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Suez Canal (Egypt)

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  • Men and women are gathered outside a prison in Cairo as prisoners look out from behind the bars, and a child stands on ledge to look through the window. Wood engraving after J.C. Horsley, 1876.
  • Civil engineering: a Royal visit to the Suez canal, arrival (top), and the meeting of the waters (below). Wood engraving, c.1865.
  • Civil engineering: work on the Suez canal. Wood engraving by M. Jackson, c.1864.
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    Civil engineering: a Royal visit to the Suez canal, arrival (top), and the meeting of the waters (below). Wood engraving, c.1865.

    | Date: 1865 | Reference: 44543i
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    Men and women are gathered outside a prison in Cairo as prisoners look out from behind the bars, and a child stands on ledge to look through the window. Wood engraving after J.C. Horsley, 1876.

    Horsley, John Callcott, 1817-1903. | Date: [1876] | Reference: 37807i
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    Civil engineering: work on the Suez canal. Wood engraving by M. Jackson, c.1864.

    | Date: 1864 | Reference: 44542i
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