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  • Rubbing of brass from Duncan Liddel's grave.
  • Margaret Barker, of South Ockenden, Essex, 1602. Brass rubbing, 1845.
  • A lamb rubbing its nose with its rear leg. Etching.
  • St. Cross Church, Winchester, Hampshire: a brass rubbing. Coloured etching, 1792.
  • Sarawak: a Kayan man making fire by rubbing cane on wood. Photograph.
  • William Smith and his wife Jane, of Enfield, Middlesex, 1592. Brass rubbing, 1846.
  • Francis Clopton, Long Melford, Suffolk, 1577. Brass rubbing by F.R. Hawkes Mason, 1895.
  • Tomb effigy of William Bradbridge, his wife Alice, and their fourteen children. Brass rubbing.
  • Tomb effigy of William Bradbridge, his wife Alice, and their fourteen children. Brass rubbing.
  • Richard Notfield, St John's, Margate, Kent, 1446. Brass rubbing by F.R. Hawkes Mason, 1880.
  • Lady Johanna Brooke, wife of Robert Brooke, 1618. Brass rubbing by A.D. Spurgin, 1877.
  • A wild boar rubbing itself against a tree in its wallow. Etching by J. E. Ridinger.
  • A man and a woman rubbing a piece of batik cloth (?). Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • John Redford, his wife and their six children, of Shere, Surrey, 1516. Brass rubbing by Edward Mortimer Baker, 1881.
  • A girl playing at being a nurse by rubbing "Vick" ointment on the chest of a doll. Colour lithograph.
  • A Lohan (disciple of Buddha), seated on a rock. Woodcut in the manner of an ink stone rubbing, China, 18--?.
  • A Lohan (disciple of Buddha), seated on a rock, reading. Woodcut in the manner of an ink stone rubbing, China, 18--?.
  • Six stages of a horse race, including running, training, winning, preparing to start, rubbing down and walking over the course. Coloured lithograph.
  • A Lohan (disciple of Buddha), with very long eyebrows, seated on a rock. Woodcut in manner of ink stone rubbing, China, 18--?.
  • Sir Ivo Fitzwaryn, of Wantage, Berkshire, in armour, with a lion at his feet, 1414. Brass rubbing by C.E. Osborne Griffith, 1880.
  • A Lohan (disciple of Buddha), seated on a rock, holding prayer beads. Woodcut in the manner of an ink stone rubbing, China, 18--?.
  • A Lohan (disciple of Buddha), seated on a rock holding a fan. Woodcut in the manner of an ink stone rubbing, China, 18--?.
  • A Lohan (disciple of Buddha), seated on a rock holding a staff. Woodcut in the manner of an ink stone rubbing, China, 18--?.
  • Handaka Sonja, a Lohan (disciple of Buddha), shown with his attribute, the dragon. Woodcut in the manner of an ink stone rubbing, China, 18--?.
  • A Lohan (disciple of Buddha), seated in a rocky alcove, his eyes closed in meditation (?). Woodcut in the manner of an ink stone rubbing, China, 18--?.
  • A Lohan (disciple of Buddha), seated on a rock beside an incense-burner (?), holding a tablet. Woodcut in the manner of an ink stone rubbing, China, 18--?.
  • A woman and a man cuddling and rubbing noses; representing the need for protection from the risk of contracting AIDS, even for apparently faithful couples. Colour lithograph, 199-.
  • A disgruntled portly man standing next to a town water pump holding a ladle and rubbing his stomach as if in pain. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1831.
  • A Lohan (disciple of Buddha), seated under a tree, holding prayer beads, with a small child at his side. Woodcut in the manner of an ink stone rubbing, China, 18--?.
  • Oestrus detection: tail paste rubbed off