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  • The Society of Friends' soup-kitchen, Manchester, 1862
  • The words AIDS in large letters in white against pale blue; advertisement for services provided by the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) for those with AIDS. Colour lithograph, 1992.
  • Description of the Retreat, an institution near York, for insane persons of the Society of Friends : containing an account of its origin and progress, the modes of treatment, and a statement of cases / By Samuel Tuke. With an elevation and plans of the building.
  • Description of the Retreat, an institution near York, for insane persons of the Society of Friends : containing an account of its origin and progress, the modes of treatment, and a statement of cases / By Samuel Tuke. With an elevation and plans of the building.
  • Description of the Retreat, an institution near York, for insane persons of the Society of Friends : containing an account of its origin and progress, the modes of treatment, and a statement of cases / By Samuel Tuke. With an elevation and plans of the building.
  • Description of the Retreat, an institution near York, for insane persons of the Society of Friends : containing an account of its origin and progress, the modes of treatment, and a statement of cases / By Samuel Tuke. With an elevation and plans of the building.
  • A free enquiry into the vulgarly receivʼd notion of nature; made in an essay, addressʼd to a friend / By R.B., fellow of the Royal society.
  • A free enquiry into the vulgarly receivʼd notion of nature; made in an essay, addressʼd to a friend / By R.B., fellow of the Royal society.
  • A free enquiry into the vulgarly receivʼd notion of nature; made in an essay, addressʼd to a friend / By R.B., fellow of the Royal society.
  • John Glaisyer a Quaker anointing a dog with burning vitriol oil; implying a satirical attack on the Quaker movement. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1806.
  • Page 62, Description of the Retreat, 1813.
  • Page 63, Description of the Retreat, 1813.
  • College of the Church Missionary Society, Islington. Engraving by T. Dale after T. H. Shepherd, 1827.
  • A complete collection of the medical and philosophical works of John Fothergill with an account of his life; and occasional notes / by John Elliot.
  • Java: human skeletons lying in a valley poisoned by volcanic gases, being watched by travellers. Coloured aquatint.
  • A Quaker family are sitting at the dinner table and the father has his hands together as he gives thanks for the food. Mezzotint by Charles G. Lewis after Alexander Fraser.
  • Dante Alighieri. Colour lithograph, 1859, after S.S. Kirkup after a fresco attributed to Giotto.
  • Playground of the Home and Colonial Infant School Society, London. Wood engraving, c. 1840.
  • Names of officers of the Honorable Medico Docti Fill Your Belly Society, a spoof medical society. Lithograph, 1834.
  • Buyers collecting their purchases after a sale of insects. Photogravure by Hanfstaengl after E. Armitage.
  • "The Animals' Friend" kindness cards / Animals' Friend Society.
  • "The Animals' Friend" kindness cards / Animals' Friend Society.
  • "The Animals' Friend" kindness cards / Animals' Friend Society.
  • "The Animals' Friend" kindness cards / Animals' Friend Society.
  • A fat judge pinching and admiring the fat on the side of a fat bullock. Etching by J. Gillray, ca 1802.
  • The Medical Society of London: John Coakley Lettsom presenting to the society the deeds of 3 Bolt Court, City of London. Stipple engraving by N.C. Branwhite, 1801, after S. Medley, 1800.
  • Three leopards, lynxes or some other animal being rewarded by cherubim who bestow garlands on them and shake down fruit from a tree for them; representing the works of Marcello Malpighi being honoured by the Royal Society. Engraving by R. White, 1675.
  • Rohdea japonica Roth Convallariaceae Distribution: Japan. It is a monotypic genus known as omoto in Japan, meaning ‘evergreen’. It is regarded as a symbol of long life and good fortune
  • The ghost of the revolutionary politician Mirabeau giving an address. Coloured etching, 1791.
  • A blind girl reads the Bible by touch to her illiterate family in the dark; one man is tempted to go out and enjoy drunken revels in the daylight; representing light and darkness of the understanding. Engraving by W. Ridgway, 1871, after G. Smith.