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Susi and friend with knitting and sewing things, getting everything into a mess. 1950s
Greetings card in the shape of a reel of cottonGreetings 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 AgFrancisco 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. LatviaFishing 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 - 2JOHANN 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 / AlexCleopatras Needle in its original position at Alexandria. Date: 1847
Atlantic / St Helena 1841St Helena: basalt needle Date: 1841
Cooke / Wheatstone TelegrThe 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 AnglicaNEEDLE WHIN Date: early 20th century
London / EmbankmentThames 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, 1880Preparing the second Cleopatras Needle to travel to America. Date: 1880
Transporting the obelisk: procession for Cleopatras needleThe procession, on Lord Mayors Day, with Cleopatras Needle passing down Gracechurch Street, London. Date: August 1878
Transporting the obelisk: Cleopatras needle erected, LondonBreaking up the " Cleopatra" so that the Needle may be erected on the Thames Embankment, London. Date: 6th July 1878
Transporting the obelisk: positioning Cleopatras needleWaiting for the tide to facilitate the positioning of Cleopatras Needle on the Embankment, London. Date: 30th May 1878
Transporting the obelisk: Cleopatras needle at GravesendCleopatras Needle reaches Gravesend, England. Date: 1878
Transporting the obelisk: Cleopatras needle arrives, LondonThe cylinder ship " Cleopatra", with the obelisk, at Westminster Bridge, London. Date: February 1878
Transporting the obelisk: Cleopatras needle at seaThe cylinder ship " Cleopatra", with the obelisk at sea, displaying the notice " you can go faster". Date: 1878
Transporting the obelisk: Cleopatras needle at sea 1877Exterior of the cylinder containing the needle. Date: 1877
Transporting the obelisk: launch of Cleopatras needle, 1877The launch of the " Cleopatra" from the Caesarium Beach at Alexandria, Egypt. Date: 1877
Thames Embankment and Cleopatras Needle, LondonThe Thames Embankment and Cleopatras Needle, London. circa 1870s
Cross section of cylinder to transport Cleopatras needleA proposed scheme showing the longitudinal section of a cylinder encasing Cleopatras needle to transport it to London. Date: 1877
Launching Cleopatras needle, 1877The launch of the " Cleopatra" from the Caesarium Beach at Alexandria, Egypt. Date: 1877
Transporting the obelisk: embarkation of Cleopatras needleRolling the obelisk down the Caesarium Beach at Alexandria, Egypt. Date: 1877
Cylinder ship constructed around Cleopatras needle, 1877The construction of the cylinder ship " Cleopatra" round the obelisk. Date: 1877
Hotel Cecil, London from River ThamesA 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 TransferAdvertisement, 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 cardLittle dog playing with knitting on a Christmas and New Year card. circa 1890s
Two men repairing fishing nets, Bideford, DevonTwo 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, LondonBoys 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 SauceBack 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