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Images about Lighthouses

9 images from works
  • Engineering: a lighthouse, with a pump clearing a wreck. Coloured lithograph, [post 1875].
  • Two women rescuing a man from the sea off the coast of Swansea. Wood engraving by W.H., 1883, after T.R.
  • Geography: Niagara Falls, seen from a distance. Coloured lithograph, ca.1890, after G.H. Andrews.
  • The pharos of Alexandria. Coloured engraving, ca. 1804-1811.
  • The lighthouse of Genoa at night; a ship and three men in the foreground. Aquatint by H. Merke after Serres, 16 March 1800.
  • A man bicycling to a lighthouse, representing a charity bicycle ride in aid of the London Lighthouse. Lithograph after Sophie Herxheimer, 1994.
  • Lighthouses: various types.
  • Lighthouses, docks, diving apparatus and other equipment involved in marine engineering. Process print after G. Waugh, 18--.
  • Geography: Niagara Falls, seen from nearby. Coloured lithograph.

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    Geography: Niagara Falls, seen from nearby. Coloured lithograph.

    | Date: 1890 | Reference: 46931i
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    Two women rescuing a man from the sea off the coast of Swansea. Wood engraving by W.H., 1883, after T.R.

    R., T., active 1878. | Date: 10 February 1883 | Reference: 17940i
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    The Pharos of Alexandria. Coloured etching, 17--.

    | Date: [between 1700 and 1799] | Reference: 2977797i
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    The pharos of Alexandria. Coloured engraving, ca. 1804-1811.

    Spalart, Robert von. | Date: [1804?-1811?] | Reference: 662011i
    Part of: Costumes, manners, customs and material culture in Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Coloured engravings, ca. 1804-1811.
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    Lighthouses, docks, diving apparatus and other equipment involved in marine engineering. Process print after G. Waugh, 18--.

    Waugh, George (Engraver) | Date: [between 1800 and 1899] | Reference: 771872i
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