Digging Collection (page 4)

Clawing Out the Heart of a Mountain for a Colorado City Tunnel, c1935. From Our Wonderful World, Volume II, edited by J.A. Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London]

Arches over the District Railway exposed during tramway electricification, London, 1906
Arches over the District Railway exposed during tramway electricification, Somerset House, Westminster, London, 1906. Workmen excavating during electrification of the tram system have exposed arches

Children in the playground, Southfields Infants School, Wandsworth, London, 1906. Some of the children are sitting on the ground drawing from nature while others are digging sand in a box

Village Street with Tudor Houses, c1864-1930. Artist: Anna Lea Merritt
Village Street with Tudor Houses, c1864-1930. Scene with pigeons in the street and a figure digging

Priory of Holy Trinity, Dukes Place, City of London, 1825
Bread Street Hill and St Nicholas Olave Churchyard, City of London, c1850. Ruins of part of Priory of Holy Trinity, called Christ-church. View of remains with a figure digging at the top

View of Tower Postern and London Wall with men digging, City of London, 1851. Artist
View of Tower Postern and London Wall with men digging, City of London, 1851

View of the foundations being dug for the first arch of London Bridge, 1825

Roman pavement disovered in Cannon Street, City of London, 1852. From the Illustrated London News

Fleet Street, London, 1845. Artist: Frederick Napoleon Shepherd
View of Fleet Street, London, 1845; showing the new common sewer under construction

Spring, 1570
Spring, engraved by Visscher, 1570 (engraving)

View of the first discovery of the Temple of Isis at Pompeii, 1776
View of the first discovery of the Temple of Isis at Pompeii, Plate XXXXI, from Campi Phlegraei: Observations on the Volcanoes of the Two Sicilies, by Sir William Hamilton (1730-1803)

Digging mass graves behind the German lines, World War I, c1914-c1918

The poor of Berlin rummaging in refuse heaps, Germany, c1914-c1918. About 750, 000 German civilians died from starvation as a result of the British naval blockade of Germany during World War I

The Labour Service at work, Germany, 1936. Men working at a stream in a muddy field. From Germany: The Olympic Year, published by Volk und Reich Verlag. (Berlin, 1936)

New road under construction, Germany, 1936. Labourers shovel dirt into carts pulled by horses. From Germany: The Olympic Year, published by Volk und Reich Verlag. (Berlin, 1936)

Civil engineers in a trench with a pneumatic drill, Oldcoats, Nottinghamshire, 1961. Civil Engineers working for Lileworth Contractors Ltd in a limestone trench

Civil engineers at Silverwood Colliery, South Yorkshire, 1954. Artist: Michael Walters
Civil engineers at Silverwood Colliery, South Yorkshire, 1954. Civil engineers excavating a pit during the refurbishment of Silverwood Colliery in December of 1954

Gold-Digging in Australia, 19th century. From The Colonial Portfolio. [The Werner Company, London]

British Soldiers Cutting a Dam Constructed by Arabi at Mahuta, c1882. Episode of the Anglo-Egyptian War (1882). From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. IV, by James Grant

Mafeking: Natives Digging a Trench, 1902. Artist: WH Weekes
Mafeking: Natives Digging a Trench, 1902. The Second Boer War (1899-1902), South Africa. From Battles of the Nineteenth Century, Vol. III

Antigone and the Body of Polynices, 1880. Artist: Lachmann
Antigone and the Body of Polynices, 1880. Antigone is a tragedy by Sophocles written in or before 441 BC. Polynices, the son of Oedipus and Jocasta killed by his brother

Flints Pointer, c1910, (1934). Artist: Monro Scott Orr
Flints Pointer, c1910, (1934). Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), first published in 1883. An illustrated scene of Captain Flint. From The Bookman - Special Christmas Number 1934

Men Digging, Carrying Earth, Etc. c1480 (1945). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Men Digging, Carrying Earth, Etc. c1480 (1945). From The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci. [Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, 1945]

Men Ploughing and Digging, c1480 (1945). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Men Ploughing and Digging, c1480 (1945). From The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci. [Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, 1945]

Doctor Syntax Meditating on the Tombstones, 1820. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
Doctor Syntax Meditating on the Tombstones, 1820. From The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax, In Search of Consolation, by William Combe. [Ackermann, London, 1820]

Dr. Syntax at the Funeral of His Wife, 1820. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
Dr. Syntax at the Funeral of His Wife, 1820. From The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax, In Search of Consolation, by William Combe. [Ackermann, London, 1820]

Our Devoted Men Worked on with a Will, 1902. Artist: AP
Our Devoted Men Worked on with a Will, 1902. The Siege of Delhi was one of the decisive conflicts of the Indian rebellion of 1857. From Battles of the Nineteenth Century, Vol. I

Digging clams at low-tide in Tokyo Bay, c1900, (1921). Artist: Julian Leonard Street
Digging clams at low-tide in Tokyo Bay, c1900, (1921). From Mysterious Japan, by Julian Street. [Doubleday, Page & Company, New York & Toronto, 1921]

Clive in the Trenches at Arcot, 1751 (c1912). The Siege of Arcot (23 September-14 November 1751) took place at Arcot, India between forces of the British East India Company

All Day Long The Sound of the Pick and the Rumble of the Cradle Were Heard, c1908, (c1920). An illustration of men mining for gold. From Our Empire Story, by H. E. Marshall

The First Preaching of Christianity in Britain, c1900. Artist: John Easton
The First Preaching of Christianity in Britain, c1900. After Charles West Cope (1811-1890). [Blackie & Son, London, Glasgow & Edinburgh]

The Man with the Muckrake, c1916. Artist: William Strang
The Man with the Muckrake, c1916. An illustration from John Bunyans The Pilgrims Progress. An English nonconformist preacher and writer

Sunlight, 19th century. Artists: James Clark, Ralph Nevill
Sunlight, 19th century. From The Studio Volume 14 by Ralph Nevill. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1898]

Master Henry Hoare (1784-1836), as a Boy, Gardening, 1883 (1906). Artist: Charles Wilkinson
Master Henry Hoare (1784-1836), as a Boy, Gardening, 1883. A stippled engraving by Charles Wilkin (1750-1814) after an original painting by Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792). From The Connoisseur, VOL

The Old Church of St. James, 1878
The Old Church of St.James. Clerkenwell. Engraving from Old and new London Volume 2 by Walter Thornbury.Published by Cassell, Petter and Galpin, 1878

Sappers and miners at work, Ypres salient, Belgium, World War I, c1915-c1917. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Sappers and miners at work, Ypres salient, Belgium, World War I, c1915-c1917. Digging a tunnel under Hill 60. Hill 60 was a strategically important high point on the southern edge of the Ypres

Preparing irrigation channels at a sugar plantation, Java, Dutch East Indies, 1927. Stereoscope Camerascope card detail, from a series titled Peeps into many Lands. Issued with Army Club Cigarettes

Mining at Messines Ridge, Belgium, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Mining at Messines Ridge, Belgium, World War I, 1914-1918. The Battle of Messines was launched on June 7, 1917 by British General Herbert Plumers Second Army

Captured trenches strengthened to withstand counter-attack, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail

Soldiers digging trenches, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Soldiers digging trenches, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail

The defence of Breeds Hill, Prescott in the redoubt, 1775 (c1880). Colonel William Prescott watching the construction of the rebel fortifications at Breeds Hill before the Battle of Bunker Hill

Road menders, London, 1926-1927. From Wonderful London, volume II, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927)

Diggers, c1835-1875 (1924). Artist: Jean Francois Millet
Diggers, c1835-1875 (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

Mitford Church, Northumberland, 1814. Artist: John Greig
Mitford Church, Northumberland, 1814. From The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland, Vol. II, by Walter Scott, Esq. [Longman & Co. London, 1814]

Villa in Regents Park, London, 1827. Artist: W Wallis
Villa in Regents Park, London, 1827. The villa was the residence of GB Greenhough, to whom the print is dedicated

D Company, 1 / 5 RWR work party, near Baghdad, 1918
D Company, 1/5 RWR work party, near Baghdad, 1918. Mesopotamia, formerly part of the Turkish Ottoman empire, was under British military control from October 1918

French miners working a long tom sluice, California, 19th century. Artist: Gustave Adolphe Chassevent-Bacques
French miners working a long tom sluice, California, 19th century. A print from le Tour du Monde

Excavating and washing of sands at the bottom of a river, California, 19th century. A print from le Tour du Monde

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