Trades and Professions

Victorian illustration to download showing a large type revolving machine printing a newspaper. A central cylinder is connected to rollers, attended by print workers, from which the printed sheets emerge.

Victorian illustration to download showing Members of Parliament filing through Westminster Hall to enter the House of Commons.

Victorian illustration to download showing soldiers raising a 25-ton gun into position on top of a gun battery using sheers (bipod lifting mechanism) and two capstans.

Victorian illustration to download showing soldiers taking part in a military exercise. In a mock siege, they cross the ditch of a fort using ladders.

Victorian illustration to download showing stonemasons at work during the re-building of the Houses of Parliament, 1848. They carve roof bosses for the Central Lobby of the House of Commons.

Victorian illustration to download showing a young boy making a shadow picture on a wall to entertain a younger boy.

Victorian illustration to download showing Victoria Railway Bridge, London, being built in 1860. Labourers work on the masonry piers and the iron superstructure, which is supported by timber scaffolding.

Victorian illustration to download showing the Filey lifeboat in rough seas and under a stormy sky going to the rescue of a ship in trouble.

Victorian illustration to download showing a large crowd watching a zoo keeper feeding a lion – all that can be seen of the animal is its huge paws reaching out…