Search our collection

Clear all filters
Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Working blackboard of Stephen Hawking's office

1999-2002

Fragment of chalk panel

200-200

Drawing of dusky purple horizon, with copper coloured cumuli on green sky

1883

Chromatics of the Sky

1883

Chromatics of the Sky

1883

Chromatics of the Sky

1883

Chromatics of the Sky

1883

Chromatics of the Sky

1883

Charles Babbage

1845

Blackboard covered with Graffiti

1980

Chalk

Long brass conducting rod(?) with chalk rod inside

1880-1890

Chromatics of the Sky

1883

Chromatics of the Sky

1883

Chromatics of the Sky

1883

Chromatics of the Sky

1883

Chromatics of the Sky

1883

Chromatics of the Sky

1883

Chromatics of the Sky

1883

Chromatics of the Sky

1883

Chromatics of the Sky

1883

Chromatics of the Sky

1883

Chromatics of the Sky

1883

Chromatics of the Sky

1883

Statue of male figure

400 BCE-300 CE

Kodak Bromide Retouching Outfit

Plaster statue of Virgin Mary as Our Lady of Lourdes in a flowing white robe, with a blue sash around her waist, unknown maker, French, 1920-1960

Plaster statue of Virgin Mary as Our Lady of Lourdes in a flowing white robe

1920-1960
Square glass bottle with cut-glass stopper approximately half full of 'Diarrhoea Powder' (opium and chalk). 57 mm x 37 mm x 37 mm, 99g. Dispensed by J. Martin, Bristol, English, nineteenth century.

Bottle of Diarrhoea Powder

1801-1900
Drawing, charcoal and red and white chalk, A smith and his mate working a 30 cwt compressed air hammer in the Smithy at Crewe railway works, by Robin Comyns Carr, about 1943. Depicts the smith and his colleague holding a component in position beneath the hammer. A third member of the team, the hammer driver, stands next to them, partially hidden by the frame of the machine.

Drawing, charcoal and red and white chalk

circa 1943
Drawing, black and white chalk on paper. Panorama with train passing over a railway viaduct by George James Rowe. Signed with initials 'GJR' lower left. Framed and glazed.

Panorama with train going over a railway viaduct

circa 1850s
Drawing, charcoal and white chalk, welding cracked locomotive frames in the erecting shop at Crewe railway works, by Robin Comyns Carr, about 1943. Depicts a welder, seated on a stool, as he refaces the cheeks of a horn block with welding metal. He holds a welder's protective mask in front of his face.

Drawing, welding cracked locomotive frames in the erecting shop at Crewe railway works,

circa 1943
Four models illustrating the geometrical construction of the Honey Bee's cell; one of these is of glass and three are of chalk; descriptive paper (Proc. Royal Society, 1886)

Four models illustrating the geometrical construction of the Honey Bee's cell

1886
Drawing, black and white chalk on paper. Train passing over a viaduct near Chester by George James Rowe. Inscribed 'Nr Chester July 20' lower right. 203 x 304mm

Train passing over a viaduct near Chester

circa 1850s
Kodak brownie retouching outfit for working in, retouching and finishin bromied or velox prints and enlargements & c. One each: hard black chalk crayon. Soft black chalk crayon. Sepia crayon. White chalk crayon. In original box. Kodak Limited.

kodak brownie retouching outfit

1920
Clear glass shop round half-full of Aromatic Chalk Powder (P: CRET: AROM), contains opium. 190 x 75 mm diameter. Unknown maker, English, late 19th century.

Shop round of Aromatic Chalk Powder

1850-1900
Clear glass shop round with glass lid full of light yellow Aromatic Chalk Powder (contains opium). 192 mm x 75 mm diameter. Unknown maker, English, late 19th century.

Shop round of Aromatic Chalk Powder

1850-1900
Clear glass shop round with glass topper approximately two-thirds full of compound chalk powder. 185 mm x 75mm diameter. Unknown maker, English, late nineteeth century.

Shop round of compound chalk powder

1850-1900
Drawing, charcoal and white chalk, Machining axle boxes using a vertical slotter in the Machine Shop at Crewe railway works, by Robin Comyns Carr, about 1943. Depicts a machinist leaning on the slotter as he makes cuts in a steam locomotive axle box.

Drawing, Machining axle boxes using a vertical slotter in the Machine Shop at Crewe railway works

circa 1943
HS 748 wind tunnel development scale model parts, including fairings, spinners, tip & belly pods.

Aircraft wind tunnel model