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The Physic Garden, Chelsea: a view showing the pair of cedar trees, and the statue of Sloane in the centre of the garden. Lithograph by H. Warren after J. Fuge.

Astronomy: the surface of the moon. Engraving.

A brown bear climbing up a tree. Etching by J. Tookey after J. C. Ibbetson.

Japanese maple (Acer palmatum): branch with leaves. Watercolour.

City of Oxford: view from the river. Etching by Letitia Byrne.

The shepherds observe the newly-born Jesus Christ. Etching by Annibale Carracci, ca. 1606.

An incantatory ceremony in a village watched by men with spears. Watercolour by E. Alec-Tweedie, ca. 1920.

Nakhon Thom [Angkor Wat], Cambodia. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1866.

Old oak tree (Quercus species) in Windsor Forest. Charcoal drawing by G. B. (or B. G.), 1852.

Greenwich, with London in the distance. Lithograph by or after W. Westall, 1826.

Gardens: a gardener tying the trunks of young trees to support posts. Engraving.

Astronomy: a large, bright, comet in the night sky, being observed by two men. Engraving, 1811.

Pittville Spa from the river and grounds, Cheltenham. Line engraving by W. Radclyffe after G. Dinsdale.

Jak tree (Artocarpus heterophyllus) with fruit in the Society Islands. Pen drawing.

A fierce battle between the supporters of John Brown (Bruno), in favour of treatment with stimulants, and those of F.J.V. Broussais, in favour of bloodletting. Pen drawing.

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Gardens: a gardener tying the trunks of young trees to support posts. Engraving.

Astronomy: a large, bright, comet in the night sky, being observed by two men. Engraving, 1811.

Pittville Spa from the river and grounds, Cheltenham. Line engraving by W. Radclyffe after G. Dinsdale.

Jak tree (Artocarpus heterophyllus) with fruit in the Society Islands. Pen drawing.

A fierce battle between the supporters of John Brown (Bruno), in favour of treatment with stimulants, and those of F.J.V. Broussais, in favour of bloodletting. Pen drawing.