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A wind-operated mill (top), and the same mill water-operated (below). Coloured aquatint by V. Raineri.
Date: 1800-1899Reference: 45431i
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After attacking a windmill believed to be a giant, Don Quixote and his horse Rocinante lie on the ground, while Sancho Panza rides to their rescue. Engraving by C.T. Warren, 1796, after R. Corbould.
Corbould, Richard, 1757-1831.Date: [1796]Reference: 3005078i
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Architecture: section of a windmill. Engraving by Bénard [after Lucotte?].
Lucotte, Jacques-Raymond, approximately 1733-1804.Date: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 44146i
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Crimean War: French ambulance men carrying the English wounded before Sebastopol. Wood engraving.
Reference: 21041i
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Two windmills (in the Netherlands?) Pencil drawing [by Lilly?], 1862.
Date: 1862Reference: 47585i
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A miller sits on a donkey which is being pulled by the reins and pushed from behind to make it move. Lithograph by S. Baptiste, 1828.
Baptiste, Sylvestre, 1791-1859.Date: [1828]Reference: 29888i
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Thomas Bell. Photograph by Maull and Polyblank, 1855.
Date: [1855?]Reference: 643790i
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People skating and sledging with their dogs on the ice of a frozen river in the Netherlands; representing the pleasures of winter. Engraving by P.C Canot, 1759, after J. Pillement.
Pillement, Jean, 1728-1808.Date: December ye 26th 1759Reference: 3063601i
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London, seen from Greenwich. Engraving, 1779.
Date: 1779Reference: 26438i
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Countryside on an autumn morning: two men sawing a tree; a man holding up a bird-net; a windmill; and a bridge over a stream. Engraving by S. à Bolswert after Sir P.P. Rubens.
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640.Date: [between 1638? and 1659?]Reference: 3063571i
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Architecture: sections of a windmill-driven sawing shed. Engraving by Bénard [after Lucotte?].
Lucotte, Jacques-Raymond, approximately 1733-1804.Date: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 44148i
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Mill Hill, Gravesend, Kent: a cottage by a path in a wood, with a windmill in the distance. Etching by J.T. Smith, ca. 1793.
Smith, John Thomas, 1766-1833.Date: [1795?]Reference: 2917467i
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A section through two different types of windmill. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1816, after J. Farey.
Farey, John, 1791-1851.Date: 1816Reference: 47584i
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Architecture: details of a windmill mechanism and a sawing shed. Engraving by Bénard [after Lucotte?].
Lucotte, Jacques-Raymond, approximately 1733-1804.Date: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 44147i
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Husbands bringing their ugly wives to a windmill, to be transformed into beautiful ones. Engraving, ca 1650.
Date: 1600-1699Reference: 26373i
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The heavens open on the day of judgement; Christ appears above the coast of the Netherlands. Engraving, 16th century.
Reference: 25121i
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Greenwich, with London in the distance. Engraving by J. Tomlinson, 1809, after E. Pugh, 1804.
Pugh, Edward, active 1793-1813.Date: 1 March 1809Reference: 34893i
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An experimental enquiry concerning the natural powers of water and wind to turn mills, and other machines, depending on a circular motion / [John Smeaton].
Smeaton, John, 1724-1792.Date: [1760]
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An itinerant medicine vendor selling his wares to a small group of country people. Engraving by W. French after G. Dou.
Dou, Gerard, 1613-1675.Reference: 20491i
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Hydraulics: two devices. Woodcut, 1659.
Caus, Isaac de, 1590-1648.Date: 1659Reference: 45352i
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A cutaway diagram of the inside of a windmill (top right), and three different kinds of windmill (below) Engraving by W. Lowry, 1819, after J. Farey.
Farey, John, 1791-1851.Date: 1819Reference: 47583i
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James Graham and Gustavus Katterfelto in combat using electrotherapy machines as weapons. Etching, 1783.
Date: 17 March 1783Reference: 20790i
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Terrible explosion of D'Ernest's fire-work manufactory : Monday, Feb. 28th : four lives lost : Sunday, Maarch 13, 1842.
Date: 1842
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The Royal Observatory, Greenwich Hill, top, and the view of Greenwich and London seen from the hill, below. Coloured engraving, 1723.
Date: 1723Reference: 30508i
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A medicine vendor addressing a crowd. Etching by C.E.C. Hess, 1794, after G. Dou.
Dou, Gerard, 1613-1675.Date: Published May 21st 1794Reference: 43236i

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A wind-operated mill (top), and the same mill water-operated (below). Coloured aquatint by V. Raineri.

After attacking a windmill believed to be a giant, Don Quixote and his horse Rocinante lie on the ground, while Sancho Panza rides to their rescue. Engraving by C.T. Warren, 1796, after R. Corbould.

Architecture: section of a windmill. Engraving by Bénard [after Lucotte?].

Crimean War: French ambulance men carrying the English wounded before Sebastopol. Wood engraving.

Two windmills (in the Netherlands?) Pencil drawing [by Lilly?], 1862.

A miller sits on a donkey which is being pulled by the reins and pushed from behind to make it move. Lithograph by S. Baptiste, 1828.

Thomas Bell. Photograph by Maull and Polyblank, 1855.

People skating and sledging with their dogs on the ice of a frozen river in the Netherlands; representing the pleasures of winter. Engraving by P.C Canot, 1759, after J. Pillement.

London, seen from Greenwich. Engraving, 1779.

Countryside on an autumn morning: two men sawing a tree; a man holding up a bird-net; a windmill; and a bridge over a stream. Engraving by S. à Bolswert after Sir P.P. Rubens.

Architecture: sections of a windmill-driven sawing shed. Engraving by Bénard [after Lucotte?].

Mill Hill, Gravesend, Kent: a cottage by a path in a wood, with a windmill in the distance. Etching by J.T. Smith, ca. 1793.

A section through two different types of windmill. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1816, after J. Farey.

Architecture: details of a windmill mechanism and a sawing shed. Engraving by Bénard [after Lucotte?].

Husbands bringing their ugly wives to a windmill, to be transformed into beautiful ones. Engraving, ca 1650.

The heavens open on the day of judgement; Christ appears above the coast of the Netherlands. Engraving, 16th century.

Greenwich, with London in the distance. Engraving by J. Tomlinson, 1809, after E. Pugh, 1804.

An experimental enquiry concerning the natural powers of water and wind to turn mills, and other machines, depending on a circular motion / [John Smeaton].

An itinerant medicine vendor selling his wares to a small group of country people. Engraving by W. French after G. Dou.

Hydraulics: two devices. Woodcut, 1659.

A cutaway diagram of the inside of a windmill (top right), and three different kinds of windmill (below) Engraving by W. Lowry, 1819, after J. Farey.

James Graham and Gustavus Katterfelto in combat using electrotherapy machines as weapons. Etching, 1783.

Terrible explosion of D'Ernest's fire-work manufactory : Monday, Feb. 28th : four lives lost : Sunday, Maarch 13, 1842.

The Royal Observatory, Greenwich Hill, top, and the view of Greenwich and London seen from the hill, below. Coloured engraving, 1723.

A medicine vendor addressing a crowd. Etching by C.E.C. Hess, 1794, after G. Dou.