Pickaxe Collection

The works of the Metropolitan extension railway in Smithfield, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
The works of the Metropolitan extension railway in Smithfield, [London], 1864. View from the bottom of Cow-cross and St. John-street towards the south-west

Progress of the Waterworks at Menilmontant for the supply of Paris, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Progress of the Waterworks at Menilmontant for the supply of Paris, 1864. The problems of pollution of the River Seine, and of '...water not being obtainable in the upper stories of Parisian

The Great Fire at Limoges, France: firemen and soldiers clearing out a portion of the ruins…, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Scene of the Great Fire at Limoges, France - from a sketch by our special artist: firemen and soldiers of the garrison clearing out a portion of the ruins, 1864

The Chaudière Gold-Fields, Canada: the diggings on a tributary of the Chaudière, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
The Chaudiere Gold-Fields, Canada: the diggings on a tributary of the Chaudiere, 1864. 'Forty-eight years ago a woman, engaged in washing, found a large nugget of gold

Celebration at Jersey of the Opening of the Channel Islands Telegraph, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Celebration at Jersey of the Opening of the Channel Islands Telegraph, 1858. View of...the scene of popular excitement on the occasion in the streets of St. Helier

The Revolution in Sicily - the Sicilians demolishing the Fort of Castellamare at Palermo... 1860. Creator: Unknown
The Revolution in Sicily - the Sicilians demolishing the Fort of Castellamare at Palermo - from a sketch by T. Nast, 1860

French Attack North of Hurtebise; Southern entrance to the Dragon cave, ... 1917. Creator: Unknown
French Attack North of Hurtebise; Southern entrance to the Dragon Cave, a real place d'armes (300 masters out of 100)

The Revolution in Sicily - the Sicilians demolishing the Fort of Castellamare at Palermo... 1860. Creator: Unknown
The Revolution in Sicily - the Sicilians demolishing the Fort of Castellamare at Palermo - from a sketch by T. Nast, 1860

"What's O'Clock? What's O'Clock?" - drawn by Godwin, 1860. Creator: W Thomas
"What's O'Clock? What's O'Clock?" - drawn by Godwin, 1860. In this little Sketch, so unpretending in character, yet so charming for its very simplicity, Mr

Church of St. Vladimir, in a Russian cemetery, French extreme left, 1856. Creator: Edward Alfred Goodall
Church of St. Vladimir, in a Russian cemetery, French extreme left, 1856. Scene from the Crimean War - French soldiers in a graffiti-ed church

L'horticulture : Esquisse pour l'école de la rue Château-Landon, 10ème arrondissement... c.1881
L'horticulture : Esquisse pour l'ecole de la rue Chateau-Landon, 10eme arrondissement de Paris, c.1881. Horticulture

America First poster, between 1911 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. America First poster, between 1911 and 1920
America First poster, between 1911 and 1920. Uncle Sam shaking a European immigrant by the hand, with text in multiple languages including Italian, Polish, Hebrew, Czech

Posters. New York, 1890s-1907. c1901. Creator: Edward Penfield
Posters. New York, 1890s-1907. c1901. [Publisher: Harper Publications; Place: New York]

Armored car, between 1916 and 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Armored car, between 1916 and 1918
Armored car, between 1916 and 1918. USA

'Choses vues a la guerre; territoriaux revenant de corvee sous la pluie. 1915. Creator: Georges Leroux
Choses vues a la guerre; territoriaux revenant de corvee sous la pluie, 1915. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII

'The Graphic, Front Cover Saturday, December 19, 1891, 1891. Creator: Unknown
'The Graphic, Front Cover Saturday, December 19, 1891, 1891. The Fighting near Gilgit on the Northwestern Frontier of India. From "The Graphic

The Siege of Sebastopol - Working Party of Highlanders and Sailors in the 21-Gun Battery, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The Siege of Sebastopol - Working Party of Highlanders and Sailors in the 21-Gun Battery, 1854. Crimean War....the French...opened heavily on the Quarantine Battery

Sappers repairing the road between Schumla and Varna, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Sappers repairing the road between Schumla and Varna, 1854. British soldiers during the Crimean War. The fortified town of Schumla, now Shumen in Bulgaria, was strategically important

Mallet, Pick and Shovel, 1808/47. Creator: Joshua Cristall
Mallet, Pick and Shovel, 1808/47

Wicker Basket, Mallet, Shovel, Pick, 1808/47. Creator: Joshua Cristall
Wicker Basket, Mallet, Shovel, Pick, 1808/47

Members of the South Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps at work by torchlight in the gardens... 1862. Creator: Unknown
Members of the South Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps at work by torchlight in the gardens of Burlington House, Piccadilly, clearing the ground for a drill-shed, 1862

Farhad Carves a Milk Channel for Shirin, Folio 74 from a Khamsa (Quintet)... A.H. 931 / A
Farhad Carves a Milk Channel for Shirin, Folio 74 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami, A.H. 931/A.D. 1524-25

Miners at work on the Mesabi Range in northeast Minnesota, 1903. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Miners at work on the Mesabi Range in northeast Minnesota, 1903

Construction workman wrecking a church on Independence Avenue, Washington, D. C, 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington, D.C. Construction workman wrecking a church on Independence Avenue

The Youngest Daughter, January 1894. Creator: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen
The Youngest Daughter, January 1894

Lent, February 1894. Creator: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen
Lent, February 1894

Retour en arriere, June 1894. Creator: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen
Retour en arriere, June 1894

Libertys Last Refuge, July 1894. Creator: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen
Libertys Last Refuge, July 1894

Outrage in the Pas-de-Calais, December 1893. Creator: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen
Outrage in the Pas-de-Calais, December 1893

Firemans Pick Ax, Japan, Edo period (1615-1868), 1600 / 1868. Creator: Unknown
Firemans Pick Ax, Japan, Edo period (1615-1868), 1600/1868

The martyrdom of Saint Vitalis of Milan, who is being buried alive, 1776

Tools, 1935 / 1942. Creator: Rose Campbell-Gerke
Tools, 1935/1942

At the Foot of the Cross (Au pied de la croix). Creator: Alphonse Legros
At the Foot of the Cross (Au pied de la croix)

Miners in the Sierras, 1851-1852. Creators: Charles Christian Nahl, August Wenderoth
Miners in the Sierras, 1851-1852

Alpine Climbers, 1869. Creator: Elijah Walton
Alpine Climbers, 1869

Sign for a paviour, ca. 1725. Creator: William Hogarth
Sign for a paviour, ca. 1725

The Earl of Bandon cutting the first turf for the Cork and Bandon Railway, 1845. James Bernard, 2nd Earl of Bandon, takes part in a ceremony marking the start of railway construction in Ireland

Pitman, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Pitman, 1844. The miners, or pitmen, as they are more generally termed in their local districts, are a peculiar race of men; their isolated position, their subterranean labours

January from Album of Rustic Subjects, 1859. Creator: Jacques-Adrien Lavieille
January from Album of Rustic Subjects, 1859

Ecuador, 2 Reals, from the series Coins of All Nations (N72, variation 1) for Duke brand cigarettes, 1889

Pompa Introitus... Ferdinand, Austriaci. Antwerp, 1635. 1635. Creators: Theodoor van Thulden, Gaspar Gevaerts
Pompa Introitus...Ferdinand, Austriaci. Antwerp, 1635. [Arcus Monetalis, Pars Posterior, (The Arch of the Mint: The Rear Face)]

Roadworkers at Lunch, ca. 1850-52. Creator: Jean Francois Millet
Roadworkers at Lunch, ca. 1850-52

The Pike is a voracious fish and bites readily in the Winter months-Old Gentleman is VERY fond of fishing, 1830-64

British soldiers in a German trench, Western Front, First World War, c1915, (c1920). Consolidating a captured German Trench after the Great Attack

The Battle of Michmash, 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Battle of Michmash, 1890. The Battle of Michmash, c1025 BC, fought between Israelites under Jonathan, son of King Saul, armed with pickaxes and outnumbered by the Philistines. (Samuel: 13)

Shermans March to the Sea, (1878). Creator: Albert Bobbett
Shermans March to the Sea, (1878). Unionist Major General William Tecumseh Shermans men sabotaging a railrway during a military campaign of the American Civil War

Perilous Brigsdal Glacier, one of the grandest in all Norway, c1905. Creator: Unknown
Perilous Brigsdal Glacier, one of the grandest in all Norway, c1905. From " The Underwood Travel Library - Norway". [Underwood & Underwood, London ]

Among mountains and chasms of ice - enormous crevasses of Brigsdal glacier, - Norway, c1905. From " The Underwood Travel Library - Norway". [Underwood & Underwood, London ]

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