Connection Collection (#4)

Tower on Mount Zion. Psalms 48. 2. 1830. Artist: J Clarke
Tower on Mount Zion. Psalms 48.2. 1830. From A Series of twenty-four Views illustrative of the Holy Scriptures: Views from Sir Robert Ainslies celebrated collection of drawings

Pont Neuf, Paris, c1911. From The Studio Volume 51. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1910-11]

View of Paris, Showng The Seven Bridges, 1882. From Cities of the World: their origin, progress and present aspect, by Edwin Hodder [Cassell & Company Ltd. London, 1882]

Pisa, 1818. Artist: Charles Theodosius Heath
Pisa, 1818. After E. F. Batty. [Rodwell & Martin, London, 1818]

Pont Neuf: plate one from the Paris Set, 1904. Artist: David Young Cameron
Pont Neuf: plate one from the Paris Set, 1904. From The Studio Volume 36. [The Offices of the Studio Ltd. London, 1905-6]

Greta Bridge, c1807, (1911). Artist: John Sell Cotman
Greta Bridge, Yorkshire, 1911. Painting held at The British Museum, London. From A History of Painting Volume VIII by Haldane MacFall [T. C. and E. C. Jack, Lodon & Edinburgh, 1911.]

Couple lighting a cigarette from each other, 1900
A humorous postcard depicting a couple lighting a cigarette from each other. From a stereoscope c1900

Queen Marys Descent from James I, 1910. Family tree showing the ancestry of Mary of Teck, Queen Consort of King George V of the United Kingdom. A print from The Sphere, 21st May 1910

Ancestry and family connections of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, 1964. A print from King Edward the Seventh, by Philip Magnus, William Clowes and Sons Ltd, London, 1964

Ancestry and family connections of King Edward VII, 1964. A print from King Edward the Seventh, by Philip Magnus, William Clowes and Sons Ltd, London, 1964

Bridge over the Niagara, Canada, 19th century

Rouen, Le Pont Transbordeur, (Transporter Bridge), 20th Century
Rouen, Le Pont Transbordeur, 20th Century. (The Transporter Bridge)

The Rialto at Venice, 1843. Artist: J Jackson
The Rialto at Venice, 1843. An engraving from The Art-Union Scrap Book, Henry G Bohn, London, 1843

The Bridge, c1911. Artist: Edward Leslie Badham
The Bridge, c1911. From The Studio Volume 52. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1911]

Berwick Bridge, c1912. Artist: David Young Cameron
Berwick Bridge, c1912. From The Studio Volume 55, [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1912]

Tavistock, weir and bridge, 1937. Sights of Britain, third series of 48 cigarette cards, issued with Senior Service, Junior Member, and Illingworth cigarettes

Inverness Castle, 1936. Sights of Britain, second series of 48 cigarette cards, issued with Senior Service, Junior Member, and Illingworth cigarettes

Ludlow Castle, 1936. Sights of Britain, second series of 48 cigarette cards, issued with Senior Service, Junior Member, and Illingworth cigarettes

The bridge over the Wye and cathedral, Hereford, 1936. Sights of Britain, second series of 48 cigarette cards, issued with Senior Service, Junior Member, and Illingworth cigarettes

Notre Dame, c1870-1920 (1924). Artist: Jean Francois Raffaelli
Notre Dame, c1870-1920 (1924). A print from A History of French Etching from the 16th Century to the Present Day, by F L Leipnik, John Lane the Bodley Head Limited, London, 1924

Richmond bridge, 20th century

Old Westminster Bridge in 1754, 19th century. Hand-coloured later

Have You Volunteered?, 1929. Artist: Dmitriy Stakhievich Moor
Have You Volunteered?, 1929

Machine, 1678. Artist: Athanasius Kircher
Machine, 1678. A print from Mundus subterraneus, by Athanasius Kircher, Amsterdam, 1678. Kircher?s Mundus Subterraneus marks the first serious effort to describe the physical makeup of the earth

The Bridge at Alkmaar, c1648-1682. Artist: Jacob van Ruisdael
The Bridge at Alkmaar, c1648-1682

The exhortations, 1819-1823. Artist: Francisco Goya
The exhortations, 1819-1823. Plate 16 of Proverbs, published in 1864. The series also known as disparates (absurdities) or suenos (dreams) is seen as symbolic of the absurdity of the human condition

Laying of the telegraph cable across the Indian Ocean between Bombay and Aden, 1870. Landing the shore end of the cable at Aden

The Atlantic Telegraph, c1878. Idealised view of the telegraph cable passing under the ocean from Valentia, Ireland to Trinity Bay, Newfoundland

Private and Confidential, opening of the Anglo-French telephone line, 1891. Artist: John Tenniel
Private and Confidential, opening of the Anglo-French telephone line, 1891. The British Prime Minister (Lord Salisbury) in conversation with the French President (Sadi Carnot). Cartoon from Punch

Opening of the Anglo-French telephone line, 1891. The first London to Paris telephone conversation at the General Post Office, London. Bell instruments were used at the London end

For Better or Worse, 1866. Father Neptune blessing Britannia and Uncle Sam on the successful laying of the transatlantic telegraph cable

Opening of the London to Paris telegraph link, 1852. The instrument room at the Submarine Telegraph Company, Cornhill, London, showing a Wheatstone needle telegraph instrument

Roman betrothal mosaic, c2nd-3rd century

Detail of a Sassanian silver collar from the British Museums collection

Telephone switchboard, 1956

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