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Wood engravings

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  • Schucha, Caucasus: a funeral procession of men holding swords. Wood engraving, ca. 1870.
  • Animals, including fleas, performing various human activities. Wood engraving by Randon.
  • St. John's Schools, Liverpool, Merseyside. Wood engraving by Laing, 1850, after B. Sly after Hay.
  • Carpentry: a lathe, with an assortment of tools for turning, and examples of turned work. Engraving by Louvet after Gallet.
  • Two doctors discussing a patient who has a fever and a great thirst, the patient overhears and promises to cure the thirst if they can deal with the fever. Wood engraving by C. Keene, 1882.
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    Queen's College, Oxford: its buildings in the sixteenth century, before their replacement by neoclassical buildings. Wood engraving by J. Jackson, 1845.

    Jackson, John, 1801-1848. | Date: 1845 | Reference: 20672i
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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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    Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey: Miss North's museum. Wood engraving by Hill.

    Hill. | Reference: 18174i
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    A urus or aurochs. Wood-engraving by T. Bewick, 178-.

    Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828. | Date: [between 1790 and 1799?] | Reference: 750340i
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    St. Thomas's Hospital, Lambeth, seen from the south with the Palace of Westminster in the background. Wood engraving by T. Sulman.

    | Reference: 38548i
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