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A quarry from which stones were cut to make the pavements of Naples, showing strata of lava from Mount Vesuvius. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1776]Reference: 43628i
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A stone quarry: masons are working the stone, and a team of horses is pulling a cart carrying a massive stone. Lithograph by C. Motte after V. Adam.
Adam, Victor, 1801-1866.Date: [1828]Reference: 36991i
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A stone-quarry: quarry workers levering slabs of stone, and a horse-drawn cart loaded with stones. Lithograph by F.J. Manskirch, ca. 1805.
Manskirch, Franz Joseph, 1768-1840.Date: [1805?]Reference: 573328iPart of: Specimens of polyautography.
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Penrhyn slate quarries, near Bangor, Wales. Lithograph.
Reference: 43951i- Books
The North Wales quarry hospitals : and the health and welfare of the quarrymen / Edward Davies.
Davies, Edward, 1926-Date: 2003