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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.

A clothed woman carrying a chair and fan puts the chair down, sits on it, opens the fan and waves it about. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A clothed woman places a chair on the ground, sits on it, crosses her legs and fans herself. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

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

The Assumption of the Virgin Mary; below the apostles crowd around her empty tomb. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after Agostino Carracci.

Health and safety: a hook carrying a load, to represent the necessity of weighing loads of uncertain weight rather than guessing their weight. Photograph with gouache, 194-(?).

A naked woman carrying a water pitcher on her shoulder, bending to place it on the ground then beginning to straighten up. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

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Lifting and carrying

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Works from the collections

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

A clothed woman carrying a chair and fan puts the chair down, sits on it, opens the fan and waves it about. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

The Assumption of the Virgin Mary; below the apostles crowd around her empty tomb. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after Agostino Carracci.

Health and safety: a hook carrying a load, to represent the necessity of weighing loads of uncertain weight rather than guessing their weight. Photograph with gouache, 194-(?).

A naked woman carrying a water pitcher on her shoulder, bending to place it on the ground then beginning to straighten up. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

Lifting and carrying

Images from the collections

Images referencing Lifting and carrying

Works from the collections

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

A clothed woman carrying a chair and fan puts the chair down, sits on it, opens the fan and waves it about. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

The Assumption of the Virgin Mary; below the apostles crowd around her empty tomb. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after Agostino Carracci.

Health and safety: a hook carrying a load, to represent the necessity of weighing loads of uncertain weight rather than guessing their weight. Photograph with gouache, 194-(?).

A naked woman carrying a water pitcher on her shoulder, bending to place it on the ground then beginning to straighten up. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

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