Modernisation Collection

Building Diesel Locomotives in Swindon
Engineers nearing completion on the first of 35 2, 700 hp diesel-hydraulic locomotives built at the Swindon Works for the Western Region

Paddington Station No. 2 Booking Hall, 1936
This image was taken in 1936 after extensive modernisation was made to Paddington Station. This image shows holiday posters advertising Wolverhampton

The railway (or gare Saint Lazare), 1873 (oil on canvas)
JLJ4569967 The railway (or gare Saint Lazare), 1873 (oil on canvas) by Manet, Edouard (1832-83); 93x111 cm; (add.info.: The Railway or Gare Saint Lazare)

Un Patron or The lesson of the Apprentice, 1888 (oil on canvas)
3106536 Un Patron or The lesson of the Apprentice, 1888 (oil on canvas) by Buland, Jean Eugene (1851-1927); 102 x 82 cm; National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden; French, out of copyright

Advertisement in the form of a stamp for the International Hygiene Exhibition in Dresden in 1911
IMB4824459 Advertisement in the form of a stamp for the International Hygiene Exhibition in Dresden in 1911: " Internationale Hygiene - Ausstellung Dresden 1911"; (add.info)

Electrical machines by Abbe Jean-Antoine Nollet, Dr. William Watson, Francis Hauksbee and Benjamin Wilson
FLO4592163 Electrical machines by Abbe Jean-Antoine Nollet, Dr. William Watson, Francis Hauksbee and Benjamin Wilson. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey from Abraham

Steam engines: Jonathan Hornblower's compound steam engine, Edmund Cartwright's alcohol engine
FLO4593271 Steam engines: Jonathan Hornblower's compound steam engine, Edmund Cartwright's alcohol engine and Arthur Woolf's high-pressure compound steam engine, 18th and 19th century

Dredging machine used on the River Thames to deepen the channel. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing
FLO4591764 Dredging machine used on the River Thames to deepen the channel. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey Jr

History of the transport: steam stagecoach connecting London to Birmingham
ELD4847170 History of the transport: steam stagecoach connecting London to Birmingham, England Chromolithography of the late 19th century Private collection; (add.info.: History of the transport)

Hydraulics systems including floating action 1,2, hydromancy or water divination 3,4
FLO4591722 Hydraulics systems including floating action 1,2, hydromancy or water divination 3,4, and Archimedes' solution to the problem of Hiero's crown 5

Perspective view of Jesse Ramsden's circular dividing engine, 1773. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry
FLO4592311 Perspective view of Jesse Ramsden's circular dividing engine, 1773. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts

Bartolomeo Ammannati (Ammanati) (1511-1592): Machine projects for moving scenographies during theatrical
GIM5037963 Bartolomeo Ammannati (Ammanati) (1511-1592): Machine projects for moving scenographies during theatrical representations GDSU 7674 A; (add.info)

John Austin's steam-powered engine loom and shuttle, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by W
FLO4593220 John Austin's steam-powered engine loom and shuttle, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by W. Lowry after an Illustration by J

Marine steam engines: steam boat, elevation and plan, Henry Maudslay's side-lever steam engine 1815
FLO4593288 Marine steam engines: steam boat, elevation and plan, Henry Maudslay's side-lever steam engine 1815 and Matthew Murray's Trevithick-pattern steam engine 1811

Railway Encroachment, 1864. Creator: Francis Seymour Haden
Railway Encroachment, 1864

Satta Pass on the Tokaido, 11th month, late 19th century. Creator: Kobayashi Kiyochika
Satta Pass on the Tokaido, 11th month, late 19th century. Series: Sketches of the Famous Sights of Japan

Picture of the Steam Engine Railway in Yatsuyama, Tokyo, 1871. Creator: Utagawa Hiroshige II
Picture of the Steam Engine Railway in Yatsuyama, Tokyo, 1871

City electric works, Vienna, Austria
3781908 City electric works, Vienna, Austria; (add.info.: City electric works, Vienna, Austria ('Stadtische Elektrizitatswerke in Simmering'). 1920s

Electric city railway, Vienna, Austria
3781913 Electric city railway, Vienna, Austria; (add.info.: Electric city railway, Vienna, Austria, 1920s. In the background, the Maria von Siege church. Wien und Niederosterreich); Lebrecht History

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (1881-1938), Turkish statesman. Ataturk was leader of the Turkish nationalist movement from 1909. He was responsible for the modernisation of Turkey as a secular Islamic state

Turkish women - 1920s - Liberation in Dress
A set of cards issued to reflect the fact that soon after Ataturk took over in Turkey in the 1920s, there was liberation by women from the old modes of dress

Dassault Mirage 5COAM FAC3029
Fuerza Aerea Colombiana - Dassault Mirage 5COAM FAC3029 (msn 101), on a pre-delivery test-flight after modernisation / upgrade in the early 1990s

Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury
Robert Runcie (Robert Alexander Kennedy Runcie, Baron Runcie, 1921-2000), Archbishop of Canterbury 1980-1991. Seen here in front of a poster about the modernisation of a building being threatened

Saint Lazare train station, 1877 (oil on canvas)
JLJ4567916 Saint Lazare train station, 1877 (oil on canvas) by Monet, Claude (1840-1926); 75x104 cm; Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France; (add.info.: Saint-Lazare train station)

View of the Saint Lazare train station in Paris and the Normandy train, 1877 (oil on canvas)
JLJ4650660 View of the Saint Lazare train station in Paris and the Normandy train, 1877 (oil on canvas) by Monet, Claude (1840-1926); 60x80 cm; (add.info)

The French Second Empire, 1852-1870 (colour litho)
5207765 The French Second Empire, 1852-1870 (colour litho) by Girard, Joseph (fl.1930-50); Private Collection; (add.info.: The French Second Empire, 1852-1870)

In the Cafe, 1924 (oil on canvas)
5917384 In the Cafe, 1924 (oil on canvas) by Schiller, Gejza (1894-1927); 90x117 cm; Vychodoslovenska Galeria, Kosice, Slovakia; (add.info.: Vychodoslovenska galeria, VSG)

Townscape, 1924 (oil on canvas)
5917383 Townscape, 1924 (oil on canvas) by Schiller, Gejza (1894-1927); 94.5x109 cm; Vychodoslovenska Galeria, Kosice, Slovakia; (add.info.: Vychodoslovenska galeria, VSG)

The invention of the railway and the beginning of the train. In "the locomotion through the ages"by Octave
LSE4082476 The invention of the railway and the beginning of the train. In " the locomotion through the ages" by Octave Uzanne. Paris, 1900. Illustration by Eugene Courbouin

Chinese gunmen are inspecting a newly arrived machine gun. Engraving after F
LSE4330364 Chinese gunmen are inspecting a newly arrived machine gun. Engraving after F.Bassots drawing, to illustrate the voyage to Pekin and North China, by T.Choutze, in 1873

Underwater tunnel project between France and England, 1882: compressed air drilling machine used for tunnel
XEE4178348 Underwater tunnel project between France and England, 1882: compressed air drilling machine used for tunnel construction

British Railways Modernisation Progress Report, 1961
The Modernisation Progress Report was published in 1961 to document how the British Railways Modernisation Plan was progressing so far

British Railways Modernisation Committee, 1961
A photograph of the men and woman who made up the British Railways Modernisation Committee in 1961

Application of Faure batteries: electric tricycle moving through the accumulator
XEE4177688 Application of Faure batteries: electric tricycle moving through the accumulator. Engraving in " Le Monde Illustre", 1883. Private collection

Caricature of Paris Invaded by Demolishers (engraving)
3483061 Caricature of Paris Invaded by Demolishers (engraving) by Morin, Edmond (1824-82); Private Collection; (add.info)

New road with the first electric tram, 1890 (b / w photo)
LIT388990 New road with the first electric tram, 1890 (b/w photo) by Lenz, Robert (fl.1890s); Bangkok, Thailand; (add.info)

Dante honored in China (colour litho)
2809070 Dante honored in China (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dante honored in China)

An old printer sits in an armchair contemplating the fact that modernisation has made him redundant. An appropriate illustration for Printers Pie which was a charitable magazine published by The

Application of Faure batteries: Electric tramway, model of the company of Omnibus
XEE4177679 Application of Faure batteries: Electric tramway, model of the company of Omnibus, powered by batteries. Engraving in " Le Monde Illustre", 1883. Private collection

Pont de l Europe et gare saint Lazarus (Saint-Lazare
JLJ4587451 Pont de l Europe et gare saint Lazarus (Saint-Lazare) Painting by Claude Monet (1840-1926) 1877 Sun. 0, 64 x 0, 81m. Paris

Double plough Brabant invented by Antoine Bajac, c. 1900 (colour litho)
REV326136 Double plough Brabant invented by Antoine Bajac, c.1900 (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris

A discussion on the law requiring the wearing of European dress in the Chinese parliament (colour litho)
2779860 A discussion on the law requiring the wearing of European dress in the Chinese parliament (colour litho) by French School

Peter the Great makes Nobles Shave their Beards (ink on paper)
960737 Peter the Great makes Nobles Shave their Beards (ink on paper) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Peter the Great makes Nobles Shave their Beards)

Harrods advertisement 1939 - new escalators installed
Advertisement for Harrods showing the Escalator Hall from entrance no. 5 door, Hans Crescent. Apparently, these twelve most modern escalators in the World...will take you comfortably

Oranda, Amerika, Igirisu, 1860
1574258 Oranda, Amerika, Igirisu, 1860 by Hiroshige, Utagawa II (1829-1869); (add.info.: Oranda, Amerika, Igirisu (Dutch, American, English) by Hiroshige Utagawa, 1826-1869, Published, 1860

Revolution in China (colour litho)
2779763 Revolution in China (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Revolution in China. The evolution of the Chinese Army)

Modern street traders (colour litho)
2779747 Modern street traders (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Modern street traders)

Steam Threshing Machine, Mons, 1883 (b / w photo)
CHT202841 Steam Threshing Machine, Mons, 1883 (b/w photo) by Belgian Photographer, (19th century); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France; eArchives Charmet; Belgian, out of copyright

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"Embracing Change: A Journey through Modernisation" In the ever-evolving world, it has become an inevitable force that shapes our lives. From the iconic Swindon locomotive factory to the bustling Paddington Station No. 2 Booking Hall, we witness the transformation of industries and infrastructure. As depicted in "The railway (or gare Saint Lazare), 1873, " a remarkable oil painting capturing the essence of progress, we see how railways revolutionized transportation during this era. The canvas takes us back to a time when steam-powered locomotives dominated the tracks, laying down foundations for future advancements. Fast forward to 1936, and Paddington Station No. 2 Booking Hall stands as a testament to architectural modernity. Its grandeur showcases how design merged with functionality, providing commuters with efficient travel experiences. Art continues to reflect societal changes; "Un Patron or The lesson of the Apprentice, 1888" portrays shifting dynamics between employers and employees during industrialization's peak. This thought-provoking masterpiece reminds us that modernisation brings both opportunities and challenges. Beyond Europe's borders lies another tale of liberation - Turkish women embracing change in dress during the 1920s. In their quest for equality and freedom, they redefine societal norms while preserving their cultural heritage. Advancements are not limited to land but extend into skies as well; enter Dassault Mirage 5COAM FAC3029 – an epitome of aerospace innovation taking flight towards new horizons. Leadership plays a vital role in driving modernisation forward; Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury exemplifies this spirit by adapting religious institutions to contemporary times while upholding timeless values. Even elephants join forces with technology. Witnessing these majestic creatures pulling steam rollers alongside motors for Afghanistan's Amir showcases how even traditional methods can be enhanced by machinery.