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  • A section through the roadway of Holborn Viaduct, London: looking east, showing the middle level sewer. Wood engraving after W. Haywood, 1854.
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    A procession of blind men along a country road. Woodcut by J. Wohlfart, 1927.

    Wohlfart, Johannes, 1900-1975. | Date: [1927?] | Reference: 2855934i
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    Death as a skeleton seizes a man who has been killed by electrocution as a result of climbing a telegraph pole and touching a live wire. Colour lithograph by Nemes Fejes (?), 1932.

    Nemes Fejes, active 1932. | Date: [1932] | Reference: 667071i
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    A section through the roadway of Holborn Viaduct, London: looking east, showing the middle level sewer. Wood engraving after W. Haywood, 1854.

    Haywood, William, 1821-1894. | Date: 1874 | Reference: 38495i
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