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  • The dance of death: Death as a cardinal in the Roman Catholic church approaches a prince and encourages him to change his gentle reign to despotism. Drawing by or after E. Ille.
  • King George III sits in his library pondering which advice to accept: to govern by law or by force. Engraving, 1771.
  • Lord North and the Earl of Mansfield stand on a platform addressing a group of distressed patriots beyond which ships of war sail and sink. Engraving, 1776.
  • The storming of the Bastille on the 14 July 1789. Line engraving with etching after H. Singleton.
  • The liberation of a manacled prisoner during the taking of the Bastille on the 14 July 1789. Line engraving with etching.
  • Annie Chinery Cameron as Zuleika. Photograph by Julia Margaret Cameron, ca. 1872.
  • Annie Chinery Cameron as Zuleika. Photograph by Julia Margaret Cameron, ca. 1872.
  • Annie Chinery Cameron as Zuleika. Photograph by Julia Margaret Cameron, ca. 1872.
  • Chinese opium smokers in a saloon experiencing various effects of the drug. Engraving by G. Paterson, 1843, after T. Allom.
  • Chinese opium smokers in a saloon experiencing various effects of the drug. Engraving by G. Paterson, 1843, after T. Allom.
  • European royals and martial heroes marvel at the sight of the defeated Napoleon Bonaparte standing in a glass bottle in their midst. Coloured etching.