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Piers

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  • A windy day at Margate: a man accidentally bumping into another man, and knocking out his last tooth. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1810.
  • Southport, Lancashire: sheet of sketches showing various sights. Wood engraving, 1872.
  • Civil engineering: the pier at Madras, India, built using screw piles (helical piles). Wood engraving, 1863.
  • A design for a [ferry?] pier at Gravesend, Kent. Lithograph after J. B. Redman.
  • Kissing lesbian and gay couples lined up vertically along a pier with the sea either side and a horizon featuring the logo of the Cruzando Fonteras [crossing borders]; an advertisement for the International Week of Gay Liberation in Torremolinos and Malaga from 12th to 28th June [1995?]; coordinated by the Colega Gays y Lesbianas de Andalucía. Colour lithograph by Petí Comití, ca. 1995.
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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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    Kissing lesbian and gay couples lined up vertically along a pier with the sea either side and a horizon featuring the logo of the Cruzando Fonteras [crossing borders]; an advertisement for the International Week of Gay Liberation in Torremolinos and Malaga from 12th to 28th June [1995?]; coordinated by the Colega Gays y Lesbianas de Andalucía. Colour lithograph by Petí Comití, ca. 1995.

    | Date: [1997?] | Reference: 675843i
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    A design for a [ferry?] pier at Gravesend, Kent. Lithograph after J. B. Redman.

    Redman, John Baldry. | Reference: 44529i
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    A windy day at Margate: a man accidentally bumping into another man, and knocking out his last tooth. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1810.

    | Date: 5 April 1810 | Reference: 16642i
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    Crowds of people are out walking on Brighton pier: a woman is being pushed in a bath chair, a large lady is carrying a parasol, and three young women are being scrutinised by a variety of men. Wood engraving.

    | Date: 1800-1899 | Reference: 33235i
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