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Pinicola enucleator, pine grosbeakPlate 358 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Hemimorphite crystals enclosed in rock crystalHemimorphite, formerly known as calamine is comprised of (hydrated zinc silicate hydroxide). Magnification = x1.2
The Magic Patches. Orphan girl Linda sews patches on the coat of a beggar-man
Tailor sewing by a stream
Boy sewing in a window
Thames Embankment / CxTHE THAMES EMBANKMENT near Charing Cross, with Cleopatras Needle Date: 1922
Two kinds of pine needle flowers and a kind of anemone. Date 1755
Thames embankment, London, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900
Scoring, --coming up for the word: Little Fred, Needle Gun, Jessie Wales, Belle of Brooklyn, Old Put, and Lady Whitman. Date c1869
Curricanti Needle. Date between 1898 and 1905
Needle Mountains, Colorado. Date between 1898 and 1905
Needle Mountains from Animas Canyon, Colorado. Date c1901
Currecanti Needle, Black Canyon
Needle Rock, Fishguard, WalesThe Needle Rock at Fishguard, Wales. It is a dolerite stack with a hole through its base, standing 130 feet high. Showing locals rowing a boat through the opening
View from Charing Cross Bridge and Pool of LondonView from Charing Cross Bridge (top), showing the River Thames, Cleopatras Needle on the left and St Pauls Cathedral in the middle distance
The Needles Eye, Douglas Hall, Kirkoudbrightshire, Scotland, one of the many peculiar rock formations on the Colvend Coast. The Needles Eye is 40 high. Date: 1950s
Needle Rock, near Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Date: BC
Needlemakers 18th FranceSeven workers making needles in a workshop in 18th century France. Date: Circa 1760
Kodak Camera 1930SSmart cameras have striped fronts this year. At the Kodak works at Wealdstone, England, where these cameras are made, each is tested by a scientist to ensure a needle-sharp focus Date: 1930s
Needlemaker Tools 18ThVarious tools used to make needles in 18th century France. Date: Circa 1760
Two Monuments of LondonIllustration showing the obelisk, Cleopatras Needle on the Thames Embankment in Central London with the Hotel Cecil in the background
Schoolchildren at Cleopatras Needle, LondonA class of London County Council schoolchildren on a trip to Cleopatras Needle on the Thames Embankment, Central London. Their teacher points with her umbrella and tells them all about it
The Old Lady of Thread-needle Street in the Hands of BeautyBank of England in the 1920s. The demolition of part of the building allowed for the public to view the statues for the first time, which can be seen in this image
Lear / Nonsense / QuebecThere was an Ol Man of Quebec, a beetle ran over his neck; But he cried, With a needle, I ll slay you, O beadle! that angry Old Man of Quebec
Les Invalides, ParisA retired soldier mends his clothing in his room at Les Invalides, a hospital and retirement home for war veterans
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
The Voyage of Cleopatras Needle to England, 1878Engraving showing the obelisk ship Cleopatra (nearest) and its tug, in the background, crossing the Bay of Biscay on passage from Egypt to London, 1878
The Wynaad Goldfields, Southern India. Views of the Needle AEngraving of distant view of Needle Arch Mountain and the surrounding undulating countryside where gold was found and mined in the nineteenth century, 1876-1886
The Wynaad Goldfields, Southern India. View of the Needle ArEngraving of the Needle Arch mountain and the coffee estate in Madras, Southern India where gold was found between 1876 and 1886
Cleopatras Needle, proposed positionA colour illustration of Cleopatras Needle in the proposed position at Westminister. The obelisk now stands on the Victoria Embankment
Transporting Cleopatras NeedleTransportation of the obelisk down the Thames, at Westminister Bridge. The cylinder ship had to be abandoned in the Bay of Biscay due to the stormy conditions of the initial leg of the journey
Cleopatras Needle, AlexandriaCleopatras Needle was originally erected by Pharaoh Thothmes II around 1500 B.C. It was then moved to Alexandria, Cleopatras city
Raising Cleopatras NeedleCleopatras Needle, the Thames Embankment. The complicated structure that was used to lever the 180 ton obelisk into position
EMBROIDERYPhotograph of a young woman sitting working on an embroidery ring
William WhistonWILLIAM WHISTON, churchman and professor of mathematics at Cambridge University : with Normans Dipping Needle and Whistons Dipping Needle
Hair transplantEntitled, If the War Makes you Lose Your Wool - Try This, this illustration shows an early form of hair transplanting, championed by a Dr. Szekely of Budapest
Sketches at the Central Telegraph EstablishmentSketches showing scenes and different types of apparatus used at the Central Telegraph Establishment at the General Post Office, including the type printing telegraph
PhonographDiagram engraving showing components of a phonograph, along with a woman demonstrating how it is used. The phonograph worked by a small needle vibrating along a jagged groove
Rigbys Needle Gun
Oersted ExperimentChristian Oersted, at the university of Copenhagen, discovers the deviation of a compass needle when subjected to an enclosed electric current
Cleos Needle / Lantern111Cleopatras Needle on the Embankment by night
Cleos Needle / LanternA view along the river towards Embankment and Cleopatras Needle at night
Tramp Mending ClothesVisible mending - a tramp shows a bit of leg as he mends his clothes on a bench in Hyde Park, London, England
Glover / 1647 / BroadsideA glover. These tradesman are preachers in the City of London, 1647. A satirical broadside on non- conformist preaching in London
Cleopatra Needle / 1883Cleopatras Needle on the Embankment, with six children and their dog
Cleopatra Needle / C1905Cleopatras Needle on the Embankment
Make-Up / Hypo Needle 1886A maid uses a hypodermic needle to put colour in her mistresss cheeks
Embankment SphinxA sphinx on the Embankment, London, one of a pair made to compliment Cleopatras Needle, which was was brought from Egypt to England in 1878. The Shell Mex clock is behind it
