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WW2 - Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps erect Nissen HutsWW2 - Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps in France - erecting Nissen Huts in preparation for the arrival of the main body of the army - the caption notes that many men in the pioneer Corps fought in
Cacatua leadbeateri, Major Mitchells cockatooPlate 2, hand coloured lihtograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from John Goulds The Birds of Australia, Vol. 5 (1840-1848)
VICTORIA IN WOLVERHAMPTONFollowing Prince Albert's death, the people of Wolverhampton raised money to erect a statue in his honour. It was completed in 1866, and unveiled by Queen Victoria. Date: 30 November 1866
Tormentil, septfoil or erect cinquefoil, Potentilla tormentilla. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by Walther Muller from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants
Tormentil, Potentilla erecta (Potentilla tormentilla). Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse
Scaffolding & observatory on St PaulsIt was when the cross of St Pauls was taken down in 1821 to be repaired and reguilt, that the noted surveyor, Thomas Hornor
Luxor Temple Complex, Egypt - Min, the God of Fertility Date: circa 1930s
Cross on Mount TermakerThe Italians erect a cross on Mount Termaker as a symbol of the freedom and civilisation bestowed by Italy on Africa
Charlemagne visiting the construction works of Aix la ChapelCharlemagne (742-814). King of the Franks (768-814) the Lombards (774-814) and emperor of the Romans (800-814). Charlemagne visiting the construction works of Aix la Chapelle, in 796
Rupicola rupicola, Guianan cock-of-the-rockPlate 51 from Francois Le Vaillants Historie naturelle des oiseaux de Paradis et des rolliers, Vol.1, (1806)
Naja haje haje, Egyptian cobraAn Egyptian cobra emerging from a ceramic urn and coiling into its characteristic aggressive hissing stance
Street BarricadesThe Communards erect barricades throughout Paris to hamper the assaults of government forces : they are scenes of bitter fighting. Date: April 1871
Raising telegraph polesA group of workers erect a telegraph pole with the help of a winch on the back of a truck
The Raising of Cleopatras Needle in London, 1878Engraving showing four scenes during the raising of the Cleopatras Needle, an ancient Egyptian obelisk, on the Victoria Thames Embankment, London, 1878
Banquet given at the Crystal Palace by Sir Joseph and Lady PBanquet given by Sir Joseph and Lady Paxton in Crystal Palace, London. Paxton (1801-1865) famously built the glass structure to house the Great Exhibition of 1851
Crossword Fever in USACrossword Puzzle Fever hits America - a proposal to erect huge crosswords at railway crossings to entertain travellers waiting for the train to pass
Paris Barricade, 1870Rioters erect a barricade in the streets of Belleville, Paris
During Siege of ParisFrench troops in the besieged city erect their barracks on the boulevards where they are the object of popular interest from women and dogs alike
Building Tower of BabelIn hope of reaching Heaven, Noahs descendants erect a ziggurat in the plain of Shinar, but construction is hampered by a breakdown in communication among them
Suggestive Fig LeavesA kneeling one-armed man (a piece of statuary no doubt) holding an erect club hides his aroused modesty behind an up-turned fig leaf. All very explicit if a tad coy
Naval Victory ColumnThe Romans love to erect monuments in honour of things - this column celebrates the naval victory of Caius Duilius over the Carthaginians