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TEM of cell performing phagocytosis

The Asylum for Female Orphans, Lambeth: the interior of the dining room. Coloured aquatint by Hill, 1808, after A.C. Pugin and T. Rowlandson.

TEM cell being ingested by phagocytosis

A Greenwich Pensioner sits at table, eating soup, attended [?] by three others: all are disabled in various ways. Lithograph.

Chelsea Pensioners hearing the news of the battle of Waterloo, outside the Duke of York public house. Engraving by J. Burnet, 1831, after D. Wilkie, 1822.

A family sit around a table eating their Christmas meal and greet the arrival of the plum pudding which is being carried in on a large tray. Colour process print after Cecil Aldin.

Three types of hyena and many vultures surrounding a kill on the African plains. Coloured lithograph by W C Harris.

A crane inserts its beak into the mouth of a wolf; illustrating Aesop's fable. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.

A man vomiting after overeating and drinking; representing the sense of touch. Engraving by J.J. Kleinschmidt after Jan van de Velde the younger.

A donkey carries wood while people shelter and eat near a fire; representing winter. Etching, 17--, after F.G. Bassano the younger.

A woman eating from a plate and a monkey eating fruit; representing the monkey's higher sense of taste. Engraving by G. Pencz.

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TEM cell being ingested by phagocytosis

A man vomiting after overeating and drinking; representing the sense of touch. Engraving by J.J. Kleinschmidt after Jan van de Velde the younger.

A crane inserts its beak into the mouth of a wolf; illustrating Aesop's fable. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.

Three types of hyena and many vultures surrounding a kill on the African plains. Coloured lithograph by W C Harris.

A woman eating from a plate and a monkey eating fruit; representing the monkey's higher sense of taste. Engraving by G. Pencz.