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  • A brigand on his cart to execution confesses to the priest. Mezzotint by H. Dawe after H. Vernet, 1833.
  • Number of votes in a plebiscite on the appointment of Prince Louis Napoleon as prince-president of France in 1852; in a frame decorated with the dove of peace. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1853.
  • An old woman is reading a letter out to a man and a young woman around her chair. Mezzotint, 1837, by H. Dawe after W. Thomas.
  • An alchemist at his furnace, hunched over bellows. Coloured mezzotint by H. Dawe after D. Teniers the younger.
  • Thomas Southwood Smith speaking at a meeting of the Health of Towns Association. Wood engraving by Smyth after H. Anelay, 1847.
  • Thomas Southwood Smith speaking at a meeting of the Health of Towns Association. Wood engraving by Smyth after H. Anelay, 1847.
  • Living without cruelty exhibition 1992 : Kensington Town Hall ... June 12th-14th 1992 / organised by Animal Aid.
  • Living without cruelty exhibition 1992 : Kensington Town Hall ... June 12th-14th 1992 / organised by Animal Aid.
  • People promenading in Belgravia. Reproduction of a wood engraving after Dalziel after R. Doyle.
  • The art of cookery, made plain and easy : which far exceeds any thing of the kind ever yet published ... / By a lady [Mrs. H. Glasse].
  • Mrs. Shufflewick (Rex Jameson), in drag character, holding a cup of tea. Photograph, ca. 1955.
  • Mrs. Shufflewick (Rex Jameson), in drag character, holding a cup of tea. Photograph, ca. 1955.
  • A futuristic vision: the advance of technology leads to rapid transport, sophisticated tastes among the masses, mechanization, and extravagant building projects. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1829.
  • A futuristic vision: the advance of technology leads to rapid transport, sophisticated tastes among the masses, mechanization, and extravagant building projects. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1829.
  • Fort Simpson, British Columbia. Oil painting by Frederick Alexkcee (Alexcee), 1902.
  • Fort Simpson, British Columbia. Oil painting by Frederick Alexkcee (Alexcee), 1902.
  • Fort Simpson, British Columbia. Oil painting by Frederick Alexkcee (Alexcee), 1902.
  • Fort Simpson, British Columbia. Oil painting by Frederick Alexkcee (Alexcee), 1902.
  • St Pancras Wells, King's Cross, London: aerial view showing the "Plantation", and St Pancras church in the background, with an advertisement and explanation. Engraving.
  • The emblematic figure of a man representing secularisation, technical innovation, educational reforms and liberal politics in the United Kingdom. Lithograph, ca. 1830.
  • Brighton College, Brighton. Wood engraving, 1849.
  • Civil engineering: the pier at Madras, India, built using screw piles (helical piles). Wood engraving, 1863.