Plans Collection (page 3)

Rotherhithe Road Tunnel, London 1908
Diagram plan of where the latest road tunnel under the River Thames, London is situated, linking Rotherhithe on the south west to Limehouse on the north east

Daily Worker staff examining building alteration plans following the acquisition of new premises at 75 Farringdon Road, London. Date: circa 1945

As a precaution against possible bombing precious art, relics, sculptures and memorials where moved out of London to a secret place. This was given to the Nation by the National Art Collections Fund

A Warm Welcome for Every Parachutist
Sixth column strategy: Foresight plans, if London gets invaded by landing Germans dropping from the skies dressed as British civilians they would be collected up by cyclist with tubs of hot boiling

Longitudinal section of the Great Eastern Steam Ship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. To be launched on 3 November 1857 but there was major logistical issues. Date: 1857

REGATTA AT KIEL
Kiel harbour during Regatta Week : that's the Kaiser's Kaiserlich steam yacht there, he is a keen sailor and has plans to rule the waves instead of his cousin Edward. Date: 1907

ELISHA IN SAMARIA
Ben-hadad king of Syria besiegs Samaria, where food becomes so scarce the populace are reduced to cannibalism : the king of Israel blames Elisha and plans his death

WIDOW SCRAPS PLANS
A young widow, having found consolation for her loss, scraps her plans for an elaborate tomb for her late husband, the general Date: circa 1830

FASHIONABLE YOUNG WIDOW
Pretty young widow in mourning dress takes tea with a handsome young man while she views the architect's plans for her husband's mausoleum Date: 1820s

Plans and sections of a Maltese Galley. Date: late 17th century

Wittman W. 8 Tailwind N9424H
Wittman W.8 Tailwind N9424H (msn 86), home-built from plans in 1962. Date: circa 1970

Young English gentleman riding with hounds in a stag hunt. A woman rider thrown from a horse. iHandcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from William Combes The

Cartoon, The Irrepressible Lodger (Electoral Reform)
Cartoon, The Irrepressible Lodger -- a satirical comment on Disraelis agreement to include lodgers in his Reform Bill, declaring himself the Father of the Lodger Franchise

Cartoon, A Surprising Success (Electoral Reform)
Cartoon, A Surprising Success -- John Bull congratulates Lord Derby, Conservative Prime Minister, on his success in winning the Reform Stakes, using horseracing as a metaphor for electoral reform

Cartoon, A Fishy Case (Electoral Reform)
Cartoon, A Fishy Case -- a satirical comment on the machinations involved in securing electoral reform, in order to give respectable working men the vote

Cartoon, Amusement Combined with Instruction (Reform)
Cartoon, Amusement Combined with Instruction -- a satirical comment on parliamentary disagreements between Gladstone and Disraeli over the latters Reform Bill. 1867

Cartoon, Lodger Franchise v Dual Voting! (Disraeli)
Cartoon, Lodger Franchise v Dual Voting! A satirical comment on the arguments surrounding the extension of the franchise in Disraelis Reform Bill

Cartoon, Queen Victoria and her Ministers - (left to right) Lord John Russell, Earl of Mulgrave, Lord Brougham, Lord Melbourne, Duchess of Kent (mother), Queen Victoria, Earl of Durham

Cartoon, Queen Victoria and Sir Robert Peel
Cartoon, The Letter of Introduction, 1841 -- Queen Victoria and her newly elected Prime Minister, Sir Robert Peel (Conservative). Date: 1841

Planning a new course - James Braid
Golfer James Braid and others discussing the new plans for the new golf course at Dunfermline 1928

Sir Christopher Wrens First Design For St Pauls Cathedral
Sir Christopher Wren, first design of the famous St Pauls Cathedral in London, Wren wrestled with the design of the famous St Pauls dome even as it was being built

Columbus explains his plans to Ferdinand and Isabella c. 1492
Christopher Columbus explains his plans to Ferdinand and Isabella in the royal court. Columbus kneels holding a scroll, as Ferdinand and Isabella listen from their thrones. Date: 1492

Columbus outlines journey to the Scientific Commission
Christopher Columbus outlines journey plans to the Scientific Commission at Salamanca. Columbus explains his project of discovery, pointing at a globe. Date: 1492

Columbus at Venice
Columbus in Venice 1488, supplicating to the Doge and his ministers, to fund his expeditions to find a new trading route to Asia. He was unsuccessful and was turned down. Date: 1488

The new tunnel under the Seine
Plans for the extension to the Paris Metro beneath the River Seine 1905

Design for a pair of Model Cottages for Labourers, Mechanics etc. 1857

Plan of River Thames Tunnel and its Approaches
Plans for first underwater tunnel to connect Wapping with Rotherhithe. Date: circa 1824

Great Industrial Exhibition in Hyde Park, plans 1851
Temporary glass structure of The Great Industrial Exhibition in Hyde Park taking place between from 1 May to 15 October 1851, showing the interior plans of the two floors of the galleries. Date: 1851

Letter from Albert Auerbach from Rouen, France, WW1
First page of a letter dated 30 April 1916 from Albert Auerbach of the Royal Fusiliers to his sister Lucy from No.1 Territorial Base Depot, Rouen, Northern France

Poster, The Ploughing-Up Campaign in England and Wales, for the growing of crops during the Second World War. Date: early 1940s

John Scott Russell (1808 - 1882), Scottish civil engineer, naval architect and shipbuilder who built the Great Eastern in collaboration with Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Date: 1858

King Alfred in disguise as a wandering harpist
King Alfred the Great (849899)in disguise as a wandering harpist infiltrating the camp of Guthrum, King of the Danish Vikings in the Danelaw, to try and find out their plans. 878

LENIN AND STALIN
LENIN and STALIN discuss their plans Date: circa 1920

Weir W-2, at RAF Hendon on 19 July 1951. G. & J. Weir of Cathcart in Glasgow were an established engineering company, founded in 1871, which built aircraft during the First World War

Keystone K-78 Patrician - NX7962
Keystone K-78 Patrician NX7962. The Patrician was a 21 seat tri-motor airliner. Only one K78 and two K-78D Patricians were built, production plans falling prey to the Great Depression

Vought-Sikorsky VS-44A N41881
Vought-Sikorsky VS-44A NC41881 / N41881 Mother Goose (ex Excambian) of Avalon Air Transport, tied up on the Avalon jetty at Long Beach

Map of Africa, 1645 Date: 1645

St Pauls Cathedral in danger: why the Dean is opposing the tramway scheme. Sectional view from the south east showing the position of the waterline below the cathedral

Plans International Exhibition 1862
Plans of galleries at The International of 1862, or Great London Exposition, held at South Kensington, London. Date: 1862

Proposed Metropolitan subway under London streets 1853
Proposed Metropolitan subway for sewage, gas and water supply. Date: 1853

Plan of the Reading Room, British Museum 1857
Ground plan of the Reading Room of the British Museum, London, in 1857. The outline of the reading rooms rotunda can be seen at centre. Date: 1857

New Workhouse, Upper Holloway, London 1870
Exterior of the intended building for erection of a workhouse, at Upper Holloway, for the parish of St. Mary, Islington, containing about seven acres and tree quarters of land. Date: 1870

TUBERCULOSIS CLINIC
Anti-tuberculosis dispensary at Nantes : street view, section of the interior, and plans of the lower and upper floors Date: 1906

CRYSTAL PALACE PLANS
The exterior view and ground plan for the building committees design Date: 1851

LOUIS XIV & INVALIDES LOUIS XIV & INVALIDES
Louis XIV plans Les Invalides as a hospital for disabled soldiers, at Paris Date: 1670

PARIS / INVALIDES 1670
Louis XIV plans Les Invalides as a hospital for disabled soldiers Date: 1670

DRAINAGE SYSTEM / 1803PASS
Plans for a modern drainage system. Date: 1803

WIDOW & MAUSOLEUM WIDOW & MAUSOLEUM
Pretty young widow of an elderly Naval officer takes tea with a handsome young man while she views the architects plans for her husbands mausoleum Date: 1820s

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