Works Collection (page 58)

Kleber as a Kid
JEAN-BAPTISTE KLEBER As a boy, the future general works in an architects office little knowing that one day he will be assassinated by an Egyptian fanatic

Lannes as a Lad
JEAN LANNES As a boy, the future general - son of a stable-boy - works in a wash-house. Later he will make a clean sweep of the enemy at Montebello

Franklin as a Boy
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN As a boy, he works in a candle-makers factory but already his mind is busy with future projects

Pin Makers at Work 1805
A woman pinmaker seated on a stool uses a foot operated press by means of a treadle. A man in the background works at a table

New Swindon
The settlement of New Swindon, built when the Great Western Railway came to what was then a small market town, to house the workers needed for the engine and maintenance works

George V Inspects Shells
King George V inspecting the shells at Holmes and Co. munition works, Hull

Staubach Falls
STAUBACH FALLS, SWITZERLAND A woodcutter works against this dramatic backdrop

Valet to George I
LEWIS MAXIMILIAN MAHOMET Imprisoned by Hungarian Imperialists, employed by George I, became a Christian, did many good works i.e paid debts of over 300 prisoners

Impertinent Office Boy
Truthful office boy, when discouraged from whistling while he works, defends himself by owning up to having only been whistling - not working

Jehan Le Feron
Learned French heraldic scholar, Jehan Le Feron (1504 - 1570) presents one of his works to King Henry II of France. A miniature from the " Blason d Armoiries"

Packing House: Packing the Dynamite Cartridges into Boxes
Manufacture of Dynamite at Nobel works, Ardeer, Scotland: putting Dynamite cartridges into boxes

Vilhelm Marstrand
VILHELM MARSTRAND Danish artist, greatly admired for his scenes of daily life in Kobenhavn. For one of his works see Theatre/ Plays/ Holberg

Crimea Malakoff Taken
The French take the Malakoff, the most important of the Russian defence works : its capture leads to the fall of the city and final defeat for the Russians

VANISHING LADY TRICK
Illustrations showing how the Vanishing Lady trick works

Little Dorrit Title Page
Frontispiece from the Centenary edition of the works of Charles Dickens

Alchemists Lab
An alchemist works at his furnace while his assistant feels the heat

New River Water Works
The New River Head Works, London, a lovingly laid-out construction, and with a view of St Pauls Cathedral !

Bismarck / Rohling / Page 12
Bismarck works as a dyke- warden

Factory Interior / C1900
Interior of engineering works

Beaumarchais / Lavreince
PIERRE-AUGUSTIN CARON de BEAUMARCHAIS French clockmaker and writer depicted reading his works to some friends

DICKENS (1812 - 1870)
CHARLES DICKENS reading from his works

DRAINAGE
London Metropolitan Main Drainage : the southern outfall works at Crossness - opened by Edward, Prince of Wales

Freud / Satirical Poem
A satirical poem on the works of Freud and Jung

Imperial Gas Works
Retort house of the Imperial Gas Works, Kings Cross, London, stoking the burners

Copper works in Cornwall, with smoking chimneys
Copper works in Cornwall, with many smoking chimneys

Mixing Dynamite into Cartridges
Manufacture of Dynamite at Nobel works, Ardeer, Scotland: putting Dynamite into cartridges

Underground railway works, Thames Embankment, London
Underground railway works on the Thames Embankment, Central London

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