, and condenser

Liverpool Gas Works. Sectional view of gas works where, according to Muspratt
530382 Liverpool Gas Works. Sectional view of gas works where, according to Muspratt, the purest gas in the kingdom is produced

Galileo's 1611 drawing of lunar craters. (c1655) (engraving)
540239 Galileo's 1611 drawing of lunar craters. (c1655) (engraving); (add.info.: Galileo Galilei (1554-1642), Italian mathematician, astronomer and physicist

Siemens factory, Markgrafen Strasse, Berlin, c1900. Siemens Brothers produced electrical telegraphy equipnent from 1847
527337 Siemens factory, Markgrafen Strasse, Berlin, c1900. Siemens Brothers produced electrical telegraphy equipnent from 1847

Johannes Gutenberg (1398-1468) German printer in his printing works. In about 1439 he was the first in Europe to use
528381 Johannes Gutenberg (1398-1468) German printer in his printing works. In about 1439 he was the first in Europe to use movable type, and he invented the printing press

Bank of furnaces Lymington Iron Works, Tyneside, England. Illustration by Thomas Allom published 1835
533562 Bank of furnaces Lymington Iron Works, Tyneside, England. Illustration by Thomas Allom published 1835. By this time Nielsen hot blast process (1824) in general use

Gas Works on Regent's Canal, London, 1828 (engraving)
533497 Gas Works on Regent's Canal, London, 1828 (engraving); (add.info.: Gas Works on Regent's Canal, London. Hand-coloured engraving after TH Shepherd published 1828)

A halfpenny tax per box was put on matches in 1871. Matchmakers were some of the most poorly paid works in the East End
527656 A halfpenny tax per box was put on matches in 1871. Matchmakers were some of the most poorly paid works in the East End of London

Young girl with hirsutism, boy with vitiligo, child with one eye, conjoined twins
FLO4597752 Young girl with hirsutism, boy with vitiligo, child with one eye, conjoined twins. Handcoloured engraving on steel by Ambroise Tardieu from Richard's "New Edition of the Complete

Men and boys at Aspley Pellatt's Falcon Glass Works, Holland Street, Blackfriars, London, 1842
527928 Men and boys at Aspley Pellatt's Falcon Glass Works, Holland Street, Blackfriars, London, 1842. Note cast iron roof trusses

Birthing chair in use. Midwife works underneath the mother's clothing while her assistant supports the mother
527516 Birthing chair in use. Midwife works underneath the mother's clothing while her assistant supports the mother from behind

Eurasian eagle-owl, Bubo bubo, and long-eared owl, Asio otus. Handcoloured engraving on steel by Pardinel after a
FLO4598013 Eurasian eagle-owl, Bubo bubo, and long-eared owl, Asio otus. Handcoloured engraving on steel by Pardinel after a drawing by Edouard Travies from Richard's " New Edition of

Nant-y-Glow Iron Works, Monmouthshire, Wales (engraving)
542328 Nant-y-Glow Iron Works, Monmouthshire, Wales (engraving); (add.info.: proprietor Richard Crawshay (1739-1810). Hand-coloured engraving c1830 after watercolour by George Robertson c1788

Louis XIV of France (1638-1715) visiting the Gobelins tapestry works. Colbert
532281 Louis XIV of France (1638-1715) visiting the Gobelins tapestry works. Colbert, Louis minister of finance established Gobelins and the Sevres porcelain factory

Giant steam hammer Fritz in action at the Krupp works at Essen. Late 19th century (photo)
527356 Giant steam hammer Fritz in action at the Krupp works at Essen. Late 19th century (photo); Universal History Archive/UIG

Title page of Galileo Dialogo sopra i due Massimi Sistemi del Mondo, (Florence, 1632)
540883 Title page of Galileo Dialogo sopra i due Massimi Sistemi del Mondo, (Florence, 1632). ; (add.info.: Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)

selling Indulgences. In Catholic theology, an indulgence is the full or partial remission of temporal punishment due
529801 selling Indulgences. In Catholic theology, an indulgence is the full or partial remission of temporal punishment due for sins which have already been forgiven

Before shift work. Stakhanov Brigade, 1937. Creator: Ryazhsky, Georgi Georgievich (1895-1952)
Before shift work. Stakhanov Brigade, 1937. Found in the collection of State Art Museum, Yekaterinburg

Shrimp dry in sun
Mostafijur Rahman Nasim

Un Patron (The lesson of the Apprentice), 1888. Creator: Buland, Jean-Eugène (1852-1926)
Un Patron (The lesson of the Apprentice), 1888. Found in the collection of the Nationalmuseum Stockholm

R. Köhler & Co. Factory and Trade Company, Moscow, 1890s. Creator: Anonymous. R. Köhler & Co
R. Kohler & Co. Factory and Trade Company, Moscow, 1890s. Private Collection

Without Heavy Industry We Cannot Build Any Industry, 1930. Creator: Klutsis, Gustav (1895-1938)
Without Heavy Industry We Cannot Build Any Industry, 1930. Private Collection

Santa Monica Radiator Works
Tom Windeknecht

East Side of the Kutomara Silver Smelting Plant, 1891. Creator: Aleksei Kuznetsov
East Side of the Kutomara Silver Smelting Plant, 1891. One of 74 views taken in July 1891 and contained in the albumTipy i vidy Nerchinskoi katorgi

Ciba Geigy Chemical Plant, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, December 1984

SPINNING STREET DOG
While its master plays the organ, a dog works a spinning wheel, to the admiration of passers-by in the streets of Paris Date: circa 1816

Tom Davies bookseller
Thomas Davies bookshop in Russell Street. Tom Davies, bookseller, actor and author and friend of Boswell and Johnson, who amongst other works wrote The Life of Garrick (1780)

Clay pipes from Southorns pipeworks, Broseley, Shropshire
A selection of clay pipes found in the workshops of Southorns pipeworks, Broseley, Shropshire - now The Broseley Pipe Museum Date: 1987

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"Works: A Journey Through Time and Industry" Step into the world of works, where innovation and craftsmanship collide. From the iconic Supermarine aeroplane to the elegant Rolls-Royce S. 6, witness the marvels that have taken flight in our skies. Travel back to 1618 as Diego Velazquez captures a moment frozen in time with his masterpiece "Old Woman Cooking Eggs. " Feel the warmth emanating from her hearth as she skillfully tends to her culinary creation. The meticulous assembly of a Deltic engine unfolds before your eyes, each cog fitting perfectly into place. Witness the final gear being fitted, bringing this powerful machine one step closer to roaring life. At Scunthorpe Iron Works, molten metal flows like liquid fire, shaping steel into structures that stand tall against time's relentless march. Marvel at their strength and resilience. In Swindon's locomotive factory, diesel engines come alive under skilled hands. The rhythmic symphony of hammers striking metal fills the air as workers build these mighty beasts of transportation. Enter Tate & Lyle Refinery and be enveloped by an intoxicating aroma of sweetness. Here, sugar crystals are refined with precision and care – transforming nature's gift into pure delight for our taste buds. Men leaving Swindon Works through Rodbourne Road entrance in 1928 paint a picture of camaraderie amidst industrial progress. Each face tells a story etched by hard work and dedication. Journey deep within London's Clement-Talbot Motor Works' engine room; witness gears turning tirelessly as horsepower is harnessed for automotive excellence – an orchestra conducted by mechanical genius. Bryant & May Matchworks ignite flames that light up countless lives worldwide. These humble sticks bring warmth on cold nights while illuminating moments shared between loved ones. A John Deere combine harvester gracefully glides across golden barley fields, reaping nature's bounty.