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Model Industrial School - planPlan view of a model industrial school for pauper children. The establishment, designed by architect Sampson Kempthorne, was intended to house and train pauper children away from the workhouse
Model Industrial School - elevationElevation views of a model industrial school for pauper children. The establishment, designed by architect Sampson Kempthorne, was intended to house and train pauper children away from the workhouse
Joyce Green Hospital ND Aero PictorialAerial view of the Joyce Green (foreground) and Orchard (rear) smallpox hospitals at Long Reach, Dartford, Kent, both designed by A & C Harston
Joyce Green and Orchard Hospitals, Dartford, KentAerial view of the Orchard (foreground) and Joyce Green (rear) smallpox hospitals at Long Reach, Dartford, Kent, both designed by A & C Harston
TIGRE WARSHIPAn aggressive-looking vessel of the French navy intended for coast protection - she looks like she d scare most would-be invaders away... Date: 1874
Tristram & IsoldeThe love potion takes effect. While Tristram is escorting Iseult, King Marks bride, they take a potion intended for her wedding night & become lovers
Clarendon HousePiccadilly : built for 50, 000 by Lord Clarendon, using stone intended to repair St Paul s, it was both a scandal and a financial embarrassment, and sold, became Albemarle House Date: 1660s
Caernarvon Castle / WalesBuilt by Edward I, Caernarvon was an intended seat of power and is one of Europes great medieval fortresses. Date: Mid 19th century
Kings CrossIntended as a monument to George IV, this building originally had a statue of him on top, but it was so dreadful that it was removed, as will be the cross itself in 1845
Dog Eats Others FoodTowser eats food intended for the cat and the chickens, as well as his own
Diamond Cut Diamond - intended as a Frontispiece to the Phamphlet
English JournalThe first issue of The Communist International, an english-language periodical intended to inform the world about the achievements and benefits of the Soviet regime
The Sea Messenger, 1870Engraving of the Sea Messenger, a lifeboat designed for ships letters and papers, invented by J.A.R. Vandenbergh. As many ships carried mail and state papers
Torpedoed shipFront page photograph from the Illustrated London News showing torpedoe damage to a Norwegian oil-tank steamer, Belridge. The picture was intended to show the damage suffered by the Lusitania
Underground warfareMen working a mine-drill in a gallery, making a bore-hole for a camoflaut or secondary chamber, intended to cause the enemy work to fall in
A converted bus for pigeonsA motor bus converted into a home, or cote, for French carrier pigeons. Pigeons, along with dogs, proved to be a vital method of communication during battles
Twin Steam-Ship Castalia, August 1875Engraving of the twin-hulled, paddle steamer Castalia, leaving Dover for Calais, August 1875. Built in 1874 for the English Channel Steamship Company
Salvaged Luxury Liner Normandie, New York Harbour, NovembePhotograph of the Normandie in New York Harbour, November 1943. The Normandie had just been refloated and was being towed to dry dock for repairs
Point de Galle Lighthouse, Ceylon, 1847Engraving of a lighthouse intended for the Point de Galle, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). The lighthouse was built out of cast-iron plates, secured by nuts, bolts and iron cement
French recapturing villagePhotograph showing French troops recapturing the village of Ville-en-Woeuvre from the Germans, near the French fortress of Verdun in October 1914
EAGLE AIRSHIPDesigned by comte de Lennox, the Eagle is intended to fly from London to Paris in 6 hours : but it is too heavy, fails to get airborne, and will be destroyed in Paris
Gladstone in 1886WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE He introduces the Home Rule Bill which is intended to settle Irelands problems for ever
Edwards HarleneAdvertisement or advertorial showing a full page engraving of a Victorian woman brushing her exceptionally long hair, watched by her daughter
Plans for the Crystal PalaceConceived by Prince Albert, the Great Exhibition was intended as a celebration of British imperial and industrial might. Held in Hyde Park
SS Sampo, 1898Photograph of Steamship Sampo a newly constructed ice-breaker, built by Armstrong, Whitworth and Co. for the Senate of Finland, 1898
The Winans Ocean Steamer, 1858Engraving of the Winans Ocean Steamer cigar ship, launched at Ferry Bay, Baltimore, on 6th October 1858. Intended as an ocean-going vessel, she was 180 feet long and had a displacement of 350 tons
Cast Iron Lighthouse, intended for Barbados, 1851Engraving of a Cast Iron lighthouse, designed and built by Alexander Gordon and the Grissell & Co. Ironworks, which was intended for use in Barbados
Hunting Tiger in AfricaThis picture purports to show how tigers are hunted by the natives of West Africa, but since there are no tigers in Africa, some other cat must be intended, such as a leopard
The Leap Frog RailwayAn amusing illustration of the latest sensational railway design, the Leap Frog railway. The railway consists of a track about five hundred feet long
Commencement of the tunnel at Kings CrossThe commencement of the tunnel at Kings Cross. Kings Cross was proposed to be a principle terminal station. The underground was deemed to be the solution for convenient travel in densely populated
Russia / 1907 / HolschelmannA female terrorist throws a bomb at the sledge of General Holschelmann, the Governor of Moscow. She is hurt more than the intended victim
Tiffany GlasswareAn unbelievably hideous item of Tiffany glassware, designed by Hugo Schnaper, who alone knows what its meant to be, or what function it is intended to perform
Scraps ThankfullySCRAPS THANKFULLY RECEIVED This is probably intended as the front page of a scrap album
Printing in Latin 1687Scholarly magazines intended for an international readership were at this time printed in Latin, with which every well-read person was expected to be familiar
London / Project / BlackfriaBuilders involved in various tasks atop two huge arches under construction. One of the arches clearly shows the scaffolding required to form such a huge structure
Racial / Snake Dance 1908Snake dance of the Hopi people of Arizona, performed with live and poisonous rattlesnakes which are set free after the ceremony, intended to bring rain
St Nicolas / Myra / HeuresSAINT NICOLAS, bishop of Myra, depicted restoring to life three boys who had been intended by a butcher for sausage-meat
Alphabet / X on a BarrelX put on a barrel is intended to tell the strength of the beer and its flavour as well
Hopi Snake DanceSnake dance of the Hopi people of Arizona, performed with live and poisonous rattlesnakes which are set free after the ceremony, intended to bring rain
Englishwoman 1540Her wide cuffs are covered with a gold network : the richness of her underskirt suggests that it is intended for show just as much as her gown
Inflated CrinolineKittys cage crinoline is apt to inflate on windy days and carry her off like a balloon striking fear and panic into her, her intended Adolphus and pet dog Fido
Westland PterodactylGeoffrey Hill produces several designs for tailless aircraft, and this Mark V, intended as a fighter, flies successfully though erratically
Nulli Secundus AirshipA modified version of the Nulli Secundus, intended for military use
BRITISH BABY AIRSHIPThe British Armys Baby intended for observation and reconnaissance
colonel Renard AirshipFrances Colonel Renard, named after a pioneer aviator, is intended for military use
New Year, Ancient GreeceANCIENT GREECE The new year is celebrated with a three-day festival of Dionysos, revelry intended to stimulate the rebirth of nature and fertility
Treating Bow Legs (2)Bow legs and their treatment with apparatus intended to straighten them
Treating Bow LegsApparatus intended to correct bow legs