Collecting water from the Nile Size:XL: 90 x 90cm Two views of 17th century

Two views of 17th century houses in Little Bell Alley

A group of suffragettes holding placards publicising a public meeting to be held on Ealing Common on 1 June

in a grey uniform

'Knives or Cisers to Grind'

He was a popular king

Collecting water from the Nile Size:XL: 90 x 90cm Two views of 17th centuryCollecting water from the Nile, Egypt, c1798. Shadufs being used to raise water from the River Nile. A shaduf is an irrigation tool, originally developed in Ancient Egypt. Plate 6 from Vol II, Arts and Trades of 'Descriptions of Egypt', a book published under the orders of Napoleon in 1822, documenting his military and scientific expedition to Egypt in 1798.