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Men and women are gathered outside a prison in Cairo as prisoners look out from behind the bars, and a child stands on ledge to look through the window. Wood engraving after J.C. Horsley, 1876.

Civil engineering: a Royal visit to the Suez canal, arrival (top), and the meeting of the waters (below). Wood engraving, c.1865.

Civil engineering: work on the Suez canal. Wood engraving by M. Jackson, c.1864.

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Civil engineering: a Royal visit to the Suez canal, arrival (top), and the meeting of the waters (below). Wood engraving, c.1865.

Men and women are gathered outside a prison in Cairo as prisoners look out from behind the bars, and a child stands on ledge to look through the window. Wood engraving after J.C. Horsley, 1876.

Civil engineering: work on the Suez canal. Wood engraving by M. Jackson, c.1864.