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Gardens

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  • Four female torsos joined at the waist with garden features as heads; symbolising the four seasons in a garden. Etching by T. B., c. 1797.
  • Hopîtal Royal de Bicêtre, Paris: patients exercising in the grounds. Engraving by Letitia Byrne, 1829, after T. Nash.
  • Earl's Court House, London: the gardens with several women, walking, skipping, playing badminton, etc. Coloured lithograph by G. E. Madeley after himself.
  • John Coakley Lettsom, physician, with his family, in the garden of Grove Hill, Camberwell, ca. 1786. Oil painting, ca. 1786.
  • Brasenose College, Oxford: quadrangle, with St. Mary's Church and the Radcliffe Camera behind. Line engraving by J. Basire after J.M.W. Turner.
  • Hôpital Salpêtrière, Paris: panoramic view. Line engraving by M.A. Duparc after J. Savard.
  • Types of orangery. Coloured engraving.
  • Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey: lake in the arboretum. Process print.
  • Singapore: a large bungalow with people having drinks in the garden around a large traveller's palm (Ravenala madagascariensis) Photograph by J. Taylor, 1881.
  • Trunk and branch of a sacred, East Indian "dragtoe" tree, in separate plates. Line engraving after C. de Bruin, 1706.
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  • view Gardens: a gardener tying the trunks of young trees to support posts. Engraving.
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    Gardens: a gardener tying the trunks of young trees to support posts. Engraving.

    | Reference: 496889i
  • view Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey: Miss North's museum. Wood engraving by Hill.
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    Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey: Miss North's museum. Wood engraving by Hill.

    Hill. | Reference: 18174i
  • view Jardin Royal, Paris: showing figures strolling in the garden. Line engraving by J.B. Scotin the younger.
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    Jardin Royal, Paris: showing figures strolling in the garden. Line engraving by J.B. Scotin the younger.

    Scotin, Gérard Jean-Baptiste, II, 1698-1733. | Reference: 21893i
  • view The risen Christ asks Mary Magdalene not to touch him. Etching with aquatint by G.B. Cipriani after A.D. Gabbiani.
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    The risen Christ asks Mary Magdalene not to touch him. Etching with aquatint by G.B. Cipriani after A.D. Gabbiani.

    Gabbiani, Anton Domenico, 1652-1726 | Reference: 23302i
  • view A corpse laid out on a table for observation in a hospital. Drawing by L. Beatrice Thompson, c. 1913, after an engraved title page, 1677.
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    A corpse laid out on a table for observation in a hospital. Drawing by L. Beatrice Thompson, c. 1913, after an engraved title page, 1677.

    | Date: 1913 | Reference: 25799i
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