'Sketch of a seaman with substitute arms' Velà zquez On 15th July 1867

On 15th July 1867

The photograph shows the street impassable with rubble and other debris following the German air raid of 10-11 May

killing two men and some swans

King Edward VI (top)

during which atrocities were committed by both sides

'Sketch of a seaman with substitute arms' Velà zquez On 15th July 1867Full length portrait of an unnamed sailor described as 'Coxswain to Admiral Legge' [Sir Arthur Kaye Legge (1766 1835)] with details of artificial or prosthetic arms designed by Oliver Lang and some explanatory notes. Plate 12 from the book Improvements in naval architecture, by Oliver Lang (Woolwich, 1853). The plate is headed 'SKETCH OF A SEAMAN, WITH SUBSTITUTE ARMS' and is inscribed 'H. W. Hampton Del. Day & Son, Lithrs. To the Queen.' Oliver Lang