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Charcoal, showing its reducing action on chloride of gold

Charcoal, showing its reducing action on chloride of gold

Metal brazier

'Monitor' painting by Susie Hamilton

2020

'Trolley 15' painting by Susie Hamilton

2020

'Neon 3a' painting by Susie Hamilton

2020

Peterborough - Cardinal Wolsey's Easter Visit, 1530

1929

Felix Pole

1937

Glass Making, Whitefriars Foundry

1959

The Glass Blower

1959

Dewar Vacuum Vessel with Charcoal, 1906-1914

1906-1914

Ereiniog prepared peat

before 1875

'Mask 30' drawing by Susie Hamilton

2020

'Yellow Procession' painting by Susie Hamilton

2020

'Yellow Doctors 4' painting by Susie Hamilton

2020

Glass Making, Whitefriars Foundry

1959

Glass Making, Whitefriars Foundry

1959

The Glass Blower

1959

Drawing. Horizontal gas retorts / RT Roussel

circa 1930

Replica of a Dewar Metal Vacuum Vessel, 1931

1931

Calorimeter vacuum vessel, 1877-1900

1877-1900

The Vickers Vimy

1990

Example to illustrate use of charcoal to produce high vacuum

1917-1927
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
Sketch of amputee on crutches with with 'modesty' toga by Paul Drury. Graphite and chalk sketch of patient with left leg above knee amputation. He is stood, with his right arm using a surface, and his left arm holding a stick to support his weight. He is facing directly towards the viewer. His modesty toga is draped from his right shoulder, obscuring his right leg. Details in lighting have been picked out and highlighted by the use of chalk.

Amputee on crutches with with 'modesty' toga.

1930-1950
Charcoal, pink, approximately 5-10g, from portable chemical cabinet in pine chest

Pink charcoal, from portable chemical cabinet in pine chest

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
Drawing. [Cleaning Gas Retorts, St Pancras] / Cliff Rowe, 1951. Charcoal on cream; 76x56cm. Signed in charcoal, brc: Rowe/51. Depicts two operatives, in protective clothing, handling pipes to clean a gas retort furnace, the top of a five-layer stack

Cleaning Gas Retorts, St Pancras

1951
Drawing. Glass Making, Whitefriars Foundry, London / Cliff Rowe, [1959]. Charcoal on cream paper; 56x76cm. Unsigned. Study of glass fabrication, viewed from behind, showing positioning of rod and pinching to shape; study for 1985-1355/13 and /14

Glass Making, Whitefriars Foundry

1959
Portrait: Ludwig Mond (1839-1909). Drawing in charcoal by Emil Fuchs, signed and dated 1902. Study of head. Drawing, charcoal, on cream laid 55.5x48cm. Signed and dated, b.r. Portrait, HS

Ludwig Mond

1902