Sketch of Tower Bridge Hoists showing arrangement of locking gear by which the outer gate must be locked before door of cradle can be closed 1891
Three pages of original sketches by Jakub Dvosky. Three pages of original sketches by Jakub Dvosky 2005
Pencil sketch. London Midland & Scottish locomotive. c.1935. Artist's sketch for LMS Co-Co Diesel 10000 (side view) pencil sketch 1935
Pencil sketch of an unidentified steam locomotive, artist unknown. Pencil sketch of an unidentified steam locomotive
Pencil sketch. Artist's sketch for London Midland & Scottish Bo-Bo diesel locomotive 800. (side view) c.1935. pencil sketch LMS loco. 800 1935
Details of trigger motion. Nov 1 1922. Pencil layout drawing of textile machinery from the Worcester Loom Works, Worcester, Massachusetts. No. 840. Details of trigger motion line drawing 1st November 1922
Details of R. H. Loomside. 1/16/23. Pencil layout drawing of textile machinery from the Worcester Loom Works, Worcester, Massachusetts. No. 856. Details of R. H. Loomside pencil layout drawing 16th January 1923
Details of cams. 1/22/23. Pencil layout drawing of textile machinery from the Worcester Loom Works, Worcester, Massachusetts. No. 860. Details of cams pencil layout drawing 22nd January 1923
Details of brackets on Morton’s sheet chenille. March 20, 1922. Pencil layout drawing of textile machinery from the Worcester Loom Works, Worcester, Massachusetts. No. 786. Details of brackets on Morton’s sheet chenille line drawing 20th March 1922
Morton’s sheet chenille, second method. July 1921. Pencil layout drawing of textile machinery from the Worcester Loom Works, Worcester, Massachusetts. No. 732. Norton’s sheet chenille, second method pencil drawing July 1921
Details of gripper slide. Morton’s sheet chenille. 3/8/22. Pencil layout drawing of textile machinery from the Worcester Loom Works, Worcester, Massachusetts. No. 784. Details of gripper slide pencil drawing 3rd August 1922
Details of Morton’s sheet chenille. Nov 25, 1922. Pencil layout drawing of textile machinery from the Worcester Loom Works, Worcester, Massachusetts. No. 845. Details of Morton’s sheet chenille line drawing 25th November 1922
Details of knife notion, Morton’s sheet chenille. 7/15/22. Pencil layout drawing of textile machinery from the Worcester Loom Works, Worcester, Massachusetts. No. 808. Details of knife notion line drawing 15th July 1922
Details of knife notion, Morton’s sheet chenille. 7/18/22. Pencil layout drawing of textile machinery from the Worcester Loom Works, Worcester, Massachusetts. No. 810. Details of knife notion line drawing 18th July 1922
Take up gear – gripper rack driving. December 27, 1922. Pencil layout drawing of textile machinery from the Worcester Loom Works, Worcester, Massachusetts. No. 852. Take up gear – gripper rack driving line drawing 27th December 1922
Details of gripper cam for 6” wide sheet chenille. October 26, 1922. Pencil layout drawing of textile machinery from the Worcester Loom Works, Worcester, Massachusetts. No. 839. Details of gripper cam for 6” wide sheet chenille line drawing 26th October 1922
Details of L. H. Loomside. Jan 12, 1923. Pencil layout drawing of textile machinery from the Worcester Loom Works, Worcester, Massachusetts. No. 854. Details of L. H. Loomside pencil layout drawing 12th January 1922
Details of Morton’s sheet chenille. March 22, 1922. Pencil layout drawing of textile machinery from the Worcester Loom Works, Worcester, Massachusetts. No. 787. Details of Morton’s sheet chenille line drawing 22nd March 1922
Book of preliminary sketches and inspirational images, by Shaun Tan, 1998, for 'TheLost Thing', 2000. Book of Preliminary Sketches for 'The Lost Thing' 1998
Hand drawn sketch of an artificial or mechanical tree for direct air capture of carbon dioxide, by Professor Klaus Lackner, Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy, Columbia University, New York, 2010 Sketch of an Air Capture Unit 2010
Board with eight mounted sketches, including three titled ‘Afterglow at No. 2’, dated January 11th, four titled ‘Afterglow; star showing through’, dated January 12th, and one titled ‘Afterglow’, dated January 23rd, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1884 Eight sky sketches by William Ascroft 1884
Board with ten mounted sketches, including four titled ‘Afterglow; greenish clouds; rose flush’, dated January 24th, and six titled ‘Opalescent at sunset; afterglow at No. 4; rose flush; greenish moon’, dated February 1st, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1884 Ten sky sketches by William Ascroft 1884
Charcoal sketch. Sir Neil Cossons OBE, 1997, by Keith Holmes, artist in residence at the Science Museum. This preliminary sketch is a study of the Director’s hands, two of which can be seen in the final oil painting of the Director seated in his office. Sketch of Sir Neil Cossons OBE 1997
Board with three mounted sketches, titled ‘Afterglow; salmon tint, No. 1, 6.50; No. 2, 7.10; No. 3, 7.20’, dated September 5th, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1885 Three sky sketches by William Ascroft 1885
Board with four mounted sketches, including three titled ‘Sunset and amber afterglow with rays, No. 2, 7.40; No. 3, 7.45’, dated September 11th, and one titled ‘Afterglow, 7.40; 9.30 to 9.45’, dated September 13th, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1886 Four sky sketches by William Ascroft 1886
Board with ten mounted sketches, titled ‘Eclipse of the moon; absence of ‘coppery’ tint in shadow; disc invisible at totality. The distance of the halo, Nos. 7 and 8 is very peculiar’, dated October 4th, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1884 Ten sky sketches by William Ascroft 1884
Board with eight mounted sketches, including seven titled ‘Sunset; afterglow; flush of salmon tint, No. 3, 7.40; No. 4, 7.50; No. 5, 8 o’clock; No. 6, 8.5; No. 7, 8.15; rich glow at horizon’, dated August 15th, and one untitled, dated August 16th, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1884 Eight sky sketches by William Ascroft 1884
Board with eight mounted sketches, titled ‘Sunset and afterglow; salmon tint, No. 4, 8.50; No. 5, 9 o’clock; No. 6, 9.10; No.7, 9.15; No. 8, 9.20’, dated June 27th, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1885 Eight sky sketches by William Ascroft 1885
Board with four mounted sketches, titled ‘Sunset and afterglow, No. 2, 8.15; No. 3, 8.30; No. 4, 9 o’clock’, dated July 12th, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1886 Four sky sketches by William Ascroft 1886
Board with nine mounted sketches, including three titled ‘Sunset with bright light above; afterglow with rays, No. 2, 7.50 to 8 o’clock; No 3, 8.5’ dated August 5th, and six titled ‘Sunset; “ring” strongly defined; afterglow, No. 5, 7.40; No. 6, 7.40 to 7.55’, dated August 14th, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1884 Nine sky sketches by William Ascroft 1884
Board with ten mounted sketches, including four titled ‘Afterglow, No. 1, 8.30 to 8.45; No. 2, 8.45 to 9 o’clock’, dated July 12th, and six titled ‘Sunset; very little light on clouds; rich glow; afterglow, No. 3. Gradual return of rich colour on clouds at sunset’, dated July 14th, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1884 Ten sky sketches by William Ascroft 1884
Board with three mounted sketches, including two titled ‘Sunset and amber afterglow, No. 3, 6.30; No. 4, 6.40; No. 5, 6.45’, dated September 11th, and one titled ‘Afterglow with rose flush’, dated September 11th, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1885. The two mounted sketches titled ‘Sunset and amber afterglow, No. 3, 6.30; No. 4, 6.40; No. 5, 6.45’ were originally recorded as part of a set of five numbered ‘55’ in the 1888 ‘Catalogue of Sky Sketches’ published for the exhibition at the South Kensington Museum [see attached media for 1888-156: DOC_1888-0156_1888 SKY SKETCHES EXHIBITION CATALOGUE], the other three are now part of 1888-156/55. The mounted sketch titled ‘Afterglow with rose flush’ was originally numbered as ‘56’ in the same catalogue. Three sky sketches by William Ascroft 1885
Board with ten mounted sketches, including four titled ‘Sunset and afterglow, No. 4, 8 o’clock’, dated May 9th, and six titled ‘Sunset and amber afterglow, No. 4, 8.20, dated May 23rd, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1885 Ten sky sketches by William Ascroft 1885
Board with nine mounted sketches, including four titled ‘Sunset; sustained light; No. 3, 9 o’clock; No. 4, at midnight’, dated July 8th, and 5 titled ‘Sunset, rays after, No. 1, 8.20; No. 4, 9 o’clock; No. 5, 9.45’ light unusually prolonged’, dated July 11th, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1885 Nine sky sketches by William Ascroft 1885
Board with three mounted sketches, titled ‘Sunset and afterglow, No. 1, 6.35; No. 2, 6.45, No. 3, 6.50’, dated September 15th, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1885 Three sky sketches by William Ascroft 1885
Board with three mounted sketches, including two titled ‘Sunset with strong concentrated light, No. 2, 5.30’, dated October 16th, and one titled ‘Afterglow’, dated November, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1885 Three sky sketches by William Ascroft 1885
Board with nine mounted sketches, including four titled ‘Afterglow, salmon tint, flush, No. 1, 8.30; No. 2, 8.45; No. 3, 9.10; No. 4, 9.40’, dated July 15th (?), and five titled ‘Sunset and afterglow, No. 2, 7 o’clock; No. 3, 7.15; No. 4, 7.30; No. 5, 7.45’, dated August, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1885 Nine sky sketches by William Ascroft 1885
Board with three mounted sketches, titled ‘Sunset and afterglow with rays, No. 2, 5.20; No. 3, 5.30; No. 4, 5.45; No. 5, 6 o’clock; No. 6, 6.15’, dated October 8th, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1885. These three mounted sketches are paired with the three mounted sketches on 1888-156/59. Three sky sketches by William Ascroft 1885
Board with eight mounted sketches, including one titled ‘Afterglow, 5.40’, dated February 13th, five titled ‘Opalescent sunset and afterglow, No. 4, 5.40; No.5, 5.45’, dated February 18th, and two titled ‘After sunset and afterglow, No. 2, 5.40’, dated February 21st, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1885 Eight sky sketches by William Ascroft 1885
Board with ten mounted sketches, including two titled ‘Afterglow, No. 1, 4.10 to 15; No. 2, 4.25’, dated December 15th 1884, four titled ‘Opalescent sunset, No. 3, 4.15; No. 4, 4.20; faint “ring” at sunset’, dated December 17th 1884, and four titled ‘Sunset and afterglow, No. 3, 4.20; No. 4, 4.30’, dated January 6th 1885, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1884-1885 Ten sky sketches by William Ascroft 1884-1885
Board with nine mounted sketches, including two titled ‘Sunset; pink haze’, dated June 13th, and seven titled ‘Sunset and afterglow at No. 4; exceptional; suffusion of rich colour on sun emerging from cloud’, dated June 16th, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1884 Nine sky sketches by William Ascroft 1884
Board with three mounted sketches, titled ‘Sunset and amber afterglow, No. 3, 6.30; No. 4, 6.40; No. 5, 6.45’, dated September 11th, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1885. These three mounted sketches were recorded as part of a set of five in the 1888 ‘Catalogue of Sky Sketches’ published for the exhibition at the South Kensington Museum [see attached media for 1888-156: DOC_1888-0156_1888 SKY SKETCHES EXHIBITION CATALOGUE], the other two are now part of 1888-156/56. Three sky sketches by William Ascroft 1885
Board with eight mounted sketches, including four titled ‘Sunset opalescent’, dated October 17th, and four titled ‘Sunset; light very bright with “ring”; afterglow with rays, No. 1, 4.45; No. 2, 5 o’clock; No. 3, 5.15; No. 4, 5.35’, dated October 26th, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1885 Eight sky sketches by William Ascroft 1885
Board with ten mounted sketches, including six titled ‘Sunset and afterglow, No. 5, 8.45; No. 6, 9.5 to 15, dated May 27th, and four titled ‘Sunset and amber afterglow, No. 4, 8.20; No. 5, 8.25; No. 6, 9 o’ clock’, dated June 3rd, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1885 Ten sky sketches by William Ascroft 1885
Board with eight mounted sketches, titled ‘Sunset and crimson afterglow, No. 3, 4.45; No. 4, 4.15, No.5, 4.25; No. 6, 4.30; No. 7, 4.40; No. 8, 4.45’, dated December 9th, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1885 Eight sky sketches by William Ascroft 1885