Engraving Collection

Lady Anne Hamilton (776-1846) Lady-in-waiting to Queen Caroline, wife of George IV of England. Hand-coloured engraving, 1820

Vlad Tepes (Vlad IV, The Impaler) Ruler of Walachia 1456-62, 1476-77. Apparently the source of the Dracula of Translyvanian legend as Vlad member of Order of the Dragon (dracul). Engraving

Irish emigrants leaving Queenstown (Cobh), the port for Cork, for the United States - 1874. Some a buying last-minute trinkets and good luck tokens

Elevated Railway, New York - The El. Engraving published New York c1890

Penelope and her loom. In Ancient Greek legend wife of Ulysses, mother of Telemachus and an example of domestic virtue. When besieged by suitors during Ulysses long absence

Assyrian winged god Nisroch carrying the pine cone, symbol of regeneration. Engraving after relief excavated at Nimrod in the 19th century

Naval discipline: British sailor, tied to the grating, being flogged with Cat-O-Nine-Tails. In 1867 Parliament abolished flogging in the armed services. 19th century wood engraving

Carbon microphone, invented in 1878 by David Edward Hughes (1831-1900), English inventor. From R. Wormell Electricity in the Service of ManLondon, 1890. Engraving

Brooklyn Suspension Bridge, New York, designed and built by John Augustus Roebling (1806-1869) and his son Washington Augustus Roebling (1837-1926). Opened 1883. Top: Laying cable

Exterior view of the New York Stock Exchange. Wood engraving 1885

Joseph Wilson Swan (1828-1914) British physicist and chemist. Photography (bromide paper): Incandescent light bulb. Here a Royal Society Conversazione, 8 May 1889

Manicheel tree (Hippomane mancinella) or Poison Guava: Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. Very poisonous fruits, but inviting, killed Conquistadors. Carib Indians used sap to poison arrows

Jacobus Henricus Van t Hoff (1852-1911) Dutch chemist. Winner of first Nobel prize for chemistry, 1901. Engraving, 1902

General Adoption of the Rolling Skate. George du Maurier cartoons from Punch, 17 February 1866. Engraving

Waterfall in the Yosemite Valley, California, USA Yosemite designated as a state park in 1864
Waterfall in the Yosemite Valley, California, USA.. Yosemite designated as a state park in 1864, then made a national park in 1890 together with surrounding territory. Wood engraving c1875

Attacking walls with battering rams. The one mounted on chains could be given more impetus than one carried on shoulders. Engraving c 1800

Down House, near Beckenham, Kent, from the garden. Home of Charles Darwin (1809-1882), English naturalist. Evolution by Natural Selection. Engraving 1882

Pythagoras (6th century BC) Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher, shown drawing in sand his theorem on right-angled triangle. Stipple engraving 1833

Stonemasons, wearing heavy leather safety aprons, sawing stone blocks and shaping with mallet and chisel. Top: Breaking stone with fire and water. Hand -coloured wood engraving c1845

Thomas Saverys steam pump or The Miners Friend (1702). From John Harris Lexicon Technicum, 1726. Engraving

Robert Henry Sale (1782-1845) English general. Mortally wounded at Battle of Mudkhi (Moodkee) 18 December 1845, when Sikhs defeated by British under General Gough. Engraving

Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill (1772-1842): English soldier: Lieut-General 1812: General 1825: Appointed C-in-C of army in England 1825-39 when Wellington became Prime Minister: Viscount 1842

Jospeh Priestley (1733-1804) English Chemist and Non-Conformist minister. One of discoverers of oxygen. One of discoverers of oxygen. Engraving after statue by JF Williamson

Franz Joseph I (1830-1916) Emperor of Austria 1848. Engraving 1859

Simon Bolivar y Ponte (1783-1830) South American revolutionary: known as the Liberator of South America from Spanish rule. Engraving

Thomas, Henry Huxley (1825-1895) aged 64. British biologist, supporter of Darwin and evolution, at his desk. Engraving

Albrecht von Haller (1708-1777), Swiss physician and scientist who was the founder of neurology, c1770. Experimental physiology. Engraving c1790

Ferdinand II (1452-1516) of Aragon, the Catholic, Ferdinand V of Castile. Husband of Isabella: Patron of Columbus: Father of Catherine, Henry VIIIs first wife. Engraving

Woman and boy drawing a corve containing 3-4 cwt of coal - Bolton, Lancashire, England. Woman wears harness round waist, passing between her legs and attached sledge by a chain

Floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Engraving, 1885

Phonautograph (c 1857) apparatus for studying sound vibrations graphically, invented by (Edouard) Leon Scott de Martinville

Hernando Cortez or Cortes (1485-1547) Spanish conquistador who conquered Mexico. Copperplate engraving

Edward, Prince of Wales (Edward VII from 1901) shooting tiger during his state visit to India in 1876. Engraving

Gemma Phrysius or Frisius (1508-1555), Dutch mathematician, holding an adjustable ring dial for determining the altitude of the sun for calendar calculations

Yosemite Valley, California. Cap of Liberty, peak 4, 000 ft high. Wood engraving c1875

Winfield Scott (1786-1866). American soldier. Chief of Command of the army 1841-1861. Engraving

Yosemite National Park: on the way through the forest to the Big Trees. Yosemite designated as a state park in 1864, then made a national park in 1890 together with surrounding territory

Schematic view of Newcomen steam engine. Thomas Newcomen (1663-1729) English inventor and engineer..Early 19th century hand-coloured engraving

Charles Darwin (1809-1882) Darwin English naturalist. Evolution by Natural Selection. Engraving from The Century Magazine, New York, January 1883

Henry II (1138-89) king of England from 1154. First Plantagenet king of England. Wood engraving

Witch hunting in America - 18th century. Old woman being arrested. 19th century wood engraving

Huge head of Sphinx, seen from the front. It is just in front of the second pyramid of Memphis, Egypt. Engraving after FL Norden

First model of Hiram Maxims machine gun. From Der Stein der Weisen, Leipzig, c1895. Engraving

Alhambra palace of Moorish kings of Granada partly rebuilt by Emperor Charles V c1530. Court of the Lions. Late 19th century colour-printed engraving

Hans Christian Oersted (1777-1851) German physicist. Discovered effect of electric on a magnetic needle. Engraving c1870

Measuring the distance from ship to shore, using a quadrant marked with shadow-scales. From Ottavius Fabri L usa della squadra mobile, Venice, 1598. Engraving

Gustav III (1746-92) King of Sweden from 1671. Assassinated during a masked ball. Verdis 1859 opera Un ballo in maschera originally romanticised version of episode

Roger Bacon (c1214-92) English experimental scientist, philosopher and Franciscan (Grey Friar): called Doctor Mirabilis. Bacon in his observatory at the Franciscan monastery, Oxford, England

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