Vivian Dering Majendie. Colour lithograph by L. Ward (Spy), 1892.

One of the first bomb disposal experts. Officer in the Royal Artillery. Chief Inspector of Explosives for the British government 1871-1898. Author (with Charles Orde Browne) of Ammunition: A descriptive treatise on the different projectiles, charges, fuzes, rockets, &c. (1867-1870). Author of The arms and ammunition of the British Service (1868); Guide book to the Explosives Act 1875 (1877); and Explosion at the Victoria Railway Station, ... and the attempted explosions at the Charing Cross, Paddington, and Ludgate Hill railway stations (1884)

Portrayed holding an explosive device with the internal machinery exposed

[London] : Vanity fair, April 23, 1892 ([London] : Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, lith.)

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; image 32 x 19 cm

"Explosives". Spy. Vanity fair.

Wellcome Collection 821869i