Needle Collection (page 4)

Susi and friend with knitting and sewing things, getting everything into a mess. 1950s

Greetings card in the shape of a reel of cotton
Greetings card in the shape of a reel of white cotton with a needle. Date: circa 1890s

Susi - with knitting on a needle. 1950s

London, England - Queen Victorias Diamond Jubilee - Procession through London... Part of Box 177 Boswell collection - Round about London

Florence Upton playing cards - Making Clothes. circa 1900s

Cleopatras needle at dusk - Needle in mid distance, lamps lit along embankment. Part of Box 34 Boswell Collection - London Streets. Date: circa 1890s

Pinus roxsburghii, Chin pine - Coloured copper engraving by Warner based on a watercolour by Ferdinand Bauer. A.B. Lambert, A description of the genus Pinus, London, 1803, t. 21 Date: 1803

London, England - Cleopatras Needle - View of needle on Embankment in Winter.. Part of Box 23 Boswell Collection. A Day trip to London.Cleopatras Needle is the popular name for each of three Ancient

WW1 - London in wartime searchlights over the River Thames Date: circa 1917

London - The Thames Embankment by moonlight Date: circa 1910s

China - Young Street Tailor Girls. Date: circa 1906

Portrait of Manuela Camas y de las Heras, Consort to Juan Ag
Francisco de Goya (1746-1828). Spanish romantic painter. Portrait of Manuela Camas y de las Heras, Consort to Juan Agustin Cean Bermudez. C. 1785, Museum of Fine Arts. Budapest. Hungary

Needles to mend fishing nets. 12th-13th centuries. Latvia
Fishing tools. 12th-13th centuries. Needles to mend fishing nets. Museum of history and navigation. Riga. Latvia

Tinker, Tailor playing card - Tailor, Stephen Stitch. 20th century

Johann Von Dreyse - 2
JOHANN NIKOLAUS VON DREYSE German inventor of the needle gun, in which the cartridge is exploded by the impact of a needle. Date: 1787 - 1867

Cleopatras Needle / Alex
Cleopatras Needle in its original position at Alexandria. Date: 1847

Atlantic / St Helena 1841
St Helena: basalt needle Date: 1841

Cooke / Wheatstone Telegr
The discovery of current by Volta in 1800 and the electro- magnet in 1824, led to the invention of the magnetic telegraph. This is Cooke and Wheatstones 5-needle machine. Date: 1837

Plants / Genista Anglica
NEEDLE WHIN Date: early 20th century

London / Embankment
Thames Embankment and Cleopatras Needle on a winter day. In the background carriages line the road. Date: 1890

Obelisk from Egypt to USA: a second Cleopatras needle, 1880
Preparing the second Cleopatras Needle to travel to America. Date: 1880

Transporting the obelisk: procession for Cleopatras needle
The procession, on Lord Mayors Day, with Cleopatras Needle passing down Gracechurch Street, London. Date: August 1878

Transporting the obelisk: Cleopatras needle erected, London
Breaking up the " Cleopatra" so that the Needle may be erected on the Thames Embankment, London. Date: 6th July 1878

Transporting the obelisk: positioning Cleopatras needle
Waiting for the tide to facilitate the positioning of Cleopatras Needle on the Embankment, London. Date: 30th May 1878

Transporting the obelisk: Cleopatras needle at Gravesend
Cleopatras Needle reaches Gravesend, England. Date: 1878

Transporting the obelisk: Cleopatras needle arrives, London
The cylinder ship " Cleopatra", with the obelisk, at Westminster Bridge, London. Date: February 1878

Transporting the obelisk: Cleopatras needle at sea
The cylinder ship " Cleopatra", with the obelisk at sea, displaying the notice " you can go faster". Date: 1878

Transporting the obelisk: Cleopatras needle at sea 1877
Exterior of the cylinder containing the needle. Date: 1877

Transporting the obelisk: launch of Cleopatras needle, 1877
The launch of the " Cleopatra" from the Caesarium Beach at Alexandria, Egypt. Date: 1877

Thames Embankment and Cleopatras Needle, London
The Thames Embankment and Cleopatras Needle, London. circa 1870s

Cross section of cylinder to transport Cleopatras needle
A proposed scheme showing the longitudinal section of a cylinder encasing Cleopatras needle to transport it to London. Date: 1877

Launching Cleopatras needle, 1877
The launch of the " Cleopatra" from the Caesarium Beach at Alexandria, Egypt. Date: 1877

Transporting the obelisk: embarkation of Cleopatras needle
Rolling the obelisk down the Caesarium Beach at Alexandria, Egypt. Date: 1877

Cylinder ship constructed around Cleopatras needle, 1877
The construction of the cylinder ship " Cleopatra" round the obelisk. Date: 1877

Hotel Cecil, London from River Thames
A bird s-eye view of the Hotel Cecil, London from River Thames. The Cecil was largely demolished in Autumn 1930, and Shell Mex House was built on the site. Date: circa 1910s

Advertisement, Swing Needle Embroidery Transfer
Advertisement, Dressing Table Mats, Swing Needle Embroidery Transfer. circa 1960s

London at Night - Cleopatras Needle and Victoria Embankment. The red granite obelisk was brought to London from Egypt in 1878 - its base is flanked by two bronze statues of the sphinx. Date: 1932

Little dog with knitting on a Christmas and New Year card
Little dog playing with knitting on a Christmas and New Year card. circa 1890s

Two men repairing fishing nets, Bideford, Devon
Two men standing in a rowing boat, repairing fishing nets at Bideford, Devon. Date: circa 1960s

Woman of Naples knitting. Date: 1904

Crowds gather to watch the annual Lord Mayors show, London
Boys clamber on Cleopatras needle in order to get a better view of the Lord Mayors Show procession as it passes down the Embankment. Date: 1900

Collectors card, nun working on a tapestry. Date: early 20th century

Advertisement for Holbrooks Fruit Sauce
Back of an advertisement for Holbrooks Fruit Sauce, of two bottles side by side -- actually an opened out needle holder. The verse describes how a husband would not eat any meat until his wife bought

Cover design, Weldons Beautiful Needlework, No. 2, showing a young woman in a crinoline dress sewing. Date: circa 1920s

Shepherds needle, Scandix pecten veneris, and hemlock chervil, Scandix anthriscus.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Joshua Hamiltons Culpepers English Family Physician 1792

Surgical equipment for couching and the extraction of a cataract.. Surgical equipment for couching and the extraction of the cataract: Scarpas couching needle, Heys couching needle, Pelliers hook

Needle-leaved daviesia, Daviesia acicularis.. Illustration by Sydenham Edwards, engraved by Weddell. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Samuel Curtiss The Curtis Botanical Magazine, 1826

Glaucous-leaved Adams needle with pale yellow flowers, Yucca glauca, native of Carolina.. Illustration by John Curtis (the entomologist), engraved by Weddell

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