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Concept

Ordnance

Images

  • Pneumatics: an air-rifle and a kind of spirit lamp [?]. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1802.
  • A large cannon pushed forwards by Furies crushes American soldiers under its wheels; representing the American Civil War. Wood engraving after J. Tenniel, 1864.
  • James Graham and Gustavus Katterfelto in combat using electrotherapy machines as weapons. Etching, 1783.
  • Pneumatics: an air-rifle and a kind of windmill. Engraving by J. Taylor.
  • The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam], St. George's Fields, Lambeth. Coloured process print.
All images (9)

Catalogue

    • Pictures
    • Online

    Schleswig-Holstein War: an ambulance arriving at a battlefield in Düppel 18 April 1864. Lithograph by W. Funke, 1864.

    | Date: 1864 | Reference: 24323i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Pneumatics: an air-rifle and a kind of windmill. Engraving by J. Taylor.

    | Date: 1802 | Reference: 47576i
    • Archives and manuscripts

    "L'aiglon"

    Lorraine, Mary, active approximately 1966-1967 | Date: 5 May 1967 | Reference: 3001161i
    Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Pneumatics: an air-rifle and a kind of spirit lamp [?]. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1802.

    | Date: 2 September 1802 | Reference: 47572i
    • Pictures

    Stockpile of cannonballs under trees, Afghanistan. Watercolour.

    | Reference: 27053i
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