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Lifting and carrying

Lifting and transporting something

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Images referencing Lifting and carrying

82 images from works
  • A hand lifts a ball. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • God appears to Noah and his family; three cherubs hold him aloft. Etching after Raphael.
  • A man with an injured back after lifting a crate of heavy metal bolts; with diagrams of the approved and disapproved methods of lifting. Colour lithograph after K-S.
  • The cross bearing Christ is hoisted up before a multitude of lamenters and soldiers. Engraving by N-H. Tardieu after B. Audran after C. le Brun.
  • A man using his knees to lift, another bending over to lift: manual handling techniques in Ethiopia. Colour lithograph for the World Health Organisation, 2000.
  • A naked woman lifts a water jar from the ground and pours water from it. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • A man in a loin cloth carries a rifle in his right hand, leaning against his shoulder: he walks, turns and walks back. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • A clothed woman walks up and down steps carrying a bowl then a water jar. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • A naked woman places a wooden bucket onto the floor, kneels on her right knee, squeezes the water from a sponge and begins to wash the ground with it in her right hand. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • A clothed woman bending to place a basket on the ground, turning and walking away. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
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Works from the collections

118 works

    • Pictures

    Christ on the way of the cross; the two Maries sorrow with the swooning Virgin. Engraving.

    | Reference: 23024i
    • Ephemera

    Better backs for office workers : sometimes work can be a pain in the back! / National Back Pain Association.

    | Date: [between 1990 and 2000]
    • Ephemera

    No. 1 in manual handling : who better to help with your manual handling training needs than the "back people" themselves? / Osteopaths for Industry Limited.

    | Date: [between 1990 and 2000]
    • Ephemera

    Lifting advice : stop / Osteopaths for Industry Limited; healthresponseUK.

    | Date: [between 2000 and 2015]
    • Ephemera

    OFI lifting advice : stop / Osteopaths for Industry Limited.

    | Date: 2002
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Related topics

Walking
Industrial safety
Christianity
Personal Protective Equipment
Rope
Death
Jesus Christ - Crucifixion
Crosses
Executions and executioners
Soldiers

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