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  • Ascent of the lower ranges of Mount Sinai. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.
  • Mountains with the monastery of St. Saba. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1843.
  • A traveller being entranced by a witch disguised as a beautiful woman in the Alps. Engraving by T. Stocks after F. Meadows.
  • Stone pathway to the summit of Mount Sinai. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.
  • Geology: the ages of the Earth and details of types of stone. Coloured lithograph by Bethmont, 1911, after himself.
  • Geography: glaciers. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper.
  • Sulphur Baths, Uritzino, Japan: panoramic view. Coloured lithograph by Hanhart after C. Wirgman.
  • The island known as Graia, in the Gulf of Akabah, at sunset. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.
  • A mountain valley setting in which a woman lies back on a man in a state of semi-undress with her hand over her bare chest next to wild daisies with a motorbike and a deer nearby; German version of a series of safe sex 'Stop AIDS' campaign posters by the Federal Office of Public Health in collaboration with the AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz. Colour lithograph.
  • A naked Sicilian boy, in a rocky setting outdoors. Photograph, 1900, by W. von Gloeden.
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Catalogue

  • view Geography: avalanches. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper.
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    Geography: avalanches. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper.

    Whymper, Charles H., 1853-1941. | Reference: 46587i
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    India: a lake and village near Khandala in the Western Ghats mountains. Photograph by J. Taylor, 1881.

    Taylor, J. E. (John Edmund), active 1860-1885 | Date: 1881 | Reference: 32462i
    Part of: Sketches in the Malay archipelago. Album of watercolours and photographs made and collected by J.E. Taylor.
  • view Monastery of St. Catherine beneath Mount Sinai. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.
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    Monastery of St. Catherine beneath Mount Sinai. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.

    Roberts, David, 1796-1864 | Date: [1849] | Reference: 36153i
    Part of: The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia
    • Ephemera

    Hudson's Dry Soap : for washing and scouring everything ... / [R.S. Hudson].

    R. S. Hudson Limited. | Date: [1880?]
  • view Sálazie, Réunion Islands: the mountains and moorhen pond. Tinted lithograph by C. Merme, 1831, after A. Roussin.
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    Sálazie, Réunion Islands: the mountains and moorhen pond. Tinted lithograph by C. Merme, 1831, after A. Roussin.

    Roussin, A., active 1860. | Date: 1811 | Reference: 22706i
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