The Virgin looks away from her Bible as the angel appears, bearing lilies. Engraving by C. Visscher after A. de Weerdt.

The Annunciation to the Virgin, who stands before a lectern. Engraving after F. Zuccaro.

A brief state of the case relating to the machine erected at Derby for making Italian organzine silk : which was discover'd and brought into England, with the utmost difficulty and hazard, and at the sole expence of Sir Thomas Lombe.

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 59.5 x 42 cm

Hands of a worker using a secure blade to cut away a piece of fabric stuck in a mechanical loom. Colour lithograph, ca. 199-.

1 print : line engraving ; image 47.6 x 34.4 cm

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A brief state of the case relating to the machine erected at Derby for making Italian organzine silk : which was discover'd and brought into England, with the utmost difficulty and hazard, and at the sole expence of Sir Thomas Lombe.

The Virgin looks away from her Bible as the angel appears, bearing lilies. Engraving by C. Visscher after A. de Weerdt.

Hands of a worker using a secure blade to cut away a piece of fabric stuck in a mechanical loom. Colour lithograph, ca. 199-.

The Annunciation to the Virgin, who stands before a lectern. Engraving after F. Zuccaro.