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  • A Chinese sage, accompanied by his young assistant, blesses a frog. Painting by a Chinese artist.
  • Marsh mallow plant (Althaea officinalis): flowering stem. Watercolour, 1906.
  • An Indian woman holding a bird while another looks on. Gouache painting by an Indian painter.
  • Boer War: wounded soldiers being escorted off the hospital train at Durban from Ladysmith. Watercolour by F. Dadd, 1899.
  • A man. Oil painting.
  • Black Greek drinking cups; left, shallow cup with horizontal handles; middle, tall cup with horizontal handles (kotyle); right, cup with vertical handles. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
  • Hindu deities: Shiva, Chhinnamasta, Kamadeva and Rati. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Mount Vesuvius in eruption at night, showing the Bay of Naples in the foreground with a sailing boat, and spectators on the opposite shore. Gouache, 1828.
  • A temple (?) on the edge of a lake. Gouache painting on mica by an Indian artist.
  • A male dwarf. Watercolour painting.
  • A physician examining a urine flask. Oil painting by Gerard Thomas.
  • Patients sleeping in the temple of Aesculapius at Epidaurus. Oil painting by Ernest Board.
  • Burma: a lady attended by a servant bringing an elephant and another servant holding a parasol. Watercolour.
  • A man waving a stick to frighten the birds away. Gouache painting by an Indian painter.
  • An Indian lady standing next to a tree and praying. Gouache painting by an Indian painter.
  • Three flowering plants, including coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara), common rue (Ruta graveolens), and a legume. Watercolour, c. 1870.
  • The dissection of a corpse before a company of surgeons (?). Oil painting.
  • Two white roses, in a still-life. Watercolour by J.D.(?), 1885.
  • Chinese lantern (Physalis alkekengi): fruiting stem. Watercolour by B. Bird.
  • A man once designated as Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564), anatomist. Oil painting by a follower of a Venetian painter, 16th century.
  • Dhumavati, Hindu goddess of misfortune and unpleasantness, sitting in a chariot drawn by birds before a dead body. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • A man cultivating his land, using three cows. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • A small mosque under a canopy being attended to by a woman holding a fly whisk. Gouache painting by an Indian painter.
  • A Sikh Maharaja or nobleman holding a blue sword. Gouache painting by an Indian painter.
  • Five plants, possibly pinks (Dianthus species): flowering stems. Watercolour.
  • Sir George Ent. Oil painting.
  • An European man relaxing and reading a book in a palkee carried by four men. Watercolour by an Indian artist.
  • A man from Rossano in Calabria playing the bagpipes. Watercolour.
  • Above, the emperor Aurangzeb consults a physician; below, one of the emperor's sons is attended by physicians. Gouache painting, 17--.
  • Two women performing ablution before going for their prayers. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.