Acconciatura Collection

Hargreaves 'Spinning-Jenny'
3480199 Hargreaves 'Spinning-Jenny'; (add.info.: Illustration depicting Hargreaves 'Spinning-Jenny'. Dated 18th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

A winding engine, 1850
3480191 A winding engine, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a winding engine for winding cotton ready for use on the bobbin net machine. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

David Wooster, 1800
3507784 David Wooster, 1800; (add.info.: David Wooster (1710-1777), brigadier-general in the Continental Army during the American Revolution

A diver on the sea floor, 1850
3359184 A diver on the sea floor, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration of a diver on the sea floor. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

A gig-mill, 1850
3480186 A gig-mill, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a gig-mill; used for Teazling woollen cloth. The teazle heads were set in long frames on a cylinder; a length of cloth would be fed)

The Shepherd's Calendar, 1848
3480183 The Shepherd's Calendar, 1848; (add.info.: The milkmaid and her pail of milk. Illustration of January for John Clare 'The Shepherd's Calendar')

A carding engine, 1850
3480151 A carding engine, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a carding engine. Carding is the process that disentangles; cleans; and intermixes the woollen fibres)

A throstle spinning machine, 1850
3480198 A throstle spinning machine, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a throstle spinning machine. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

The various Coronets, 1850
3478414 The various Coronets, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration of the various coronets. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Two drunken men, 1850
3478740 Two drunken men, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration of two drunken men. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Paviours laying granite setts, 1850
3359178 Paviours laying granite setts, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration of Paviours laying granite setts. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Cable making, 1823
3479067 Cable making, 1823; (add.info.: Woodcut illustration shows three male figures cable making. Dated 1823.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Shipwrecked sailors keeping afloat using cork hammocks, 1850
3330874 Shipwrecked sailors keeping afloat using cork hammocks, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting shipwrecked sailors keeping afloat using cork hammocks)

A frustrated man who has forgotten his lock code for his safe, 1850
3330969 A frustrated man who has forgotten his lock code for his safe, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a frustrated man who has forgotten his lock code for his safe)

An improved form of a window latch, 1850
3330953 An improved form of a window latch, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting an improved form of a window latch for sash windows. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

The paying-out machinery on the deck of the Great Eastern, 1850
3330771 The paying-out machinery on the deck of the Great Eastern, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration of the paying-out machinery on the deck of the Great Eastern)

A hydraulic steering system designed by Andrew Murray, 1850
3330535 A hydraulic steering system designed by Andrew Murray, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration of a hydraulic steering system designed by Andrew Murray, Chief Engineer of H.M. Dockyard)

Early textile machines
3329958 Early textile machines; (add.info.: Medieval illustration depicting early textile machines. Dated 16th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Proto Archaic antefix with female protome, from Taranto
LRI741036 Proto Archaic antefix with female protome, from Taranto; 19x25.5 cm; Civico Museo di Storia ed Arte, Trieste, Italy; Luisa Ricciarini.

The counting of votes, 1850
3477985 The counting of votes, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting the counting of votes for the Brighton Parliamentary Election. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Henry Brougham opening the Social Science Congress, 1850
3477973 Henry Brougham opening the Social Science Congress, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778-1868)

The counting of votes, 1850
3477970 The counting of votes, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting the counting of votes for the Brighton Parliamentary Election. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

The paying-out machinery on the deck of the Great Eastern, 1850
3359142 The paying-out machinery on the deck of the Great Eastern, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration of the paying-out machinery on the deck of the Great Eastern)

The paying-out machinery on the deck of the Great Eastern, 1850
3330840 The paying-out machinery on the deck of the Great Eastern, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration of the paying-out machinery on the deck of the Great Eastern)

The security of a Chubb & Son's secured door in a comical manner, 1850
3330940 The security of a Chubb & Son's secured door in a comical manner, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration highlighting the security of a Chubb & Son's secured door in a comical manner)

Jewish religious practices
3330595 Jewish religious practices; (add.info.: Illustration depicting Jewish religious practices. Dated 18th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

A reckoning board for the blind, 1850
3478669 A reckoning board for the blind, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration of a reckoning board for the blind. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

The Shepherd's Calendar, 1848
3480247 The Shepherd's Calendar, 1848; (add.info.: Bringing in the Christmas Pudding. Illustration for December for John Clare's 'The Shepherd's Calendar 1848)

A Parson giving comfort to a bereaved woman, 1850
3478268 A Parson giving comfort to a bereaved woman, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a Parson giving comfort to a bereaved woman)

Blind Matthew, 1850
3478679 Blind Matthew, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting blind Matthew, illustrated by Robert Barnes (1864-1875). Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

The production of the worsted, 1850
3479651 The production of the worsted, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting the production of the worsted using a warp-scouring. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Infant mortality, 1850
3478346 Infant mortality, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting infant mortality: mother weeping for the loss of her baby who is being carried away by the Angel of Death)

The Fate of the Sunday Excursionist, 1850
3478410 The Fate of the Sunday Excursionist, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration titled 'The Fate of the Sunday Excursionist' in the face of Sunday closing)

Hawaiian notables, 1840
3480623 Hawaiian notables, 1840; (add.info.: 19th century illustration showing Hawaiian notables. Circa 1840.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Geneva
3480152 Geneva; (add.info.: Illustration depicting Geneva; a city in Switzerland which is located at the tip of Lake Geneva. Dated 17th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Cotton manufacture, 1850
3480197 Cotton manufacture, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting cotton manufacture with mules spinning. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Cover of Forgotten Childrens Books by Andrew W. Tuer, pub. by The Leadenhall Press 1898-99
3501404 Cover of Forgotten Childrens Books by Andrew W. Tuer, pub. by The Leadenhall Press 1898-99; (add.info.: Cover of Forgotten Childrens Books by Andrew W)

Peyton Randolph, 1800
3507781 Peyton Randolph, 1800; (add.info.: Peyton Randolph (September 10, 1721 - October 22, 1775) was a planter and public official from the Colony of Virginia

A Slubbing-Billy, 1850
3479649 A Slubbing-Billy, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a Slubbing-Billy; used to spin carded wool into rovings'. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Thimble-maker's workshop
3479059 Thimble-maker's workshop; (add.info.: Thimble-maker's workshop. Dated 1568.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

The Shepherd's Calendar, 1848
3480246 The Shepherd's Calendar, 1848; (add.info.: Hedger in a November shower. Illustration of November for John Clare 'The Shepherd's Calendar')

The working mechanism of the bobbin net machine, 1850
3480192 The working mechanism of the bobbin net machine, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting the working mechanism of the bobbin net machine. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

The Oberhasli Pass, 1850
3479976 The Oberhasli Pass, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting the Oberhasli Pass; in the Bernese Highlands; Switzerland. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

A Beggar, 1850
3479525 A Beggar, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration of a Beggar approaching a middle class lady, seeking money. Woodcut illustration.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

The hand raising the nap on woollen cloth, 1850
3480185 The hand raising the nap on woollen cloth, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting the hand raising the nap of woollen cloth using Teazles fitted in frames)

A carding engine, 1850
3480150 A carding engine, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a carding engine. Carding is the process that disentangles; cleans; and intermixes the woollen fibres)

A hydraulic steering system designed by Andrew Murray, 1850
3330538 A hydraulic steering system designed by Andrew Murray, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration of a hydraulic steering system designed by Andrew Murray, Chief Engineer of H.M. Dockyard)

A single boiler cooker and distiller for sea water, 1850
3330533 A single boiler cooker and distiller for sea water, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration of a single boiler cooker and distiller for sea water, designed by W.H)

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