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Arthur Trehern Norton. Wood engraving by Charles Roberts.

Russo-Turkish War: a wounded Turkish soldiers is brought to two doctors wearing the Red Crescent; a  nurse is giving some water to another wounded man; a makeshift hospital in the background. Coloured wood engraving by C. Roberts after J.E. Hodgson, ca. 1877.

John Tyndall. Wood engraving by C. Roberts.

Men and dogs in an arctic landscape with three hot-air balloons: proposed method of reaching the North Pole by J.P. Cheyne. Coloured wood engraving by C. Roberts.

James Graham Marquess of Montrose about to mount the ladder to the gibbet in the marketplace of Edinburgh. Wood engraving by C. Roberts.

Russo-Turkish War: wounded Russian soldiers being brought back to the rear at the siege of Plevna. Wood engraving by C.Roberts after I. Montagu, 1877.

Sassoon General Hospital, Poona, India: a queue of patients awaiting treatment. Wood engraving by C. Roberts after W. Simpson.

Russo-Turkish War: Princess of Roumania's Hospital at Bucharest. Wood engraving by C. Roberts, 1877.

A street market at Christmas time: reindeer, pigs, fruit, turkeys and Christmas trees for sale. Wood engraving by C. Roberts.

Water-sellers filling barrels with water from a water fountain in Madrid. Wood engraving by C. Roberts, 1876.

A member of the Royal Scots Fusiliers playing the bagpipes in a camp in the Zulu War; a Zulu man is crouching down with his hands over his ears. Wood engraving by C.Roberts after Melton Prior, 1879.

A cityscape with a bridge over a river. Wood engraving by C. Roberts.

Three balloons travel over a polar landscape: proposed method of reaching the North Pole by J.P. Cheyne. Coloured wood engraving by C. Roberts, 1877.

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Roberts, Charles, active 1870-1897.

Images from the collections

Images by Roberts, Charles, active 1870-1897.

Works from the collections

Three balloons travel over a polar landscape: proposed method of reaching the North Pole by J.P. Cheyne. Coloured wood engraving by C. Roberts, 1877.

James Graham Marquess of Montrose about to mount the ladder to the gibbet in the marketplace of Edinburgh. Wood engraving by C. Roberts.

A cityscape with a bridge over a river. Wood engraving by C. Roberts.

Russo-Turkish War: Princess of Roumania's Hospital at Bucharest. Wood engraving by C. Roberts, 1877.

A member of the Royal Scots Fusiliers playing the bagpipes in a camp in the Zulu War; a Zulu man is crouching down with his hands over his ears. Wood engraving by C.Roberts after Melton Prior, 1879.