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Civil engineering: construction drawings for the Thames Embankment. Coloured drawing, 1865.

The Wellcome Building, Euston Road, London: design for an Information Resources Centre for the Wellcome Centre for Medical Science. Drawing by Mlinaric Henry and Zervudachi Ltd., ca. 1991.

Civil engineering: construction drawings for the Thames Embankment. Coloured drawing, 1865, after Sir J. Bazalgette.

The Wellcome Building, Euston Road, London: design for the Entrance Hall. Drawing by Mlinaric Henry and Zervudachi Ltd., ca. 1991.

Buildings and plant for producing saltpetre. Watercolour by A. Kroll, 1806.

The sun shining amid white clouds by day, advertising Veramon analgesic medicine, and the moon shining amid black clouds by night, advertising Medinal hypnotic medicine. Drawing by Leonhard Fries for Schering Ltd.

A priest in Russia admitting to a woman from his congregation that his real religion is alcohol rather than the church. Watercolour, 195-.

A target, a microscope, and a microscope slide; representing a revolution in medicine leading to the cure of cancer. Gouache by E. Capet, 1938.

A drunk man in Russia likened to a pig: his silhouette is swinish and he is licked by a pig when he lies dead drunk with vodka. Watercolour, 195-.

A finger marked with a "lost property" sign, as a warning of the danger of looms to textile workers. Gouache painting attributed to John Bonella Third, 1949.

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 sick man in Russia who thinks he is being helped to walk by a cigarette and a vodka bottle, whereas they are really false friends who are hindering him. Watercolour, 195-.

Laurel leaves and berries: a moulding. Pencil drawing, 1899.

A design for a [ferry?] pier at Gravesend, Kent. Lithograph after J. B. Redman.

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Design drawings

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Works from the collections

Buildings and plant for producing saltpetre. Watercolour by A. Kroll, 1806.

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 sick man in Russia who thinks he is being helped to walk by a cigarette and a vodka bottle, whereas they are really false friends who are hindering him. Watercolour, 195-.

Laurel leaves and berries: a moulding. Pencil drawing, 1899.

A design for a [ferry?] pier at Gravesend, Kent. Lithograph after J. B. Redman.

Design drawings

Images from the collections

Images of Design drawings

Works from the collections

Buildings and plant for producing saltpetre. Watercolour by A. Kroll, 1806.

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 sick man in Russia who thinks he is being helped to walk by a cigarette and a vodka bottle, whereas they are really false friends who are hindering him. Watercolour, 195-.

Laurel leaves and berries: a moulding. Pencil drawing, 1899.

A design for a [ferry?] pier at Gravesend, Kent. Lithograph after J. B. Redman.

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