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  • Lipari Island, Italy: an ancient bath. Engraving by J. Basire, 1830, after J.C. Buckler.
  • The funeral procession of Queen Elizabeth I. Engraving by J. Basire after William Camden, 1791.
  • The funeral procession of Queen Elizabeth I. Engraving by J. Basire after William Camden, 1791.
  • Astronomy: an observatory telescope, with an astronomer recording the transit of Venus. Engraving by James Basire.
  • Samuel Latham Mitchill; Sutton Church, Bedfordshire. Line engraving by J. Basire, 1810, after M. Rugeley, 1803.
  • Wainflete School and Richard Patten Monument, Wainflete, Lincolnshire. Etching by J. Basire, 1790, after J. Schnebbelie.
  • The tomb of Rahere, Saint Bartholomew's Church, London. Engraving by J. Basire after J. Carter, 1784.
  • King George III dispensing Maundy money. Engraving by James Basire, 1777, after S.H. Grimm, 1773.
  • King George III dispensing Maundy money. Engraving by James Basire, 1777, after S.H. Grimm, 1773.
  • A child with two skulls joined together at the vertex. Engraving by J. Basire after W. Bell.
  • Écorché flipper or webbed-foot of an animal. Line engraving by J. Basire after L. Rose, 1808.
  • A child with two heads joined at the vertex. Line engraving by J. Basire after W. Bell.
  • Brasenose College, Oxford: the quadrangle. Etching by J. Basire the younger, 1805, after J.M.W. Turner.
  • A child with two skulls joined together at the vertex, seen from the right. Engraving by J. Basire.
  • A green winged dove from the East Indies sitting on a tree stump. Coloured etching by J. Basire.
  • Saint Joan of Arc: a fountain erected on the site of her execution. Engraving by J. Basire, 1786.
  • An exhumed mummy in St. Stephen's Crypt in Westminster. Chalk lithograph by J. Basire after George Scharf, 1852.
  • Particles and organisms found in vinegar and wine, as viewed under a microscope. Etching by I. Basire, 1743.
  • Astronomy: a large observatory telescope at Hartwell House, with an astronomer using a transit telescope. Engraving by James Basire.
  • Three people contemplate the cadaver of Saint Petronilla. Etching by James Basire, 1764, after Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, il Guercino.
  • A guardian angel (or Night) carries a sleeping child. Etching by James Basire, 1763, after Domenico Cresti, il Passignano.
  • An Indian man with a headless body attached to his trunk. Engraving by J. Basire after T. Reichel, 1787.
  • Pectoral fin of a basking shark (squalus maximus): two figures. Line engraving by J. Basire after J. Howship, 1808.
  • Astronomy: stars in the night sky, with Encke's comet. Coloured engraving by J. Basire, 1851 after C. Piazzi Smyth.
  • Interior of the chapel at the Hospital of St. John, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. Lithograph by J. Basire, 1852.
  • Above, English and Dutch Forts in Accra; below, animals, including lizards, scorpions and worms. Etching by J. Basire after Smith.
  • Magdalen Hospital and Chapel, Winchester, Hampshire: with design and architectural sketches. Engraving by J. Basire, 1790, after J. Schnebbelie, 1788.
  • Lipari Island, Italy: a mosaic pavement in an ancient bath. Line engraving by J. Basire, 1830, after J.C. Buckler.
  • All Souls College and St. Mary's Church, Oxford: showing the gateway. Line engraving by J. Basire after H. O'Neill.
  • A flying fish and its enemies of the air and water, including an albatros and a dolphin. Etching by J. Basire.